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title: Teaching Common Core Language to Students - Novak Educational Consulting
description: If you’re transitioning to Common Core, consider revising your writing prompts to reflect Common Core language. This practice introduces students to academic words and also prepares them for the language that is likely to be on standardized tests.
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# [Teaching Common Core Language to Students - Novak Educational Consulting](https://www.novakeducation.com/blog/teaching-common-core-language-to-students)

 Written by [Katie Novak](https://www.novakeducation.com/blog/author/katie-novak) | 12/10/13 10:22 PM

If you’re transitioning to Common Core, consider revising your writing prompts to reflect Common Core language. This practice introduces students to academic words and also prepares them for the language that is likely to be on standardized tests. Increasing students’ word knowledge is also an important UDL Guideline (Checkpoint 2.1), as students are more successful and more engaged when teachers clarify important vocabulary for them.

Recently, I created the following list of “CCSS power words,”  which are words that appear in the Core Anchor standards for ELA. I thought I’d share. Teach the words to your students, model strategies for each skill, and use the words consistently in your writing prompts to push students to the next level.

## Common Core Goals for Students

### (aligned to Anchor standards)

 

**Analyze** (R.2, R.3, R.5, R.9) – To break apart – to study something carefully

**Compare** (R.9) – Discuss how things are the same

**Contrast **(R.9) – Discuss how things are different

**Draw evidence** (W.9) – To support and back up with evidence

**Evaluate** (R.8, SL.2, SL.3) – Judge, have an opinion, based on evidence

**Infer** (R.1) – Read between the lines, make a guess based on evidence

**Interpret** (R.4) – Explain the meeting of, try to figure out the meaning of something

**Integrate** (R.7, W.8, SL.2) – Bring evidence into writing

**Summarize **(R.2) – Give a short version using evidence

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