12 Powerful Words

For our Learning Community...from Larry Bell

The  12  POWERFUL  WORDS

Trace
List in Steps
Analyze
Break apart
Infer
Read between the lines
Evaluate
Judge
Formulate
Create
Describe
Tell all about
Support
Back up with details
Explain
Tell how
Summarize
Give me the short version
Compare
All the ways they are alike
Contrast
All the ways they are different
Predict
What will happen next

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