Vocabulary Week 10 Day 3 In this lesson

Vocabulary Week 10 - Day 3 In this lesson, students will: • Learn and use the words misjudge, glower, and intricate • Review the prefix mis • Review shades of meaning • Review synonyms and antonyms • Analyze why it is important to be caring and responsible • Develop the skill of agreeing and disagreeing in a caring way

p. 10 -11 Mr. Kodinski misjudges the situation, and tell the students that misjudge is the first word they will learn today. . misjudge means “judge wrongly, or form a wrong or unfair opinion about a person or situation. ” • the prefix mis- is in the word misjudge • mis- is a prefix that means “wrong or wrongly” or “bad or badly. ” • When the prefix mis- is added to the word judge, it makes the word misjudge, which means “judge wrongly. ”

“What Might You Say or Do? ” Your dog races through the house and breaks your mother’s favorite vase. Your mother misjudges the situation and thinks you broke the vase. Use “Think, Pair, Share” to discuss: What might you say or do when your mother misjudges the situation?

“What Might You Say or Do? ” You think your best friend is making jokes about you behind your back, so you tell her you don’t want to be friends anymore. Later you find out that you misjudged her. Use “Think, Pair, Share” to discuss: What might you say or do when you misjudged your friend?

glower means almost the same thing as stare, with this important difference—when you glower, you don’t just stare at someone, you stare angrily at them. When Mr. Kodinski first sees the children, he glowers, or stares angrily, at them.

“Would You? ” Would you glower if someone cut in front of you in the lunch line? Why?

“Would You? ” Would you glower if pears were the only fruit offered at lunch in the cafeteria? Would you glower if someone misjudged you and thought you had done something wrong when you hadn’t? Why?

Show pages 22– 23 intricate means “complicated” • intricate and complicated are synonyms. • People in Mr. Kodinski’s shop think that the designs on the children’s eggs are intricate.

“Make a Choice” The antonym, or opposite, of intricate is simple. Which would you rather have: a sweater with a simple design or a sweater with an intricate design? Why?

“Make a Choice” The antonym, or opposite, of intricate is simple. Which would you rather play: a simple video game or an intricate video game? Why? PROMPT 2: I would rather play [a simple/an intricate] video game because. . .

“Make a Choice” The antonym, or opposite, of intricate is simple. Which would you rather read: a story with a simple plot or a story with an intricate plot? Why? PROMPT 3: “I would rather read a story with [a simple/an intricate] plot because. . . ”

• The prefix mis- means “wrong or wrongly” or “bad or badly. ” • a prefix is a “letter or group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to make a new word. ” Words with the Prefix mis • misjudge which means “judge wrongly, or form a wrong or unfair opinion about a person or situation. ” • mislead If someone misleads you, the person leads you to believe something that is not true, or lies to you. • misunderstand Based on what you know about the word understand the prefix mis-, what do you think the word misunderstand means?

• The prefix mis- means “wrong or wrongly” or “bad or badly. ” • a prefix is a “letter or group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to make a new word. ” Words with the Prefix mis • misjudge • mislead • misunderstand • misuse • mismatch • What is a word that begins with the prefix mis- and means “read something in the wrong way or incorrectly”? • What is a word that begins with the prefix mis- and means “spell something in the wrong way or incorrectly”