1. Vocabulary 5b

2. Rate the following vocabulary
Initiate / Initiation
Irate
Lax
Negligent / Negligence
Smolder
Stringent
Throng
I know the word and can explain it
I know the word, but can’t explain it
I don’t know the word

3. It is important to demonstrate that we understand the new vocabulary
Objective
Rationale
Today we will acquire and use academic vocabulary by creating sentences
It is important to demonstrate that we understand the new vocabulary
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. (7.L.6)

4. Initiate (verb) Initiation (noun)
To put into effect; to bring into use.
To take in as a member.
The act of beginning.
The ceremony or process that makes one a member.

5. Irate (adj)
Very angry; furious.

6. Lax (adj) Not strictly enforced; undemanding; careless.
Not tight; loose.

7. Negligent (adj) Negligence (noun)
Failing to take proper care of or to give proper attention to.
The quality, state, or act of being negligent.

8. Smolder (verb) To burn slowly without bursting into flames.
To exist in a hidden state before bursting into the open.
Freedom smoldered in the hearts of the people who left Cuba for Miami.

9. Stringent (adj)
Strict; severe.

10. Throng (noun/verb) To gather or move in large numbers.
A large number of people gathered together; a crowd.
Comic con

11. Do you initiate something new or old?
Which would make you irate: your sister helping with the dishes or breaking your phone?
Should you be lax where safety is concerned?.
Which would be negligence: not wearing a seat belt or sunglasses?
Which of these would be more likely to smolder: cherries or cigarettes?
If the rules are stringent, it is easy to get around them. True or False
Where would you more likely find a throng: at a Drake concert or at story time at the library?

12. There once was a beautiful queen who was about to initiate a soldier into the knighthood. Before the ceremony, she noticed that he was very lax in the way he wore his armor. The queen was very stringent in her rules about wearing armor, and this negligence immediately bothered her. At first her anger smoldered, but then she became irate. She ordered a throng of knights to strip the soldier of his armor and teach him a lesson. Afterwards, the humbled warrior bowed before the queen who laid her sword gently across his should to complete his initiation as a knight.

13. There once was a little girl who was very lax about tying her shoes
There once was a little girl who was very lax about tying her shoes. This caused her mother to be irate as she had very stringent rules about the way her child should tie her shoes. She felt her daughter’s negligence was going to inevitably cause her to fall some day, and she was right. One day the girl was accepted into a prestigious dance studio, and as she was walking up to be initiated, she tripped over her shoelace and fell headlong to the floor. A throng of students ran over to help her up. The girl smoldered with embarrassment knowing she had become a casualty of her own laziness.