Why We Run Vocabulary
Welcome! Tuesday, November 10
 Please come in quietly.
 Have a seat in your assigned seat.
 Write in your agenda today’s homework.
 Add pages in your ISN.
 Page 43: “Why We Run” Vocabulary Chart
 Page 44: Greek and Latin Root Resource
 Page 45: “Why We Run” Vocab. HW
 Create your Academic Vocabulary Chart
on page 43. There are 6 words.
Bell Ringer
 After labeling your Table
of Contents, create your
Academic Vocabulary
Chart on page 43.
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Communal
Insights
Amalgamate
Elongating
Ingenious
Involuntary
Clear Targets
 I can become familiar with the academic vocabulary
that will be used in Why We Run.
 I can recognize the purpose of context clues.
Academic Vocabulary: Pronounce
 Read after me…
 communal (adjective)
 insights (noun)
 amalgamate (verb)
 elongating (verb)
 ingenious (adjective)
 involuntary (adjective)
Academic Vocabulary: Rate
 Use page 8 in your ISN to help you rate the words on
a scale of 1-4 based on how well you know the word.
Prepare to share any background knowledge
you have about the words with a partner.
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Think about each word.
Does it sound familiar?
When would we use the word?
What topic would we be exploring?
Academic Vocabulary: Explain and Discuss
 Communal means done together as a group.
 Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
 Let’s look at the definition together.
 Examples:
 Pep rally, ceremony, class projects
 At camp, eating meals is a communal activity.
Academic Vocabulary: Coach
 Think about instances where you have had to
participate in communal activities.
Sentence Stem:
 If I participated in a communal activity, it would
be because ___.
Academic Vocabulary: Explain and Discuss
 Insights means understandings of how someone or
something behaves and why.
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Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
 Examples:
 psychology, middle schoolers
 As a couch potato, I have few insights into why
athletes love sports.
Academic Vocabulary: Coach
 Think about topics or hobbies that you have
insights about.
Sentence Stem:
 I have several insights about…
Academic Vocabulary: Explain and Discuss
 Amalgamate means to blend or combine.
 Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
 Let’s look at the definition together.
 Examples:
 Ideas, ingredients
 My partner and I will amalgamate our ideas to
create the project.
Academic Vocabulary: Coach
 Think about items or things that you can
amalgamate to get a product.
Sentence Stem:
 In order to get _____, I have to amalgamate…
Academic Vocabulary: Explain and Discuss
 Elongating means stretching; growing longer
 Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
 Let’s look at the definition together.
 Examples:
 Laffy taffy, neck
 Look at that snake elongating its body to snatch the
mouse!
Academic Vocabulary: Coach
 Think about plants or animals who elongate parts
of their body.
Sentence Stem:
 _____s are elongating their _____ when they
are trying to…
Academic Vocabulary: Explain and Discuss
 Ingenious means very clever; showing great skill or
imagination.
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Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
 Examples:
 Ideas, methods
 I wish I could think of an ingenious way to clean my
room in 15 minutes.
Academic Vocabulary: Coach
 Think about times when you think you’ve had an
ingenious idea.
Sentence Stem:
 I had an ingenious idea when…
Academic Vocabulary: Explain and Discuss
 Involuntary means automatic; impossible to
control.
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Write this definition in the “Meaning” column.
Let’s look at the definition together.
 Examples:
 Sneezing, hiccups
 Blinking is an involuntary response to getting dust
in your eyes.
Academic Vocabulary: Coach
 Think about times when you believe you have had
involuntary actions.
Sentence Stem:
 I have had involuntary actions when…
Clear Targets
 I can become familiar with the academic vocabulary
that will be used in Why We Run.
 I can recognize the purpose of context clues.
Target Word Analysis
 Many words in English have Greek or Latin roots.
Knowing a word’s root can help you determine the
meaning of a word.
Target Word Analysis
 Communal is a base word.
 Latin root com meaning
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“with” or “together”
Look at the meanings of other words with com- as a root:
Combine
 Compound
 Common
 Community
 Compress
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Word Study: Context Clues
 Context clues are words in a text that help you
figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Sometimes words are defined in the text or their
meanings are suggested.
Word Study: Context Clues
 The sentences below are from Bernd Heinrich’s
nonfiction excerpt. Find the context clue to
determine the meanings of the bold words.
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The problem was: how to prepare to run that far?...it seemed
only natural for me to look to other “endurance athlete”
species to see why and how it’s done, and for tips on how to
train.
These hunters were running in one directions, from left to
right across the rock face… But then I noticed something
more… It was the figure farthest to the right, the one leading
the progression.
Word Study: Context Clues
 Let’s define endurance in the first sentence.
 What phrases help you to understand the definition
of the word endurance?
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“how to prepare to run that far”
“it seemed natural to look to other ‘endurance athlete’ species
to see how and why it’s done”
 Endurance athlete is one who can run very far or
do something for a long time
Word Study: Context Clues
 Let’s define progression in the second sentence.
 What phrases help you to understand the definition
of the word progression?
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“running… from left to right across the rock face”
“the one leading…”
 Progression means series or sequence, of people
or things
Clear Target Check
 I can become familiar with the academic vocabulary
that will be used in What Could Be Better Than a
Touchdown?
 I can recognize the purpose of context clues.
Closure
 Write a paragraph using three of the fix Target
Words.
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Combine
Compound
Common
Community
Compress