Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Academic Vocabulary

expectation: something you can look forward to 
scenario: situation 
learning target:  what you are expected to learn
determine:  decide after study
representation:  
  • is made up of the root word present, meaning “to show or symbolize,” and its affixes (beginning and endings) re- and -tion. Adding these affixes changes the meaning of the word present with re- meaning “again” (like repeat) and -tion meaning “the act of doing something.” When  these parts of the word are put together, re-presenta-tion, the word means the act of showing or symbolizing something again.
gist:
central idea:
close reading: 
Background knowledge (schema):  what you already know as you begin reading.  This grows as you read.