3. Exponent, numerator, denominator, equilateral, divisor, least common multiple, ÷,
≥, × (symbols)
1. Table, ruler, key, power, class, charter, state
2. Compare, analyze, evaluate, describe
3. Constitution, republic, colony, frontier, alliance, neutrality
1. Warrant, meter, argument
2. Compare, analyze, evaluate
3. Soliloquy, denouement, static and dynamic characters, thesis statement
1. Table, control, alcohol, balance, cell, producer
2. Compare, contrast, analyze, evaluate, summarize, justify, explain, interpret,
classify
3. Proton, food web, photosynthesis, density, acceleration due to gravity (g) ,
hypothesis, K = potassium, atomic number
1. Elements, shade, value
2. Compare, analyze, evaluate, describe
3. Sculpture, texture, artist statements, creative expression
1. Rhythm, note, pitch, beat
2. Compare, analyze, evaluate, describe
3. Allegro, picturization, improvisation, ensemble
1. Table, risk, factors, culture, pressure
2. Compare, analyze, evaluate, describe, sequence, demonstrate, classify
3. Protective factors, health-enhancing skills and behaviors, risk behaviors
III. Discourse is how members of the discipline talk, write, and participate in knowledge construction,
using the structures of written and oral language. Discipline-specific discourse has distinctive features or
ways of structuring oral or written language (text structures) or representing knowledge visually.
● Writing narrative texts
● Constructing argument texts
● Interpreting graphic representations
● Composing essays (e.g., citing textual evidence)
● Making and supporting a conjecture
● Constructing a definition based on comparing examples and non-examples
of polygons
● Interpreting graphic representations (e.g., graphs, diagrams)
● Constructing an argument (two-column proof)
● Interpreting graphic representations (e.g., graphs, diagrams)