Academic

Vocabulary
CONTENT BUILDER FOR THE PLC

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 Academic
Vocabulary
CONTENT BUILDER FOR THE PLC

READING
Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Reading

Fiction
5.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
5.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
characters conflicts
foreshadows* functions
incidents plots
rise
roles*

other words related to the content

actions* future events necessary* sentence(s)*
affect* hints* novel solve*
best shows* imply* paragraph* story*
best summary* important* primary theme* succeed*
conclude* logical order problem* suggest*
contributes* maintain reaction* suspense*
emphasize* most likely* reason* textual evidence
events* mostly by* relationships understanding
foreshadows* narrator*

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Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Reading

Expository
5.11 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide
evidence from text to support their understanding.
5.10 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the authors purpose in
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the
difference between a stated and an implied purpose for an expository text.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
compare and contrast* cause and effect
graphics genre
organizational pattern* overview
sequential order
text features

other words related to the content

activities* different mainly* sentence*
article* effect* mainly about* sequentially*
author* experience* mainly to* shows*
authors attitude* explain* maintain similar
authors opinion* express* organizes, organizing* subheadings*
aware* focuses* paragraph* suggest
best explains* ideas* part* summarizes*
best expresses* illustrate* pattern* supported*
best summary* in common* presented* supporting details
best supported* infer* primary purpose* textual evidence
chronological order* influence relationship understanding
classification schemes information* result* visualize*
conclude/conclusion* logical order section* what ways*
contents main idea* selection*

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Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Reading

Poetry
5.4 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
5.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
alliteration
related vocabulary from internal rhyme
supporting standards onomatopoeia
rhyme scheme

other words related to the content

conclude* imagery organization* represents*
contrasts* italicize* poem* reveal*
convey* line* poet* rhyme
description* lyrical point of view* sound effects
form message* primary theme* speaker*
free verse mostly about* repeat* stanza*
idea* narrative repetition structural elements

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Drama
5.5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
5.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words

related vocabulary from

supporting standards

other words related to the content

best summary* inter* primary theme* scripts
character(s)* line(s)* props* setting*
conflict* original text quotation stage directions
dialogue play(s)* resolution* structural elements
dramatic adaptation playwright* scene* suggest(s)*
excerpt* plot

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Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Reading

Literary Nonfiction
5.7 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns
and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
5.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
literary devices
related vocabulary from
supporting standards

other words related to the content

actual events biography literary language primary theme*
author* characters experiences major events quotation*
autobiography emphasize* nonfiction selection*
best summary* fiction point of view sentence*

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Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Reading

Persuasive
5.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide
evidence from text to support their analysis.
5.10 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the authors purpose in
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
parallelism
related vocabulary from
supporting standards

other words related to the content

causality contradictory misleading viewpoint
comparison exaggerated position

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 Academic
Vocabulary
CONTENT BUILDER FOR THE PLC

WRITING
Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Writing

Composition
5.18 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific
audiences for specific purposes.
5.15 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
5.16 Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas
5.17 Writing. Students write about their own experiences.
5.19 Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
cause and effect audience
compare-contrast compound sentences
evidence concluding paragraphs
key ideas introductions
organizational strategy purpose
sequence of events transitions
style

other words related to the content

details grammar multi paragraph simple sentences
drafts ideas organization specific facts
genre mechanics organized structure spelling

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Revision
5.15 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words
style audience
compound sentences
purpose

other words related to the content

drafts
genre
organization
simple sentences
transitions

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Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 5 Writing

Editing
5.15 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.

important words for concept development

words new to grade level previously introduced words

other words related to the content

capitalization grammar print resources spelling
compound sentences mechanics punctuation spelling pattern
drafts parts of speech rules spelling rule
electronic resources patterns simple sentences subject-verb agreement
function

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