Vocabulary - video games

Today's Bellringer

Take a few minutes to answer the questions and we will then review and talk about them together.

Poll

How many of you play video games or know someone who plays video games (on a phone, computer, or gaming system)?

• I play video games

• I know someone who plays video games

• Both, I play and I know someone else who plays

• I don't play or know anyone who plays video games

Poll

If you could, how many hours do you wish you could play games for?

• 1 hour or less

• 2 - 3 hours

• 3 - 4 hours

• more than 4 hours

Poll

Estimate how much money you spent on games in the last week.

• Less than $1

• $1.00 - $5.00

• $5.00 - $10.00

• more than $10

Poll

Did you know many games try frustrate you and make you mad on purpose?

• Yes

• No

• Games don't frustrate me ever

• That is crazy, they don't do it on purpose.

Open Ended

In 1 - ONE word, why do you like playing games?

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​Today's objective

​You will identify the definitions to 4 specific vocabulary words we will see in the last paragraph of our reading.

• objective

• banned

• gross

• degree​

How video games are getting inside your head - and wallet.

By Steven Hann​

Key Vocabulary

- objective

- ban

- gross

- degree​

(adjective) - being fair and not influenced by feelings or opinions. A person hasn't made up their mind and is looking at the facts only.

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Let's see it, say it, repeat it.

Objective

Principal Sherman tried to be objective when listening to the students explain how the display case was broken. 

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Example

​​If principal Sherman said, I don’t need to hear what happened, I know it was Ms. Toledo’s fault, it is always her fault, is that being objective? 

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Why is it important for principal Sherman to be objective?

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Would you want someone to be objective when they have to listen to different sides of a story?

Questions

Audio Response

When was a time you thought someone wasn’t objective and someone got in trouble because of it?  What could they have done to be objective?  

Open Audio Recorder

​(verb past tense)

​To not allow at all.

Make something so others can't access it, make it seem like something is a "bad thing" and has to be kept away. To "officially" prohibit. ​

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See it, say it, repeat it.

​​Banned

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​Example:

​The bride banned anyone from wearing green at her wedding. If they wore green they would not be allowed in the door. 

Is banning something worse than it not being wanted?  

How would you feel if I banned homework for the rest of the year?

​​Questions:

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Green

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Open Ended

If you could ban something, what would you ban?

WHY would you ban it?

(verb, adjective)

​how much money is made before any expenses/bills

See it, say it, repeat it.

Gross

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Money bag image - ​https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMLSgsqUjDOPZCCHNQfv3BcOJrBWPMNIXlOA&usqp=CAU

tax image - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTzShf6GhuWyQcKkAO-NtvT1J3P5F5br6BoTw&usqp=CAU​

gross income - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5LJ_HmCksebIvukdGZ1-MbEschxsRiFbaAA&usqp=CAU​

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If you want to be a YouTuber/TikToker, when people click on your link you make money. The amount of money you make before you have to pay for the internet, your computer, the game you are playing or anything else is your gross amount.  It is the biggest amount of money, you make before you have to pay bills.

Example

​GRO$$

before bills. ​

​Questions:

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When you get a job, the amount of money they offer you per an hour or as a salary is the gross amount you make, right?

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So do you have more money gross or after you pay bills? 

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How much money do you want to gross when you are grown-up?

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Draw

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(noun)

used to mean a certain amount, a level, or step, but it isn’t clearly measured. It is different for each person. ​

facebook like ​

ticktok heart - https://www.redbubble.com/i/greeting-card/tiktok-heart-by-joel11/43140852.5MT14​

smiley rating ​ - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Facebook_Thumb_icon.svg/330px-Facebook_Thumb_icon.svg.png

pain scale - https://www.health.mil/News/Articles/2021/09/17/DVPRS-pain-scale​

rating scale man - https://www.questionpro.com/blog/rating-scale/​

poor/outstanding - https://www.performyard.com/articles/performance-review-ratings-scales-examples​

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​See it, say it, repeat it.

Degree​

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Think about how you feel right now. Maybe you love this lesson or hate this lesson. You could all be at a different level on this scale. You all are at different degrees of happy or satisfied with my class right now.

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Example

Questions

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​Would your degree of satisfaction with class go up or down if we had a pizza party instead of this lesson?

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If you practiced something all the time, would you have a higher or lower degree of skill at it?​

​Would you say that my degree of basketball ability is higher or lower than Steph Curry's level? 

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steph curry ​https://e0.365dm.com/22/05/768x432/skysports-steph-curry-nba-basketball_5771331.jpg?20220514133850

Practice using the word - degree

What about the degree of fun for skateboarding versus reading?

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reading https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGfL92ygbzTKESt2_Xzpk2tgpNXeliehq3jw&usqp=CAU​

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You got this! ​

Great job, so hopefully you have a better idea of the four vocabulary words:

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• objective

• banned

• gross​

• degree​

​We will annotate to highlight and explain important words.

We will read the text selection.

Pay extra attention to our vocabulary. Think about different meanings for the words.

You will read the text.​

Keep track of your favorite word for the exit ticket. You will define it in your own words and share with a partner.

​​Exit ticket

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