2.  Today you will learn strategies on how to best learn new vocabulary through the use of our workbook and study tips.  We ultimately want to see you grow and develop your vocabulary skills  Using this workbook and these skills will help to prepared you for future standardized tests like the PSAT, SAT and ACT.

3.  This will be measured by:  You in class participation (informal)  Discussion (informal)  Written answers in the workbook (formal)  Vocabulary Test (80 points)

4.  We will recite the words out loud together!  This might feel a little silly, but you need to HEAR the words out loud if you are going to learn how to use them.  We will go over all of the definitions together  We will complete all workbook activities  Some in class  Some on your own for homework  We will review all answers together  We will cover different study strategies to find out what is beat for you  We will use these words in your writing

5.  You will be using these orange books like this until you graduate from BK.  This is your chance to learn strategies that work for YOU.  In the future teachers may not “hold your hand” through vocabulary lessons and you may have to do a lot of this on your own.  So take advantage of the guidance NOW… I am going to move pretty slowly through the first Unit but then things will speed up as we work on this more and more throughout the year.  Warning: These vocabulary tests will occur frequently so stay on top of your studies! These tests are worth 80 points and you can’t blow them off!

6.  You should know what part of speech your word is to better help you understand how to use it within a sentence.  Simply put:  Noun: person, place, thing or idea  Verb: a word that expresses an action or a state of being  Adjective: describe nouns and pronouns