Last year our students made gains in both Math and ELA. Our goal is to continue this positive trend and one way to achieve this is to increase our students' content and academic vocabularies. This is why we are implementing the vocabulary project which will take place throughout the school year. Below are the lists of important 6th grade vocabulary from ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. There will be a grade given for the vocabulary in all four core classes.
In order to create more organization to the project, students will be turning in smaller sections of the project at the end of each marking period. This means that the list is divided into four sections which are differentiated on the vocabulary lists by font. Here are the following due dates:
Since this is a project students should be creative and neat when representing the vocabulary words. The words can be complied into a dictionary or ABC book. The required components for each word are as follows:
Here are some online resources that students can use to find the vocabulary words.
1. Merriam-Webster Unabridged dictionary - http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/
(Since this is a district paid resource it might need a username and a password. If so the username is syrsls and the password is syrsls.)
2. Kids.Wordsmyth - https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/
3. Word Central - http://www.wordcentral.com/
8th Grade Science Vocabulary
8th Grade ELA Vocabulary
8th Grade Math Vocabulary
8th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary
8th Grade Academic Language Vocabulary
In order to create more organization to the project, students will be turning in smaller sections of the project at the end of each marking period. This means that the list is divided into four sections which are differentiated on the vocabulary lists by font. Here are the following due dates:
- BOLD words are due at the end of Marking Period 1 (by October 26th)
- Italic words are due at the end of Marking Period 2 (by January 18th)
- Underlined words are due at the end of Marking Period 3 (by April 5th)
- Regular words are due at the end of Marking Period 4 (by June 25th)
Since this is a project students should be creative and neat when representing the vocabulary words. The words can be complied into a dictionary or ABC book. The required components for each word are as follows:
- Definition of each word
- CHOOSE ONE: Antonym, synonym, translation OR creative interpretation of each word
- Graphic representation
- Meaningful sentence or question
Here are some online resources that students can use to find the vocabulary words.
1. Merriam-Webster Unabridged dictionary - http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/
(Since this is a district paid resource it might need a username and a password. If so the username is syrsls and the password is syrsls.)
2. Kids.Wordsmyth - https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/
3. Word Central - http://www.wordcentral.com/
8th Grade Science Vocabulary
Constant | Cyclic | Density | Dependent |
Direct | Extrapolate | Indirect | Interpolate |
Liter | Meter | Metric System | Newton |
Patterns | Trends | Variable | Volume |
Classify | Conclusion | Constant | Control Group |
Dependent Variable | Independent Variable | Experimental Group | Explanation |
Hypothesis | Describe | Inference | Investigation |
Measure | Observations | Phenomena | Predict |
Question | Sequence | Cells | Cell Membrane |
Cell Wall | Chloroplast | Cytoplasm | Excretion |
Feedback Mechanism | Mitosis | Function | Gas Exchange |
Genetic Material | Microbe | Microscope | Molecules |
Multicellular | Nucleus | Organism | Regulation |
Reproduction | Respiration | Specialized | Structure |
Tissues | Unicellular | Asexual | Budding |
Cancer | Diploid Cell | Gametes | Genes |
Haploid Cell | Heredity | Meiosis | Tumor |
Regeneration | Reproduction | Runners | Genes |
Zygote | Chromosome | DNA | Dominant |
Expressed | Extinction | Fossils | Generation |
Genetic Engineering | Models of Prediction | Hereditary | Inherited Trait |
Mechanisms | Genetic Traits | Mutations | Natural Selection |
Offspring | Pair | Pedigree Chart | Probability |
Punnett Square | Recessive | Selective Breeding | Sexual Reproduction |
Nucleus | Unit | Absorbed | Calories |
Carbohydrate | Carbon Dioxide | Cellular Respiration | Energy Transformation |
Distractions | Energy | Constant | Fats |
Glucose | Input | Metabolism | Microscope |
Minerals | Output | Oxidizing | Oxygen (O2) |
Photosynthesis | Proteins | Synthesize | Transported |
Vitamins | Water (H2O) | Successive | Molecules |
8th Grade ELA Vocabulary
Climax | Develop | External Conflict | Inference |
Internal Conflict | Propel | Provoke | Structure |
Style | Theme | Tone | Allusion |
Character Traits | Cite | Conclude | Engage |
Gather | Mine | Recall | Reflect |
Support | Transition | Interpret | Refine |
Relevant | Bias | Central Idea | Claim |
Delineate | Evoke | Alternate | Argue |
Evidence | Oppose | Persuade | Contribute |
Develop | Motivation | Pattern | Track |
Credentials | Impact | Implicate | Lens |
Perspective | Primary | Secondary | Source |
Valid |
8th Grade Math Vocabulary
Rotation | Reflection | Translation | Congruent |
Dilation | Similar Figures | Transversal | Scientific Notation |
Slope | Y-Intercept | Slope-Intercept Form | Linear Equation |
Square Root | Radical | Non-Linear Functions | Input |
Output | Function | Rate of Change | Like Terms |
Constant Speed | Equations | Corresponding Angles | Interior |
Cone Volume Formula | Pythagorean Theorem | Sphere Volume Formula | Cylinder Volume Formula |
Exterior | Cube Root | Irrational Number | Simultaneous Linear Equations |
Irrational Number | Measurement Data | Negative Association | Positive Association |
Line of Best Fit | Outlier | Bivariate | Scatter Plot |
Terminating Decimal | Repeating Decimal | Integer Exponent |
8th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary
States’ Rights Theory | Strict Construction | Loose Construction | American System |
Isolationism | Embargo | Blockade | Neutrality |
Frontier | Capitalism | Folk Art | Monroe Doctrine |
Spiritual | Territory | Annex | Diplomacy |
Manifest Destiny | Legacy | Ranch | Oregon Trail |
Mormons | Forty-niners | Abolitionists | Reform |
Second Great Awakening | Seneca Falls Convention | Transcendentalism | Declaration of Sentiments |
Deforestation | Plantation | Agrarian | Cotton Gin |
Industrialist | Industrial Revolution | Underground Railroad | Gettysburg Address |
Segregation | Oppression | Immigrant | Discrimination |
Union | Fugitive | Confederacy | Civil War |
Habeas Corpus | Racism | Reconstruction | Black Codes |
Civil Rights | Jim Crow Laws | Homesteader | Subsidy |
Thirteenth Amendment | Freedmen’s Bureau | Transcontinental Railroad | Reservation |
Entrepreneur | Laissez-Faire | Profit | Mass Production |
Corporation | Trust | Monopoly | Urbanization |
Refugee | Assimilation | Labor Union | Passport |
Nativism | Quota | Civil Service | Suffrage |
Prohibition | Regulation | Great Migration | Credit |
Harlem Renaissance | Red Scare | Depression | New Deal |
Pension | Fascism | Totalitarian | Pogrom |
Consumer Goods | Atomic Bomb | War Crime | D-Day |
Inflation | Internment Camp | United Nations | Communism |
Black List | Proxy War | Cold War | Marshall Plan |
Containment | Integration | Sit-In | Black Power |
Nonviolent Resistance | Baby Boom | Great Society | Counterculture |
Environmentalist | Hostage | Internet | Impeach |
Terrorism | Holocaust | Capitalism | Bond |
8th Grade Academic Language Vocabulary
Draw | Define | Calculate | Arrange |
Repeat | Recall | Recite | Identify |
Memorize | State | Recognize | List |
Label | Illustrate | Measure | Report |
Quote | Match | Name | Infer |
Categorize | Classify | Separate | Estimate |
Compare | Relate | Organize | Construct |
Modify | Predict | Interpret | Distinguish |
Summarize | Revise | Assess | Investigate |
Critique | Connect | Design | Analyze |
Create | Prove | Synthesize |
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