March Word of the Day

Use March 5, 2012 To put into action the information learned. Use your notes to help you study.

Discuss March 6, 2012 Always present both sides. Once you pick your partner, discuss your ideas for your project.

Describe March 7, 2012 Use at least 3-4 sentences to tell what something was like or is. Please use many adjectives to describe what your room looks like.

Explain March 8, 2012 Use at least 5-6 sentences to make clear in writing what you are trying to tell the audience. Explain to me how you got your answer.

Justify March 9, 2012 Giving reasons for your answers. You’ve told me why you want to go to the movies, but please justify your answer.

Identify March 12, 2012 Recognize and name. Please identify whose coat this is.

Compare March 13, 2012 Tell how things are alike and different. Can you compare these two stories for me?

Infer March 14, 2012 to make a guess based on facts and observations; conclude. I inferred from the books on his shelf that he enjoyed reading adventure stories.

Analyze March 15, 2012 To look at all the parts to understand where an answer, thought, etc. comes from. Students had to analyze their results from the EXPLORE test to understand why they missed questions.

Interpret March 16, 2012 to decide on or explain the meaning of. How do you interpret this book?

Argue March 17, 2012 -may be viewed as argument To accurately portray both sides of an issue or topic.

Omit March 20, 2012 to leave out; not include. She omitted the second page from the speech.

Sequence March 21, 2012 a pattern or process in which one thing follows another. List the sequence of events in the passage.

Persuasive March 22, 2012 having the ability to cause another to do or believe something. Her words were very persuasive and convinced me to buy 12 boxes of cookies.

Fiction March 23, 2012 writing that tells a story made up in a writer's imagination. Fiction is usually written in prose, not poetry. Novels, short stories, and tales are pieces of fiction. The Hunger Games series is fiction.

Nonfiction March 26, 2012 written works that are not fiction. Textbooks, biographies, and essays are examples of nonfiction. Our textbook is a nonfiction book.

Cite March 27, 2012 As in cite textual evidence, to refer to (a source) in writing or speaking Be sure to cite textual evidence in you answer.

Narrator March 28, 2012 a person or character who tells a story. In this book, the narrator is a teenager.

Prefix March 29, 2012 a word part with its own meaning that is added to the beginning of a word to make a new word that has a different meaning. "Re-" in "reform" is a prefix. Many words have the prefix ‘un’.

Suffix March 30, 2012 a unit of meaning that is added to the end of a word to make a new word with a slightly different meaning. The "ed" in "wanted" is a suffix. The suffix ‘ence’ means act of doing.