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SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words

SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words. Mr. Gibson Classes Defining & Utilizing Action Words in Contextual Settings Week 2: October 11 – 14 Two-thousand & eleven. Tuesday October 11 th - 1 st Hour. SY: 2011-2012 PSAE/ACT Action Words. Good morning ladies & gentlemen!.

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SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words

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  1. SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words Mr. Gibson Classes Defining & Utilizing Action Words in Contextual Settings Week 2: October 11 – 14 Two-thousand & eleven

  2. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • Good morning ladies & gentlemen!

  3. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • Please open your PSAE Vocabulary Journals provided to you this morning by your Advisory Teacher.

  4. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • The PSAE/ACT “action” words to the left are to be entered into your journal. • adversity • aesthetic • amicable • anachronistic

  5. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Adversity The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ ad-VERSE-ih-tee

  6. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Adversity The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ ad-VERSE-ih-tee “a person’s life or situation marked by a bad situation or distress”

  7. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Adversity “a person’s life or situation marked by a bad situation or distress” The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ ad-VERSE-ih-tee Even after much adversity, he completed his training and eventually won the NCAA National Title for long distance running.

  8. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Aesthetic The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ Ath-STET-ick

  9. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Aesthetic (adj.) The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ eth-STET-ick “a sense of the beautiful”

  10. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Aesthetic (adj.) “a sense of the beautiful” The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ eth-STET-ick “The red rose in the white vase on the dark mahogany table was quite aesthetic.”

  11. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Amicable Adj. The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ AM-ick-ah-bull

  12. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Amicable Adj. The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ AM-ick-ah-bull “showing goodwill; friendly or peaceable “

  13. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Amicable Adj. “showing goodwill; friendly or peaceable “ The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ AM-ick-ah-bull After much heated debate, they worked out an amicable agreement.

  14. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Anachronistic Adj. The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ uh-nack-ron-ISS-tick

  15. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Anachronistic Adj. The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ uh-nack-ron-ISS-tick “referring to a place, thing, or person that belongs in an much earlier time or era”

  16. Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Anachronistic Adj. “referring to a place, thing, or person that belongs in an much earlier time or era” The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ uh-nack-ron-ISS-tick “The jeweled sword painted on the side of the Predator Drone was quite anachronistic .”

  17. adversity aesthetic amicable anachronistic “As I look at them both now, they seem very _________ since they are both smiling and chatting casually. The quill pen & ink used for the document signing seemed quite ____________ when compared to the gleaming ultra-modern sleek office surroundings. In fact the ornate cut-glass ink holder and the lavender colored ink on the highly polished mahogany table was visually rather ___________ to the casual observer. “With this agreement, the _________ between the two of you is finally over!” I declared euphemistically.

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