Rewards Vocabulary Lesson 11

Rewards Vocabulary Lesson 11

Exaggerates

Incentive

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Exaggerates (verb)

If someone exaggerates, he or she indicates that something is bigger, worse, or more important than it really is.

Synonym - overstates

Antonym - understates

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the word exaggerates?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

What word is a synonym (means the same) as the word exaggerates?

• Overstates

• honesty

• accurate

• understates

Multiple Choice

What word is an antonym (means the opposite) as the word exaggerates?

• understates

• honest

• accurate

• overstates

Example

Sean is quite a good basketball

player. But sometimes he

exaggerates his abilities. For

example, he exaggerates when

he says that he can get the ball

into the basket from any distance.

Poll

If someone says that they have a lot more money then they actually have is this an example of exaggerates?

• Yes

• No

Mic Check

When Frank talks to his friends,

he exaggerates about many

parts of his vacation. What do

you think Frank exaggerates

about?

Please volunteer to come on microphone for a 5 star point, and tell us, what do you think Frank is exaggerating about?

Open Ended

Use the picture from the last slide as a clue, and write a complete sentence that starts with:

I think Frank exaggerates about_________

Exaggerates word family

• Exaggerates (verb)

• Exaggerated (verb)

• Exaggeration (noun)

Read the paragraph (volunteer for a 5 star point)

Kyle works very hard to earn money. But, sometimes he exaggerates the amount of money he earns. For example, he exaggerated when he told his sister that he makes $25 an hour instead of $10 an hour. That was a big exaggeration.

Multiple Select

What words are in the same family as the word exaggerates?

• exaggeration

• understate

• exaggerated

• overstates

Incentive (noun)

An incentive is something that encourages you to do something.

Synonym-Motivation

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the word incentive?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

Incentive

Airlines often encourage people

to fly with them by offering

incentives. These incentives

might include no charge for

luggage, points toward future

flights, or early boarding.

Mic Check

Prepare to come on microphone for a 5 star point, and give an example of an incentive that you know of, and a clue would be to think of incentives at school.

Open Ended

Write a complete sentence about a possible incentive that an adult might try and establish to help motivate a student.

Start your sentence by writing:

One incentive that might motivate a student to work harder is________

Prefixes

• Pre-before

• Dis- not, or the opposite of

Multiple Choice

What word means: A caution taken before doing something or something done ahead of time to prevent harm?

• ordinary

• precaution

• celery

Multiple Choice

What word means: The opposite of order, a state of messiness or confusion, such as a messy bedroom or riots in the streets.

• disorder

• preserve

• misunderstand

Multiple Choice

What word means: not loyal or not being true to someone who trusts you.

• example

• disloyal

• exaggerates

Get ready to review these words

• contaminated

• comprehend

• intention

• administers

Multiple Choice

A plan for doing something

• contaminated

• comprehend

• intention

• administers

Multiple Choice

To understand what you read

• contaminated

• comprehend

• intention

• administers

Multiple Choice

Organizes and supervises such as a hospital, a business, or a school

• contaminated

• comprehend

• intention

• administers

Multiple Choice

A lake is impure because of the chemicals that have been dumped into it

• contaminated

• comprehend

• intention

• administers