Phobia

Vocabulary Lesson 1 (phobia, ic)

By Danyelle Smith

List 2:

economic

futuristic

genetic

historic

organic

tragic​

List 1:

acrophobia

aerophobia

agoraphobia

arachnophobia

claustrophobia

technophobia​

Lesson 1 Word Lists

Clues to Meaning: Define the underlined words on each page. If there is more than one be sure to define both words.

Going to a phobia convention could be very interesting! Just think of it -- everyone there has some sort of phobia, or fear. Who do you think you might meet?

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Look it's June and Arthur. What a funny pair. You have to wonder how they got together. His agoraphobia makes him extremely fearful of going into public places, while claustrophobia makes her afraid of being in closed-in spaces.

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And over there is Luis, who is afraid of all kinds of insects. You'd think he'd be good friends with Ami, who has arachnophobia, because she is afraid of spiders. But Luis stays away from Ami and hangs around with Jordan, who has technophobia. Jordan breaks out in a cold sweat at the sight of a laptop.

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Have you met Joaquin and Marie? They have similar fears. His acrophobia makes him afraid of heights, while her aerophobia makes her extremely fearful of flying.

Comic: Having to do with comedy

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​Ic - latin suffix

Having to do with​

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Chris: Do you remember the television special we saw about an organic farm where nothing was grown using pesticides? We learned that many people no longer think organic farming is only a futuristic idea, something that will happen years from now. The show made me wonder if most people have the economic means to afford organic foods, which are more expensive.

Define each underlined word: 1.Organic, 2.Futuristic, 3.Economic

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Sam: Historic movies are usually too tragic for me-- you know, stories about the sad things that happen to unfortunate people.

Define: Tragic

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Sam: I've Heard that some people have allergies to foods with preservatives. The allergies may be related to their genetic make-up. Researchers think that allergies may be hereditary ( passed down from the genes of a parent, grandparent etc.)

Open Ended

Chris: Well, I'd take a tragedy over a horror movie any day. Scary!

Your Turn to Answer:

What would you prefer to watch tragedy, horror, or historic, and why? Bonus points if you can use any words from List 1 or List 2:

(acrophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, technophobia, economic, futuristic, genetic, historic, organic, tragic. )