1. 6 TH GRADE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY 2 ND GRADING PERIOD

2. THEME Description:  The theme of a story is a life lesson or moral that can be applied to everyday life. Sentence:  A theme of Cinderella is good things happen to good people.

3. TONE Description:  Tone is the way the author expresses their attitude through their writing by using words to express emotions and feelings. Sentence:  Using speech tags in dialogue can help create different tones in your writing.

4. COMPARE Description  If you compare things, you identify ways that they are the same. Sentence  Compare two texts by looking for things the authors did the same.

5. CONTRAST Description  If you contrast things, you find the differences between them. Sentence  To contrast two characters, find ways they are different.

6. MEMOIR Description  A memoir is a text about the personal knowledge and/or experiences of the author. Sentence  A personal narrative describes a single event while a memoir covers multiple events with a theme.

7. DEVELOP Description  If you develop something, you work on it over a period of time, during which it grows and changes. Sentence  When you are writing a narrative, use details to develop the plot, setting, and characters.

8. TRANSITIONS Description  Transitions are words or phrases used by an author to help the reader progress from one idea to the next. Sentence  Transitions are important to use in your writing in order to help your reader understand what is happening.

9. SEQUENCE Description  When you write in sequence, you write what happens in the correct order. (Also known as sequential order) Sentence  It is important to write narratives in sequence, so the reader understands what happens first and last.

10. RELEVANT Description  If something is relevant, it makes sense and is connected to something else at that particular time. Sentence  It is important to only include relevant details in your story.

11. CLAUSE Description  A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Sentence  Some clauses can stand alone as a complete sentence, while others cannot.