Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Wednesday, Week 5

This week's theme is: At the Theater

Word List 5

1. improvises: to make up on the spur of the moment.
2. optimist: one who expects a good outcome
3. blunder: to make a foolish mistake
4. dialogue: the passages of talking in a play or movie
5. pursue: to continue with a plan
6. mimic: to copy
7. cope: to deal with problems

Wednesday Activities

1. Create a mind map with words that mean the opposite or antonyms. Use the thesaurus built into your word program to find more words that are antonyms. Or you can go to this on-line thesaurus.
2. Use this site, Bubbl.us,to create mind maps online. The directions for using this tool are on the right side of the page. Print out your creation and insert it in your vocabulary notebook.
3. Type your word list in this link. See if you can state the definition in a given period of time.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

When she forgets her lines, she improvises.
Once given a scene, the girls must improvise their play.

Although the cast is not ready, the director is optimistic.
After being rejected for the role, she still remains optimistic.

The actress blundered her lines
The stage hand blundered the spot light placement.

The actor must memorize the dialog of his character.
For the audition, he read the dialogue in advance so he would be familiar with it.

The young girl wants to pursue her dream as a star.
After being rejected 5 times, she decided to pursue another career.

"Mimic my moves," the dancer said to the girl.
She had to mimic the dialect of a person from India.

Actors must cope with being rejected.
The director must cope with the personalities of the stars.

 
 

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