Vocabulary 8A: Lesson 1

Vocabulary 8A: Lesson 3

Distribute "A Change in Plans"

Now we will use the words in a new passage.

Read the passage aloud with students, inserting the word blank for every underlined open space.

For each blank, determine which target word best belongs. You may take out your vocabulary log and refer to the definitions if necessary.

Independent Practice

Write a story using all nine vocabulary words. After you are finished, show a teacher your work, clean up your desk and quietly go to free time.

Vocabulary 8A: Lesson 1

Vocabulary 8A: Lesson 4

It was clear that Addie was taking her role way too seriously.

We will read a passage about a boy named Terrance and what happens to him when he gets what he wished for. As we read, we will stop and clarify some of the words. We'll ask these four questions to help us figure out the meaning of each one.

"If you don't learn your lines, it's going to be obvious to Ms. Evans--and everyone else--that you were miscast."

Vocabulary

Independent Practice

revere

major

drama

minor

Follow along with me as I read the passage.

Listen as I use the four questions to help me figure out the meaning of revere

Continue reading the passage aloud. As you get ch underlined word, write the word on the board. Guide students in determining the meaning of each word.

a play or a situation involving intense and serious conflict.

important or serious

not important

to respect

scoffed

proceed

cease

obvious

1. What do the words around the unknown word tell me about the word?

2. What is the part of speech for the word?

Knowing whether the word is a noun (is the author referring to someone?, verb (Did someone do something?), adjective (Is the author describing something?), or adjective (Is the author telling how something is done?) can help me figure out what the author is trying to tell me.

3. Is there a word part that can help me with the meaning?

If the word has a prefix, suffix, or root which I know the meaning of , this can help me determine the meaning of the entire word.

4. What words would go together with this word?

Are there synonyms or antonyms in the text around the word that may give me a clue?

to continue or move forward

To stop doing something

sneered

easy to see or understand

In your vocabulary notebooks, write down the definitions on the board.

When finished, show a teacher your work, clean up your mess and quietly go to free time.

What can you tell me about these two words in the sentences? These words both mean the same thing. they both mean "easy to see." If two different words have the same meaning, they are called synonyms. Clear and obvious are synonyms of each other.

approximately

nearly

revere

What is the part of speech for the word?

Revere is a verb. Terrance thinks that his kid sister will do something.

Is there a word part that can help me with the meaning?

Re-, which can mean "again," could be a prefix in the word, but I don't see how the meaning of the prefix fits here.

What words would go together with this word?

The next paragraph says, "Instead, I discovered that my dream itself was a problem. I didn't become popular, my grades stayed the same, and my sister just looked down on me even more." The words looked down on must go with revere. Revere must mean the opposite of look down on: "to respect." This definition makes sense in the sentence.

What do the words around the unknown word tell me about the word?

In the first paragraph, Terrance talks about how he thinks his life will change for the better. For example, he thinks that he will become more popular. So, revere must mean something good.

Write the following on the top of your paper

Turn to a blank page in your vocabulary notebook. write the following at the top of your page.

Independent Practice

My dream came true when I was given the major role in our school's spring drama.

She had earned the minor role of a bus driver.

antonyms

Synonyms

On a blank sheet of paper write a story using all of our target words.

major sleepy success failure exciting unhappy

minor

clear beautiful smart sad funny huge

obvious

What can you tell me about these two words in the sentences? These words have opposite meanings. If something is major, it is important or serious. If something is minor, it is not important. If two different words have opposite meanings, they are called antonyms. Major and minor are antonyms of each other.

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Vocabulary 8A: Lesson 2

Read the story "I Had a Dream" quietly to yourself.

Independent Practice

Distribute "Sentence Stems"

Go over the vocabulary words from the text.

In your vocabulary notebooks, write a sentence for each vocabulary word. Once finished, show a teacher your work, clean up your mess and quietly go to free time.

In our last lesson, we read a passage and determined the meanings of certain words. Today we will look more closely at those words. We will use the words in sentences. On this worksheet, the first part of each sentence has been written. What we write at the end of the sentence should show that we know the meaning of the word. We will do these together.