Greetings, Young Scholars!
This week you'll explore a free online resource for learning vocabulary, which is called Vocab Ahead. Every week you'll be responsible for learning 10-20 vocabulary words. You will primarily study these on your own at home and have a short quiz at the beginning of every week. You can find the first 15 words by scrolling to the the bottom of this blog - I've embedded these words here for you to look at just in case you have trouble getting into your Vocab Ahead accounts.
Here's the site: http://www.vocabahead.com/
Here's what you need to do get access to the first list of words for the year:
Step 1: Go to the site listed above. Just click on the link!
Step 2: Enter the STUDY ROOM. You'll see the link here on the ribbon at the top of the screen. Second from the left.
Step 3: Click on the REGISTER tab in the top right. Follow directions to register. It's free! Don't worry!
Step 4: Login using your user name and password.
Step 5: Go to the SHARED LISTS tab on the top right of the screen in the study room and scroll down until you see "sabath sept 5-11"
Step 6: Click on this list and then click on GET THE LIST. This will enable you to copy this list to your account.
Step 7: Go to the VIDEOS tab in your study room account and click on the drop-down arrow. Now you should see the "Sabath sept 5-11" list. Here you can watch the videos for these 15 vocab words, which you'll be quizzed on at the beginning of next week.
Step 8: You can now study these words by watching the videos for each word, as well as quizzing yourself and creating study flashcards! Isn't this fun?
Step 9: Create a list of these words in the appropraite section of your porfolio for vocabulary building (i.e. your Reader/Writer Notebook in the Writing section). I will check this next week, so get it done! Make sure you write down each word, definition, and an original example sentence.
We will walk through these steps in class, so don't worry. Once you've completed the nine steps above, please respond to these questions in the comments section of the Blog:
1. What do you think about the Vocab Ahead website? Will these videos and this system help you improve your vocabulary? Why/why not? Will you still use a dictionary to study words in the more traditional way?
2. Tell me which vocabulary video you liked best and why. Use the word from this video in a creative, original sentence related to your life and personality. Here's an example sentence: I like to accentuate the importance of education in the classroom because this is your passport to success in the future. And another: I love to hike the acclivity that is known as Crescent Rock on the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Good Luck!
Evan Yeldell,3B
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1.I feel as though the Vocab Ahead website is a more up to date way to study and enhance your vocabulary. It's a more organized and easier way to study other than the traditional way of having to read a dictionary, so I do believe it will help improve my vocabulary, but I still can see my self using a dictionary later in life if not this year.
2.Below average males constantly abase women with out giving a care or thinking about how they make that woman feel or how they mentally break them down, but the women just accept it cause it has happened to them so many times that it has become a mind set that this is how things should be when it's not at all, they refuse to try and find better because they believe that every male is the same so why even try looking for another, they also don't try to find a better man because they've been broken down so bad mentally that they just accept it. They waste so much of their time on the boy's that aren't worth it without even giving anyone else a chance and that's not cool at all females have lowered their standards greatly because of some of these worthless little boy's.
Evan,
ReplyDeleteYes, you shouldn't ever forget about using a good old dictionary! But this resources is a nice supplement, especially for those students who can't stand flipping through dictionaries. A dictionary hold many more words than this online resource.
Good use of the word "abase." I agree with you on your analysis. Try workin in a few of these words to your speech!
See you in class, bud, and keep up the good work. Congrats on being the first to respond to this week's blog!
Mr. S
Jennell Jones 3b
ReplyDelete1.)I think that the Vocab ahead website is a excellent way to study vocabulary. Yes because it is more organized and helps you get a better understanding than just words (dictionary for an example)
2.)Sometimes my parents have to accentuate that my educate matters and has a big impact on my life.
Darius Richardson 3B
ReplyDelete1.I think the Vocab Ahead Website is a great way to study vocabulary. It more organized than an dictionary because it gives you examples of what the word means.
2. Sometimes i wish my brother would abstained from doing bad things
Sharese Zanders 3B
ReplyDelete1. I think the vocab ahead website is a better way to learn & study vocabulary. Yes this will help improve my vocabulay because it gives you more examples to understand the words.
2. I haven't abstain from drinking artificial tea, but I wanted to try natural tea.
FERNANDO MARTINEZ 3B 1.I think the vocab website it will help me learn more and faster the vocabulary words. 2.people who work with abrasive materials smooth the surface.i like the video because it explain alot what the word mean and examples
ReplyDeleteTonia Stephens 3B
ReplyDelete1.I Think The Vocab Ahead Website Is A Better Way To Study Words. It Uses Visuals, Gives You The Meaning, And Also Uses The Word In A Sentence. Yes, Because It Uses Examples To Help You Understand The Word Better. If I'm Not Able To Use The Website Then Yes I Will Use A Dictionary.
2. ABSTRUSE
My Mom Sometime Tells Me That I Can Be Very Abstruse At Times.
Janee' Harris 3B
ReplyDelete1: I Think this vocab website is better because it's faster and more understandable for me to learn reason why is because it give me examples in a sentence.
2: my brothers sometimes have to accentuate that i need to practice on my basketball skills everyday because thats the only way im going to get better.
Jennifer Canenguez 3B
ReplyDelete1) I think this vocabulary website is more helpful because it gives examples of the word and is faster to understand the word.
2)the vocabulary video that i like the most is the word ABSTAIN because my dad has a lot of fatness in his blood so the doctor told him to ABSTAIN unhealthy foods so know he have to eat healthy all the time.
Michael-Allison 3B
ReplyDelete1. I think the vocab ahead website is definitely a efficient way to study words, I think it will help me to improve my vocabulary because I am the type of person who learns more from examples. Yes i still will use dictionaries.
2. I have a habit of calling drinks/foods Abysmal.
Javoina,Williams 3B
ReplyDelete1. I think the vocabulary website is a good thing because it helps us to learn our vocabulary faster and make it more fun.I think it will help me a lot on words I don't understand.yes I will still use a dictionary for back-up.
2. My brother likes acidulous candy and also anything sweet.
Shiesha Beale 3B; (1).I think this is a helpful and organized website to learn vocabulary. Yes, these videos and this system will help me improve these vocabulary words because the images are helpful to me and the illustrator reading the definition to make me understand better. I will still use a dictionary to study these words because these words may have two or more definitions, meaning that a word can be used in a diffrent way.
ReplyDelete2. I liked acrimonious the best. I was talking to my cousin and she started acting so acrimonious towards me with things she was saying.
Marlyn Tyler 3B
ReplyDelete1. What do you think about the Vocab Ahead website? Will these videos and this system help you improve your vocabulary? Why/why not? Will you still use a dictionary to study words in the more traditional way?
The Vocab Ahead website is easy to read, navigate, and easy to understand. The videos and the system will definitely help me improve my vocabulary because it interests me. I am a person that likes to see visual aids when I am learning how to do something or study. I prefer using this system instead of using the dictionary to study because it saves time in finding the word on the system and understanding the meaning by giving examples of the words in sentences. I will only use a dictionary if I can’t find the word on the Vocab Ahead website. For example, the word abscond could not be found in the website. Therefore, I will have to look this word up in the dictionary.
2. Tell me which vocabulary video you liked best and why. Use the word from this video in a creative, original sentence related to your life and personality. Here’s an example sentence: I like to accentuate the importance of education in the classroom because this is your passport to success in the future. And another: I love to hike the acclivity that is known as Crescent Rock on the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry, WV.
I like the Abstain Vocabulary Video the best because I can relate it to my basketball career. If I abstain from staying up late playing X-Box games and doing my homework when I’m tired, I will be able to get good homework grades and be able to stay on the Maryland National Park and Planning Commission Basketball Team.
Ja'vahanna Burrell 3b
ReplyDelete1.I think that the vocab website is very helpful and easy to understand.Yes i think that the videos on the vocabulary website helps me improve my vocabulary. I think that i would use both the website and the dictionary.
2.I like the word Abstain because i can relate to the word.If I abstain from watching tv and then doing my homework... then if a show that i like is coming on i wont be able to watch it because im doing my homework..but if i do my homework before watching tv...i would have time to watch tv.
This is a test!
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Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteGood job, class, on this week's blog. I enjoyed reading about your impressions of this vocab building site. Many of your examples were excellent. We'll have a quiz on these words soon. Start studying the next set of words, which you'll find on Vocab Ahad and also at the bottom of this blog. Remember, the words change every week.
Mr. Sabath
1. I think the vocab website is a good website because it helps you study the your vocabulary words. I believe the video will improve my vocabulary because it's telling me in a fun way what the words mean and gives me examples.
ReplyDelete2.I liked the Abase Video because it was funny and it helped me understand the word.
Aalisha Hardrick 3b:
ReplyDelete1. I think the vocab ahead website is a easier way to learn and study vocabulary. Yes this will help improve my vocabulay because itgivs you plenty of examples to comprehend te words.
2. I try to abstain from hurting myself while playing basketball,but sometimes it just doesn't work.
Jocelyn Colbert 3B
ReplyDelete1. I thought the vocab ahead website was very helpful because it gives you videos to watch. They will improve my vocabulary because when i see things it help me remember better. No i won't us the dictionary.
2. Abstruse
Friends often tell me that I can be very abstruse at times.