Theme 3 – Vocabulary 13Mrs. Fendrick

Cornell Notes Use only blue or black ink or regular pencil.

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Fold left side of paper 2.5 inches.Holes go on left side.

Vocabulary Theme 3 – Lesson 13

premonition Definition:

Essential Question: How will learning new vocabulary help me?

Head a clean sheet of paper like the above example.

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Vocabulary Theme 3 – Lesson 13Essential Question: How will learning new vocabulary help me?

premonition Definition:

Definition: strong feeling that something is going to happen; a hunch

premonition (noun)

Example: Alisha had a premonition that her science fair project would not win an award.

Definition: confused ordisoriented (adjective)

Example:

feeling lost.

After Felicia became disoriented in her walk through the woods, she was happy to find a ranger.

Definition: urgently necessary or extremely important

imperative (adjective)

Example: Even though Peter and Melea are rehearsing for the school play, it is imperative that they turn in all past-due assignments today.

Definition: careless and

haphazard (adjective)

Example: Because Josh had placed the trophies on the table haphazardly, some were given to the wrong people.

disorganized

remorse (noun)

Example: When he thought about how he had ignored the new student, Jonathan felt remorse.

Definition: deep regret or feeling sorry for something done wrong in the past

Definition: to go back, move away from a point or withdraw.

recede (verb)

Example: The ocean tide recedes in the afternoon.

Definition: hopeful and positive.

optimistic (adjective)

Example: Jeremy’s parents are optimistic about buying a new house soon.

Definition: many large, high water waves caused by an earthquake under the sea (seaquake) or volcanic eruption.

tsunami (noun)

Example: In 2011, a tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake.

pun Definition: play on words or joke about word meanings

Example: It rains cats and dogs but doesn’t reindeer.

pun Definition: play on words or joke about word meanings

More Examples: Teddy Bears are never hungry because they’re always stuffed.

Horses are stable animals.

SummaryLearning new words will help me understand what I read.

premonition Definition: a hunch Example:

disoriented Definition: confused or feeling lost Example:

Name (first and last) DateReading Period #

Vocabulary Theme 3 – Lesson 13

imperative Definition: urgently necessary, important Example:

haphazard

E.Q.: How will learning new vocabulary help me?

Definition: careless, disorganized Example:

remorse Definition: deep regret Example:

recede Definition: to go back Example:

Summary

optimistic

tsunami

Definition: hopeful and positive Example:

Definition: high water wave Example:

pun Definition: play on words Example:

You must be able to:

1. Write the meaning of each word.

2. Use the word properly in a sentence.