Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Academic vocabulary is language that is more formal than spoken language.
- Domain-specific vocabulary refers to words that are used specifically in school subject areas, like math, science, and social studies.
- There are words and phrases that can be used in writing to signal relationships between ideas.
- Academic, domain-specific vocabulary should be used in school writing.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in writing.
- Accurately use words and phrases that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships between ideas in writing.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- It is important to use academic, domain-specific vocabulary in formal settings, like school writing.
- They can show relationships between their ideas in writings by using particular words and phrases.
Vocabulary
- General academic vocabulary
- Domain-specific vocabulary
- Words that signal contrasting ideas
- Words that signal additional information
- Words that signal other logical relationships
