November Blog Post!
Using your independent reading book answer the following question. Remember to follow the directions listed in the welcome post!
Knowing content area vocabulary is a very important tool that can help you understand and remember what you read. Every text you read will have vocabulary that is used specifically to make the story, article, excerpt, etc more interesting. For example, when we read Edgar Allan Poe we first looked at a list of twenty or so vocabulary words that were unique and important to the story he was writing. Without a basic understanding for these words we would not have been able to comprehend Poe's story as well as we did.
Please choose 3-5 vocabulary words from your independent reading book. These should be words that you have either never heard before, or that you were unsure of the meaning. Follow the example below when you answer this question.
Example:
The Secret of the Old Clock
By: Carolyn Keene
1. Convertible: " Nancy Drew was driving home in her new dark-blue convertible" pg. 1
- Having a folding top.
2. Intuition: "Dad depends on my intuition." pg. 1
- A quick insight
3. Will: " But unless a will written later turns up that's how it's going to be."
- A legal document used to give ones possessions and money away after death.