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Title: Robust Vocabulary


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Robust Vocabulary
Lesson 6
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skim
  • If a boat moves smoothly over the water, it skims
    the surface.
  • On calm days, Robert sees the sailboats gently
    skim the water.
  • What else might skim the water?

3
Concept map
4
span
  • If the bridge spans meet, they come together.
  • The span is the distance or space between two
    supports of a bridge.
  • The two boys saw two spans of the bridge being
    built together.
  • Share with your partner where you have seen a
    span.

5
Shabby
  • Shabby things look old and worn out.
  • If you clothes were worn out, would they look
    shabby?
  • Which clothes are shabby?

6
embarrass
  • If you embarrass someone, you make that person
    feel uncomfortable or ashamed.
  • Would it embarrass you if you forgot your lines
    in the school play?
  • Tell your partner about a time when you were
    embarrassed?

7
midst
  • If you are in the midst of something, you are in
    the middle of it.
  • What if your pencil breaks in the midst of a
    test?
  • Share a sentence with the word midst.

8
elevated
  • Something that is elevated is lifted up.
  • Why would a speaker be elevated on a platform?
  • The American flag is elevated every morning.

9
dazed
  • If you are dazed, you are confused and cannot
    think properly.
  • Shannon was dazed when she fell from the tree and
    bumped her head.
  • Would you be dazed if you had five hours of
    homework?
  • Share a time when you felt dazed.

10
collapses
  • When something collapses, it falls down because
    it was not supported well.
  • Would you want to watch an old building as it
    collapses?
  • Make a list of some things that can collapse.
  • Things that can collapse

11
contribution
  • If you help your family reach its goal, you make
    a contribution to your family?
  • The boy makes a contribution to his family by
    earning money for vacation.
  • How have you made a contribution to your class?

12
initiative
  • When you take initiative, you take the first step
    in doing something.
  • Larry took initiative to find a way to sell more
    newspapers.
  • How have you took initiative to do something?

13
Read pages 158-159
  • What might someone think about the child wearing
    a shabby shirt?
  • What could the child do not to embarrass his or
    her mom?
  • How do you think the narrator felt when in the
    midst of shopping he or she saw his or her
    favorite shirt?
  • Why was the shirt on an elevated platform?
  • Would you be dazed if you had five hours of
    homework?
  • Why is it a problem if a clothing rack collapses?
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