Using Word Study for Ownership!VOCABULARY STRATEGIES

A teacher example……

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riddled[from Latin vorāx  swallowing greedily, from vorāre

 to devour]  

voracious

1. craving or consuming large quantities of food2. exceedingly eager or avid

Physical/literal (appetite )Figurative (reader, collector)

To read many books or pursue a collection of something (such as coins, dolls, Star Wars figures)

Adjectiveavid, covetous, devouring, dog-hungry, edacious, empty, gluttonous, gorging, grasping, gross, insatiable, omnivorous, piggy, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sating, starved, starved to death, starving, uncontrolled, unquenchable

the voracious

infant screaming

for milk

a voracious

reader unable to put down the novel

a voracious

gamer waiting in line for a midnight releaseBy 2:30 p.m., my voracious appetite leads me to consume foods I

would ordinarily refuse; the soup I eat for lunch usually sustains me for a brief period of time.

I was surprised by the voraciousness with which I read these last two novels; I used the flashlight on my phone to read it under the covers. (used as a noun)

Practice as a class….

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riddledORIGIN 1300–50; Middle English irken  to grow

tired, tire < Old Norse yrkja  to work, cognate with Old English wyrcan; see work

irksome

Causing annoyance or boredom; troublesome or tedious

Person, task, event, sound

a younger sibling wanting to tag along, doing hours of homework, stomping/ jumping on the metal stairs during transition

adjectiveaggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome troubling, vexing

  the irksome task of writing long letters  

the irksome chirping of a cricket 

 the irksome sounds while taking a test in the library during lower school lunch 

There is nothing more irksome than getting into bed, snug under the covers, and realizing that I forgot to shut off the lamp on the other side of the room. I guess it is time to buy The Clapper…clap on…clap off… The Clapper!

Your turn! Create your own charts for two self-selected words….

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Share your two self-selected words with your

small group!

TIME TO SHARE!