The Game of silence vocabulary slides

​ab • surd (adj.)

If something is absurd, you think it is silly or ridiculous.

Read this sentence: My dogs looked absurd dressed in clothes and glasses.

Open Ended

My dogs looked absurd dressed in clothes and glasses because______________.

​With a partner, think of a time when you thought something was absurd.

Then discuss these questions:
1. Why was it absurd?

2. Did it make you laugh?

​de • spised (v.)

If you despised something, you felt a strong dislike for it.

Read this sentence:
Michael despised cold weather and shoveling snow.

Open Ended

Michael despised cold weather and shoveling snow because ______________.

Talk with a partner about different things that you have despised.
Sentence stem: I despise _______ because________.

Then discuss these questions:
1. How would you compare food that you have despised with food that you have enjoyed?

2. Have you ever grown to enjoy a type of food you once despised?