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*Cognates are words or terms that are similar in two languages. In i-Ready Reading Comprehension lessons, Spanish cognates are provided for English terms where they exist.
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Citing Evidence: Literary Text
interrogate To interrogate someone is to ask the person a lot of questions to get information.
Passage interrogate/interrogar
Citing Evidence: Literary Text refuge When you have refuge, you have a
safe space to hide in. Passage refuge/refugio
Citing Evidence: Literary Text chai
In India, chai is the word for tea. In the U.S., the word is used to describe black tea made with milk, sugar, and spices.
Passage
Citing Evidence: Literary Text resolve
When you resolve to do something, you firmly decide to do it. Passage resolve/resolver
Citing Evidence: Literary Text feigned
When you feign a feeling or condition, you pretend to have it or experience it.
Passage
Citing Evidence: Literary Text entwined
When two or more things are entwined, they are closely connected together.
Passage
Citing Evidence: Literary Text hamstrings
Your hamstrings are muscles and tendons in the back of your thighs and knees. Tendons are flexible cords that connect muscles to bones.
Passage
Citing Evidence: Literary Text hurdle
A hurdle is a structure that runners must jump over. A hurdle can also be a difficulty that a person has to overcome. The author uses it both ways in the story.
Passage
Citing Evidence: Literary Text barrier
A barrier is something that blocks you from moving forward. This can be physical, like a wall or fence, or it can be a problem in your life.
Passage barrier /barrera
Citing Evidence: Literary Text inference
An inference is a guess you make based on what you already know and what you read in a story.
Activity inference/inferencia
Citing Evidence: Literary Text
evidence Text evidence are details found in the story that support a statement or inference.
Activity evidence/evidencia
Citing Evidence: Literary Text
background knowledge
Your background knowledge is what you already know or understand about a topic.
Activity
Citing Evidence: Informational Text infection An infection is a disease caused by
bacteria or a virus. Passage infection/infección
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Citing Evidence: Informational Text effective Something is effective when it
works well or is successful. Passage effective/efectivo(a)
Citing Evidence: Informational Text vaccine
A vaccine is a medicine given to a person to prevent a particular disease.
Passage vaccine/vacuna
Citing Evidence: Informational Text
probiotic supplement
A probiotic supplement is a pill or food that helps your body produce beneficial microbes.
Passage probiotic supplement/ suplemento probiótico
Citing Evidence: Informational Text inactive
When a substance is inactive, it is not working or interacting chemically with another substance.
Passage inactive/inactivo(a)
Citing Evidence: Informational Text withstand
You withstand something when you are strong enough to survive it and not be harmed by it.
Passage
Citing Evidence: Informational Text burrow To burrow is to dig a tunnel or hole
in something and move into it. Passage
Citing Evidence: Informational Text immune system
Your immune system is all the parts of your body that operate to protect you against infections and disease.
Passage immune system/ sistema immunológico
Citing Evidence: Informational Text virus
A virus is a very small living thing that causes illnesses that can be spread to others.
Passage virus/virus
Citing Evidence: Informational Text supplement
A supplement is a pill you take or food you eat in addition to your normal diet.
supplement/ suplemento
Citing Evidence: Informational Text restore
When you restore something, you return it to its original condition or to the state it was once in.
Passage restore/restaurar
Citing Evidence: Informational Text evidence Evidence is a fact you read that
proves something is true. Activity evidence/evidencia
Analyzing Development of a Theme
critical If something is critical, it is serious, important, or dangerous. Passage critical/crítico(a)
Analyzing Development of a Theme
animated If you are animated, you are lively with expression, energy, and movement.
Passage animated/animado(a)
Analyzing Development of a Theme
punctuated When something is punctuated, it is emphasized. Passage
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Analyzing Development of a Theme
reggaeton
Reggaeton is a popular style of music that began in Puerto Rico. It reflects hip-hop and Caribbean music and includes rapping and singing.
Passage reggaeton/reguetón
Analyzing Development of a Theme
lush If something is lush, it is thick, healthy, and beautiful. Passage
Analyzing Development of a Theme
cringe If you cringe, your body shrinks back suddenly with an unpleasant feeling.
Passage
Analyzing Development of a Theme
plant If you plant something, you put it down purposely and firmly. Passage plant/plantar
Analyzing Development of a Theme
pursue If you pursue something, you follow it with a plan and purpose. Passage
Analyzing Development of a Theme
supervise If you supervise someone, you watch to make sure he or she is safe and acting properly.
Passage supervise/supervisar
Analyzing Development of a Theme
saunter When you saunter, you walk slowly and casually. Passage
Analyzing Development of a Theme
engulf To engulf something means to completely cover it, usually suddenly.
Passage
Analyzing Development of a Theme
unfurl If you unfurl something, you open it and spread it out. Passage
Analyzing Development of a Theme
theme A theme is a message about life or human nature. Activity theme/tema
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
allergic Someone who is allergic to something becomes sick after eating, touching, or breathing it.
Passage allergic/alérgico(a)
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
fraud Fraud is the crime of gaining money or goods by tricking or lying to people.
Passage fraud/fraude
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
toxin A toxin is a poisonous substance. Passage toxin/toxina
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
exposure Exposure to something dangerous means being in a situation where it may harm you.
Passage exposure/exposición
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
recall During a recall, a company asks customers to return a product that has something wrong with it.
Passage
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
savvy A savvy person has a good understanding and practical knowledge of something.
Passage
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization uses the money it raises to pay for programs that help people in some way.
Passage
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
vendor A vendor is a person or a company that sells things. Passage
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
key detail A key detail is a piece of information that explains and expands on the central idea.
Activity
Analyzing Development of Central Ideas
central idea The central idea is the most important point a writer is trying to make about a topic.
Activity central idea/ idea central
Summarizing: Literary Text porthole Ships and aircraft have small round
windows called portholes. Passage porthole/portilla
Summarizing: Literary Text specialist A specialist is a skilled expert in a
particular subject. Passage specialist/especialista
Summarizing: Literary Text custodian A custodian is a person whose job is
to take care of a place. Passage
Summarizing: Literary Text hologram A hologram is a moving 3-D
photographic image in the air. Passage hologram/holograma
Summarizing: Literary Text sector A sector is one part of a large
geographical area. Passage sector/sector
Summarizing: Literary Text Namaste
Namaste is a traditional East Indian greeting accompanied by a slight bow with the palms of both hands pressed together.
Passage namaste/Namasté
Summarizing: Literary Text meander Something that meanders moves
slowly in a bending path. Passage
Summarizing: Literary Text bejeweled
Something decorated with sparkling jewels or gems is bejeweled.
Passage
Summarizing: Literary Text pristine Something pristine is brand new or
in its original, unspoiled state. Passage pristine/prístino(a)
Summarizing: Literary Text aerial Something is aerial when it is up in
the air. Passage aerial/aéreo(a)
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Summarizing: Literary Text deactivated When a device is deactivated, it no
longer works. Passage deactivated/ desactivado(a)
Summarizing: Literary Text counterintuitive
An idea is counterintuitive when it goes against a basic belief or commonsense expectation.
Passage
Summarizing: Literary Text insignificant Something insignificant is small or
unimportant. Passage insignificant/ insignificante
Summarizing: Literary Text interaction
Affecting other people, such as talking to them or working with them, is having an interaction with them.
Passage interaction/interacción
Summarizing: Literary Text console A console is a control panel. Passage console/consola
Summarizing: Literary Text heritage Heritage is cultural knowledge
passed down through generations. Passage heritage/herencia
Summarizing: Literary Text summary
A summary is a short description of a story that includes only the most important events and details.
Activity summary/sumario
Summarizing: Literary Text objective
Something that is objective, such as objective information, is based on facts, not feelings, emotions, or opinions.
Activity objective/objetivo
Summarizing: Literary Text setting The setting is the time when and
the place where a story happens. Activity
Summarizing Social Studies Texts advocate An advocate works to help a
specific group or population. Passage
Summarizing Social Studies Texts accommodation
To make an accommodation is to adjust something to meet a person's needs.
Passage accommodation/ acomodación
Summarizing Social Studies Texts legislator
A legislator is someone who makes laws. Passage legislator /legislador(a)
Summarizing Social Studies Texts pirouette When a dancer performs a
pirouette, he or she spins. Passage pirouette/pirueta
Summarizing Social Studies Texts inclusion
Inclusion is the act of welcoming people of all backgrounds and abilities into a group.
Passage inclusion/inclusión
Summarizing Social Studies Texts
paralyzed Someone who is paralyzed is unable to move parts of his or her body.
Passage paralyzed/paralizado(a)
Summarizing Social Studies Texts mobility Mobility is the ability to move. Passage mobility/movilidad
Summarizing Social Studies Texts makeshift
Something that is described as makeshift is temporary and is usually of poor quality.
Activity
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Summarizing Social Studies Texts
central idea The central idea is the most important point an author is trying to make about a topic.
Activity central idea/ idea central
Summarizing Social Studies Texts summary
A summary is a brief retelling in one's own words of the most important ideas in a text, without opinions or judgments.
Activity summary/sumario
Summarizing Social Studies Texts summarize
To summarize is to briefly retell in one's own words the most important ideas and details in a text.
Activity
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
pumped When you are pumped about something, you are filled with enthusiasm or excitement.
Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
kicks Kicks is an informal term for sneakers. Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
abuela Abuela is the Spanish word for grandmother.
Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
interior The interior of a place is the area inside of that place. Passage interior/interior
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
symbolically
When you do something symbolically, you do it only for show to represent something important.
Passage symbolically/ simbólicamente
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
muster When you muster something, you manage to come up with a reaction or response under stress.
Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
gauge A gauge is a device that measures something, such as temperature or pressure.
Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
El Monstruo The name El Monstruo means “The Monster" in Spanish. Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
dolly A dolly is a low platform on wheels that is used to move heavy objects. Passage
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
busboy A busboy (also busgirl or busser) is a person who clears dishes off the tables in a restaurant.
Passage
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
setting The setting of a story is the place and time in which the events occur.
Activity
Analyzing How Story Elements Interact
plot The plot of a story is the sequence of events that happen from the beginning to the end.
Activity
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
haltingly When you do something haltingly, you do it slowly and with pauses. Passage
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
deprivation You suffer deprivation when you do not get something you want or need.
Passage deprivation/privación
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
retain You retain something when you continue to keep or hold that thing.
Passage retain/retener
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
energetic If you are energetic, you have a lot of energy or enthusiasm for an activity.
Passage energetic/energético(a)
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
absenteeism The result of frequently missing school or work is absenteeism. Passage absenteeism/
absentismo
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
ignite
When you ignite something, it catches fire literally or metaphorically. A person can ignite a bonfire with a lighter or can ignite people's feelings with a powerful new idea.
Passage
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
unconventional Something is unconventional when it differs from the norm. Passage unconventional/
no convencional
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
civics A class in civics teaches the rights and duties of the citizens of a country.
Passage civics/civismo
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
massive Something massive is very large, very important, or very serious. Passage massive/masivo(a)
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
college acceptance
A college acceptance is an invitation to attend that college and is offered after a student's application is accepted.
Passage
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
proponent If you actively support something or someone, you are a proponent of that thing or person.
Passage proponent/proponente
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
accommodate
When you respond to a particular situation or make a change to accept it, you accommodate that situation.
Passage accommodate/ acomodar
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
shortcoming A shortcoming is a fault, weakness, problem, or difficulty. Passage
Analyzing Interactions in Informational Text
cause-effect pattern
A relationship in which one or more events cause one or more other events is a cause-effect pattern.
Activity cause and effect pattern/patrón de causa-efecto
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
commercial
Commercial fishers use their own fishing boat and equipment to make a living by selling what they catch.
Passage commercial/comercial
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
sear To sear something is to burn its surface using intense heat. Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
regurgitate
If an animal regurgitates something, it brings that thing back into its mouth after having swallowed it.
Passage regurgitate/regurgitar
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
fatal Something that is fatal causes death. Passage fatal/fatal
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
taunt If someone taunts you, they tease you in an unkind way meant to anger or upset you.
Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
aloha People in Hawaii say “aloha” instead of “hello" and “goodbye." Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
haupia Haupia is what native Hawaiians call coconut.
Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
mahalo If you want to say “thank you" in the Hawaiian language, you say mahalo.
Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
callused Callused hands have hard, rough skin in places. Passage callused/calloso(a)
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
figurative language
The creative use of words or phrases to express something other than their literal, or usual, meaning is figurative language.
Activity figurative language/ lenguaje figurado
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
simile A simile is a description that compares two unlike things using the word like or as.
Activity simile/símil
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
metaphor A metaphor is a description that compares two unlike things without using the word like or as.
Activity metaphor/metáfora
Determining Word Meaning: Literary Text
personification
Authors use personification when they give nonhuman things human characteristics or actions, like “the leaves danced."
Activity personification/ personificación
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
havoc If something creates havoc, it causes confusion and disorder. Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
besieged If people are besieged, they are attacked on all sides. Passage
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
marauding A marauding animal invades an area and causes destruction before moving on.
Passage maraud/merodear
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
devastate If you devastate something, you destroy it. Passage devastate/devastar
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
annihilate If you annihilate something, you destroy it completely. Passage annihilate/aniquilar
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
entomologist An entomologist is a scientist who studies insects. Passage entomologist/
entomólogo(a)
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
infestation During an infestation, a type of pest arrives at a place in large numbers. Passage infestation/infestación
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
impediment An impediment is something that prevents people from making progress.
Activity impediment/ impedimento
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
connotation A connotation is the feeling or idea associated with a word. Activity
connotation/ connotación
Determining Word Meaning: Informational Text
denotation A word's denotation is its dictionary definition. Activity
Analyzing Poetic Elements and Structure
crouch
When you crouch, you bend down low. Here, the writer suggests that the words are sitting low and watching like a person would.
Passage
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Analyzing Poetic Elements and Structure
multitude A multitude is a very large number of people.
Passage multitude/multitud
Analyzing Poetic Elements and Structure
none the wiser If you are none the wiser about something, you are not aware of it. Passage
Analyzing Poetic Elements and Structure
script A script is a piece of writing. Passage script/escrito
Analyzing Poetic Elements and Structure
stanza A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. Activity
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
endeavor An endeavor is when you try to do something new, especially if it is difficult.
Passage
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
lunar module
The lunar module was the part of the spacecraft that carried astronauts to the surface of the moon and back to the spacecraft.
Passage lunar module/ módulo lunar
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
ingenuity Someone who has ingenuity is skilled at creating new inventions and thinking of new ideas.
Passage ingenuity/ingeniosidad
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
ratchet wrench
A ratchet wrench is a tool with a cylinder-shaped socket at one end. It is used to loosen and tighten nuts and bolts. Unlike a regular wrench, it can turn nuts and bolts more than once without having to change position.
Passage
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
foresee If you foresee something, you expect or believe it will happen in the future.
Passage
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
transplant A transplant is an operation to replace an organ or another part of a person's body.
Passage transplant/trasplante
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
compatible When things are compatible, they work well or can be used together. Passage compatible/compatible
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
framework A framework is a structure that helps hold up or support a larger object or structure.
Passage
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
cartilage
Cartilage is a strong but flexible body substance that helps make up body parts like ears, noses, and joints.
Passage cartilage/cartílago
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
misshapen Something that is misshapen does not have the normal or natural shape or form.
Passage
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
central idea The central idea of a text is the most important point the text makes about the topic.
Activity central idea/ idea central
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
text structure The text structure of a passage is the way the information in the passage is organized.
Activity text structure/ estructura del texto
Analyzing Informational Text Structure
problem and solution
The problem and solution text structure is a way of organizing information that explains a problem and suggests one or more ways to fix it.
Activity problem and solution/ problema y solución
Analyzing Narrative Point of View amateurish
Something that is amateurish lacks skill. Passage amateurish/amateur
Analyzing Narrative Point of View terminate When you terminate something,
you end it. Passage terminate/terminar
Analyzing Narrative Point of View surly If you are surly, you are behaving
rudely. Passage
Analyzing Narrative Point of View realize
If you realize something from your imagination, you achieve it or make it real.
Passage realize/realizar
Analyzing Narrative Point of View thrift store
A thrift store is a shop that sells used clothing and household goods at low prices.
Passage
Analyzing Narrative Point of View nostalgia When you feel nostalgia, you feel
affection or longing for the past. Passage nostalgia/nostalgia
Analyzing Narrative Point of View mutate
Something that has mutated has changed into something very different.
Passage mutate/mutar
Analyzing Narrative Point of View
retro Something that is described as retro looks like a style from the past.
Passage retro/retro
Analyzing Narrative Point of View point of view
A character's or narrator's point of view is their thoughts and feelings about events or other characters in a story.
Activity point of view/ punto de vista
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Analyzing Author's Point of View
point-blank If you say something point-blank, you state it very directly without adding an explanation.
Passage
Analyzing Author's Point of View horrific
If you say something is horrific, you mean that it is shocking in a horrible way.
Passage horrific/horroroso(a)
Analyzing Author's Point of View station
If you station yourself in a place, you intend to stay there for a period of time.
Passage station (v.)/estacionar
Analyzing Author's Point of View reluctant
If you are reluctant to do something, you hesitate before doing it and you do it slowly, without energy.
Passage
Analyzing Author's Point of View chilling effect
A law or rule can have a chilling effect when it discourages, prevents, or damages a right that people have supported.
Passage
Analyzing Author's Point of View enforce
People in authority enforce a law when they make sure it is obeyed and punish people who don't obey it.
Passage
Analyzing Author's Point of View
considerate A considerate person pays attention to other people's feelings.
Passage considerate/ considerado(a)
Analyzing Author's Point of View valid A valid idea or concern is both
important and reasonable. Passage valid/válido(a)
Analyzing Author's Point of View point of view
An author's point of view is what the author thinks, feels, or believes about a topic.
Activity point of view/ punto de vista
Evaluating Arguments exhibit
If people exhibit a specific type of behavior, feeling, or trait, they show it.
Passage exhibit/exhibir
Evaluating Arguments tendonitis
The medical condition tendonitis occurs when a tendon becomes painful and swollen.
Passage tendonitis/tendonitis
Evaluating Arguments burnout
If a person suffers from burnout, he or she has become overly tired from working too much and not resting enough.
Passage
Evaluating Arguments
athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is an amount of money given to a student athlete to pay for school. In return, the athlete agrees to play for a team at the school.
Passage
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate* Evaluating Arguments influence Influence is power used to change
the way someone thinks or acts. Passage influence/influencia
Evaluating Arguments argument
An argument is a statement used to convince others to agree with an idea or opinion.
Activity argument/argumento
Evaluating Arguments claim A claim is a reason that is given to
support an argument. Activity
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction boarding house
A boarding house is a place where people pay for daily meals and a spot to sleep.
Passage
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction strike
When people go on strike, they stop working as a way to pressure their employers to improve working conditions or increase pay.
Passage
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction compromise
A compromise is an agreement between two or more people or groups in which both sides gain something and lose something.
Passage compromise/ compromiso
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction hoard
To hoard is to keep, collect, or hide away large amounts of something. Passage
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction boycott
When people stage a boycott against a company, organization, or country, they refuse to buy or do something in order to show their disapproval.
Passage boycott/boicot
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction unified When people are unified, they think
and act together as one. Passage unified/unido(a)
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction tactic A skill or action that helps someone
achieve a goal is a tactic. Passage tactic/táctica
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction inconspicuous
When something is inconspicuous, it is ordinary looking and people are unlikely to notice it.
Passage inconspicuous/ no conspicuo(a)
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction posse
A posse is a group of people gathered together by a law officer to help search for a criminal.
Passage
Historical Fiction Versus Nonfiction historical fiction
A historical fiction story draws from the author's imagination but includes actual people, places, and events of historical importance.
Activity historical fiction/ ficción histórica
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic hoax A hoax is a trick that leads people to
believe something that is not true. Passage
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic outlet
A news outlet is a source like a newspaper or TV show that reports the news for people to see or read.
Passage
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic reputable A reputable person or organization
can be trusted to be honest. Passage reputable/reputado(a)
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic biased
When a source of information is biased, it treats one group or side of an issue unfairly.
Passage
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic loaded
Loaded words are words that are associated with certain feelings. Loaded words are used to affect how people think about something.
Passage
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic controversy
A controversy is a major disagreement about an important idea or action.
Passage controversy/ controversia
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic manipulate
If you manipulate people's opinions, you make them think or say what you want them to.
Passage manipulate/manipular
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic objective
Something that is objective, or has objectivity, is based on facts, not opinions.
Passage objective/objetivo(a)
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic crop up Something that crops up appears
suddenly or with little warning. Passage
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic journalism
Journalism is the job of writing about news for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. Professional journalists need education or experience that helps them gather and write news accurately and effectively.
Passage
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic nervous system
Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Your nervous system allows your body to feel things like heat, cold, and pain, and it also controls your body's movements.
Passage nervous system/ sistema nervioso
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic anxiety Anxiety is a very nervous or worried
feeling. Passage anxiety/ansiedad
*Cognates are words or terms that are similar in two languages. In i-Ready Reading Comprehension lessons, Spanish cognates are provided for English terms where they exist.
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Grade 7 Lesson Name Term Definition Type Spanish Cognate*
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic consequence The consequence of an action is its
result or effect. Passage consequence/ consecuencia
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic author’s purpose
The author's purpose is the main reason that the author creates a piece of writing.
Activity author's purpose/ propósito del autor
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic evidence
Text evidence is facts, quotations, examples, and other details or information from a text that support the author's ideas or point of view.
Activity evidence/evidencia
Comparing Texts on the Same Topic
author’s point of view
The author's point of view is what the author thinks, feels, or believes about a topic.
Activity