MODULE IN ENGLISH 5 Second Quarter/ Week 7/ Day 3

MODULE IN ENGLISH 5 Second Quarter/ Week 7/ Day 3

OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from various sources. -Glossaries

Second Quarter/ Week 7/ Day 3

A Glossary is a list of alphabetically arranged terms or words that maybe unfamiliar in a book or in a particular subject. You may find the following information about a word in a glossary: > the meaning or definition of a word used in the book. > the part of speech or word class. > the page of the book where the word is found. 

EVALUATION: Read the glossary below:

•  mahogany /ma-‘hag-a-ni/ (n.) – any of the various tropical trees with reddish wood used in furniture

•  naive /nu -‘ev/ (adj.) – marked by unaffected simplicity

• naphthalene /’naph-tha-lin/ (n.) – crystalline hydrocarbon

• octave /’ak-tav/ (adj.) – a stanza or poem of eight lines

• octopus /’ak-ta-pas/ (n.) any of the various sea mollusks having eight muscular arms with two rows of suckers.

Multiple Choice

mahogany /ma-‘hag-a-ni/ (n.) – any of the various tropical trees with reddish wood used in furniture

How many syllables does the word mahogany have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

naive /nu -‘ev/ (adj.) – marked by unaffected simplicity.

What does naive mean?

• brave

• complex

• Fair

• Simple

Multiple Choice

A stanza or poem of eight lines is a/an _____________

• musical score

• octave

• song

• verse

Multiple Choice

How are the words in the glossary arranged?

• alphabetically

• By importance

• by topics

• Chronologically

Multiple Choice

Which word has two syllables?

• indefinite

• magnitude

• Mahatma

• Octave