Unit 19 - Voyager Learning

ex • am • ineVOCABULARY 1 Examine • Flat Stanley, means to Chapter look 1carefully at something.What’s another way to say “Theboy looked carefully at the frog”?Flat StanleyUnit 19 Vocabulary 1Use after Exercise 1★ po • liteA person who has goodmanners is polite.★ po • lite • nessPoliteness is using goodmanners.ex • am • ineExamine means to lookcarefully at something.de • spiteDespite is another way tosay “even though.”★ mar • velMarvel means to feelsurprised and amazed.★ al • terAlter means to change.★ ab • surdSomething that is absurdis silly or unbelievable.A person who says “please” and“thank you” is . .If you say “please” and “thank you,”you are showing . .What’s another way to say “Theboy looked carefully at the frog”?© 2009 Sopris West Educational Services. All Rights Reserved.What’s another way to say “Despitethe bad weather, we went to thebeach”?The boy marveled at the duck flying byhis window. What does that mean?To save time, Julie altered the wayshe went to school. What did Juliechange?When Maya heard that the moonwas made of green cheese, shethought that was totaly silly or . . .de • spiteDespite is another way tosay “even though.”★ mar • velMarvel means to feelsurprised and amazed.★ al • ter51Alter means to change.What’s another way to say “Despitethe bad weather, we went to thebeach”?The boy marveled at the duck flying byhis window. What does that mean? 1To save time, Julie altered the wayshe went to school. What did Juliechange? 2Usingvocabulary★ ab • surdSomething that is absurdis silly or unbelievable.When Maya heard that the moonwas made of green cheese, shethought that was totally silly or . . . 3© 2009 Sopris West Educational Services. All Rights Reserved.511 Understand: Defining and Using Vocabulary—marvel (The boy was surprised andamazed by the duck.)2 Apply: Using Vocabulary—alter (Julie changed the way she went to school.)3 Understand: Using Vocabulary—absurd (absurd)USINGVOCABULARYBe enthusiastic aboutlearning new words. Keepa running list of wordsyou would like to use andencourage students touse. Keep the list handywhen you are teaching.Put students’ names onthe board to acknowledgeuse of a word. Say thingslike:Wow! [Cesar] used theword absurd when hetalked about the movie hesaw last night.19