This booklet is designed to help students manage the intricacies of Academic Language. When students know how to speak, read, write, and think using Academic Language, they can communicate effectively in school and in life. The Academic Language cards are full of challenging and engaging exercises for students in all subject areas.

Each set includes questions and statement stems that reflect varied levels of thinking skills. There are eight skills included:

1. Vocabulary
2. Cause & Effect
3. Comparison
4. Summarization
5. Interpretation
6. Evidence
7. Prediction
8. Evaluation