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Using Larry Bell’s

12 Powerful Words 12 Powerful Words with Thinking Mapswith Thinking Maps

LIT CENTERMINI LESSON2013-2014

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PredictSummarize

InferDescribeCompareContrast

TraceFormulate

ExplainSupportEvaluateAnalyze

12 POWERFUL WORDS

Academic Language Promotes Higher Level Thinking and

Comprehension

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What do you think will happen next?

PredictPredict

Author

and MeTerms

Events up to now

My own knowled

ge

Prediction

Prediction

Sam ran after his

dog

It’s dark outsi

de

It was raining

The field

is muddy

Think of all that

has happened

so farWhat could happen next?

Circle Map

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Give me the short version

SummariSummarizeze

State the main

ideas or most

important elements

whowho

whatwhat

howhow

wherewhere

whenwhenwhywhy

Daniel slipped

whowho

whatwhat

wherewhere

whenwhenhowhowwhywhy

Circle Map

Answer key

questionsof an event

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Read between the

lines

InferInfer

?used for writing

hasan

eraser

long and thin

comes in man

y color

s

Putall your clues

together

Author

and MeTerms

Clues from the

text

My own knowled

ge

Inference

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Tell all about

something

DescribDescribee

Creamy

Tangy

ColdDelicious

Bubble Map

Select descriptive adjectives

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How are things alike?

ComparComparee

Double BubbleInside only

Running Shoes

Pay Pay attention to attention to the detailsthe details

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How are things

different?

ContraContrastst

Double BubbleOutside only

Regular insoles

Fashion soles

Inexpensive Expensive

Custom soles

Padded insoles

Look again -Look again -what differences do you what differences do you

notice?notice?

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TraceTrace

1. First…

2. Then…

3. Later…

4. Finally…

1 2 3 4

Flow MapSequence of events

List in steps

First Then Later Finally

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Plan – Create

Come up with a plan

or idea

FormulaFormulatete

Know what you want

to accomplish and figure out a way

to do it

1 2 3 4

First Then Later Finally

Flow MapList your materials and

steps

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Tell how - why

ExplaiExplainn

Melt butter

Flow MapSteps for preparing a

recipeBeat eggs

Dip bread slices

Fry until

cooked

Top with

cheese

Behavior ReflectionsBehavior ReflectionsReasons for my behavior

Consequences of my

behaviorUnacceptable behavior

Multi-Flow MapCause and effect of an

event

Skipping Class

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Back up with examples- reasons -

evidence

SupportSupport

The Potawatomi were a prosperous

people

VillageNear lake Michigan

Families lived in

wigwams in the winter

Shared large bark-covered homes in the

summer

Later began to live in log

cabins

FarmingLearned from the

SaukMen cleared the fields

Grew corn, beans, & squash

Women took care of

plants

TradingTraded with the French

Traded beaver fur

Traded for weapons and tools

They served as guides to

the French

Tree Map

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Judge - Decide

EvaluatEvaluatee

Think of all the

reasons for

making your

decisionRun for Office

Yes NoTree Map

List your reasons for each option, then decide

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Study each part

AnalyzAnalyzeePay

attention to details

Start with a…

Circle Map

All that we know

about…

roses

they are flowers

many colors:orange, white, yellow,

red, purple, pink

many petals

green leaves

thorns on stem

smell pretty

Then organize the information into a…Tree Map

Sort itBrace Map

Whole to Part

rose

flower

leaves

stem