Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 5Unit 1Lesson 4

Academic vocabulary and roots

Track Academic Words Across Subjects

Today: Explain how one academic word adapts across disciplines.

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Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Define evidence broadly.

  2. 2.Name two subjects that use analyze.

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Learn

Track Academic Words Across Subjects

General academic words such as analyze, structure, evidence, and derive travel across subjects while keeping a core meaning.

State the core action, compare two disciplinary uses, and note what changes with context.

Study the model

derive: obtain from a source in writing; calculate from principles in mathematics

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Read

Original PRA passage

A historian analyzes evidence from letters; a scientist analyzes measurements; both separate information to understand relationships.
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Grade 5Practice and apply
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Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.What stays constant in analyze? ELA-5-01-04-Q1

  2. 2.What changes across subjects? ELA-5-01-04-Q2

  3. 3.Use structure in English and science. ELA-5-01-04-Q3

  4. 4.Why learn transferable words? ELA-5-01-04-Q4

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Apply

Use the lesson

Make a two-subject usage chart for evidence, structure, or interpret.

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