Transcript Academic Vocabulary Bellringers

Ms. Moore’s Classes
Language Arts 7
2013-2014
Each day, In your bell ringer journal, WHICH IS YOUR
COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK, write your MLA format
heading in the upper left hand corner of your page.
This is so you get used to heading your papers this way!
It looks like this:
Your name
Mrs. Moore
Language Arts 7
12 August 2013 (notice that it is DAY, MONTH , YEAR)
Your crate will be in the front of the classroom.
You need to pick up your journal AS SOON AS
YOU ENTER MY ROOM . You need to have it
by the bell.
1 /2 block has the red crate.
3 /4 block has the green crate.
7 /8 block has the blue crate.
Once you have your notebook, copy the
sentence that is on the board, and make
any necessary grammatical corrections. (I
will provide you a copy of the proofreading
symbols to paste on the inside of your
notebook if you need to refer to them.)
Here is an example of what you will see on
the board when you come in to class:
Hour assignment is to analyze the stories
ending
Related word: analytical
Your Definition:
Academic Definition:
Sentence:
Reminder:
Underneath the corrected sentence, write the
highlighted vocabulary word, and write what
you think the definition is by using context clues.
Example: Our assignment is to analyze the story’s
ending.
analyze—to figure something out. (My definition)
(We will discuss the academic definition in class.
This is where you write what you think.)
Once we have reviewed the sentence and we
have discussed the correct definition, write
down the related words you are given and use
one of them in a sentence.
Example: When I do math, I have to look at the
problem in an analytical way.
Lastly, draw a picture, write a phrase, or write a
synonym to help you remember the word.
Synonym: examine, investigate, consider
Phrase: look at closely
Picture:
Hour assignment is to analyze the stories ending
Related word: analytical
Corrected sentence: Our assignment is to analyze
the story’s ending.
analyze—to figure something out (my definition)
analyze—to break down into parts and examine
carefully (academic definition)
When I do math, I have to look at the problem in
an analytical way.
Synonym/Reminder word(s)/Picture—look at
closely.
Hour assignment is to analyze the stories ending
Related word: analytical
Corrected sentence: Our assignment is to analyze
the story’s ending.
analyze—to figure something out (my definition)
analyze—to break down into parts and examine
carefully (academic definition)
When I do math, I have to look at the problem in
an analytical way.
Synonym/Reminder word(s)/Picture—look at
closely.
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We will now paste in our proofreading marks!
once I red Roberts poem I learned to appreciate
his use of rhythme and rhyme.
Related words: Appreciative, Appreciating
Corrected sentence: Once I read Robert’s
poem, I learned to appreciate his use of
rhythm and rhyme.
Appreciate—be thankful for
He was appreciative of the good grade he
received.
Synonym: value
the assumption he made were incorrect becaues it
was not supported by any real facts
Related words: Assume, assuming
Corrected sentence: The assumption he made was
incorrect because it was not supported by any
real facts.
Assumption—belief or acceptance that something
is true.
I am assuming we have a test in Language Arts
because Ms. Moore said we did.
Phrase: best guess
the writer’s attitude toward their subject was
respectful and full of admiraton
Related word: attitudes
Corrected sentence: The writer’s attitude
toward his subject was respectful and full of
admiration.
Attitude—mental state involving beliefs,
feelings, and values.
Their attitudes were always positive.
Synonym: feelings, thoughts, mind-set
Its important to develop a awareness of the
writers mesage.
Related words: aware
Corrected sentence: It’s important to develop
an awareness of the writer’s message.
Awareness—knowleged gained from a person’s
own experiences or from information.
I am aware that Ms. Moore expects homework
on time because other students have told me.
Synonym: understanding.
You must consider if a advertisement contain
bias or tries too misled the reader.
Related words: biased
Corrected Sentence: You must consider if an
advertisement contains bias or tires to
mislead the reader.
Bias—tendency to see things from a slanted or
prejudice viewpoint.
Synonym: favoritism
Folktales revele the value of an culture an teach
a leson
Related words: cultural
Corrected Sentence: Folk tales reveal the value
of a culture and teach a lesson.
Culture—collected customs of a group or
community.
There are many people from different cultural
backgrounds at Montevallo Middle School.
Phrase: ways of life; customs
sam invited me to challenge hime too an
debate.
Related words: challenging, challenged
Corrected Sentence: Sam invited me to
challenge him to a debate.
Challenge—dare; calling into question.
I found the book challenging to read, but it was
worth it.
Synonym: dispute; confront
One characteristic of poetry are simile and
metaphor.
Related words: character; characteristically
Corrected sentence: One characteristic of
poetry is simile and metaphor.
Characteristic: trait or feature
Characteristically, when someone things of
poetry he or she thinks it has to rhyme. This
is not true.
Synonym: quality
Its common for an essay to cuntain humer.
Related words: commonality
Corrected sentence: It’s common for an essay
to contain humor.
Common—ordinary; expected
One commonality with seventh graders is that
they all eat lunch at the beginning of fifth
period.
Synonym: usual; regular
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Directions: Go back through your notebooks
and write down the definitions of all of the
following words. Be sure you know how to
use them correctly in a sentence!
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Analyze, appreciate, assumption, attitude,
awareness, bias, culture, challenge,
characteristic, common.
it is importent to be able to communicate thots an
felings in writing.
Related words: communications; communicating.
Corrected Sentence: It is important to be able to
communicate thoughts and feelings in writing.
Communicate—to share thoughts or feelings,
usually in words.
Sometimes communicating is hard.
Phrase: exchange a few words
Their seemed to bee a lack of communication
between the father and sun.
Related words: communicate
Corrected sentence: There seemed to be a lack of
communication between the father and the son.
Communication—the activity of sharing
information or speaking.
People sometimes misunderstand me when I try to
communicate.
Phrase: exchange of ideas
Local Newspapers serve the community were
the paper are published.
Related words—communities
Corrected sentence: Local newspapers serve
the community where the paper is published.
Community—a group of people who share an
interest or live near each other.
There are many different types of communities
in Shelby County.
Synonym: Societies; neighborhoods
The writer was abel to conclude the essay with
a positive memary
Related words: concluding, conclusion
Corrected sentence: The writer was able to
conclude the essay with a positive memory.
Conclude—to bring to a close or end.
My concluding paragraph was fantastic.
Synonym—finish
editorials contribute too a public discusion
about an isue.
Related word: contribution
Corrected sentence: Editorials contribute to a
public discussion about an issue.
Contribute—add to or enrich
I made a contribution to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital.
Phrase: to play a part; have a say
Its importent to convince readers of a
characters dream
Related words: Convincing
Corrected Sentence: It’s important to convince
readers of a character’s dream.
Convince—Persuade; cause to accept a point of
view
When he said he studied for the test, he did not
look very convincing.
Phrase: prove to; talk into
The to students tryed too debate weather or
knot the website was helpful.
Related words: debated, debating
Corrected sentence: The two students tried to
debate whether or not the website was
helpful.
Debate—argue in an attempt to convince
He debated with his best friend about whether
or not the new girl was cute.
Synonym: think over; question
I was abel two define the stories plot quikly.
Related words: defined; definition
Corrected sentence: I was able to define the
story’s plot quickly.
Define—determine the nature of or give the
meaning of.
The definition of torture is listening to Justin
Beiber.
Synonyms: label, characterize
the reder tryes too discover the resons for the
characters behavier.
Related words: discovering; discovery.
Corrected sentence: The reader tries to
discover the reasons for the character’s
behavior.
Discover—find or explore
The scientist’s discovery of water on Mars may
make it possible to live there one day.
Synonym: unearth; come across; dig up
reding works from diferent riters provides
diversity.
Related word: diverse
Corrected sentence: Reading works from
different writers provides diversity.
Diversity—variety as in groups or cultures.
This class has a diverse group of people.
Synonym: varied; distinct; different
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Directions: Go back through your notebooks
and write down the definitions of all of the
following words. Be sure you know how to
use them correctly in a sentence!
Communicate, communication, community,
conclude, contribute, convince, debate,
define, discover, diversity
The essay discrived the butiful environment
wear the writer lived.
Related words: environs, enviromentally
Corrected sentence: The essay described the
beautiful environment where the writer lived.
Definition: surroundings; the natural world.
The environs in the classroom made the
student sick.
Synonyms: setting; atmosphere
the gurl was un able too evaluate her freind’s
work without bias.
Related words: evaluated; evaluation
Corrected sentence: The girl was unable to
evaluate her friend’s work without bias.
Evaluate—judge; determine the value or quality
of.
His work evaluation was terrible because he
was always late and unprepared.
Synonym: assess; appraise
In order to examine the evadense, it was
nesecarry to reserch the subjeck.
Related words: examining; examination
Corrected sentence: In order to examine the
evidence, it was necessary to research the
subject.
Examine—study in depth; look at closely
The doctor was examining him to determine
why he was sick all the time.
Synonym: look at; inspect; explore
Eye will explain three key faktors in the storys
sucess
Related words: explaining; explanation
Corrected sentence: I will explain three key
factors in the story’s success.
Explain—make plain or clear
His explanation about why he was in the
bathroom for the entire block was ridiculous.
Phrase: Give details; put in plain words
I rote, a reserch report, to explore my ideas.
Related words: explored; exploration
Corrected sentence: I wrote a research report
to explore my ideas.
Explore—investigate; look up
I explored the inside of a frog in science.
Synonym: investigate; discover
I suported my statment with facts and detaills?
Related word: factual
Corrected sentence: I supported my statement
with facts and details.
Facts—accepted truths or reality
Do not try to support your argument with
things that are not factual.
Synonyms: data; proof; evidence
The focus of the papur, was too pervide
infromation about football rules.
Related words: focused; focusing
Corrected sentence: The focus of this paper
was to provide information about football
rules.
Focus—central point or topic of investigation.
She was focused on boys instead of her
classwork, so she failed Ms. Moore’s class.
Synonyms: concentrate; spotlight; center
During brainstorming; I tryed to generate an
lists of thing to right about.
Related words: generated; generating
Corrected sentence: During brainstorming; I
tried to generate a list of things to write
about.
Generate—create
The teacher generated a discussion in class
about the importance of speaking properly.
Synonyms: cause; make
howe dew you, identify the meening of a storie.
Related word: identification
Corrected sentence: How do you identify the
meaning of a story?
Identify—recognize as being
The student forgot his identification and could
not enter the game.
Synonym: pinpoint; isolate; see; spot
If we ignore the mesage we miss the purpose
off the righting.
Related words: ignored; ignoring
Corrected sentence: If we ignore the message,
we miss the purpose of the writing.
Ignore—refuse to notice; disregard
The teacher ignored the student who
interrupted class asking to go to the
bathroom.
Phrase: pay no attention to; overlook
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Directions: Go back through your notebooks
and write down the definitions of all of the
following words. Be sure you know how to
use them correctly in a sentence!
Environment, evaluate, examine, explain,
explore, facts, focus, generate, identify,
ignore
The image, in the book, helped me too visualise
the storie
Related words: images, imaging
Corrected sentence: The image in the book
helped me to visualize the story.
Image—picture; representation
The images in the pictures were very powerful.
Synonyms: illustration, likeness, vision
The story was toled from the prespective of
won individual?
Related word: individuals
Corrected sentence: The story was told from
the perspective of one individual.
Individual—single person or thing
When you play telephone, individuals often
change the story as they repeat it.
Synonym: human being; for one person;
exclusive
The propose of the reasearch paper, was to
inform the reader about dolfins.
Related words: information
Corrected sentence: The purpose of the
research paper was to inform the reader
about dolphins.
Inform—to tell or give information about
The information I learned in class was helpful.
Phrase: Let somebody know; notify.
We wear assigned to inquire about whether
paterns and present hour findings.
Related words: inquiring; inquired
Corrected sentence: We were assigned to inquire
about weather patterns and present our
findings.
Inquire—ask in order to learn about
The student inquired about the difference
between a compound and a complex sentence.
Synonyms: question; find out
My teacher shared her insight, about the
caracter, with use?
Related word: insightful
Corrected sentence: My teacher shared her
insight about the character with us.
Insight—ability to see the truth; an
understanding
Her comment on the theme of the novel was
very insightful.
Synonyms: knowledge; comprehension
As a team we where abel too investigate each
part of the probelm
Related words: investigated, investigation
Corrected Sentence: As a team, we were able
to investigate each part of the problem.
Investigate—examine thoroughly
He investigated the area where he heard the
strange noise thoroughly.
Synonyms: look into; scrutinize
The media are an every day sourse of information
and entertanmint, for the public
Related words: None
Corrected sentence: The media are an everyday
source of information and entertainment for the
public.
Media—collected sources of information,
including newspapers, television, and the internet.
The internet is a valuable media tool.
Draw examples of one type of media that is not
listed in the definition above (radio)
The villian in the story pressented the
opposition to the heroe’s happyness.
Related words: oppose; opposing
Corrected sentence: The villain in the story
presented the opposition to the hero’s
happiness.
Opposition—state of being against.
The students oppose the idea of having to wear
uniforms to school.
Synonyms: conflict; enemy; rival
We found the outcome of the probelm too be a
favorabel solutoin.
Related words: None
Corrected sentence: We found the outcome of
the problem to be a favorable solution.
Outcome—the way something turns out.
The outcome of the story is part of the
resolution.
Synonyms: conclusion; ending; result
I was abel to perceive jennys character threw
her action’s and words.
Related words: perceived; perception
Corrected Sentence: I was able to perceive
Jenny’s character threw her actions and
words.
Perceive—to be aware of; see
The perception of the new girl was that she was
quiet, but that turned out to be wrong!
Synonym: recognize; pick out
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Directions: Go back through your notebooks
and write down the definitions of all of the
following words. Be sure you know how to
use them correctly in a sentence!
Image, individual, inform, inquire, insight,
investigate, media, opposition, outcome,
perceive
My perception of the chracter changed, over the
coarse of the story?
Related words: perceive, perceptive
Corrected sentence: My perception of the
character changed over the course of the story.
Perception—the act of becoming aware of
something through one or more of the senses.
The student was very perceptive about how other
students felt.
Synonyms: insight; awareness; sensitivity
I didnot aggre with the writer’s perspective
Related words: None
Corrected sentence: I did not agree with the
writer’s perspective.
Perspective—point of view
Based on the fact they were friends, I did not
think she could see the argument from my
perspective.
Synonym: standpoint; viewpoint
In order to produce a knew show the riting
team must pervide a skript
Related words: produced, producing
In order to produce a new show, the writing
team must provide a script.
Produce—make or create
The student produced a great poetry project.
Synonyms: construct; generate
I hade a strong emotoinal reaction to the
depresing comercial.
Related words: react
Corrected sentence: I had a strong, emotional
reaction to the commercial.
Reaction—response to an influence, action, or
statement
I did not know how to react when the student
tried to hit me.
Synonym: consequence; result
In order too reflect on what had been said I
took sum quite time?
Related words: reflected; reflection
Corrected Sentence: In order to reflect on what
had been said, I took some quiet time.
Reflect—think about; consider
I reflected on what the teacher told me.
Phrase: think about; wonder about
The resolution of the story, helped me too sea
how a conpromise, can help many poeple.
Related words: resolved; resolving
Corrected sentence: The resolution of the story
helped me to see how a compromise can help
many people.
Resolution: end of a conflict in which one or both
parties are satisfied.
I resolved to do my homework to bring up my
grade so I would not be grounded.
Phrase: Everyone agrees at the end of a
disagreement.
Hour team perpaired a report and each
member persented a peice of it.
Related words: None
Corrected sentence: Our team prepared a
report, and each team member presented a
piece of it.
Team—a group united in a common goal.
Montevallo has a great football team.
Synonym: squad
At won time the computer was considered
knew technology.
Related words: technologies
Corrected sentence: At one time, the computer
was considered new technology.
Technology—practical application of science to
business or industry.
Many technologies are being developed
everyday.
Picture: Computer monitor.
An tradition is often handed-down two a new
generatian threw story telling.
Related words: traditional
Corrected sentence: A tradition is often handed
down to a new generation through storytelling.
Tradition-- custom; as with a social group or
culture
A traditional way of playing football includes
wearing a helmet.
Synonym: ritual
We where abel to transmit our mesage over the
schools radio statoin.
Related words: transmitted; transmission
Corrected sentence: We were able to transmit
our message over the school’s radio station.
Transmit—to send or give out.
The alien ship transmitted a signal to Mars.
Synonyms: broadcast, spread
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Directions: Go back through your notebooks
and write down the definitions of all of the
following words. Be sure you know how to
use them correctly in a sentence!
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Perceive, perception, perspective, produce,
reaction, reflect, resolution, team,
technology, transmit
The studints came to a understanding, of how
best, to organize, the club?
Related word: understand
Corrected sentence: The students came to an
understanding of how to best organize the
club.
Understanding—agreement; end of conflict
I understand that I must be quiet in class.
Synonym: arrangement; deal
Its important to unify detailes so that they
suport the centril idea
Related words: unified, unifying
It’s important to unify details so that they
support the central idea.
Unify—bring together as one.
The class was unified about not liking having to
tuck in their shirts.
Synonym: unite, join
Each riter has an unique way off teling a story
Related words: uniqueness, uniquely
Corrected sentence: Each writer has a unique
way of telling a story.
Unique—one of a kind.
The student dresses uniquely.
Phrase—only one of its kind. Synonym: sole,
exclusive, distinctive, matchless
He was tryeing to trace the plot structuer of the
sceince ficition story.
Related words: traced, tracing
Corrected sentence: He was trying to trace the
plot structure of the science fiction story.
Trace—follow in steps.
He traced the behavior of the character
throughout the story to see if he was static or
dynamic.
Synonym: track; hunt down
Bye his bad behaviour it was easey to infer that the
knew studente was gonna be a probleme in class.
Related words: inferred, inference
Corrected sentence: By his bad behavior, it was easy
to infer that the new student was going to be a
problem in class.
Infer—read between the lines
Inference is when something is implied and you can
draw a conclusion based on evidence.
Synonym—conclude; assume
The coach had to formulate a speical traneing
regamin for the athelete to inprove.
Related words: formulation, formulated
Corrected sentence: The coach had to
formulate a special training regimen for the
athlete to improve.
Formulate—create
She formulated an idea to help her be
successful in class.
Synonym: prepare; devise; put together
Its hard to describe the exactly what the auther is
tryeing to say she said. This theme is dificult to
figuer out.
Related words: described, describing
Corrected sentence: “It’s hard to describe exactly
what the author is trying to say,” she said. “This
theme is difficult to figure out.”
Describe—tell about
The author described the difficulties of being a
teenager perfectly.
Synonym: explain, tell, portray
“you must support anyting you say in an esay
by perviding details.” she said.
Related words: supported, supporting
Corrected sentence: “You must support
anything you say in an essay by providing
details,” she said.
Support—Back up with details
He supported what he said by citing textual
evidence.
Synonym: defend
when you is asked to paraphrase what does you
do.
Related words: paraphrased; paraphrasing
Corrected sentence: When you are asked to
paraphrase, what do you do?
Paraphrase—to restate something using other
words in order to make it simpler or shorter.
She paraphrased the poem by looking at it line
by line.
Synonym: restate; simplify
He will summarize the mane points of the pasage
useing only three sentances.
Related words: summary; summarization
Corrected sentence: He will summarize the main
points of the passage using only three
sentences.
Summarize—to give a shortened version of
something by stating its main points.
The summarization that the student turned in was
very thorough.
Phrase: Go over the main points
I will compare the prize of the nike shose and the
jordan shose and I will see whitch is the cheepest
before I bye won.
Related word: comparison
Corrected sentence: I will compare the price of the
Nike shoes and the Jordan shoes, and I will see
which is the cheapest before I buy one.
Compare—note all the ways things are alike.
I made the comparison and went with the Nike
shoes.
Synonym: evaluate; match up to
I whanted to go perse shopping and contrast the
coach perse to the cheeper, bargian brand.
Related words: contrasted; contrasting
Corrected sentence: I wanted to go purse
shopping and compare the Coach purse to the
cheaper bargain brand.
Contrast—note all the ways things are different.
The stitching on the Coach purse was thicker,
which contrasted with the cheaper one.
Synonym: different; distinction
I predict that the novle will be exiciting?
Related words: prediction
I predict that the novel will be exciting.
Predict— figure out what will happen next
My prediction is that the main character will
win the fight at the end of the story.
Synonym: fortell; calculate