Mrs. Jo Lyn Arnold » Weekly Vocabulary 1

Weekly Vocabulary 1

Sight Words
1. determine                                2. achieve                           3. fulfill                             4. fundamental               5. motivate                                        
 
6. accumulate                             7. breakthrough                   8. efficient                        9. identify                       10. circumstance
 
11. perspective                          11. aggressive                     12. assault                        13. appeal                       14, permanent
 
15. procedures                          16. regulate                          17. stimulate                    18. composition               19. illuminate
 
20. origin                                   21. insight                            22. indicate                        23. contempory           
1. Main Idea-- it's the big picture of a text, often summed up in a single sentence.
 
2. Supporting Details--facts, examples, and reasons that explain, prove, or expand upon a main idea.
 
3. Author's Purpose--Why the author wrote the text. to entertain, to inform, and to persuade
 
4. Drawing Conclusions--the process of making a jujdgement or decision by combining clues from text or events with your own background knowledge. It means figuring out something that is not directly stated.
 
5. Story Elements--CHARACTERS (the people or animals in the tale), SETTING(the time and place the story tace place), plot (the events that took place in the story), CONFLICT (the main problem), RESOLUTION (how the problem was solved). Many stories also include a THEME (the big lesson or message the story gives).
 
6. Analyze- to study or examine something closely and in detail to understand its nature, structure, or inner relationships
 
7. Inference-a conclusion you reach by combining evidence, observations, and your own background knowledge