12 powerful verbs. what are the 12 powerful verbs? the 12 powerful verbs are those that appear most...
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12 Powerful Verbs
What are the 12 Powerful Verbs?
• The 12 powerful verbs are those that appear most often on standardized tests.
• “By using these terms daily in the classroom and including them on tests, you give students a tool that will vastly improve their chance for test success.” – Larry Bell
Goals for Today:
• Become familiar with the 12 powerful verbs.• Explore ways to incorporate the 12 powerful
verbs into classroom instruction.
In your group, brainstorm the 12 verbs you expect to see on the 12
Powerful Verbs list.You have 5 minutes to complete this
task.
Predict•Make an educated (smart)
guess.• Hypothesize.• Tell what could or may happen.• Look into the future.
Contrast•List differences.•Tell all the ways they are different.
Compare• List how they are the same.• Tell all of the ways they are
alike.
Explain• Tell all about.• Tell what and why.• Tell or show how.• Teach to someone else.
Summarize• Tell the most important part.• Give the bottom line.• Tell the main ideas.• Tell the beginning, middle, and
end.• Put it in a nutshell.
Support• Provide reasons.• Tell reasons.• Give Examples.• Back it up.• Prove it.
Describe• Tell about.• Show me.• List details.•Paint a picture with words.
Formulate• Come up with.•Make a plan.• Develop.• Create.• Put together.
Evaluate• Judge.• Find the value of.• Examine or Solve.• Test for the truth.• Tell the good and the bad.
Infer• Figure out.• Read between the lines.• Discover what they are trying to
say.• Find the hidden meaning.
Analyze• Think through.• Break apart.• Break into pieces.• Tell about the different parts.
Trace• Follow the path.• Track.• Outline.• List in steps.
12 Powerful Verbs Matching Game
• Match each task card to its corresponding powerful verb card.
• You have 10 minutes for this activity.
Thunder and Lightning usually happen at the same time. Why do you usually see
the lightning before you hear the thunder?
?
Inferfigure out, read between the lines
Tell how plant and animal cells are similar.
?
Comparehow they are the same, how they are
alike.
Some birds have tiny particles of iron in parts of their bodies that are connected by nerves to their brains. What could be the function of these
particles??
Predictmake an educated guess, form a
hypothesis
Design an experiment to test if the color of an ice cube affects how
quickly it will melt.
?
Formulatecome up with a plan, develop, create
Provide evidence for the Theory of Continental Drift.
?
SupportGive examples, back it up, tell
reasons
Brian has blue eyes, but both of his biological parents have brown eyes.
How is this possible?
?
Explaintell how, tell what and why, teach
someone else
Give a brief description of how the elements are arranged on the
periodic table.
?
Summarizetell the main parts, bottom line, main
ideas
Pretend you are a drop of water. Discuss the changes you would
undergo as you travel through each stage of the water cycle.
?
Tracefollow, track, outline, list in steps
Tell the differences between renewable and nonrenewable
resources.
?
Contrastlist differences, tell how they are
different
While wearing safety goggles and gloves, use your dissecting kit to
dissect the frog at your table.
?
Analyzethink through, break apart, break
into pieces
Discuss the pros and cons of using alternative sources of energy
including water, wind, and geothermal energy.
?
EvaluateJudge value of, tell about good and
bad
Look at the picture of the biome on pg. 788 of your textbook. Tell what you see, including all of the abiotic
and biotic factors.
?
Describetell about, list details
Read Aloud Activity
• Student #1 Reads Paragraph.• Student #2 Summarizes Paragraph.• Student #3 Formulates a question about the
paragraph using one of the 12 Powerful Verbs.• Student #4 Answers the question.
12 Powerful Verbs that will lead to academic success!
TraceAnalyze
InferEvaluate
FormulateDescribeSupportExplain
SummarizeCompareContrastPredict