Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Friday, Week 12

This week's theme is: Personality

Word List 12

1. efficient: Acoomplishing a purpose without wasting time
2. arrogant: Feeling more important that others.
3. cordial: Warm and sincere.
4. unruly: Lacking restraint, rebels against authority.
5. precise: Exact, following the rules.
6. monotonous: Boring, lacking in variety.
7. vibrant: Exhibits charm and is animated.

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. Create your own crossword puzzle. Click on this 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:

I enjoy challenging myself: how efficient I can be.
Man is always coming up with new and more efficient ways of doing things.

I though he was arrogant unreasonably, and very obnoxious.
I guess I should apologize because that sounds arrogant.

Some teachers were found to be more cordial by students.
He was very much a gentleman and very cordial.

An unruly passenger caused a flight to be diverted.
She pulled her unruly hair back into a knot.

He had no clue about his precise location.
The teacher liked his precise concentration.

The bell went off and snapped me out of my boredom from Alice's monotonous voice.
Exercising the same way every day can be monotonous.

On the bus ride I met met a vibrant, witty, incredibly brilliant woman.
I feel like a vibrant, productive person now.

 
 

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