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Vocabulary Mini-Lesson:

EX means OUT or AWAY FROM

E can also mean the same thing.

Some of these words have more than one possible meaning, or different connotations used in different settings. Take the time to explore these!

I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word

2. Write what it means

3. Draw a picture to go with it

4. Answer the question about it.

word

meaning and example

what to draw

question to answer

(you may draw your answer, too)

eject

  • to throw out of, like a videotape from a VCR or a player from a baseball game

something being ejected

What are 3 examples of things or people being ejected?

erase

  • to wipe out or make disappear

something being erased

What is one reason you would want to erase something?

evaporate

  • to change into an invisible vapor and go out into the air (what water does)

  • to disappear, especially quickly and completely. For example, sadness can evaporate when you hear good news or see someone special.

1. a lake with water evaporating

2. Someone after sadness has evaporated.

What (at least one thing) would be left in the ocean if all the water evaporated?

emote

to show feelings outwardly

Two people emoting very different emotions

What are three ways people can emote?

 

 

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