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vocabulary activities in a reading class using short story
 
Activity 1. Using the dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words
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Target Word: flared Context The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty.
What it is ? According to the Cambridge Learners Dictionary: start something bad such as anger or pain, flares or flares up, it suddenly starts or get worse According to the Oxford Dictionary:  (verb) to burn for a short time with a sudden bright flame (adj) used about trousers and skirts, becoming wider towards the bottom.
What it is ? – cont. According to Webster online: flame, burst, flare up, blaze, sparkle, flash, flicker Similar meanings: harsh manner, burst, anger
What it is not ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
I would probably find this word in these contexts (places, events, people, situations) In the classrooms (when teachers scold stubborn students. Parents scolding their naughty/mischevious children at home.
I will remember this word by connecting it to my childhood memories where I was scolded by my parents after they found out that I went swimming at the river with my friends.
Activity 2. Using contextual clues the dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words
Multiple meaning Target word in context : flared general specific emotion/feeling suddenly become intense, angry or violent anger burn safety equipment start

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Vocabulary Activity 2

  • 1. vocabulary activities in a reading class using short story
  • 2.  
  • 3. Activity 1. Using the dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words
  • 5. Target Word: flared Context The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty.
  • 6. What it is ? According to the Cambridge Learners Dictionary: start something bad such as anger or pain, flares or flares up, it suddenly starts or get worse According to the Oxford Dictionary: (verb) to burn for a short time with a sudden bright flame (adj) used about trousers and skirts, becoming wider towards the bottom.
  • 7. What it is ? – cont. According to Webster online: flame, burst, flare up, blaze, sparkle, flash, flicker Similar meanings: harsh manner, burst, anger
  • 8.
  • 9. I would probably find this word in these contexts (places, events, people, situations) In the classrooms (when teachers scold stubborn students. Parents scolding their naughty/mischevious children at home.
  • 10. I will remember this word by connecting it to my childhood memories where I was scolded by my parents after they found out that I went swimming at the river with my friends.
  • 11. Activity 2. Using contextual clues the dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words
  • 12. Multiple meaning Target word in context : flared general specific emotion/feeling suddenly become intense, angry or violent anger burn safety equipment start