Backstage with Chris and Casey

Robust Vocabulary, Day 4by Roberta Jacobs

criticize/flawless• When you criticize something, you tell what

you think is wrong with it.• If a performance is flawless, there are no

mistakes in it.• Nod your heads if the thing named could be flawless if criticized in a helpful way.– A dance performance– A pencil– A soccer game– A speech

versions• If there are different versions of a story, the story is

told in different ways.• Hold up your index finger if the things named can have

several versions.– A chair– Computer software– A rug– A song

Listen for two versions of “Over the Rainbow”Judy

Garland IZ

dialogue/rehearse• Conversation between people is called dialogue.• To rehearse is to practice for a performance.

• Raise your hand if the thing named requires dialogue to be rehearsed.– A play– A game– An audience member– Readers’ theater

immerse/camaraderie

• To immerse oneself is to become very involved in something.

• People have a camaraderie when they are comfortable with each other and spend a lot of time together.

• Raise your hand if you think camaraderie could happen if you were immersed in the things named.

– Water– A camping trip– A group project– A band

mandatory• Something that is mandatory is required.

• Clap once if the things named are mandatory at school.– Gym– Math– Buying lunch– Wearing socks

tragic/limp• A tragic event is

something that is both sad and horrible.

• When something is limp, it is too weak to move or support itself.

• Say the word TRAGIC or LIMP to describe the following things named.– Flood– Handshake– Plant– Injured child