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Unit 4 COPY MASTER

Academic Vocabulary
A.  Academic Vocabulary is the language you use to talk about literature. Listen as your
teacher reads each word and discusses its meaning and the example sentence.

Academic Vocabulary Definition Example Sentence

1. context the words that surround a
particular word or passage and
make the meaning of that word or
passage clear; the circumstances
in which an event occurs
2. interpret to explain the meaning of or
translate
3. reveal to show, make known, or expose
4. significant having meaning; important
5. tradition a practice passed down from
generation to generation
Depending on the context, “fish“
can either be a noun or a verb.
My cousin could interpret the
conversation in sign language so I
was able to understand.
When you open the hood you
reveal the workings of an engine.
Graduation is a significant event
in one’s life.
In keeping with my father‘s
tradition, my brother and I have
learned to make furniture.

B.  Use an Academic Vocabulary word to complete each sentence.

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1. When we poetry, we explain its meaning.

2. The x-ray was able to the fracture in his tibia.

3. In the of their argument, Jim’s remark sounded threatening.

4. For more than a century, it has been our town’s to hold a harvest
festival.

5. A handshake can be for people who have been at odds.

C.  Write the Academic Vocabulary words in your Reader/Writer Notebook. Practice using
these words as you talk and write about the selections in this unit.

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