Vocabulary Lab

Sat, 10:00–11:00 AM UTCTeacher: Sam Carter

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Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Precision verbs in academic writing

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Sat, Nov 7
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Precision verbs in academic writing
Short quiz at the start, then a review of the words that were missed.
2 present, 2 late
Sat, Oct 31
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Words that describe attitude and tone
Learned a few common roots and guessed unfamiliar words from them.
All present
Sat, Oct 24
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Roots and prefixes: bene-, mal-, -cede
Sorted the words by tone: positive, negative and neutral.
All present
Sat, Oct 17
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Core set review + quiz
Practiced telling apart words with similar meanings, such as candid and blunt.
All present
Sat, Oct 10
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Advanced set: words with two meanings
Matched each new word to a sentence from a real passage.
3 present, 1 late

Show 4 earlier classes

Sat, Oct 3
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Precision verbs in academic writing
Reviewed the core set aloud and quizzed each other on meanings.
All present
Sat, Sep 26
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Words that describe attitude and tone
Finished the advanced set and checked the list against practice-test passages.
2 present, 2 absent
Sat, Sep 19
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Roots and prefixes: bene-, mal-, -cede
Revisited words from earlier weeks that kept getting missed on the quiz.
All present
Sat, Sep 12
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Core set review + quiz
Played a quick matching game with the advanced list.
All present