A vocabulary building exercise for SAT students based upon a recent WSJ article about Facebook's IPO.

1. Vocabulary and SAT Critical Reading Lesson
by Tampa English Tutor Eric Anderson
Objectives:
Increase student comprehension of vocabulary words related to Facebook’s IPO and
practice reading for general idea, structure and tone.
Materials:
“The Big Doubt over Facebook” Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304868004577378122958515302.html
Pre-Reading Vocabulary. Define these terms with part of speech.
1. Initial Public Offering (IPO):
2. nascent
3. dilemma
4. lofty valuation
5. revenue
6. social media
7. sticky and big audience (use context clues for this one)
8. willy-nilly
9. alienate
10. highhanded
11. animosity
12. stymied
13. quantifiable
14. brand
15. metrics
16. ergo
In one or two sentences, answer the each of the following questions:
1. What is the general idea of the article?
2. How do the writers structure the story?
3. What points do the writers make about the doubts about FB?
4. What words would you use to describe the authors’ tone toward FB?