Learning new words to add to our vocabulary is super important. New words help us express ourselves through writing and discussion. Today we learned about how to take an unfamiliar (something we do not understand) word, make a prediction about it, and then CLARIFY (make sense of or to define clearly)what the word means.
your assignment this week is to take one unfamiliar word from the book you are reading and make your prediction about what you think the word means and then clarify (make sense of) your prediction.
Write the sentences you found the word in and then make your prediction and clarification.
example:
the book I am reading is Fablehaven 2: Rise of the evening star by Brandon Mull.
"The demon had grown considerably larger"
Predict: Considerably means a lot more.
Clarify: When something is Considerable it means "large in amount". I found this on the website: www.freedictionary.com
The book I am reading is called Freddy's Final
ReplyDeleteQuest.
"And they won't be PLAYACTING!"
prediction:Playacting means doing an act or performance.
Clarify:Playyacting means to play a role in a dramatic performance.
skiff
ReplyDeletepredict: skiff means something fast
Clarify:any various small boats espicially a flat-bottomed row boat
the book I am reading is Hannah Montana Face-off by Alice Alfonsi
ReplyDelete"i know, but i had an inspiration"
Predict: i think inspiration means to get a good idea.
Clarify: something inspired, as an idea. I found this website at www.dictionary.reference.com/
Well, thw "book" is a magazine, Money Nov.2009, but it had a few words:
ReplyDeleteAn electricity producer and distrubitor (x), Southern Co. is a reliable juggernaut(x) that's positioned.....
Predict no.1- Someone who gives out things
Predict no.2- Something that's big
Clarify no.1- a person or thing that distributes.
2. Commerce. a. a person, firm, etc., engaged in the general distribution or marketing of some article or class of goods.
b. a wholesaler who has exclusive rights to market, within a given territory, the goods of a manufacturer or company
Clarify no.2-any large, overpowering, destructive force or object, as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.
Newton smiled at his ancestors POMPOSITY. Perhaps it was just the way people wote in the olden days.
ReplyDeleteMy prediction for pomposity, is a piece of writing. My prediction was wrong, the real meaning is "ostentatiously lofty style, language, exc."
The book I got this word from was "Jolted" by Aurther Slade.
i am reading the phantom stallion and the sentence says(the IRRIGATED grass rolled flat as green carpet around sterling stables three long barns.)p.1-2
ReplyDeletei predict it means dead land or planted.
it means dry land.338 dictionary
The book I am reading is called The Mystery Of The Alamo Ghost by Carole Marsh.
ReplyDelete"Oh yea," Christina muttered to herself as she sashayed down the hall with the ice bucket.
predict: Sashayed means to walk is a certain way.
Clarify: to strut or flounce I found this in The American Heritage Dictionary
The book I am reading is Kickoff by Tim & Ronde Barber
ReplyDelete"And right on queue Chris started doing his SPORTSCASTING"
Predict: SPORTSCASTING means when you look over the line
Clarify: SPORTSCASTING means the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast
by:jim benton
ReplyDeletei am reading is 'franny k.stein'
"i gor changed one of the settings and it pulled franny's Franny’s face right off"
clarify:franny's fase right off it means"face no has skin"
Word
ReplyDeleteredistributed
Prediction of the
Definition
I predict
"redistributed"
means for something
to be in a different
position or not the
same way you left
something before. Clarify
"Retributed"
means to
place
something in
a specific
position or
place.
Boook : The Shining
Page : 50
Chapter : 6 ( Night Thoughts ) Signed,
Justin Turet
word,metallic
ReplyDeleteprediction,a piece of metal
clarify, having properties of metal
book: i read The Puzzling World Of Winston Breen, my books and breakfast book.
ReplyDeletesentance(s): "they chugged full speed up the walkway, holding some kind of long black cylinder between them. A battering ram! Marietta and Stokes hit the door with everythink they had, as if they used dynomite.
word(s): battering ram
prediction: battering ram means a long cylinder that is used the run over items, tear things apart, or break things.
Clarify: A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times to break open fortification walls or doors. i found my answer on wikipedia, but on answers.com, it shows the answer on Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, and US Military Dictionary. though theres always dictionary.com.
I dont know HOW to type in a word in free dictionary. when i did it there were only sposered link. could you show me?
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I saw a dog and it was incredibly big
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