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SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words. Mr. Gibson Classes Defining & Utilizing Action Words in Contextual Settings Week 7: November 14 - 18 Two-thousand & eleven. Week 7: November 14-18. SY: 2011-2012 PSAE/ACT Action Words. Good morning ladies & gentlemen!. Week 7: November 14-18.
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SY:2011-2012 ACT/PSAE Action Words Mr. Gibson Classes Defining & Utilizing Action Words in Contextual Settings Week 7: November 14 - 18 Two-thousand & eleven
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Good morning ladies & gentlemen!
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • Please open your PSAE Vocabulary Journals provided to you this morning by your Advisory Teacher.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words • The PSAE/ACT “action” words to the left are to be entered into your journal. • Conditional • Conformist • Convergence • Deleterious
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Conditional The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ cuhn-DISH-on-al Qualified by reservations.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Conditional Qualified by reservations. The first word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ cuhn-DISH-on-al The agreement’s third payment was conditional upon the product making it to the store shelves by the holidays.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Conformist The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ cuhn-FORM-ist Someone who blends in with the established standards of appearances or conduct. Someone who “conforms”.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Conformist Someone who blends in with the established standards of appearances or conduct. Someone who “conforms”. The second word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ cuhn-FORM-ist The zebra was a conformist as he knew he was “white-stripped-over-a-black-coat” but did not reveal this to the rest of the herd who were “black-stripped-over-white” coats.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Convergence The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ Con-VERGE-ans The occurrence when two or more thing or events – come together.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Convergence The occurrence when two or more thing or events – come together. The third word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ Con-VERGE-ans Starting with today’s Earth and going back in time, one can see the animation showing the convergence of the continents to form Pangea – the super continent.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Deleterious The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ dell-eh-TEAR-ee-us Harmful to a living organism.
Week 7: November 14-18 SY: 2011-2012PSAE/ACTAction Words Deleterious Harmful to a living organism. The fourth word in this week’s group of four is… ________________ dell-eh-TEAR-ee-us Almost all known mutations to the genetic code have deleterious effects on the organism.
Convergence Conditional Deleterious Conformist The __________ of the two continents over time had a __________ effect on the land biome species as most were unable to adapt to the new related weather patterns. Survival of most species would be _____________ upon the rapid addition of layers of lipid-fats just below the skin’s surface. Those who _____________ to this adaptation, lived. Those who did not, died off into extinction.