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Directions: Study the dictionary entry for the word frangible. Read each of Professor Diggit's questions. ln the vase beside each question, write the letter that matches the part of the entry where the answer can be found. Then answer each question in the space provided.
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IDon't Be Fooled! The following sentences contain some tricky vocabulary words! See if you can avoid being fooled by agreeing to something you really don't mean. Read each sentence carefully; then write yes or no in the blank. Do not use a dictionary for this section. Good luck!
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I'd rather be bamboozled by my friend than be told I was astute.
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I'd rather live in a large edifice than a vestibule.
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l'd rather have a lackadaisical worker in my group than one who is diligent.
Now that you have decided on your responses, use a dictionary to find the correct definitions for the underlined words above. write each word on the line in front of the correct definition below. when you have finished, look back over the sentences 1-8 above. Were you fooled? 1.
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2. talking very much 3. doing or tending to do good 4. a person new at something 5. hard to do 6. having or showing a clever or sharp mind 7. showing little or no interest or spirit 8. feeling great shock or horror 9. strict, not changing 10. tricked or cheated 11. doing one's
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12. a person having great skill in one of the fine arts 13. bold or daring
14. calm or peaceful 15, a building, especially one that is large or looks important 16. a small hall through which a person enters a building or a room Try This: Find the meanings of the words in the speech bubble above; then answer the question "ls this a compliment or a put-down?" Explain your answer on another sheet of paper. 10
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Dictionary skills: Word meanings and origins
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Etymology is the study of words artd their origins and meanings. Match eaah word to the language from which came and its meaning. Use a dictionary @ help you.
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snow or rock fall
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break or crack
C. French
measure of distance
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hat
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long, flat sled
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sheep hair
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time of refreshment, play
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type of dance
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contest of speed
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dust
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planned action
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sleeveless garment
M. French
house
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equipment used to travel over snow
14. kilometer
Now it's your turn! Look up the following words that relate to skiing. Find their origins and write silrnple definitions.
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Meaning of Word
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Dictionary skills: Synonyms
No Business Like Snow Business It's "snow" easy to slide into word-building skills! Read each sentence and identify the synonym of the underlined word(s). Remember that a synonym is a word that has a similar meaning to another word. Choose your answers from the Snow Bank and write them in the spaces provided. Use a dictionary to help you. 1.
Skiing is an exhilarating sport.
2. Poles, skis, bindings, and boots are standard equipment for downhill skiers.
3. For an untrained beginning skier, this sport can be perilous. 4. Alpine, Nordic, and freestyle are varieties of skiing. 5.
Fervent athletes enjoy cross-country skiing.
6. Jean-Claude Killy of France is a renowned Olympic gold medal skier. 7. St. Moritz in the Alps is synonymous with excellent skiing conditions. 8. Spectators enjoy the aesthetic movements of ballet skiing. 9. The
term snowplow means "a maneuver for slowing down or stopping on skis."
10. ln skijumping, skiers execute leaps from slopes that are as high as 90 meters. 11.
Those intrepid freestylers per{orm stunts.
12. Bindings are mounted on the skis to hold the boots in place. 13. A lift is a device that takes skiers to the top of the slope.
14. Slalom refers to high-speed turning on the slopes. 15. Sitzmark is the depression left in the snow by a fallen skier.
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Dictionary skills: Antonyms
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lf smash and atomize are antonyms, then cross out Lake Placid, New York.
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lf Lortion and part are antonyms, then cross out Vail, Colorado. lf feeble and strong are antonyms, then cross out Topeka, Kansas.
lf antiquated and obsolete are antonyms, then cross out Squaw Valley, California.
Where are some ski areas in the United States?
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Vocabulary: Multiple-meaning words
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Directions: Study the words listed in the multiple-meaning name bank. Think about ways they can be used as nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Then read each sentence below and fill in each blank with the appropriate name from the list.
Example: "Art, art thou the one who painted this work of arl?" asked the king. Multiple-Meaning Name Bank
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Vocabulary: Analogies
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lections: An analogyshows a likeness between things. Read each analogy. Think about how I rds in the first pair go together; then write the missing word in the second pair. (Hint: Notice :,, rbols that represent the words is fo and as in the example below.)
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Battle Creek: Home of Kellogg's@ Cereal
Since it had plenty of water power, the little town of Battle Creek, Michigan, built flour mills and sawmills. Little did its citizens know that their tiny village would someday become the breakfast-food capital of the nation. Living in Battle creek was a young medical student named John Harvey Kellogg. He was one of 16 children. The Kelloggs migrated from Massachusetts to Michigan in the 1830s. John was born there in 1952. The Kelloggs were members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. They observed the Sabbath on Saturday instead of sunday. They did not smoke or use alcohol, and they avoided rich desserts. And above all, they were vegetarians-people who did not eat meat.
John Kellogg believed that vegetarianism was the road to good health and long life. ln medical school, he specialized in diseases of the stomach and intestines. He also experimented with a new and different
diet.
While studying to become a doctor, John lived in a small room in New York City. He had no way to cook hot cereal or cornmeal mush. lt occurred to him "that it should be possible to purchase cereals at groceries already cooked and ready to eat."
John had hit on an idea-an idea that would make him the founder of the breakfast-food industry. When he returned to Battle Creek, he began to think of a way to turn whole wheat into precooked flakes. The flakes could be eaten with milk and fruit or a litile sugar. Dr. Kellogg began to experiment. He would boil a batch of whole wheat and water, then roll it thin. He would then try to scrape it into flakes and bake them in the oven. But the wheat mixture just wouldn't flake. One day while experimenting, Dr. Kellogg was called away. His boiled whole wheat lay on the rolling board' When he came back hours later, he found that it had flaked beautifully. When baked, the flakes were large, thin, crisp, and delicious!
ln 1895, Kellogg's wheat flakes began to sell all over the country. Soon Battle Creek was the manufacturing center for health-food pioneers. ln 1906, Will Keith Kellogg, Dr. Kellogg's younger brother, introduced Corn Flakes. Both John and Will lived to be g1 years old. The Kellogg brotheri brought fame and wealth to Battle Creek.
Directions: Complete the following analogies with boldfaced words from the article. you will not use all of the boldfaced words and you may use a different form of a word. The first one is done for you. 1.
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steaks/hamburgers : meat-eating :: fruits/vegetables vegetarian respiration : lungs :: digestion lightbulb : inventor:: industry: 2000s : electric power:: 1830s : immigrated: lreland:: : Massachusetts generalized : whole body :: : intestines running/lifting weights : exercise :: eating fruits/vegetables : audition : tryout :: test : candy/chips : junk food :: fruits/vegetables : flour mills : bread :: : furniture lreeze: OoC :: : 100"C low-calorie : nonfattening :: : fattening
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