Grade 9-10: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 8

Word List 8

1. adept: very skilled; a highly skilled person; an expert
2. aloof: distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote; at a distance but within view; apart
3. analogy: similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar; a comparison based on such similarity; a form of logic
4. articulate: to pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate; to utter (a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech orga
5. assimilate: to consume and incorporate (nutrients) into the body after digestion; to transform (food) into living tissue by the process of a
6. avid: having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
7. audacious: fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold; unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent; spirited and original

Thursday Activities

1. Test yourself with this link, Easy TestMaker. You will have to create an account to save your tests. Read the directions and create your own test. You can choose from many formats. We suggest you try "Fill in the blank" and make up a sentence using your vocabulary word. You can download it into Word if you wish. Print out the test you created and complete it. Insert it into your notebook.
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" buton. 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. Go to the Spelling City website. Type in your list of vocabulary words. Click on the button that says Play A Game. Select Which Word. Play the game and write down the fill-in-the-blank sentences in your notebook.

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:

Successful politicians must be adept at the art of compromise.
The world famous soccer player was equally adept with his right foot and his left foot.

Emergency doctors hold themselves aloof from their patients in order to survive on the job.
The wealthy matron helping in the soup kitchen was polite but aloof.

Although we didn't like it, Ms. Smith loved to claim that a zoo is the perfect analogy for our classroom.
Using a sports analogy our boss claimed that the extra hours we worked would make us a stronger team.

"Please articulate your reasons for writing about this subject," my writing teacher instructed me.
When you are speaking to a large audience, speak a little bit more slowly and carefully articulate what you have to tell them.

As people from more diverse cultures come to our country it has been harder to assimilate them into our way of life.
After a huge meal I was glad that the only work that I had to do for the next two hours was just to sit back and allow my body to assimilate the nutrients/

My dad, an avid Braves fan, never missed a game if the team was playing at home.
An avid thirst for adventure pushed me to try a variety of dangerous sports.

I got my first job because my employer was intrigued by my audacious manner during the interview.
My teacher complimented my audacious attempt to explain missing homework, but she still gave me a failing grade.

 
 

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