ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

Analyze: examine the parts of an item and discuss how they are related.

Compare: look at two or more items and show how they are the same of different

Contrast: compare two or more items to show differences between them

Criticize: give your opinion or judgment about the positive and negative points

Define: give the meaning of

Describe: write about it, “paint a picture with words.” Do so in a logical sequence.

Diagram: Make a drawing, graph, or chart and label its parts.

Discuss: talk something over, looking at positive and negative points

Enumerate: list facts using numbers

Evaluate: give your opinion of the importance of something; give advantages and disadvantages

Explain: make something clear that is not understood; tell how something happened or how to do something

Hypothesize: think about what would happen if…

Illustrate: explain your answer in writing and make it clear using examples, stories, pictures, charts, diagrams

Interpret: explain your answer in writing and make it clear

Justify: give a reason for or defend something; give evidence

List: produce answers in words or sentences and number them

Outline: list a plan that gives only the main ideas; summarize showing how the ideas are organized

Prove: give evidence or argue that something is true

Relate: show how one thing is connected to or similar to another

Review: examine and talk about the important parts of something; discuss positive and negative points

State: tell; express precisely; sentences should be brief and should omit details

Summarize: give only the main points of a thing or event, not details or examples

Trace: follow the development of (the history of) something from beginning to end

TAKS resources

IPC (Physics and Chemistry)

http://www.newam.net/taks01.html

Biology


http://www.newam.net/biotaks-glencoe.html

TAKS Timeline

As we progress through semester II, we also will be reviewing TAKS objectives and practice answering TAKS style questions. The content will not be new to you. You will just practice being asked the TAKS way. Each question is designed to be objective but we all know that causes confusion. So, I will give most common TAKS verbs (the action word in the sentence), which will give you a clue how to answer the question.

Our timeline is 12 weeks from April 28, which is the day of the science TAKS test. Each week will review one objective and practice that objective, either in a lab or answering questions.

We all know that TAKs is here to stay and you have to PASS! Let's make enjoyable but most of all, learn!

Organic Chemistry

Hydrocarbons

Bellringer 7

For the compound COOH, write the Lewis Dot structure for each element, the electron configuration using the Aufbau principle and draw a diagram indicating the angle of the bonds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylic_acid



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbon

Welcome Back from the Holidays!

Time to get yourself in gear for another semester and bear down on your efforts in class.

This is the last week of the third six weeks and final exams are next week.

All make-up work need to be turned in by Friday, January 8.

No excuses or exceptions.
Finals Week is January 11-14

Monday Jan 11
Period 1 Review
Period 2 Review
Period 3 Exam
Period 4 Exam

Tuesday Jan 12
Period 1 Exam
Period 5 Review
Period 7 Review
Period 2 Exam

Wednesday Jan 13
Period 5 Exam
Period 6 Review
Period 7 Exam
Period 8 Review

Thursday Jan 14
Period 6 Exam
Period 8 Exam

Early Dismissal

Friday Jan 15 TEACHER WORK DAY NO STUDENTS!