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Language Arts 9th grade Mrs. Fonseca. Glossary Project. Semester long project designed to help you enrich your vocabulary base. Objectives. To build rich vocabulary that the student is able to use appropriately in speaking and writing ; To develop strong study habits ;
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LanguageArts 9th grade Mrs. Fonseca Glossary Project Semesterlongprojectdesigned to help youenrichyourvocabulary base.
Objectives • To build richvocabularythatthestudent is able to use appropriately in speakingandwriting; • To developstrongstudyhabits; • To help us understandthetextswe are reading; • To develophabitsoflife-longlearners.
TheAssignment • Theassignement is to collectunfamiliarwordsthatyou come acrossduringreadingordiscussions, write them down, and discover the meaning of those words; • For example, as you are reading a novel youmay come across a newword. Followthisprocess: circle it, look it up, write it down in yourjournalalongwiththemeaningandpartof speech.
DuringtheSemester • I willcheckyourglossary 3 times duringthesemester (to makesureyou are workingon it) • June 05 is thedaythatyoumustturn in the final copyofyourglossary
Entries • Alphabeticalorder • Word, partof speech, definition (in English, ofcourse) • Shouldbepresented in thefollowingformat: apple (noun): a pieceoffruitthat is redorgreen, growsontrees, and is used for eatingandbaking.
Final Copy • The Final Copy is dueonFriday, June 5, 2009 bymidnight (send it to my email) • It shouldbetyped, in alphabeticalorderand in theappropriateformat; • Yourglossaryshouldhaveatleast 100 words; • Thethreechecksand final copy are partofyourprocedure grade
Don’tGetRidof It! • Attheendofthesemester, don’tgetridof it! Don’tthrow it in thetrash! • Keepthisglossary as a tool to use in the future. • Wewilladd to it nextyear