Here are her words:
reverently
askew
persevere
perilous
endeavor
contemplate
appalled
presume
subside
pillar
frivolous
secluded
resolve
gravity
transfixed
She missed quite a few, but when I asked her questions about each word she knew what I mean. It is almost like the description they gave were meant to mix them up? Do you suppose that is true? I mean is that they want they do on SAT's or other achievement tests?
For instance, the definition of transfixed was motionless with amazement or horror-- she answered appalled.
I told her amazement or horror could be appalled but the MOTIONLESS was her clue word.
Also for pillar-- on her vocab card it showed a picture of an actual pillar-- and it said straight.
But the definition it gave on the test was.. one who strongly supports a cause.
We simply talked about a "pillar" of the community etc.
BUT I don't really understand it.
We will apparently be spending MORE time on vocabulary!
Should I have her look up each word and write down all the definition? I don't know how else she could have been prepared for PILLAR?
Hmmmm.
I have thought about adding Wordly Wise with her work next year- actually both Kate and Matt's work. I figured it was just a simply way to work on their vocabulary!
What do you do???
2 comments:
That's a little strange...When I learned new vocabulary we had to copy definitions and memorize them. I don't think it make a big difference though, the best way to remember was to simply USE them. But then how often do you say pillar? lol
what exactly are you following in IEW? what i mean is... are you using a theme book? or??
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