18. High Frequency Words- Upper Elementary through High School We assume that students understand the high frequency words that are found in prompts and directions, especially common on assessments. Assessment Vocabulary: *compare *contain *analyze *convince *excerpt *summarize *organize *technique *cite *reflect *imagery *refrain *indicate *details *justify *identify *grammar *analyze *represent *punctuation *consider *predict *mood *determine *include *central conflict *develop *quotation *difference *discuss *intention *consider *establish
20. Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott an analogy to curriculum design … I also remember a story that I know I’ve told elsewhere but that over and over helps me to get a grip: thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead . Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.
Basically students should be engaged in a process that includes Stating a term in their own words Saying it Drawing it Engaging with the terms Using the terms in oral language Play games with the terms
