Lesson 27
Vocabulary
Shortage
Word in Context:
When there is a shortage of gas, the lines at the gas station are
long.
Definition:
If there is not enough of something. There is a shortage of it.
Your Turn
Complete the sentence below, write your word on your board.
Be sure your answer reflects the meaning of the word and fits the
context of the sentence.
food
If there is a shortage of ___________,
people may go hungry.
Alert
Word in Context:
Cheetahs are alert when they are wide awake. They are ready
to take action.
Definition:
To be alert is to be wide awake and paying attention.
Your Turn
Let’s look at some different actions. On your boards write down
the actions that can be described as being alert.
Ears up
watching another animal
sleeping
Yawning
standing up
growling quietly
Lying down
eyes wide open
Opportunities
Word in Context:
A forest offers many opportunities, or chances, for a career
or volunteer work.
Definition:
Opportunities are chances for a person to do something.
Your Turn
Using your white boards, write one synonym for the word
opportunities.
Introduce
Word in Context:
You should carefully introduce a new pet to the other pets in your house.
Definition:
When you introduce people, you present them to each other for the first
time.
Your Turn
On your white boards, write which sentence uses the word,
introduce correctly. 1 or 2?
1. Paul and Kevin have known each other for years, so you should introduce them.
2. The principal will introduce the speaker to the audience.
Included
Word in Context:
When you come to a new school, it is important to feel included,
or accepted, within a group of other children.
Definition:
If someone is included in a group, he or she is part of that group.
Your Turn
On your white boards, write down an antonym of the word included.
excluded
left out
rejected
Focus
Word in Context:
Moviemakers use cameras to focus, or concentrate, on each film shot.
Definition:
To focus on something is to pay attention to that thing.
Your Turn
The word focus can be used as a noun or a verb. Which of the
following definitions defines focus as a verb? Write 1 or 2
answer on your board.
1. A thing or place that is of greatest interest or importance
2. To fix one’s attention toward a specific object.
Scarce
Word in Context:
Drinking water for wild animals is sometimes scarce, or hard to find.
Definition:
If something is scarce, there is not enough of it.
Your Turn
On your white board, write down ONE antonym of the
word scarce.
plentiful
generous
abundant
A lot
Continent
Word in Context:
The continent of North America is made up of three countries, Canada,
United States, and Mexico.
Definition:
A continent is one of the main landmasses of Earth.
Your Turn
Which of the following sentences uses the word, continent
correctly? Write the number on your white board.
1. Maria is visiting relatives on the continent of South America.
2. I rode my bike around the continent I four hours.
Species
Word in Context:
There are many different species of sharks, such as the hammerhead
and the Great White.
Definition:
A species is a group of organisms that produces organisms of the
same kind.
Your Turn
Which of the following are synonyms of the word species? Write
your answers on your board.
kind
elephants
type
dogs
group
sharks
Betrayed
Word in Context:
If someone betrayed you, he or she let you down.
Definition:
If you have betrayed someone, you have done something to
disappoint or let that person down.
Your Turn
On your white boards, complete the following sentence to
make is true. (Think about something that would cause
betrayal)
lie
1. When he hear a ___________,
he knew his friend had betrayed him.
truth
lie
discussion
ring