Monday, October 31, 2016

October 31, 2016 -- Monday

On the board
1. handout of B. the G. Chapter 4 vocabulary
2. write a word related in some way to each of the vocabulary words  
       a. rhyme or
       b. shared prefix/suffix/root or
       c. synonym or antonym
     Examples:   algorithm....algebra
                         cope...copious
                         lurched...searched
3.  Chapter 2 of B. the G  pp 73-83


READ 097-6                     Vocabulary for Chapter 4 in B. the G.             (2016.10.31)

optimistic                              cope                                     physiological                   reappraising
tranquility                             buffer                                  predicament                    adversity
longitudinal                          bereaved                           scripted                             excruciating
clutching                                rumble                                  lurched                                soothing
relentless                               foraging                             loathing                              hysterically
algorithm                                simulated                           mimicked                            perpetrator
rivalries                                    exploits                              implications                     nodes
hackers                                    anthropology 


More examples of  working with the above vocabulary
word families               vocabulary word               synonyms/antonyms
rhymes
                                      nodes                                intersection/crossing
                                      optimistic                         hopeful  versus pessimistic
tranquil                          tranquillity                       peace(ful)
emulation                      simulation
                                      hacker                               pirate
                                      rumble                              fight
                                      predicament                      situation
cleaved                          bereaved                           
imply                             implications


Students worked on Chapter 2 of B. the G  pp 73-83 in class: dictionary, word origins, thesaurus, analogies


Homework:
1. study for vocabulary test on Chapter 4 of B. the G.
2. write 300-word reader response to chapter 7 of Powers



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