vocabulary – mother fletcher’s gift by: walter dean myers
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Vocabulary – Mother Fletcher’s Gift
By: Walter Dean Myers
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Words to Know
apparently
flimsy incident
fixtures
survive
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Directions – Guess the Definition
• You will be given two definitions for each word. One will be the true definition, and one will be a phony definition.
• Your job will be to choose the definition that you think is correct.
• I will give you a white board…• If you think Choice 1 is correct, write a number one
on the white board• If you think Choice 2 is correct, write a number two
on the white board
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apparently
Choice 1• Seemingly; with the
appearance of
Choice 2• Advice given to you by a
parent
Hold up your guess!
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apparently
• Part of Speech: Adverb• Definition: Seemingly;
with the appearance of; evidently
• Example: Something is apparent when it is clearly visible and understood/obvious
• * Pizza Hut apparently has pizza
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fixtures
Choice 1• Items put in place to stay
Choice 2• Something used to
temporally hold an item in place
Hold up your guess!
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fixtures
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Definition: Thing/items put in place to stay.
• Example: Light fixtures
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survive
Choice 1• To serve others
Choice 2• To continue to exist; remain;
to continue to live
Hold up your guess!
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survive
• Part of Speech: Verb• Definition: to continue
to exist; remain; to continue to live
• Example: The TV show Survivor
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incident
Choice 1• Something that happens;
event
Choice 2• Only partly in existence,
imperfectly formed
Hold up your guess!
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incident
• Part of Speech: Noun• Definition: Something
that happens; an event• Example: The kids were
being bad on the bus and as soon as they got to school, the incident was reported to the principal.
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flimsy
Choice 1• An old fashioned had worn
by rich women in the 1940s
Choice 2• Easily torn or broken; not
strongly made.
Hold up your guess!
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flimsy
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Definition: Easily torn or broken; not strongly made
• Example: money is flimsy
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subscribe
Choice 1• To give your consent or
approval; to agree
Choice 2• The act of writing
everything for another person
Hold up your guess!
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subscribe
• Part of Speech: Verb• Definition: To give your
consent or approval; to agree
• Example: A magazine subscription
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Now that you have seen the words and definitions…
• At your tables you will find a stack of words and definitions
• You will find our vocabulary words, and their definitions. You will also find some phony definitions- so be careful!
• Match the word with its definition• Glue the words/definitions into your journal. After
you glue each word and definition draw a picture to represent the word so you can remember it!