Loud
EVERYDAY EVENT: This week’s Exceptional Expression for
Everyday Events (or E4) extends the theme of sound or noise
levels. It’s rare when students are told to be loud in a
classroom. It’s much more frequent for students to hear that
they have gotten too loud. But there are times when students
are asked to do things like “thinking out loud” or “reading out
loud.”
The word loud is excellent as the source of focus in classrooms, including comparisons to
its opposite—quiet. A word line with loud at one end and quiet at the other can be useful to
make distinctions in the classroom noise level.
EXCEPTIONAL EXPRESSION:
The word loud can refer to a high volume of noise, as in the ringing of a school bell to signal
the arrival of recess time or the booming sound a teacher’s voice makes when s/he tries to
quiet down a lively classroom.
The second definition of the word loud is loud as a state of being. A classroom can be loud
from student’s chattering while working on a group project. An individual student can be a
noisy distraction throughout the day and can be considered to be noisy or loud.
Finally, the word loud can describe an object that is intrusive in appearance or smell. For
example, a person can wear a perfume or cologne considered to be loud to others or they
can wear a bright shirt that can be considered as busy or loud.
Let’s see how many of these words on the attached graphic you and your students can
integrate into your everyday classroom talk.
FOLLOW-UPS:
• How can thinking out loud be helpful in group work?
• When is being loud distracting to others?
• Are their appropriate and inappropriate times to be loud?
• How is reading out loud beneficial to the students?
THE SPANISH CONNECTION:
The word loud comes from a common West Germanic or Old English word hlúd. The
Spanish word for loud is not a cognate. But some of the synonyms for loud do have
Spanish cognates. For example, the cognate of the word sonorous is sonoro/a.
WORD CHANGES:
1) IDIOMS
• Make some noise (cheering)
• Make noise about (complaining)
• Full of noise
• Actions speak louder than words
2)
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COMMON PHRASES
For crying out loud
Think out loud
Loud and clear
Loud speaker
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Loud
more
challenging
words
obstreperous
clamorous
vociferous
vociferante
more
challenging
words
sonorous
cacophonous
strident
Loud as in
producing a
loud sound
ear splitting
raucous
shrill
thunderous
booming
blustering
Loud as a
state of
being
noisy
boisterous
Loud
Idioms
* Make some noise
* Make noise about
* Full of noise
* Actions speak
louder than words
Common Phrases
* For crying out loud
* Think out loud
* Loud and clear
* Loud speaker
more
challenging
words
conspicuous
ostentatious
Loud as in
intrusive in
appearance or
smell
bright
busy
obnoxious
crass
garish
gaudy
flashy
showy
bold
The Spanish
Connection
sonorous/sonoro,-a
strident/estridente
vociferous/vociferante
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a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
Loud
more
challenging
words
obstreperous
clamorous
vociferous
vociferante
more
challenging
words
sonorous
cacophonous
strident
Loud as in
producing a
loud sound
ear splitting
raucous
shrill
thunderous
booming
blustering
Loud as a
state of
being
noisy
boisterous
Loud
Idioms
* Make some noise
* Make noise about
* Full of noise
* Actions speak
louder than words
Common Phrases
* For crying out loud
* Think out loud
* Loud and clear
* Loud speaker
more
challenging
words
conspicuous
ostentatious
Loud as in
intrusive in
appearance or
smell
bright
busy
obnoxious
crass
garish
gaudy
flashy
showy
bold
The Spanish
Connection
sonorous/sonoro,-a
strident/estridente
vociferous/vociferante
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United
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a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.