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WORDS IN CONTEXT

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leap(verb)

To leap is to jump far or to jumphigh in the air.1.Frogs have long back legs to leap.2.A circus tiger can leap through aring of fire.

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field(noun)

It rained last night, and now the soccerfield is too wet to play on.1.They are going to build a school on theempty field, or meadow, behind my house.2.The deer like to eat the clover that grows ithe field.3.

swim(verb)

I like to watch the otters swim at theaquarium.

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Fish move through the water using fins, butpeople swim using their arms and legs.2.People say that Sam can swim like a fish.3.


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escape(verb)

To escape is to flee from or avoid beingcaptured.

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The fastest animals usually escape frompredators, but young, old, or ill animals aroften captured.

2.

Two prisoners tried to escape from prison,but they were caught.

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meadow(noun)

A meadow is a flat, open area of landwhere grass is the main type of plant.

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They allow their neighbor's sheep to grazein their meadow, or pasture.2.

One meaning of the word "meadow" is afield with grass that is cut every year tomake hay.

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ditch(noun)

People might dig a ditch so that rainwateron a roadway or a field has a way to

drain.

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Snakes and other animals may live in aditch, or trench.2.My car got stuck in a ditch, and I had tocall a tow truck to pull it out.

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DAY 1

WORD SMART

INSTRUCTIONS: Have students write a word in each box and then draw a picture that defines it.

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WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD

leap to jump a long distanceor high in the air(verb)


field land with few or notrees; an area wherecontests are held(noun)


swim to move along on or inthe water using one'sbody(verb)


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escape to break free from oravoid being captured(verb)


meadow a grassland(noun)


ditch a low, narrow area onthe side of a road orfield(noun)


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ANALOGIES

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An analogy shows a relationship between two sets of words. The words in the first pairmust have the same relationship as the words in the second pair. To complete an analogywith a missing word, you must first discover the relationship between the completed pair.(Example: Catis to meowas dogis to bark.)

crawled basketball ran capture woods riverINSTRUCTIONS: Have students determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Then have them use the words in theword box to complete the second pair of words.


Ditch is to road...as... bank is to1.Swim is to swam ...as... run is to2.Meadow is to field...as... forest is to3.

Field is to football...as... court is to4.


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ANALOGIES

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An analogy shows a relationship between two sets of words. The words in the first pairmust have the same relationship as the words in the second pair. To complete an analogywith a missing word, you must first discover the relationship between the completed pair.(Example: Catis to meowas dogis to bark.)

crawled basketball ran capture woods riverINSTRUCTIONS: Have students determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Then have them use the words in theword box to complete the second pair of words.


Escape is to break free...as... catch is to5.

Leap is to leapt...as... crawl is to6.


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CLOZE SENTENCES

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leap field swim escape meadow ditchINSTRUCTIONS: Have students use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below.


Tall weeds grow in the by the side of the

road.

1.

Can you from one end of the pool to the

other?

2.

If animals from a zoo, they

break free.

3.

Wildflowers are growing in the4.

Cattle and sheep often graze in a5.


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CLOZE SENTENCES

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leap field swim escape meadow ditchINSTRUCTIONS: Have students use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below.


I watched the boy across the creek.6.


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DAY 3

EXPLORATION

INSTRUCTIONS: Assign one or more of the following activities to reinforce the function of verbs.

VERBSMake a Sentence

Materials: Word cards, box or envelope, strips of paper

Place all the word cards in a box or envelope. Have students pull out a word cardand use their chosen word to create a written or oral sentence.

Mime It!Materials: Word cards, box or envelope

Place all the word cards in a box or envelope. Have students pull out a word cardand act it out. Have classmates try to guess the word. The first player to correctlyguess the word gets to keep the word card. The player holding the most word cardsat the end of the game wins.

Pick a Synonym or AntonymMaterials: Word cards, action cards

Place all the word and action cards in a box or envelope. Have students pull outa card and, if applicable,give a synonym or antonym for the chosen word. (You maychoose to omit words that do not have synonyms or antonyms, or you may choose

to include them as points of discussion.)

True or False?Materials: Vocabulary word list

Place the vocabulary word list where everyone can see it, and have studentsgather in a circle. Invite the first student to create a sentence with one of theverbs from the word list using the initial frame: A (noun) can (verb). [For example,using the vocabulary word race, a student might say:A car can race.] Then, thenext student in the circle completes the sentence by adding the second frame:

A car can race, but it can never(verb), true or false?[A car can race, but it can never

jog, true or false?] Then, have the next student tell whether he or she believes thesentence to be true or false. If the student guesses correctly, he or she can start anew sentence using another vocabulary word. If the student guesses incorrectly,he or she loses the opportunity to start a sentence, and play continues with thenext player.



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CONCEPT COMPLETION

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INSTRUCTIONS: Have students use what they know about the vocabulary words to complete the following sentences.


You can find a ditch1.

The antelope managed to escape from2.I decided not to swim in the lake because3.

A meadow is an area of land that4.A cat can leap5.A soccer field is6.


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ASSESSMENT

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Name:

INSTRUCTIONS: Have students choose the best answer to complete each statement.

2009 L i A Z All i ht d V b l A ZTh Ch G

Some people can leapacross

a creekan oceana lake

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It is messy to play on afield when the weatheris

hotwetcool

2.

Fish use theirto swim.

arms and legsscales and gillsfins and tails

3.

A synonym for escapeis

stumblebecome angryflee

4.

A meadow is not thesame as a

field

lawnpasture

5.

A ditch is thanthe land around it.

warmerhigherlower

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