200 New Words Added To Dictionary - Article Of The Week Middle School Worksheet printable pdf download

200 New Words Added To Dictionary - Article Of The Week Middle School Worksheet

Article of the Week

Vale Middle School –– 200 New Words Added to Dictionary

Instructions:

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Student _________________________________ Class Period ______________________

NOTE: Margin notes will be more challenging with this particular article. DO YOUR BEST.

Notes on my thoughts,

reactions and questions as I

read:

200 New Words Added To Dictionary

—‰—•–

Time to expand our vocabularies. There are some new words that we

might use, that are now legal tender of the Oxford Dictionary. They’ve

added 200 words to the big book.

On the list: Defriend (to take someone off your facebook).

There’s tweetup, Vuvuzuela, do you have a “frenemy”… Someone you’re

friendly with even though they have enemy qualities. L-B-D… Little

black dress and bromance. And Chillax and take a Chill Pill.

Read the full list below.

New Words in the ODE

chill pill a notional pill taken to make someone calm

down

chillax calm down and relax

turducken a roast dish consisting of a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey

bargainous costing less than is usual or than might be expected; cheap or

relatively cheap

staycation holiday spent in one's home country

200 New Words Added To Dictionary - Article Of The Week Middle School Worksheet