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Friday, September 02, 2005

Essential TAKS Reading Vocabulary


Teachers, for students to be successful on the reading TAKS test they must have a complete understanding and mastery of the following vocabulary and literary elements:


  • genres
    narrative
    fiction
    fantasy
    legend
    epic
    fable
    nonfiction
    expository
    dictionary
    verb
    synonym
    glossary
    adverb
    suffix
    adjective
    prefix
    antonym
  • summarizing
  • organize
    main idea
    facts/ details
    author
    purpose
    narrative
    expository
  • setting
    time
    place
    when
    where
    why
  • present
    past
    future
    now
    before
    after
    plot
    problem
    first
    next
    event
    character
    solution

  • who
    what
    when
    where
    why
  • Beginning
    Middle
    End
    retelling
    sequence
    time
  • words: today,
    earlier, before,
    after,
    yesterday, once upon a time
  • order words: first,
    second, next, then,
    last,
    finally
  • narrative
    expository
    narrative
  • graphic
    text structure
    expository
    story map
    chart
    title headline
    caption
    section
    author
    bold
    article
    italics
  • fact
    persuade
    degree
    opinion
    point
    of view
    value

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