Warm Up #3: 1/18/12

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WARM UP #3: 1/18/12
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Choose four of the eight vocabulary words and
write one sentence for each.
Deliberately
Demonstrate
Infer
Contrast
Alter
Convey
Sufficient
Elaborate
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO…
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1. review and utilize past
vocabulary words
2. define and utilize new
vocabulary words
3. identify, explain, and
utilize idioms
BY…
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OBJECTIVES
1. creating original
sentences for chosen
vocabulary words.
2. responding to prompts
and creating sentences
using the new vocabulary.
3. researching their native
idioms and creating a
graphic organizer for new
idioms.
Word
Meaning
Examples
Coherent
Co-her-ent
Adjective
•Consistent and holding 1. After he hit his
together; sticking
_______ his speech
together, understandable
was barely coherent.
and clear
2. My __________ was
•Synonyms: consistent,
coherent because I
reasonable, clear
followed the Step Up
•Antonyms: inconsistent,
to Writing steps.
unclear
Practice #1: The television show was not coherent to me because
________________________________________________________
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Practice #2: I can make sure my speech is coherent by _________
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Prompt #1: How can you make sure your writing is coherent?
Prompt #2: Why is it important for an argument to be coherent?
IDIOMS
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What is an idiom?
 fixed
expression with nonliteral meaning: a fixed
distinctive expression whose meaning cannot be
deduced from the combined meanings of its actual
words
 Examples:
A
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
 That cost me an arm and a leg
 She is back on her feet
IDIOMS
Idiom
Picture
In your own words…
What does it really
mean…
IDIOMS- HOMEWORK
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What is an example of an idiom from your
native language?
 On
a piece of paper write down the idiom in your
native language, translate it word for word into
English, and then explain in English what it really
means.
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Example:
 Hals
über Kopf
 Translation:
neck over head
 Real Meaning: in a mad hurry, in a very big, crazy hurry