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

This week's theme is: Bullying

Word List 6

1. continuous: going on and on without stopping
2. unruly: hard to control, disobedient
3. predicament: a situation that is difficult and unpleasant
4. provoke: to anger or annoy
5. intimidate: to make threats, to make others afraid
6. persecute: to treat people cruelly
7. hostile: hateful, angry

Tuesday Activities

1. Use this site to create your own flashcards and quizzes. Create a free account to keep your cards.
2. Word Scrambler - Click on the link and create your own word scrambler with your vocabulary words. Type in the number of words you wish to scramble and press the "next" button. You will see a sheet that has the answers for you. Press next again and print out the page. Complete it and put it in your notebook.
3. Create a word cloud. word cloud with this tool. Type in each vocabulary word. Also type in some synonyms and antonyms of each word. When you are finished, click "Go." See if you can match up the vocabulary word with its synonyms and antonyms.

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:

Continuous bullying should be reported to school officials.
He experienced continuous bullying from the gang.

She became unruly when the principal told her to stop.
The unruly student was told to stop bullying people.

If you are in this predicament, tell your parents.
This predicament will only get worse if no one else knows.

The boy tried to provoke his victim.
A bully will do whatever it takes to provoke others.

The bully hopes to intimidate others by staring at them.
The new girl was intimidated by the boy's words.

Bullies persecute their victims.
Do not let others persecute you.

She was very hostile to the new girl.
He acts hostile to everyone he meets.

 
 

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