Let's Go on a WebQuest!
To complete this activity, you'll review three links related to writing an email message and complete three tasks that require vocabulary and sentence building. These tasks will help you build a stronger vocabulary by showing you how a thesaurus and suffixes can help you use new words.
Building Vocabulary: Let's Apply
This exercise is called a WebQuest. To complete this activity, you'll review three links related to writing an email message, and complete three tasks that require vocabulary and sentence building. These tasks will help you build a stronger vocabulary by showing you how a thesaurus and suffixes can help you use new words.
Instructions:
A friend started attending college in the US. You offered to help write an email to her professor while she is in the hospital because of an accident. Use the links provided to help write the email by completing three tasks.
Websites to Visit
Task 1: Use a dictionary to find the correct definition for how the words below are used in the story as well as their part of speech. Try The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/ or another online English-English dictionary to help you.
You may want to create a table like this in your notes (you'll fill in synonyms and antonyms in the next step):
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Vocabulary |
Definition |
Part of speech |
Synonyms |
Antonyms |
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academic |
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acknowledge |
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affect |
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assignment |
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attitude |
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definite |
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expand |
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final / finally |
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find |
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focus |
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grading |
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ignore |
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item |
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job |
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lecturing |
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misinterpret |
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occur |
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pose |
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previous |
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processing |
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randomly |
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redistribute |
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require |
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respond |
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unappreciated |
Task 2: Use the thesaurus to find synonyms and/or antonyms for the same words.
Task 3: Write a short message to your friend's professor excusing her absence for class. Use at least two words from the list and their synonyms. If you want to keep a copy of your response, make sure it is written or saved somewhere else on your computer.Source: Amber Bliss Calderón, https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=pdxopen
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