Chapter Graphic
 : Meanings
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Approach: One to one Level: 4 & 8 
Focus:   Word knowledge 
Resources: “Meanings” card
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Questions/instructions:
Show “Meanings” card to the student.

You can see that there is a word in each of these sentences that is underlined. I’m going to read each sentence to you, then ask you to try to tell me the meaning of the underlined word. Try to work out its meaning from the rest of the sentence.

Meanings
The teacher was adamant that she would not change her mind.
There was much jollification at the Christmas party.
The winner received accolades for her victory in the difficult competition.
If she procrastinates much more, we’ll never get it done.
It is ludicrous to think that those pink pigs will fly.
The boy’s gluttony meant that there wasn’t enough food left for the others.


% responses
y4
y8
Sufficiently accurate definitions:
    – adamant:
certain, sure, determined, firm, definite, etc.
60
79
    – jollification:
fun, enjoyment, laughter, good times, etc.
71 83
    – accolades:
bestowals of praise, trophies, congratulations, etc.
60 79
    – procrastinates:
postpones, prolongs, delays, etc.
15 39
    – ludicrous:
silly, ridiculous, laughably absurd, etc.
33 64
    – gluttony:
greedy for food, etc.
26 47
 
 
Total score:     5–6
9
38
4
19
27
3
28
19
2
23
9
1
12
5
0
9
2

Commentary:
 About twice as many year 8 as year 4 students (55 percent versus 28 percent) defined at least four of the six words reasonably accurately.

 
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