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14 Most Powerful Words for the
EOG
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Infer
Analyze
Signify
Trace
Evaluate
Formulate
Summarize
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Explain
Contrast
Compare
Predict
Support
Conclude
Describe
What can you infer about this
man? Support your answer with
evidence from the cartoon.
Analyze one of these problems by writing
directions in words your Language Arts teacher
can understand.
1. Find the area of this figure
8”
9”
14”
2. A pair of jeans is on sale for 25% off the regular
price of $47. How much money is discounted off
the regular price?
3. What is the slope and y-intercept of y = 3x + 4?
What is the most significant sentence in the
following paragraphs? Explain your answer.
Homes have been lost, jobs shed, businesses
shuttered. Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too
many, and each day brings further evidence that the ways
we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our
planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and
statistics. Less measurable, but no less profound, is a
sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that
America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation
must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are
real, they are serious and they are many. They will not be
met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America:
They will be met.
Barak Obama
Inaugural Speech 2009
Trace the events in a typical day at school
for a middle school student.
Evaluate this person’s behavior, giving
good reasons for your evaluation.
Formulate a plan to surprise your
mom on her birthday!
Summarize the following
paragraph.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by
bacteria whose scientific name is Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. It was first isolated in 1882 by a
German physician named Robert Koch who received
the Nobel prize for this discovery. TB most
commonly affects the lungs but also can involve
almost any organ of the body. Many years ago, this
disease was referred to as "consumption" because
without effective treatment, these patients often
would waste away. Today, of course, tuberculosis
usually can be treated successfully with antibiotics.
Explain the water cycle to another
student.
Contrast these two locations.
Compare these two vehicles.
Predict what will happen next. Give
good reasons for your prediction.
Middle school students should be allowed to sit with
their friends at lunch rather than with their assigned
class. Argue for or against this statement giving at
least three good supporting reasons for your point of
view.
Read this mystery and come to a conclusion
that answers the final question.
Near Miss
 A man was driving a black truck through a busy
town.
 His lights were not on.
 The moon was not out.
 Suddenly a young girl stepped onto the road.
 The man swerved to avoid her.
 But how did he see her?
Describe this scene.