Failure/Success Vocab.

Before the state competition, the coach made sure to remind his athletes how hard they had worked and how much he believed in them. He knew that they all had the ability to perform at a high level, they just needed an extra boost of motivation! The coach was trying to _____________ them!

• 1. Inspire

• 1. Conquer

• 1. Distinguish

• 1. Adjust

Adam had one goal: finishing his first marathon. No matter the weather, he was outside and running by 5:30am. He knew he couldn’t take a single day off training if he wanted to finish that race. His _____________ training helped him finish that marathon!

• 1. Relentless

• 1. Conquer

• 1. Apply

• 1. Inspire

 The rollercoaster at the local amusement park had always terrified Ricky, which is why he had never actually gone on the ride. The summer of his twelfth birthday, he knew he had to face this fear, so he climbed aboard. He rode it five times that day! Ricky was able to  ____________ his fear that day!

• 1. Apply

• 1. Distinguish

• 1. Conquer

• 1. Despite

In order to find her way out of the forest, Kallie had to use the skills she had learned in her class on maps and how to use them in the wilderness. She knew she wouldn’t be lost for long if she could just use the information her teacher had taught her. Kallie wanted to ____ her knowledge to help her get out of the woods!

• 1. Distinguish

• 1. Inspire

• 1. Apply

• 1. Despite

 Because Jaylen loved every hamburger he ate, he dreamed of owning his own hamburger restaurant one day. He hoped to create a burger experience that was unlike anything anyone had ever created before. He wanted his restaurant to be seen as the best place to get a burger 

for miles around. Jaylen wanted to _____________ his burger place from all the other burger places!

• 1. Inspire

• 1. Apply

• 1. Distinguish

• 1. Adjust

 Even though Jamie studied for a week for her biology test, she still got a C. She could not understand why her effort didn’t give her better results.______________ studying very hard, Jamie still did not make an A.

• 2. Misery

• 1. Conquer

• 1. Inspire

• 1. Despite

Carlos was so upset about the break-up with his girlfriend that he did not want to go to the mall or movies with his friends.  He was in ______________ about the break-up and just wanted to listen to sad songs on repeat.

• 1. Relentless

• 1. Inspire

• 1. Misery

• 1. Despite

Mr. Glass was so impressed with Adrian’s _______ effort to learn from his mistakes, like coming to class early each day to ask questions about the previous night’s homework.

• 1. Despite

• 1. Inspire

• 1. Relentless

• Conquer

 Most students really enjoyed Ms. Mauve’s building and construction class because they could  ___ the skills from that class in their math class; the different formulas actually made more sense after using them to build things.

• 1. Apply

• 1. Relentless

• 1. Conquer

• Despite

 Because everyone dressed in the same uniform each day, Serena felt it was important to  ___ herself with stylish clothes when she was with her friends on the weekend.

• 1. Distinguish

• 1. Misery

• 1. Relentless

• Conquer