Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 5Unit 1Lesson 5

Academic vocabulary and roots

Use New Vocabulary Precisely

Today: Select, inflect, and apply academic vocabulary in original explanations.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Name the noun form of conclude.

  2. 2.Name the adjective form of evidence.

B

Learn

Use New Vocabulary Precisely

Knowing a definition is not enough. A writer must choose the correct form, syntax, and degree of precision.

Choose the concept, select the correct word family member, fit it grammatically, and reread for meaning.

Study the model

analyze (verb), analysis (noun), analytical (adjective)

C

Read

Original PRA passage

After a careful analysis, Dev wrote an analytical paragraph that clearly analyzed the pattern.
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Prairie River Academy

Use New Vocabulary Precisely

Grade 5Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Label analyze, analysis, analytical by word class. ELA-5-01-05-Q1

  2. 2.Complete: Her ___ was convincing. ELA-5-01-05-Q2

  3. 3.Why is 'an analysis paragraph' less precise than 'an analytical paragraph'? ELA-5-01-05-Q3

  4. 4.Use interpret in two forms. ELA-5-01-05-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Write a concise explanation using three words from one academic word family.

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