VOCABULARYVOCABULARYUnfolding MeaningUnfolding Meaning

Language Arts 7Language Arts 7thth Grade Grade

Ms. WalkerMs. Walker

Why do we need to Why do we need to learn vocabulary learn vocabulary

words?words?

To Enhance Your To Enhance Your VocabularyVocabulary

recalcitrant

garruloustaciturn

pretentious

peevish

To Enhance Your Writing To Enhance Your Writing SkillsSkills

To Make You More To Make You More Knowledgeable and Knowledgeable and IntellectualIntellectual

To ensure that words and ideas To ensure that words and ideas are conveyed properly at all are conveyed properly at all times.times.

To ensure that everyone To ensure that everyone gets the grade they gets the grade they deserve!deserve!

Checking For LearningChecking For Learning

Please take out a piece of Please take out a piece of paper and a pencil and list paper and a pencil and list two things that you will do two things that you will do after you have located the after you have located the definition of the vocabulary definition of the vocabulary word of the day inword of the day in

the dictionarythe dictionary..