2. 12 Powerful Words Pod I, 1&2: analyze Pod IV, 3&4: infer
Work with your shoulder partner to compose a definition for your assigned power word: Each partner will have 30 seconds talk time to inform; then odds will finalize a definition while evens record it on the white-board to share with the class.
Pod I, 1&2: analyze
Pod IV, 3&4: infer
Pod I, 3&4: compare
Pod V, 1&2: predict
Pod II, 1&2: contrast
Pod V, 3&4: summarize
Pod II, 3&4: describe
Pod VI, 1&2: support
Pod III, 1&2: evaluate
Pod VI, 3&4: trace
Pod III, 3&4: explain
Pod VII will work with other pairs
Pod IV, 1&2: formulate

3. Words that make us feel intimidated or confused when answering questions.

4. What YOU think it means:
analyze
What YOU think it means:

5. Which of the following analyzes how the author used personification?
Break apart
Think it through
Break into pieces
Example Question:
Which of the following analyzes how the author used personification?

6. What YOU think it means:
compare
What YOU think it means:

7. All the ways they are the same
How are they alike?
Identify similarities
Example Question:
Compare the government of Great Britain to the governments of the United States.

8. What YOU think it means:
contrast
What YOU think it means:

9. Contrast the governments of the United States and Cuba.
All the ways they are opposite
How are they unlike?
Identify differences
Example Question:
Contrast the governments of the United States and Cuba.

10. What YOU think it means:
describe
What YOU think it means:

11. Which of the following best describes the author’s mood?
Tell in your own words
Give details
Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How
Example Question:
Which of the following best describes the author’s mood?

12. What YOU think it means:
evaluate
What YOU think it means:

13. Evaluate the value of X in this equation.
Judge its worth
Solve ~ Examine
Test for the truth
Example Question:
Evaluate the value of X in this equation.

14. What YOU think it means:
explain
What YOU think it means:

15. Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How
Tell how
Tell all about it
Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How
Example Question:
Based on this paragraph, explain how viruses spread from one person to another.

16. What YOU think it means:
formulate
What YOU think it means:

17. Come up with Make a plan Develop Example Question:
Formulate an opinion about this issue and express it in a short paragraph.

18. What YOU think it means:
infer
What YOU think it means:

19. What are they trying to say?
What do you think?
Figure it out
What are they trying to say?
Example Question:
In the story, infer how Red Riding Hood felt when she realized the wolf was Grandma.

20. What YOU think it means:
predict
What YOU think it means:

21. In a short paragraph, predict how the story will end.
An educated guess
What will happen next?
Look into the future
Example Question:
In a short paragraph, predict how the story will end.

22. What YOU think it means:
summarize
What YOU think it means:

23. Which of the following best summarizes the story?
Give the short version
Tell the main parts
The main idea and key points
Example Question:
Which of the following best summarizes the story?

24. What YOU think it means:
support
What YOU think it means:

25. Which of the following sentences best supports the main idea?
Back it up with details
Give reasons and examples
How do you know?
Example Question:
Which of the following sentences best supports the main idea?

26. What YOU think it means:
trace
What YOU think it means:

27. Using the paragraph, trace the steps of cell mitosis.
List in order or steps
Use sequence
Track/Follow/Outline
Example Question:
Using the paragraph, trace the steps of cell mitosis.

28. 12 POWERFUL WORDS analyze: to break apart
infer: to read between the lines
compare: to show how things are alike
predict: what will happen next
contrast: to show how things are different
summarize: to give a short version
describe: to tell about
support: to back it up with evidence
evaluate: to judge
explain: to tell how or why
trace: to outline or list in steps
formulate: to create
12 POWERFUL WORDS

29. 12 Powerful Words by Larry Bell

30. 12 Power Words Exit Slip: Get out a blank notebook page
NDP and number 1-12
Match the 12 Power Words to
the appropriate definition

31. ___ what will happen next ___ to give the short version
analyze
evaluate
predict
compare
explain
summarize
contrast
formulate
support
describe
infer
trace
___ to tell about
___ to create
___ what will happen next
___ to give the short version
___ to break apart
___ all the ways they are alike
___ to list in steps
___ all the ways they are different
___ to tell how
___ to read between the lines
___ to judge
___ to back up with details

32. TRADE and grade Describe Explain Trace Predict Infer Contrast Analyze
Formulate
Evaluate
Compare
Summarize
Support