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GOOD MORNING!. Take out a pencil and a clean piece of lined paper. We are going to start today with our new vocabulary words!!. VCR Lesson 3: All or Nothing. Root: PAN “all” Pandemonium n. uproar Pandemonium threatened to break out after the Tigers won the World Series. .
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GOOD MORNING! Take out a pencil and a clean piece of lined paper. We are going to start today with our new vocabulary words!!
VCR Lesson 3: All or Nothing Root: PAN “all” Pandemonium n. uproar Pandemonium threatened to break out after the Tigers won the World Series.
VCR Lesson 3: All or Nothing Root: PAN “all” 2. Panacea n. A cure-all for diseases or troubles. Some politicians seem to regard tax cuts as a panacea for economic problems.
Monday October 14 Today’s Learning Goals: >List characteristics associated with the Mystery genre >Define vocabulary related to mysteries. Listen
Mysteries: Characters: Suspects are characters who may have caused the problem the mystery is trying to solve. Detectives/Sleuths/Investigators try to solve the mystery.
Mysteries: Plot: >A problem or puzzle to solve. >Something that is missing. >A secret. >An event that is not explained. Most mystery plots use suspense. This means that the reader does not know the solution while he or she is reading the mystery.
Mysteries: Characters: Suspects are characters who may have caused the problem the mystery is trying to solve. Detectives/Sleuths/Investigators try to solve the mystery.
Mystery: something that is secret and unknown
Motive: something that causes a person to act a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive
Breakthrough: any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase that removes a barriertoprogress
Witness: someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information
Red Herring: a false lead that throws the investigator off track
Alibi: an excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed
Hunch: a suspicion; a guess
Crime: an act that is against the law
Suspect: a person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime
Clue: a fact or object that helps solve myteries
Evidence: something that helps prove who committed the crime
Detective/Sleuth: a person who investigates mysteries and gathers information
Deduction: Conclusion drawn from available information