Class 6-8 Academic Vocabulary Builder
This course teaches functional academic vocabulary: words grouped by the cognitive job they do (comparing, explaining, arguing, connecting), not by subject. Every word is drawn from NCERT Class 6–8 textbooks, and every practice block uses examples from Science, Social Science, Mathematics, and English. Students learn words that work across all their subjects, not just in one.
Chapter 1: Words Your Questions Use
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Chapter 1: Words Your Questions Use
Empower students to decode exam command words so they know exactly what kind of answer to write.
Sprint 1
Sprint 1.1: Name, List, And Identify
Understand that name, list, state, and identify ask for short, direct answers rather than long explanations.
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Sprint 1.2: Describe And Explain
Distinguish between 'describe' (what it is like) and 'explain' (why/how it works) to avoid losing marks in exams.
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Sprint 1.3: Compare And Contrast
Master comparison vocabulary to write structured answers highlighting both similarities and differences.
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Sprint 1.4: Give Reasons And Suggest
Use reasoning words to construct logical chains linking facts, reasons, and conclusions.
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Sprint 1.5: Define And Classify
Formulate precise definitions using the category-difference formula and classify items based on clear criteria.
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Sprint 1.6: Chapter 1 Review
Consolidate understanding of exam command words and practice selecting the correct response format.
Chapter 2: Words For Noticing And Describing
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Chapter 2: Words For Noticing And Describing
Equip students with precise vocabulary to observe, describe, quantify, and track changes in academic contexts like science experiments and data analysis.
Sprint 7
Sprint 2.1: Look And Notice
Distinguish between different levels of visual attention (observe, notice, examine, inspect, detect, scan) in academic tasks.
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Sprint 2.2: Features And Properties
Describe objects precisely using structural and behavioral descriptors like feature, property, texture, and appearance.
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Sprint 2.3: Amount And Degree
Replace vague quantity terms like 'a lot' or 'a little' with precise academic words like majority, minority, sufficient, and excess.
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Sprint 2.4: Patterns And Arrangements
Identify and describe visual and logical structures using terms like pattern, sequence, formation, and regular/irregular.
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Sprint 2.5: Change In Amount
Describe trends, increases, and decreases in data and science experiments using precise verbs like expand, reduce, rise, and fall.
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Sprint 2.6: Chapter 2 Review
Consolidate and test vocabulary for observation, description, quantity, pattern, and change across school subjects.
Chapter 3: Words For How And Why Things Happen
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Chapter 3: Words For How And Why Things Happen
Equip students with the precise cause-and-effect, process, change, conditional, and cyclical vocabulary required to write high-scoring science, geography, and history answers.
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Sprint 3.1: Cause And Effect
Student can name both sides of a cause-effect relationship and use linking words correctly.
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Sprint 3.2: Process And Method
Student can describe a step-by-step process using precise procedural vocabulary.
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Sprint 3.3: Change And Transformation
Student can describe different kinds and intensities of change.
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Sprint 3.4: Conditions And Requirements
Student can express what is needed, what is missing, and what depends on what.
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Sprint 3.5: Cycle And Repetition
Student can describe cycles, repetition, and renewal using precise vocabulary.
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Sprint 3.6: Chapter Review
Consolidate and review all cause-and-effect, process, change, conditional, and cyclical vocabulary introduced in Chapter 3.
Chapter 4: Words For Sorting And Comparing
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Chapter 4: Words For Sorting And Comparing
Equip students with precise vocabulary to classify, prioritize, zoom in/out, evaluate pros/cons, and distinguish facts from opinions in academic contexts.
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Sprint 4.1: Same And Different
Express sameness and difference with precision rather than relying on basic words like 'same' or 'not same'.
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Sprint 4.2: More And Less Important
Rank and prioritize ideas or causes using precise academic vocabulary.
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Sprint 4.3: General And Specific
Zoom in from general statements to specific details and recognize when to use each level of detail.
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Sprint 4.4: Good Side, Bad Side
Discuss pros and cons of a topic objectively using precise vocabulary like advantage, drawback, strength, and weakness.
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Sprint 4.5: Fact And Opinion
Distinguish facts from opinions, identify evidence, and use claim/proof vocabulary accurately.
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Sprint 4.6: Chapter 4 Review
Consolidate and review vocabulary for sorting, comparing, prioritizing, and evaluating facts vs opinions.
Chapter 5: Words For Thinking And Arguing
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Chapter 5: Words For Thinking And Arguing
Equip students with the precise vocabulary needed to predict, agree, disagree, test, argue, and make decisions across academic subjects.
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Sprint 5.1: Predict And Estimate
Student can distinguish between predicting, estimating, expecting, and guessing, and knows when each is appropriate.
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Sprint 5.2: Agree And Disagree
Student can express agreement and disagreement using academic vocabulary, not just 'I agree' and 'I disagree.'
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Sprint 5.3: Test And Verify
Student can use experiment vocabulary: test, check, verify, confirm, measure, record, data, observation.
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Sprint 5.4: Argue And Defend
Student can build and respond to arguments using proper vocabulary — argue, defend, challenge, counter.
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Sprint 5.5: Making Decisions
Student can describe decision-making using decide, choose, prefer, consider, weigh, and evaluate.
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Sprint 5.6: Chapter 5 Review
Consolidate vocabulary for thinking, arguing, testing, and deciding through comprehensive review exercises.
Chapter 6: Words For Reading And Stories
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Chapter 6: Words For Reading And Stories
Equip students with the precise literary vocabulary needed to analyze characters, settings, moods, main ideas, figures of speech, and plot structures in their English textbooks.
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Sprint 6.1: Characters And Settings
Identify and define the core building blocks of a story, including character, setting, narrator, dialogue, scene, event, plot, and conflict.
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Sprint 6.2: Feelings And Moods
Distinguish between mood, tone, and emotion, and use precise vocabulary to describe the atmosphere of a text.
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Sprint 6.3: The Main Idea
Differentiate between topic, main idea, and theme, and identify supporting details within a passage.
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Sprint 6.4: Pictures In Words
Recognize and define literary devices including imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, and symbolism.
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Sprint 6.5: How Stories Move
Map the structure of a story using plot arc vocabulary, including beginning, middle, climax, turning point, suspense, and resolution.
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Chapter 6 Review: Words For Reading And Stories
Consolidate and review vocabulary related to story elements, moods, main ideas, literary devices, and plot structures.
Chapter 7: Words That Make Your Writing Better
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Chapter 7: Words That Make Your Writing Better
Equip students with transition and revision vocabulary to transform choppy sentences into cohesive, academic paragraphs for CBSE exams.
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Sprint 7.1: Adding And Continuing
Teach students to use addition connectors beyond 'and' and 'also' to build multi-point arguments.
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Sprint 7.2: But And However
Teach students to express contrast, concession, and opposition using a range of connectors.
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Sprint 7.3: So And Therefore
Teach students to link cause to effect using formal result connectors.
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Sprint 7.4: For Example And Such As
Teach students to support general statements with specific examples using precise phrases.
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Sprint 7.5: Improving Your Writing
Teach students to use editing and revision vocabulary to describe and improve their own work.
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Chapter 7 Review: Words That Make Your Writing Better
Consolidate and review all connectors and editing verbs introduced in Chapter 7.