Depth of Knowledge Vocabulary LIST 4. Accept To take or receive, or to agree or consent to If you...

Depth of Knowledge VocabularyLIST 4

Accept

To take or receive, or to agree or

consent to If you accept that healthy food and

exercise are key to good health, what changes do you need to make to your lifestyle for optimal health?

Apply

To make use of as relevant,

suitable, to put to useApply your knowledge of water issues in

Utah to propose a plan for water conservation.

Calculate

To determine or ascertain by

reasoning, common sense, or

practical experienceCalculate the physical and chemical

changes through the series of experiments.

Classify

To arrange or organize by classes; order according to class, or to assign a classification to information, documents, etc.

In order to increase organization, classify the variables you use in each experiment.

Combine

To bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite

Combine your claim and your evidence to draft an argumentative essay.

Complete

To make whole or entire, to make perfect

Complete the graph to show the slope.

Conclude

To arrive at an opinion or judgment; come to a decision, or to bring to an end

Conclude the lab by summarizing your findings and your notes.

Consider

To think carefully or deliberately about, especially in order to make a decision; to reflect

Consider the impacts, either positive or negative, of teachers being allowed to carry guns on school property.

Create

To cause to come into being, to evolve from one’s own thought or imagination

Create a piece of music, poetry, or movement that reflects the antagonists motivation.

Develop

To bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; to cause to grow or expand

Develop an experiment to test the current and future health of the stream.

Employ

To engage the services ofEmploy the use of smooth

transitions in all forms of writing.

Estimate

To form an approximate judgment

or opinion regarding the worth,

amount, size, weight of, etc. To calculate approximatelyEstimate the number of correct

answers you must get in order to

pass the exam.

Draw Conclusions

To use background knowledge, and written materials to come to a final decision about a topic

Draw conclusions about the effects of drought on Utah wetlands.

Link

To join together, connect, or uniteIn what many and varied

ways can you link the big idea of “structure” with cells?

Facilitate

• To assist the progress of, to make easier or less difficult

• Facilitate a conversation in which you compare and contrast the Utah Constitution and the U.S. Constitution.

Suggestion for an Activity: Part 1 Concept Circles (Dr. Janet Allen)

• Use any 5 words with each of the following three activities:• Concept Circles: Look at the items in the concept circle. Write

about your understanding of (vocabulary word) by highlighting the connections between and among each of the items in the concept circle. What is the significance of each one and how do the items in the concept circle fit together?

• Complete one Concept Circle for each of the 5 words, choose your words carefully!

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Part 2: Academic Vocabulary Cards (Dr.

Janet Allen)

Information from the Teacher (Definition, Context, Examples)

Restate in My Own Words

Additional Information from Reading, Viewing, Discussion

Mnemonic to Help Me Remember (Visual, Jingle, etc.)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Vocabulary Words Synonyms Antonyms

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Word 5