Lesson 15

Knowledge Rating Scale

Vocabulary Word / I’ve never heard this word before. / I’ve heard this word, but I don’t know what it means. / I know this word…it has something to do with… / I know the meaning of this word.
cherish
flexible
obscure
retain
salvage

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Word / Definition / Part of Speech / Synonym / Antonym
cherish / to feel great love or remember something with love / verb / value, treasure, attach importance to
flexible / easily changed / adjective / able to change
obscure / not well-known; not known to most people / adjective / difficult to understand, unclear / obvious
retain / to continue to have or use; to keep / verb / hold, hang on to, save / let go
salvage / saving something in danger of being destroyed / verb / save, recover, rescue, reclaim, pick up

Examples

Word / Example
cherish / I cherish my visits with my Mom; I feel great love when we visit. I cherish the memory of my grandmother, I remember her with love.
What is something that you cherish?
flexible / I am flexible about my plans; my plans could easily change. I think I’m a pretty flexible person, I don’t mind changes. I am flexible about where I eat lunch.
What is something that you are flexible about?
obscure / One obscure fact about me is that I ______. It is obscure because most people do not know it.
What is something obscure about you or someone you know?
retain / It is important that you retain your vocabulary notes; you need to continue to use them until you know all the words. I retain part of my monthly salary, I keep some of my salary. When they remodeled the building, they retained some of the woodwork, they kept the woodwork as it was, they didn’t change it.
What is something that you retain?
salvage / I like to salvage things; I like to save things that are in danger of being destroyed. When the ice storm came last year and broke a lot of trees, we were able to salvage the wood from the broken trees.
What is something that you have salvaged?

Fill in the Blank

cherish / flexible / obscure / retain / salvage
  1. The family was very thankful that they were able to ______all of their family photographs after the house fire.
  1. It is usually easier to obtain a job if you are willing to be ______with the schedule you work.
  1. DCCC is hiring a person to help figure out the best way to ______students until they complete our program.
  1. When a loved one passes away, family members often ______things that belonged to them.
  1. Movie stars usually vacation in ______locations so they can have some privacy.

Sentence Completion

  1. Something I really cherish is my ______.
  1. I hope that as I grow older, I am able to retain my______.
  1. My favorite obscure place to visit is ______.
  1. It is important to be flexible when______.
  1. Something I was able to salvage before is______.

Yes, No, Why?

  1. Do you think it is important to salvagecherished objects?
  1. Are you able to retain what is taught in class?

Read and Respond

(Six-Way Paragraphs Introductory Level; 3rd Edition. “Camels and Their Humps” pg.70)

  1. How do camels retain food and water for weeks at a time?
  2. What is something obscure about a camel?

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