1. Twelve Words That Make A Difference

2. Analyze Take it apart Chunk it Think about the small chunks Decompose Look deep into it Break it down!

3. Infer Read between the lines Figure it out Take what you know plus context clues Be a detective Make a mental leap

4. Evaluate Judge What’s good; what’s bad Tell me the good and the bad.

5. Formulate Create Decide Come up with Figure Out Build Construct Put it all together

6. Describe 5 W’s and the H Who What When Where Why How At lease 3 sentences for 5W’s and an H 5 sentences for gifted kids

7. Support Back it up! Prove it! Tell why! Give reasons!

8. Explain 5 W’s and the H Who What When Where Why How At lease 3 sentences for 5W’s and an H 5 sentences for gifted kids

9. Summarize Retell the KEY points Short version Give me the commercial Just the fact, ma’am Hit the high points Shuck it all down to the Cobb County School District Give reasons why things happen

10. Compare Find the similarities What is the same?

11. Contrast Find the differences What is different?

12. Predict Forecast Educated guess Conclude Look into the future What will happen next?

13. Based on strategies for helping students be successful presented by: Larry Bell Multicultural America, Inc.