Encounter Vocab

Encounter Vocab

• noun

• Something that a certain group of people usually do.

• In the US, it is a custom to shake hands when meeting someone.​

• Synonyms: tradition, habit

​Custom

Multiple Choice

Shaking hands is a custom in other countries as well as the United States.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Describe a custom in your family.

• ​verb

• When you want something really bad.

• The boy desires the bike in the store window. ​

desire

Multiple Choice

If you desire something, you do not want it.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What is something you desire?

• noun​

• A thought or an image in your mind when you sleep.

• This Spongebob is having a good dream.

​dream

Multiple Choice

A dream can be scary.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Describe your favorite dream.

• ​noun

• Is a meeting.

• The photographers took pictures of their encounter with lions.

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encounter

Multiple Choice

An encounter with a wild animal can be dangerous.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Describe an encounter you have had with an animal? Can include someone's pet.

• noun

• The land bedside a large body of water.

• A shore can be rocky or made of sand.

• Synonym: beach​

​shore

Multiple Choice

All cities have a shore.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What are some things you might see at the shore?

• ​noun

• Someone you do not know.

• Everyone in the class was a stranger to her.

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stranger

Multiple Choice

A stranger is someone you know.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Tell about a time when you felt like a stranger.

• noun

• Lets you know that there is danger ahead.

• Traffic signs are warnings to drive carefully. ​

​warning

Multiple Choice

A warning can keep us safe.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Describe a warning that helped you.

• ​verb

• When someone greets a person kindly.

• We all welcome our relatives.

welcome

Multiple Choice

When you welcome someone, you make the person feel uncomfortable.

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

When was the last time your family welcomed you?