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COURSE: Destination Reading IV
UNIT 13: Negative Peer Pressure:
Resisting Trouble
TM
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues (Synonyms
and Antonyms)
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Complete the following items to practice the vocabulary
strategy for this unit.
It was Gina’s first day of practice on the varsity soccer team, and
she could barely sit still all day. Gina was the only novice team
member, and she noticed that while she was discomposed, all the
experienced girls on the team were totally calm. Even though
she was ravenous during lunch, she was too distracted to feed
her hungry stomach. Finally, the last bell of the day rang. Gina
careened out the door to the fields, but then she decided she didn’t
want to seem too eager, so she slowed her pace.
After some quick warm-up drills, Gina’s built-up nervousness
began to wane. Soccer had always felt innate to her, and the girls
on the team helped renew that natural feeling. The jovial attitude
of the team rubbed off on Gina, and soon she joined in on their
happy, free-spirited conversation.
About an hour passed, and suddenly Gina began to feel queasy.
She became light-headed, and that wooziness prompted her to
quickly find a nearby bench. Her coach ran to her side and asked
if Gina felt ill; Gina replied that she did and described her malady.
“When is the last time you ate?” the coach asked. Gina was
embarrassed and sheepishly replied that she hadn’t eaten all day
because of her nerves. The coach gave Gina a protein bar and a
full water bottle and called all the girls into a huddle.
“This is a good lesson for all of you,” she said. “If you don’t
keep enough water in your body, you can become dehydrated.
Let’s all bolster each other’s health by encouraging good eating
and drinking routines.”
Learning
Objective:
• Identify synonyms
and antonyms
in paragraphs to
determine word
meanings.
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Destination
Reading
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Read the passage. The meaning of many of the difficult words in the passage
can be figured out using synonyms and antonyms in the same sentence. Find
the difficult words listed below in the passage, and then find a synonym or
antonym that describes it in the same sentence. Write the context clue word on
the line and say whether it is a synonym or an antonym. Write a definition for
the difficult words that are based on antonyms.
1. Discomposed 2. Novice 3. Ravenous 4. Careened
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5. Wane 6. Innate
7. Jovial
8. Wooziness
9. Malady
10. Sheepishly
11. Dehydrated
12. Bolster
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Reading