12 Powerful words

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12 Powerful words
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What are the 12 powerful words?

• The 12 powerful words are words that are on many
  assessments, tests, and quizzes. In order to
  answer the question, you need to know what these
  words mean.

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Compare

• Ways they are the same
• Real life example Compare soccer and basketball

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Explain

• To tell the steps
• Real Life Example Explain how to make a peanut
  butter and jelly sandwich

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Analyze

• Break down into parts
• Real Life Example Analyze the science test by
  breaking it into sections and looking at what you
  got wrong

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Support

• Prove
• Real Life Example Support your answer by giving
  3 examples

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Formulate

• Put together
• Real Life Example Formulate a plan with your
  friends to raise enough money to go to the concert

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Infer

• Read between the lines
• Real Life Example If someone slams their bedroom
  door shut we can infer they are angry

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Describe

• Tell about
• Real Life Example Describe your day at Hershey
  Park

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Summarize

• Tell the main part(s)
• Real Life Example In 140 characters (think
  Twitter) tell your friend about your first day of
  school

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Contrast

• Ways they are different
• Real Life Example Contrast elementary school and
  middle school

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Trace

• Outline
• Real Life Example Trace the history of your
  favorite band by making a timeline

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Predict

• Educated guess
• Real Life Experience Predict what is going to
  happen to the bad guy in the movie

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Evaluate

• Tell the good and bad
• Real Life Example Evaluate the lunches here at
  CDMS