Vocabulary 1
Not needing any help; able to rely on yourself...
independent
To play very close attention to something...
focus
Reading a text quickly, to focus on the information you need
Scanning/Skimming
Title of the Text?
Sleeping Beauty
Gregor McGregor invents a fake country and persuades people to buy land and live there.
Title?
The Land of Poyais
A drawing or chart that shows a plan, or displays information...
diagram
A repeated event or ceremony in a culture or tribe...
ritual
Identifying the most important idea in a text...
Finding the Main idea
Sudbury Valley School students make decisions about their education.
Title?
Student Government
Players play a virtual game and become real life customers of a produce company.
Title?
Farmville
To convince someone to do something or agree with you...
persuade
To remember something...
recall
Putting the events of a text in the correct sequence...
Order of Events
33 miners are trapped in a mine and engineers work to save them.
Title?
Rescue in Chile
Odd apartment buildings for elderly people help to keep them active and independent.
Title?
A Strange Place to Live
The pattern of rules of a written language...
grammar
The person leading, or in charge of a program/office...
administrator
A conclusion you make based on information that is NOT directly stated by the author...
Making an Inference
Na'vi is created by Paul Frommer for the movie Avatar.
Title?
A New Language
A strategy for improving your memory helps show how people can memorize information.
Title?
Memory Palace
Something very unusual or not very common...
rare
A long term assignment that requires work...
project
To think about, or guess, what will happen next...
Making a Prediction
Creative and cheap advertisements are found in everyday life.
Title?
Guerilla Marketing
Title?
Late Start