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Flowers Vocab 8th Grade Ela 2016

This document provides vocabulary words and definitions for an 8th grade English/Language Arts class. It includes the required vocabulary words: experiment, daunting, deteriorate, optimist, impair, absurd, and tangible. For each word it provides the definition, synonyms, antonyms, and Spanish translation. It also includes examples of how to use each word in an extended sentence. The document challenges students to find their own vocabulary words to add to the chart.

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Flowers Vocab 8th Grade Ela 2016

This document provides vocabulary words and definitions for an 8th grade English/Language Arts class. It includes the required vocabulary words: experiment, daunting, deteriorate, optimist, impair, absurd, and tangible. For each word it provides the definition, synonyms, antonyms, and Spanish translation. It also includes examples of how to use each word in an extended sentence. The document challenges students to find their own vocabulary words to add to the chart.

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Flowers: Vocabulary

8th grade ELA

Required
experiment
Vocabulary
al
daunting
deteriorate
optimist
impair
absurd
tangible

Challenge Vocabulary:
Find your own & add to the chart!

Flowers
Building background: Video

Experimental

Charlie was presented with an


experimental surgery to make him
three times smarter.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)
Spanish: experimental

Extend it: experimental


I would (not) try an experimental
medicine because ______________.
If I _______________________, I would try
an experimental _____________.

Daunting

Reading and writing were generally


daunting tasks for Charlie before his
surgery.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)
Spanish: abrumador, ingente

Extend it: daunting


It would be daunting if _______________
because ______________.
When I have a daunting task, I
______________ because ___________.

Optimist
Optimistic

Charlie was selected for the surgery


because he was highly motivated and
he had an optimistic attitude..
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)
Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: optimist


I am an optimist when
______.
______ makes me feel
optimistic.

Deteriorate

Algernons brain deteriorated until it


was no longer able to function.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: deteriorate


_____ deteriorates when
______.
_____ will make _____
deteriorate because...

Impair

Motor activity is impaired; there is an


accelerated loss of coordination.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: impair


If your ________ is impaired, you should
________________.
_____________ can impair _____________.

Absurd

Its absurd when you consider the


work that is being done in India and
China today in the very field of his
study.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: absurd


______________ is absurd because
_________.
It is absurd to ___________ because
_________.

Tangible

Ii suspect that Dr. Nemur, who is sixty ten years older than Dr. Strauss - finds
it necessary to see tangible results of
his work.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: tangible


___________ is not tangible because
________.
If I ____________, I will see tangible
results because ____________.

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