Today we will be going to the media center for book check out and vocab.com practice, so you will need to find time on your own for those two activities. The mind flex this morning was the "Applying Meanings" exercise in the vocabulary packet. You also need to complete the following vocabulary activity on your own sheet of notebook paper in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Mixer
Have a friend choose 6 vocabulary words at random. They can do this by choosing 6 numbers at random (not necessarily in order) from your list without seeing the words. Write those words down in order and complete the following for each:
Vocabulary Mixer
Have a friend choose 6 vocabulary words at random. They can do this by choosing 6 numbers at random (not necessarily in order) from your list without seeing the words. Write those words down in order and complete the following for each:
- If you could associate a color with this word, what color would it be and why?
- Connect this word to your personal experience somehow. Explain.
- Connect this word to a story you have read or seen before. Explain.
- Connect this word to a current or historical event or something you have learned about in another class. Explain.
- Connect this word to another vocabulary word (past or present). Explain.
- Create an image or symbol to represent this word and explain how it represents the word.