vocabulary activities in a reading vocabulary activities in a reading class using short storyclass using short story

Activity 1.

Using the dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words

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Making connectionMaking connection

Target Word:Target Word:flaredflared

ContextContextThe father was embarrassed by The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his his earlier overreaction, but his

anger flared again when he anger flared again when he found the box was empty.found the box was empty.

What it is ?What it is ?

According to the Cambridge Learners Dictionary: start something bad such as anger or pain, flares or flares up, it suddenly starts or get worse

According to the Oxford Dictionary:

(verb) to burn for a short time with a sudden bright flame

(adj) used about trousers and skirts, becoming wider towards the bottom.

What it is ? – cont.What it is ? – cont.

According to Webster online: flame, burst, flare up, blaze, sparkle, flash, flicker

Similar meanings:

harsh manner, burst, anger

What it is notWhat it is not

•Fed up

•Waiver

•Fade

•Stop

•Slow down

•Patience

•sympathy

I would probably find this word in these contexts (places, events, people, situations)

In the classrooms (when teachers scold stubborn students.

Parents scolding their naughty/mischevious children at home.

I will remember this word by connecting it to my childhood memories where I was scolded by my parents after they found out that I went swimming at the river with my friends.

Activity 2.

Using contextual clues the dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words

Multiple meaningMultiple meaning

Target word in context :

flared

general specific

emotion/feeling

suddenly become intense, angry or violent

angerburn

safety equipment

start