Vocabulary Instructional Routine Resource Chart
Unit 2, Week 5 There’s Nothing Like Baseball
Word Cards include Pinellas County Tier 2 – physical, energetic, conquer, exhausted, hero (from Oral Language)
Vocabulary Words
Macmillan Glossary
Definition
Additional Student Friendly
Definitions
Examples
Ask
(Student Interaction)
Synonyms/Antonyms
coach
imaginary
physical
starting
tryouts
A person who trains
people who play
sports
1. A teacher or trainer
2. A person who trains
athletes for a sport.
Existing only in the
mind; unreal
Having to do with the
body
To be in a game at the
beginning
Tests to judge a person’s
skills
Existing only in the
imagination
To set out or make a
beginning on something
Tests to see if a person
can do something well
A coach is a person
who trains athletes for
a sport.
Something that is
imaginary is not real.
1. Having to do with
matter and energy
2. Having to do with
things we see in nature
When you do physical
work, like running for
your P.E. test, you work
hard.
A starting player is one of
the first players in a
game.
Tryouts are tests that a
coach uses to decide
which player should play
on the team.
The coach is the
person who runs the
team.
The little girl has an
imaginary friend that
cannot be seen by
anybody else.
Mrs. Austin’s
husband is a high
school football coach.
Most people believe
that ghosts are
imaginary.
Mrs. Spencer’s son-inlaw is a college
football coach.
Tell your partner
about a coach you
know.
Synonyms: teacher,
trainer, mentor, tutor,
preceptor
Digging a hole can be
very tiring and physical
work.
Starting players can be
taken out of a game later
to give other players a
chance to play.
During tryouts players try
to play well so that they
will make the team.
uniforms
Special or official clothes
that members of a group
wear
The special clothes that
the
members
of
a
particular group wear
A uniform is clothing that
members of a group wear.
You wear a uniform when
you play soccer with your
team.
A weight lifter has great
physical strength.
The starting quarterback
for the Crimson Tide is
John Parker Wilson.
(Gator fans, feel free to
use Tim Tebow)
The tryouts for the school
play will be today.
Soldiers, policemen,
mailmen and students at
some schools wear
uniforms.
Tell your partner one
thing that you know
is imaginary.
Tell your partner about
physical work that
people do that you know
do.
Tell your partner about
tryouts that you have
been to.
Tell your partner where
you have seen people in
uniforms.
Synonym: fanciful,
visionary, shadowy,
chimerical, baseless,
illusory.
Synonyms: somatic;
fleshly
Tell which of these
sentences uses the
meaning : The show is
starting. She is the
starting goalie.
Synonyms: begin,
commence, initiate
Synonyms: test,
experimental
performance
Synonyms: distinctive
outfit
Antonyms:
Antonyms: real
Antonyms:
Antonyms: second or
third string
Antonyms:
Antonyms:
Vocabulary Words
coach
If I say something that
would need a coach
say go team. If I
don’t, don’t say
anything.
-a football team
-a girl scout troop
-the lunch room
-cheerleading squad
-our class
-a soccer team
imaginary
If I say something
that is imaginary
wave your finger like
a wand. If I don’t,
don’t say anything.
-invisible friend
-dreams
-your family
-school
-dragon
-ghosts
physical
If I say something that is
physical say let’s get
physical. If I don’t, don’t
say anything.
-lifting weights
-reading
-watching t.v.
-running
-swimming laps
-eating ice-cream
-sleeping
-playing on the
playground
starting
Questions, Reasons and
Examples
What do you think
some of a coach’s
responsibilities are?
If you had an
imaginary friend
what would you
name him or her?
What do you think makes
a starting player on a
sports team? Think about
his or her ability.
Relating Words
How you would you
feel if a coach made
you the starting
player on a team?
On my imaginary
football team I would
be the starting
quarterback.
Why do you think it’s
important for an athlete
to physical when they
are competing in their
sport?
Would it be easier to
recognize your favorite
Rays player if he were
wearing his uniform or
a just a normal t-shirt
and jeans?
Making Choices
Do you think you have to
have a lot or a little
physical strength to be
the starting pitcher for
the Rays?
tryouts
If I say something that
you would try out for say
ta-da! If I don’t, don’t say
anything.
-school
-the Olympics
-a sports team
-being a member of your
family
-a school play
-joining a band
-a backup dancer for the
Jonas Brothers
-a television show
Do you think a
professional athlete goes
to many tryouts before he
makes a team or just one?
Why?
If you went to the tryouts
for the soccer team would
you want the position of
the starting goalie?
uniforms
If I name someone who
wears a uniform put your
thumb up. If I don’t, don’t
say anything.
-students at Bauder
-a policeman
-your teacher
-a nurse
-a football player
-your principal
-traffic crossing guard
-the people who work at
Publix
Why do you think people
who have certain jobs
have to wear uniforms?
Why do you think the
coach of a team does not
wear a uniform?
coach
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A person who trains
people who play sports
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Synonyms: teacher, trainer, mentor,
tutor, preceptor
Antonyms:
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imaginary
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existing only in the mind;
unreal
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Synonyms: fanciful, visionary, shadowy,
chimerical, baseless, illusory
Antonyms: real
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physical
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having to do with the body
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Synonyms: mortal, somatic, fleshly
Antonyms:
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starting
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to be in a game
at the beginning
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Synonyms: begin, commence, initiate
Antonyms: second or third string
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tryouts
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test to judge a person’s skills or
to see if a person can do something well
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Synonyms: test, experimental, performance
Antonyms:
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uniforms
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special clothes that the
members of a particular group wear
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Synonyms: distinctive outfit,
matching clothing
Antonyms:
unique clothing
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energetic
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To be full of energy or
To be very active
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Synonyms: spirited, active, lively,
animated, vigorously
Antonyms: lazy, dull, lifeless, lethargic
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conquer
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to defeat or to gain victory
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Synonyms: seize, capture, achieve,
overcome, acquire, defeat
Antonyms: lose, fail, retreat
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exhausted
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to tire or wear out
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Synonyms: fatigue, frazzle, pooped out,
drained, weakened, weary, debilitate
Antonyms: invigorate, refresh, animate
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hero
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a brave person or a champion;
someone to look up to as a role model
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Synonyms: martyr, model, worthy, diva,
idol, ideal, leader
Antonyms: loser, villain
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