Now here's the exciting part: You will get to work at your own pace and you will take your tests online, in the computer lab. If you get the word correct on the test, you will get to move on to more words. The words you don't know, you will have to take again. Each week, you will be expected to put 20 of these words on one side of a flashcard, and the definition, part of speech and example sentence on the other side. As soon as you master the first 150 words, I will post the second 150 words. All 150 words can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJI9D4McDiM4cJHnr5ZkdoUo3I_K-QyCtjAOTgDE990/edit?hl=en
Here are the first twenty words for the week of April 4 - April 8:
1. contrast – (v., n.) To show the difference; to compare; to differ; to stand out against something else. Her calmness contrasts with her husband's loud voice and frantic gestures.
2. passage – (n.) A part of an article or the entire article; a paragraph; an excerpt. Please find the metaphor used in the passage you have just read.
3. contradict – (v.) To oppose, to disagree with, to challenge someone’s statement. It is difficult for most students to contradict their teacher because usually the teacher knows much more than the students.
4. imply – (v.) To hint, to mean, to indicate. The worker had to imply that her friend should be fired because she didn’t know how to run the machines. If she said it frankly, her friend would have been angry at her.
5. infer – (v.) To guess at using information; assume, deduce, conjecture. The reader can infer that the character was embarrassed because of her red face.
6. reveal – (v.) To make known, uncover, show. Her tears revealed how much she cared for the dying cat.
7. selection – (n.) Article, passage, or story. Mr. Timmons entertained us with a selection that was written by Shakespeare.
8. classify – (v.) To categorize, to sort, to group with others that are similar. The scientist classified the newly discovered animal by comparing its DNA with a mouse’s DNA.
9. reminiscent – (adj.) Suggestive; reminding of something in one’s past. The smell of the burning candle was reminiscent of many days spent in church as an altar girl.
10. contents – (n.) Subject matter, subject. The contents of the backpack were sticky from the spilt coke.
11. link – (v., n.) To connect, relate, or bring together; OR, a connection, a relation, a bond. What word best links the ideas in the first paragraph to the ideas in the second paragraph?
12. variation – (n.) Difference, dissimilarity, alternative. Which variation of the original sentence is clearest?
13. emphasize – To highlight, to stress, to put emphasis on; to point out. The last sentence of a paragraph should emphasize the topic.
14. excerpt – A part taken out of a passage and put somewhere else; a piece cut out of an article; extract. The excerpt contained the main idea of the passage it was taken from.
15. lack – To not have, need, require. What does the soup lack that would make it taste better?
16. accurate – Precise, correct, true. Please be accurate when writing facts in an essay.
17. derive – To get, or receive. I derive much pleasure from watching my sons grow up.
18. suggest – To hint, imply, indicate. Blake’s dirty clothes suggest that he doesn’t have enough money for food.
19. reveal – To tell, show, uncover. The angry stare revealed the character’s hatred of her stepmother.
20. structure – The organization of an essay. The writer used the main idea and then details as her essay’s structure.
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