SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words

1. SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words Mr. Gibson Classes Defining & Utilizing Action Words in Contextual Settings Week 6: November 07 - 10 Two-thousand & eleven

2. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Good morning ladies & gentlemen!

3. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • Please open your PSAE Vocabulary Journals provided to you this morning by your Advisory Teacher.

4. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • The PSAE/ACT “action” words to the left are to be entered into your journal. • Collaborate • Compassion • Compromise • condescending

5. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Collaborate The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ co-LAB-oh-rate

6. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Collaborate The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ co-LAB-oh-rate Work together to achieve a common goal, enterprise, or project.

7. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Collaborate Work together to achieve a common goal, enterprise, or project. The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ co-LAB-oh-rate Although they were scattered across the globe, the four scientists decided to collaborate on the project to find an answer.

8. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Compassion The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ come-PASS-shun

9. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Compassion The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ come-PASS-shun A deep awareness [of] and sympathy [for] – another’s suffering.

10. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Compassion A deep awareness [of] and sympathy [for] – another’s suffering. The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ come-PASS-shun Seeing the old lady struggle to keep warm in the cold driving rain, the man removed his cloak and draped it gently over her shoulders.

11. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Compromise The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ COM-pro-mize

12. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Compromise The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ COM-pro-mize A middle way between two extremes.

13. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Compromise A middle way between two extremes. The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ COM-pro-mize The man told his friend, “When we were first married I wanted to keep my stuff and my motorcycle. My wife said it all had to go. I compromised and got rid of it all.”

14. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Condescending The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ con-deh-SEN-ding

15. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Condescending The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ con-deh-SEN-ding Showing or implying one is descending from a position of superiority to another’s lower position in order to communicate with them at the lower level.

16. Week 6: November 07-10 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Condescending Showing or implying one is descending from a position of superiority to another’s lower position in order to communicate with them at the lower level. The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ con-deh-SEN-ding Knowing he was older and not adept at new computer technology she sneered, “I’ll let you know when e-books come out in a version that you can use your crayons and color.”

17. condescending Collaborate Compromise Compassion The leaders of the two warring tribal nations were unable to reach a _____________ in their ongoing hostilities. Each time the representatives met to discuss terms of cessation, deep-seated hatred and _____________ attitudes precluded any agreement. Having no _____________ for the other side’s war refugees it took the ordinary citizens to _______________ in order to find a means to help themselves.

18. condescending SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words The leaders of the two warring tribal nations were unable to reach a _____________ in their ongoing hostilities. Each time the representatives met to discuss terms of cessation, deep-seated hatred and _____________ attitudes precluded any agreement. Having no _____________ for the other side’s war refugees it took the ordinary citizens to _______________ in order to find a means to help themselves. Compromise Collaborate Compassion

19. SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words The leaders of the two warring tribal nations were unable to reach a _____________ in their ongoing hostilities. Each time the representatives met to discuss terms of cessation, deep-seated hatred and _____________ attitudes precluded any agreement. Having no _____________ for the other side’s war refugees it took the ordinary citizens to _______________ in order to find a means to help themselves. Compromise condescending Compassion Collaborate

20. SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words The leaders of the two warring tribal nations were unable to reach a _____________ in their ongoing hostilities. Each time the representatives met to discuss terms of cessation, deep-seated hatred and _____________ attitudes precluded any agreement. Having no _____________ for the other side’s war refugees it took the ordinary citizens to _______________ in order to find a means to help themselves. Compromise condescending Compassion Collaborate

21. SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words The leaders of the two warring tribal nations were unable to reach a _____________ in their ongoing hostilities. Each time the representatives met to discuss terms of cessation, deep-seated hatred and _____________ attitudes precluded any agreement. Having no _____________ for the other side’s war refugees it took the ordinary citizens to _______________ in order to find a means to help themselves. Compromise condescending Compassion Collaborate