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STUDY SKILLS Dictionary
OBJECTIVE • To use alphabetical order and guide words to find words in a dictionary
WARM-UP READ, LISTEN, SPEAK Read aloud the sentences that you chose for yesterday’s For Tomorrow homework. Model the activity by writing on the board one of the sentences. Explain how you thought you could improve the sentence by using a more colorful adjective. Write your edited sentence on the board. Have small groups share their sentences. Allow time for students to discuss how the colorful adjectives helped to create pictures in their minds.
GRAMMAR CONNECTION
Take this opportunity to talk about combining sentences. You may wish to have students combine sentences in their Read, Listen, Speak examples.
Ask students to alphabetize the words. Explain that each letter of the alphabet has a section in the dictionary. Emphasize that the entries within that section are listed in alphabetical order, using the letters that come second, third, and so on.
PRACTICE ACTIVITY A Complete the first item with the class. Then allow students to complete the activity independently. Invite volunteers to write their answers on the board.
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ACTIVITY C Allow partners to complete the activity. Ask volunteers to share the words they unscrambled. Challenge students to name other words that might be listed in the dictionary near each unscrambled word.
Study Skills
Dictionary Do you know what an English horn is? What about a joist? Every day we read words that we may not know. A dictionary is a book or a website we use to look up these kinds of words. A dictionary contains words and their meanings. In a dictionary you can find these things:
TEACH Read aloud the first paragraph. Ask students if they know what an English horn and a joist are (a woodwind instrument and support beam). Have a volunteer read aloud the second paragraph and bulleted list. Then read aloud the sample dictionary entry. Challenge students to match each part of the sample entry to one of the bulleted items. Read aloud the next paragraph. Ask students to name the three parts of a dictionary entry and to read aloud the entry word, pronunciation, and definitions. Invite a volunteer to explain the meaning of alphabetical order. Then invite a volunteer to read aloud the section Alphabetical Order. Write on the board the words account, absolute, and accept.
ACTIVITY B Allow students to work with partners to complete the activity. Have volunteers write their alphabetical lists on the board.
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how words are spelled
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the way words are pronounced
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what words mean
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quest (kwest) 1. A hunt or search [a quest for gold] 2. A journey in search of adventure [the quests of medieval knights]
A. Entry word B. Pronunciation C. Word definition(s)
Each word listed in a dictionary is called an entry word. The entry word is followed by the pronunciation and the definition of the word. The pronunciation is the way to say the word correctly. The definition is what the word means. Many words have more than one definition.
Alphabetical Order Entry words are listed in alphabetical order. When more than one word begins with the same letter, the words are alphabetized by the second letter. When more than one word begins with the same two letters, the words are alphabetized by the third letter. What order would the words account, absolute, and accept be in?
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