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2. A Definition • ". . . the set of words, grammar, and organizational strategies used to describe complex ideas, higher-order thinking processes, and abstract concepts." • Jeff Zwiers, Building Academic Language, 2008, p. 20

3. “Brilliant students have been marginalized and unrecognized (and “left behind”) because of their diverse languages, learning styles, and ways of thinking. This results from limited views that mistakenly equate a person’s use of a mainstream register with intelligence and potential. . . We need to build on existing language use and thinking and help students add mainstream conventions to their repertoire of skills, just as we must add to our repertoire the various values and practices that our diverse students bring.” Jeff Zwiers

4. appointed “national security adviser” “shared a belief” realpolitik based on ____ rather than ____ ideology formulated foreign policy détente “easing tensions” confrontation “resolve issues” One short paragraph!

5. A few categories of academic vocabulary • Need to know for a short period • Fundamental to a particular discipline • Fundamental across disciplines • Need to understand (orally or in writing) • Need to understand and produce • Technical terms (bold-faced words) • General language that allows you to use technical/academic vocab appropriately

6. Monarchy Hypotenuse Imagery Photosynthesis Thesis Statement Reciprocal Mitosis “Brick” Terms – Technical words specific to a discipline (the boldfaced vocabulary)

7. Therefore If . . . then . . . dependent suppose In contrast to . . . leads us to believe “Mortar” Terms – general utility words that hold technical terms together; often abstract; used to communicate complex ideas