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STUDY SKILLS Dictionary
OBJECTIVES • To recognize parts of a dictionary • To use a print or online dictionary when writing
WARM-UP READ, LISTEN, SPEAK Share your concluding sentence from yesterday’s For Tomorrow homework and discuss how it sums up the writer’s thoughts or feelings. Have small groups share concluding sentences that state the writer’s final thoughts or feelings. Encourage students to discuss what makes their selections effective.
GRAMMAR CONNECTION
Take this opportunity to talk more about nouns as objects. You may wish to have students point out nouns as objects in their Read, Listen, Speak examples.
PRACTICE ACTIVITY A You may wish to have students complete this activity in small groups. When students have finished, encourage each group to read one alphabetized list. Make sure the class agrees that each list is correct.
go to their corner. Ask each group to identify the words from the activity that fall on their page. Then encourage students to think of three more words that would fall on their group’s page. Have groups share their new words with the class.
ACTIVITY B When students have completed the activity, have them form three groups. Assign each group one of the following: before page 200, on page 200, after page 200. Designate a corner of the room for each group and have students
ACTIVITY C Ask students to imagine that they are writing their own dictionaries as they complete this activity. When students have finished, discuss why they chose the words they did.
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Dictionary A dictionary—print or online—is a tool that writers use frequently. A print dictionary lists words in alphabetical order. It gives definitions for the thousands of words it contains. Each dictionary entry also shows how to pronounce the word and what part of speech it is. An online dictionary searches for the word you type and displays the dictionary entry for that word. If you can’t remember exactly how a word is spelled, you can use a dictionary to find the correct spelling.
TEACH Have volunteers read aloud the first paragraph and the section Entry Words. Invite students to look at print dictionaries and identify the entry words. Discuss why a dictionary is an important tool for a writer. Ask a volunteer to read aloud the section Guide Words. Point out that online dictionaries do not need guide words because users type in the word and the program displays the entry for that word. Have students look at the sample dictionary page on page 221. Write the words small and snail on the board. Challenge students to list at least 20 words that would fall between these two guide words.
Entry Words When you open a print dictionary, you usually see two columns printed on each page. Listed along the left side of the columns are words in dark type. These are the entry words, the words that you want to find definitions for.
Guide Words The two words printed at the top of every dictionary page are called guide words. They help you locate words quickly. The first guide word is the first entry word on that page, and the second guide word is the last entry word on the page. If a word comes between the two guide words alphabetically, it should be on that page. ACTIVITY A Alphabetize the words in each set.
1. by first letter
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2. by second letter
3. by third letter
honorable
persevere
devotion
suite
profile
decline
windmill
pagoda
determine
criticism
piccolo
defraud
venture
pyramid
deposit
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