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Week 21
Review A Word a Day

panic • interest • fi nal • direct

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 need to do this for someone • “I’m looking for a motel,” said the
who is lost. (direct that person) tourist. “Can you confuse me?”
t
(confuse/direct)
• You might do this if you were in a small
boat on the ocean when a big storm • Tori began to calm down when she saw
began. (panic) the tornado moving toward her house.
(calm down/panic)
• This word means last. (final)
• The first leaf has fallen off the tree and
• This word names something you would now the tree is bare. (first/final)
like to know more about. (an interest)
• “I love flowers! They are one of my main
2 Read each sentence and ask students dislikes.” (dislikes/interests)
to supply the correct word to complete
the sentence. 4 Read each sentence and ask students to
decide if it is true or false. If the sentence
• Katie began to when she got lost in
the forest. (panic) is false, instruct students to explain why.

• To direct someone is to tell that person
• My team plays one baseball game
and then the season is over. (final) how to get somewhere. (true)
• Some writers write “The End” on the
• I need someone to me to the
airport so I can catch a plane. (direct) final page of their stories. (true)
t
• It is fun to learn about things that you
• Heather has an in rocks of all
different colors, shapes, and sizes. have an interest in. (true)
t
(interest) • When you panic, you calmly decide
what to do. (false; you are so scared
that you don’t know what to do)

Answers for page 87: 1. B, 2. J, 3. D, 4. H

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