Build Word Ladders Rearrange the vocabulary words within each group so that the words are in order from best at the top to worst at the bottom.


1 horrific ___________________________ pleasant __________________________ marvelous ________________________


marvelous pleasant horrific


2 favorable __________________________ precious __________________________ desperate _________________________


precious favorable desperate


3 displease __________________________ displease


compliment torment ___________________________


compliment _______________________ torment


4 preserve ____________________________ conquer ____________________________ invade _____________________________


preserve invade


conquer


5 misfortune _________________________ misfortune


security


security ____________________________ 6 unfortunate ________________________


misery _____________________________ misery


fortuitous


fortuitous __________________________ desperate


unfortunate desperate ___________________________


Demonstrate Word Knowledge Follow the directions. 7 Describe a time when you deserved something you received. ____________________ __________________________________________________________________________________


Answers will vary. Once I played a joke on a friend, and she got me back.


8 Describe something that was a great pleasure for you. ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________


My grandfather was sick, but he got better and left the hospital.


9 Describe what you might do if you had a fortune. _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________


I might give presents to all my friends and family.


10 Describe a time when you were astonished. _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________


I was astonished to see snow on my birthday in May.


11 Describe how a cat might act if someone annoyed it. ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________


It might try to scratch or bite someone. Review | Good and Bad UNIT 8 51 177 UNIT 8 Good and Bad | Review 21


Teaching Tips


• Tell students that in the first activity, they should read all three words and decide which one has the most positive meaning and write it on the first line. marvelous


• Then tell students to repeat this process with the two remaining words. pleasant on second line, horrific on bottom line


• In the second activity, students will use their prior knowledge of the vocabulary words to follow directions.


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