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Vocabulary Strategies

Vocabulary Strategies. Using Word Study for Ownership!. Context-Content-Experience. A teacher example……. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin reticent- ‘remaining silent,’ from the verb reticere , from re- (expressing intensive force) + tacere ‘be silent.’. riddled. Reticent . adjective

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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. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin reticent- ‘remaining silent,’ from the verb reticere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tacere ‘be silent.’ riddled Reticent adjective not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily To be silent + expressing intensive force = must be in regard to remaining silent when it is difficult to do so. Physical holes (cheese, sieves, gunshot holes) Figurative holes (lies, inaccuracies, loopholes)

  4. reserved, withdrawn, introverted, inhibited, diffident, shy; uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unresponsive, tight-lipped, buttoned-up, quiet, taciturn, silent, guarded, secretive.

  5. She was extremely reticent about her personal affairs. Because of nearly drowning as a child, he is reticent about attending a pool party. The reticent witness pleaded the 5th to avoid incriminating his friend. I was reticent about participating in class because I had not completed the reading homework. When the school counselor asked about her personal life, she instantly became reticent.

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

  7. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin pontific-, pontifex, from pont-, pons bridge + facere to make. riddled pontificate express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic

  8. hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, sound off, dogmatize, sermonize, moralize, lecture; informal: preachify, mouth off.

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

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

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