April 8, 2014 Dictionary / thesaurus use

Primary vs. secondary sourcesHomework: Informational text unit test on Thursday!

Objective: I can identify the parts of a dictionary entry and accurately look up words, and recognize the difference between primary and secondary sources.

Warm Up (in your composition book)Copy your objective into you comp book. In the BLUE SECTION of your Lit book, look up the definition of SOURCE. Copy down the definitions for both PRIMARY SOURCE and SECONDARY SOURCE into your notes.

primary sourcematerials created by people who witnessed or took part in the event they supply information about.

original works of literature, art and music newspaper accounts of events, by someone on the scenediary, autobiography, letters, oral testimonieshistorical documents, such as laws or treatiestv shows or moviesraw data from questionnairesobservation / experiment

secondary sourcematerials made by people who were not directly involved in the event or even present when it occurred.

criticism of an original work of literature, art and music newspaper editorial biography historical commentary / documentaryreviewarticle based on another's datascientific article based on another's observation / experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIdm6RguzRM

Look through the Literature book. What are some specific examples of primary sources? What are some examples of secondary sources?

Primary Secondary

autobiographies and memoirs

The Story of My Life

Up and Over the Top

The Jacket

The Horsesnake

The First Skateboard in the History of the World

Pliny's letter from the Pompeii article

your write up about a science experiment you did in Mrs. Buhlinger's class

biographies

Matthew Henson at the Top of the World

Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini

The Problem with Bullies

In your notes, write down the different kinds of information you might find in a dictionary entry.Then, in the dictionary look up the definition of the word INDIFFERENT.

in·dif·fer·ent[in-dif-er-uhnt, -dif-ruhnt] adjective 1. without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others. 2. having no bias, prejudice, or preference; impartial; disinterested. 3. neither good nor bad in character or quality; average; routine:an indifferent specimen. 4. not particularly good, important, etc.; unremarkable; unnotable:an indifferent success; an indifferent performance. 5. of only moderate amount, extent, etc.

Now let's say you have a word like beguilingly

Look up this word. Write down the page number on which you find it. What do you notice about this word?

pg. 123

the base word is beguile

What are guide words?

either one of the words that are at the top of a page in a dictionary or similar book and that show the first and last words on the page

So now, we will have a little "friendly competition".

The winner will have 5 points added to his / her informational text test this Thursday.

The rules

1. If you rip a page at any point, you are automatically disqualified AND I will deduct 5 points from Thursday's test! 2. All answers must be written completely and legibly on your whiteboard. 3. The first person to raise their board with the COMPLETE AND CORRECT answer gets a point. 4. The winner gets 5 points added to Thursday's test.

Let's try one together...

What are the guide words for LOUPE?

Lothario and lovablepg. 803

You will find a picture of what item between the guide words DECONGEST AND DEDICATE?

DECOY

What are two synonyms for TACTFUL?

CONSIDERATEDISCREET

What is the example given for ALLITERATION?

THE ZANY ZONE

According to the dictionary, what is the population of CHAPEL HILL?

38,719

What does the first entry for FLIM FLAM say?

NONESENSE; HUMBUG

Which number definition of ALLITERATON is the one relating most to the definition we use in Language Arts (relating to a story's plot?

4

What are the guide words for PHLOX?

-PHILOUSPHONEY

What is the second entry between the guide words JEJUNE and JET?

JEJUNUM

ALLOMETRY is the study of the change in proportion of various parts of an organism as a consequence of...?

GROWTH

What feature does an UNGULATE animal have?

HOOFS

What is the adverb form of CONTRADISTINCTION?

CONTRADISTINCTIVELY

What is the adjective form of NONFICTION?

NONFICTIONAL

What part of speech is WHIST?

NOUN

What is a four letter synonym of TUMULT?

RIOT

On what page do you find the word RENEGADE?

1155

In what kind of environment do XEROPHILOUS things flourish? (two words)

DRY HOT

What part of speech is COMMONPLACE?

ADJECTIVE

What part of speech is COMMONPLACE?

ADJECTIVE

Homework:

TEST on informational text Thursday, April 10th!