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…
1. review and utilize past
vocabulary words
2. define and utilize new
vocabulary words
3. identify, explain, and
utilize idioms
BY…
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
________________________________________________________
_________________________________
Practice #2: I can make sure my speech is coherent by _________
________________________________________________________
Prompt #1: How can you make sure your writing is coherent?
Prompt #2: Why is it important for an argument to be coherent?
IDIOMS
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
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.
Example:
Hals
über Kopf
Translation:
neck over head
Real Meaning: in a mad hurry, in a very big, crazy hurry