SAT LIST 7
WEEK 9
1. Condone (V) – to forgive or overlook an offense
2. Nuisance (N) – something that is a slight problem for you
3. Connoisseur (N) – an expert in matters concerning the Arts
4. Enigma (N) – a mystery; mysterious person or thing
5. Apathy (N) –lack of interest or concern
6. Empathy (N) - a feeling that is the same as someone else even if the situation
has nothing to do with you.
7. Credence (N) – belief or trust in someone or something
8. Jaunty (adj) – having a buoyant, self-confident air about oneself
9. Chaos (N) – complete disorder
10. Cult (N) – an organized group of people with an obsessive devotion to a
person or set principles.
SAT ACTIVITIES
WEEK 9
Monday : **Review SAT schedule and instruction
**Call on 2-3 students to pronounce the SAT words
**Complete 2-3 word maps together(word maps due on Wednesday)
Students may use dictionary, thesaurus, Internet, or other sources
for help.
Student or teacher may choose the words to use(may vary from class
to class)(Refer back to PPT “SAT Schedule and Instruction”)
EXAMPLE: Word: Apathy
Part of speech: Noun
3 Synonyms: Aloofness, Disregard, Indifference
3 Antonyms: Concern, Compassion, Empathy (+1)
Sentence: Teachers do not condone(+1) the apathy or the jaunty behavior of students in class.
Symbol: Students create an illustration that allows them to make a mental connection to the word.
STUDENTS SHOULD BE STUDYING SAT WORDS EVERYDAY WHETHER WE GET TO GO OVER THEM IN CLASS OR NOT!!!!!!!
STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SAT TEST EVERYWEEK.
SAT ACTIVITIES
WEEK 9
Tuesday: **Call on 2-3 students to pronounce the SAT words
** Create “Flash card game” (3X5 cards) in groups of 2. *****Refer to Activity section for directions
**Collect flash cards at the end of the activity for use on Thursday.
**Complete 2-3 more word maps to add to yesterday (due tomorrow)
**Finish the rest of the word maps for homework (due tomorrow)
EXAMPLE: Word: Jaunty
Part of speech: Adjective
3 Synonyms: Free, Fresh, Frisky
3 Antonyms: Depressed, lifeless, Lethargic
Sentence: When the connoisseur came in, his jaunty behavior became a nuisance.
Symbol: Students create an illustration that allows them to make a mental connection to the word.
SAT ACTIVITIES
WEEK 9
Wednesday: **Allow students to pronounce the SAT words
** “White board Race” or “Pass the board”***Refer to Activity section for directions
**Collect word maps to grade
SAT ACTIVITIES
WEEK 9
Thursday: **Allow students to pronounce the SAT words
**Review with “Flash Card Wall” ***Refer to Activity section for directions. (Use flash cards from Tuesday’s lesson)
SAT ACTIVITIES
WEEK 9
Friday: **Orally review for test. Answer any student questions about words.
**Begin test
**Collect and grade test
**Introduce SAT list 8 and copy
List 7 Test
Directions: Write True/False beside each statement based on the definition of the SAT word.
1. _____ I can buy a connoisseur at the store.
2. _____ A cult may have only 14 people enrolled.
3. _____ A student would probably be jaunty if he/she failed an easy class in school.
4. _____ Students with apathy usually do not do well in school.
5. _____ There is usually chaos in a well-controlled classroom.
6. _____ Being a nuisance to others can get you into a lot of trouble.
7. _____ Having empathy can make you cry.
8. _____ Enigmas are usually very abstruse.
9. _____Parents/teachers condone the gauche comments of kids/students.
10. ____Credence in people is easy to have if most people are honest people.
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct synonym DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct antonym
11. _____Credence A. Stoic 16. ____ Nuisance A. Apathy
12. ____ Enigma B. Disarray 17. ____ Condone B. Amateur
13. ____ Jaunty C. Mystery 18. _____ Empathy C. Independent
14. ____ Apathy D. Trust 19. ____ Connoisseur D. Castigate
15. ____ Chaos E. Cocky 20. ____ Cult E. Docile
Directions: Complete the following sentences with the correct word. Choose the BEST answer. 21.Jessica told so many fallacies that teachers lost __________________ in her excuses for being late. A. Credence B. Connoisseur C. Apathy D. Enigma
22. Most parents do not _________________ the use of drugs or alcohol by their teenagers.
A. Empathy B. Condone C. Apathy D. Nuisance
23. Samuel was especially ___________________ at school today because he found out he had been accepted to college with a full scholarship!
A. Empathy B. Apathy C. Jaunty D. Connoisseur
24. Our class became a ____________ to the class next door because we would not sit down and we were very loud, which kept them from concentrating on their test.
A. Chaos B. Enigma C. Apathy D. Nuisance
25. I could not understand the ________________ of the abstruse novel because I had no empathy for the characters in the story.
A. Nuisance B. Credence C. Enigma D. Apathy
26. Keith’s mom blamed the apathetic _______________ he recently joined for her son’s abstruse behavior when he was with the rest of the family.
A. Cult B. Jaunty C. Chaos D. Credence
27. The teacher felt no __________________ toward the suspended students because she had warned them many times not to use profanity in class.
A. Apathy B. Empathy C. Cult D. Jaunty
28. Due to the utter _______________ in the classroom, students were not able to concentrate and were angry because they failed the class.
A. Credence B. Chaos C. Connoisseur D. Enigma
DIRECTIONS: Arrange each SAT word, DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks in the following
in the spaces provided, in ABC order. Paragraph with the word from the word bank.
29. __________________________ WORD BANK: Connoisseur Condone Empathy
30. __________________________ Chaos Nuisance Gauche
31. __________________________ When Sarah walked into the classroom, she thought
32. __________________________ the class was in utter___________. It was difficult for
33. __________________________ her to ignore the noise level that soon became a
34. __________________________ ________________ to her because she could not think
35. __________________________ because she could not think. She suddenly had
36. __________________________ ______________ for the __________________
37. __________________________ who was trying to teach the class about the Chinese
38. __________________________ culture and their dietary habits. The students were
Bonus +10 making ____________comments about him and
Write a sentence that has at least 4 SAT being very horrendous students. She did not _______
words in it. the behavior of the students, but what could she do?
Key SAT LIST 7
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. T
7. T
8. T
9. F
10. T
11. D
12. C
13. E
14. A
15. B
16. E
17. D
18. A
19. B
20. C
21. A. Credence
22. B. Condone
23. C. Jaunty
24. D. Nuisance
25. C. Enigma
26. A. Cult
27. B. Empathy
28. B. Chaos
29. Apathy
30. Chaos
31. Condone
32. Connoisseur
33. Credence
34. Cult
35. Empathy
36. Enigma
37. Jaunty
38. Nuisance
Words in paragraph in this order.
Chaos
Nuisance
Empathy
Connoisseur
Gauche
Condone
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