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Week 2
Review A Word a Day

shiver • racket • tame • permit

Write on the board the four words studied this week. Read the words with the class and

briefly review their meanings. Then conduct the oral activities below.

1 Tell students that you are going to give 3 Read each sentence and ask students
them a clue about one of the words for to tell which word or words are wrong.
the week. They are to find the word that Then have them provide the correct word
answers the clue. from the week’s list.

• You might do this when you’re very cold. • A helicopter makes a soft sound when it
(shiver) takes off. (soft sound/racket)
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• A pet cat is this kind of animal. (tame) • My puppy is a wild animal that sleeps on
my bed. (wild/tame)
• Your teacher might do this when you ask
to leave the classroom. • Dad said, “Yes, I will not allow you to go
t
t
(permit you to leave) to the ballgame.” (not allow/permit)
• If a lot of people were beating on drums, • I began to sweat because I was very cold.
you might call it this. (a racket) (sweat/shiver)

2 Read each sentence and ask students 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
to supply the correct word to complete decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
the sentence. is false, instruct students to explain why.
• My mom said she will me to go on • When you shiver, you might also get
t
the school trip. (permit) goose bumps. (true)
• The metal trash cans made a when • Snow makes a racket as it falls on the
the wind knocked them over. (racket) ground. (false; snow falls quietly)
y
y
• The scary part of the movie made me • A tiger is a tame animal that can live in
. (shiver) your yard. (false; a tiger is dangerous
and lives in the wild)
• The bird ate seeds from my hand.
(tame) • The word permit means about the same
t
as allow. (true)

Answers for page 11: 1. B, 2. F, 3. C, 4. J

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