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PURPOSES FOR THIS ACTIVITY:
* REVIEW REFERENCE MATERIALS AND THEIR USES.
* UNDERSTAND FEATURES OF DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES, AND OTHER SOURCES.
* USE A FUN TOOL TO SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW OR REVIEW WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!
A GLOSSARY IS A CONTENT-SPECIFIC DICTIONARY USUALLY LOCATED AT THE BACK OF A BOOK.
True
False
12%
88%1. True2. False
IF I NEED TO LOOK UP A DEFINITION FOR A WORD, I WOULD LOOK IN A(N):
Atlas
Ency
clopedia
Thesauru
s
Dicti
onary
Almanac
0% 0%5%
89%
5%
1. Atlas 2. Encyclopedia 3. Thesaurus 4. Dictionary 5. Almanac
HOW A WORD IS READ OUT LOUD WOULD BE CALLED ITS:
Pronuncia
tion
Sylla
bication
33%
67%1. Pronunciation 2. Syllabication
LET’S EXPLORE…DO YOU LIKE CEREAL? DID YOU EVER WONDER WHERE THE WORD CAME FROM?
WHO CAN FIND THE WORD CEREAL IN THE DICTIONARY?
AHA! (I LOVE THOSE MOMENTS!)
IN A DICTIONARY, THE WORD SPELLED PHOENETICALLY INSIDE THE SLASH MARKS AFTER THE ENTRY WORD TELLS YOU:
What t
he word
means
How to
say th
e word
How to
use th
e word
in..
What p
art of s
peech it
is
11%
28%
17%
44%1. What the word means
2. How to say the word
3. How to use the word in a sentence
4. What part of speech it is
WHAT DO THE DOTS INSIDE AN ENTRY WORD MEAN?
A good place t.
..
Where
to break...
Where
the w
ord...
6% 0%
94%1. A good place to stop and check your spelling
2. Where to break the word’s syllables
3. Where the word came from, or it’s origin
HOW DO YOU RATE THIS STATEMENT:
I LIKE USING THE DICTIONARY.
Stro
ngly Agree
Agree
Disa
gree
Stro
ngly Disa
gree
17%22%
0%
61%1. Strongly Agree2. Agree3. Disagree4. Strongly
Disagree
HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE A DICTIONARY?
Once
each w
eek
Once
each m
ont...
“How often do ...
22%
33%
11%
33%1. Every day! 2. Once each week3. Once each
month4. “How often do I
use a what?”
I USE ONLINE DICTIONARIES AS WELL AS THE DICTIONARY IN ITS PHYSICAL FORM.
Yes N
o
37%
63%1. Yes2. No
THE NUMBERS AFTER THE ENTRY WORDS IN A DICTIONARY TELL US IF A WORD HAS MORE THAN ONE MEANING.
True
False
33%
67%
1. True2. False
KNOWING PREFIXES, ROOT WORDS, AND SUFFIXES CAN HELP ME WITH SPELLING AS WELL AS FIGURING OUT WHAT NEW WORDS MEAN.
True
False
18%
82%
1. True2. False
IN THE WORD, “PREVENTION,” WHAT PART IS THE SUFFIX?
pre-
ven
-tion
56%
33%
11%
1. pre-2. ven3. -tion
WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE WORD “MEASURABLE?”
mea-
measu
re -a
ble
The ability t
o...
11% 11%
26%
53%1. mea-2. measure3. -able4. The ability to be
measured.
I KNOW WHAT THE SCHWA SYMBOL LOOKS LIKE AND I KNOW WHAT THE SCHWA SOUNDS LIKE IN WORDS.
Yes N
o
39%
61%1. Yes2. No
MEET…
… THE SCHWA!
(OK, SO IT HAPPENS TO BE A LITTLE IMAGINARY…I TRIED TO FIND IT. PICTURE IT WITH ME! )