Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Friday, Week 13

This week's theme is: American Idol

Word List 13

1. ability: Being able to do something, an acquired or natural skill.
2. ambition: Having a strong longing to succeed.
3. struggle: A hard effort to give the best you can.
4. fierce: A strong effort to win.
5. perform: To present a song or a play for an audience.

Friday Activities

1. Create a list on your computer of all the summer vocabulary words you have. Check your vocabulary notebook for the list. You can put these in Word, or Notebook, or any word processor. Save them and keep the list up to date each week.
2. Copy your word list that you created and paste them in this link. See if you can state the definition in a given period of time.
3. Use this link to create your own crossword puzzle. Click on the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your words and your clues (definition), then click "Create Crossword Now." A new web page will appear. You can put a title on your puzzle if you wish, then click "Create Crossword." Print this out and complete the puzzle. Insert the completed work in your vocabulary notebook.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

Being nervous could affect your ability to do your best.
He was confident in his ability to sing.

She has the ambition to go far with her talent.
Seeing others succeed makes his ambition stronger.

Sometimes you must struggle to learn the new skill.
Even though she has taken dance for years, she still struggles to learn difficult steps.

There is always fierce competition.
She has the fierce determination to win.

She knew she would have to perform her best to win.
Sometimes he is nervous when he performs.

 
 

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