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Vocabulary Strategies

Vocabulary Strategies. Using Word Study for Ownership!. Context-Content-Experience. A teacher example……. [ from Latin vorāx  swallowing greedily, from vorāre  to devour] . riddled. voracious. 1. craving or consuming large quantities of food 2. exceedingly eager or avid.

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Vocabulary Strategies

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  1. Vocabulary Strategies Using Word Study for Ownership!

  2. Context-Content-Experience A teacher example……

  3. [from Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour] riddled voracious 1. craving or consuming large quantities of food 2. exceedingly eager or avid Physical/literal (appetite ) Figurative (reader, collector) To read many books or pursue a collection of something (such as coins, dolls, Star Wars figures)

  4. Adjective avid, covetous, devouring, dog-hungry, edacious, empty, gluttonous, gorging, grasping, gross, insatiable, omnivorous, piggy, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sating, starved, starved to death, starving, uncontrolled, unquenchable

  5. a voracious reader unable to put down the novel a voracious gamer waiting in line for a midnight release the voracious infant screaming for milk By 2:30 p.m., my voracious appetite leads me to consume foods I would ordinarily refuse; the soup I eat for lunch usually sustains me for a brief period of time. I was surprised by the voraciousness with which I read these last two novels; I used the flashlight on my phone to read it under the covers. (used as a noun)

  6. Context-Content-Experience Practice as a class….

  7. ORIGIN1300–50; Middle English irken  to grow tired, tire < Old Norse yrkja  to work, cognate with Old English wyrcan; see work riddled irksome Causing annoyance or boredom; troublesome or tedious a younger sibling wanting to tag along, doing hours of homework, stomping/ jumping on the metal stairs during transition Person, task, event, sound

  8. adjective aggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome troubling, vexing

  9. the irksome sounds while taking a test in the library during lower school lunch the irksome chirping of a cricket   the irksome task of writing long letters There is nothing more irksome than getting into bed, snug under the covers, and realizing that I forgot to shut off the lamp on the other side of the room. I guess it is time to buy The Clapper…clap on…clap off… The Clapper!

  10. Context-Content-Experience Your turn! Create your own charts for two self-selected words….

  11. Time to Share! • Share your two self-selected words with your small group!

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