Building Academic Vocabulary in the Art Room Language Arts Grades 4-6 Oklahoma Academic Vocabulary Suggested Words and Terms Sandy Garrett State Superintendent of Public Instruction Oklahoma State Department of Education

Fourth Grade  Remember/Understand  Apply  Create  Analyze

Remember/Understand Fourth Grade Word List almanacappendix hyperbolesimile genre preface simple predicate

Apply Fourth Grade Word List evaluateprewrite metaphorpersuasive possessive nounsresearch sentence fragment double negatives

Create Fourth Grade Word List compare/contrast simple subject outlinepublish

Analyze Fourth Grade Word List author’s purposemyths character’s motivelegend drawing conclusionsanalyze paraphraseproofread

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Remember/Understand Fifth Grade Word List captionidiom onomatopoeiastress parts of speech word origins stereotypicalinterjections transitional words

Apply Fifth Grade Word List comparative adjective/adverbs superlative adjectives, adverbs coordinating conjunctions character development introductory paragraph concluding paragraph figurative language

Create Fifth Grade Word List rhythm free verse resolution poetic styles supporting ideas

Analyze Fifth Grade Word List conflict supporting ideas text (structure) reference source generalization minor character

Sixth Grade  Remember/Understand  Apply  Create  Analyze

Remember/Understand Sixth Grade Word List affixliteraldialectappositive predicate adjective predicate nominative

Apply Sixth Grade Word List narrative writing clause (dependent/independent) sentence structure (simple and compound) references (i.e., card catalogs, database, magazine, newspapers, dictionaries, and other reference books) point of view (1st, 3rd limited, and 3rd omniscient) phrases (adj., adv., prep.)

Create Sixth Grade Word List analogy graphic organizer author’s viewpoint

Analyze Sixth Grade Word List characterizationrelevant/irrelevantpropagandaplagiarismmythology