NEW MASTERY VOCABULARY
•Get out your notebooks.
•VOCAB section!
•Week 5
NEW MASTERY VOCABULARY
•Please review this
week’s words and
word parts loudly
and with
enthusiasm!
CLASS WORK: NEW MASTERY VOCABULARY
Make sure you copy down the
following:
1.The word
2.Part of speech
3.Definition
4.Sentence (original or one of mine)
5.Synonyms
6.Antonyms
7.Warm Up
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• Harrowing
(har-oh-ing)
• Mundane
(muhn-deyn)
• Orator
(awr-uh-ter)
Please
repeat after
me…..
HARROWING
(HAR-OH-ING)
Listening to the devastated mother tell the harrowing tale of
her son’s addiction captivated the audience’s attention and
evoked sympathy.
HARROWING (ADJ.): EXTREMELY
DISTURBING OR DISTRESSING.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME…
•The definition of the word
harrowing is extremely disturbing or
depressing.
WARM-UP
Name a book or story that you have read or seen with a harrowing
storyline. What happened that made the scene so disturbing or
distressing? Be specific, and don’t forget to use the vocab word in
your response. School appropriate answers only. Get ready to
share!
Example: I have read the book
Gone Girl, and watched the
movie, and I found the
storyline to be harrowing. I
hated the imagery used in
some scenes because it was so
disturbing to think about the
lengths that Amy was willing to
go to frame her husband, Nick.
Please repeat
after me…..
MUNDANE
(MUHN-DEYN)
John’s routine of working the same dead-end job and then
going home to an empty house was becoming mundane, so
he decided it was time to make a change in his life.
MUNDANE: (ADJ.) DULL AND
ORDINARY
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME…
•The definition of the
word mundane is dull
and ordinary.
CONNECTION:
Name two aspects of your life that you would consider mundane. Why
has it become dull and ordinary to you? Please be sure to use your
vocabulary word within your response, and be prepared to share.
School appropriate sentences, as always.
Example: My ride to work has
become mundane. I take the same
route every day, and there is always
some sort of delay. Between the
dropping temperatures, the
darkness, the traffic, and the drone
of the radio, it has become a boring
part of my daily routine.
Please
repeat after
me…..
ORATOR
(AWR-UH-TER)
Martin Luther King Jr. was such an impressive orator that
people would travel from all over the country to hear him
speak at civil rights rallies.
Orator (n.): a skilled public
speaker.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME…
•The definition of the word orator is a
skilled public speaker.
WARM-UP
Who is the most skilled orator you’ve ever encountered? Why do you
feel this way? Try to cite a specific speech or monologue. Please
make sure that you are using the vocab word, and that all answers
are school appropriate! Be prepared to share.
Example: Believe it or not,
Hitler was an accomplished
orator. Though his message
was not one that should have
ever been condoned, he was
able to amass so many
followers due to his immense
talent for public speaking.
THAT’S IT FOR VOCAB WEEK FIVE!
Be on the lookout for:
• Towne Word Parts
• Content Specific Vocabulary