Recusos Literarios
Date
I ACKNOWLEDGE MINE
COPY MASTER
I ACKNOWLEDGE MINE
Vocabulary Study
Directions: As your teacher reads each item, listen for the boldfaced word. Discuss possible
meanings ofthe word and write on the chart what you think the word means. After reading
“The Interlopers,” confirm or adjust your definition.
1. Jane Goodall was upset by the stark conditions of the laboratory.She believed that
these animals should be surrounded by stimulating activities and objects.
2. The boisterous chimpanzees enjoyed themselves, chattering and playing together loudly.
3. Althoughanimal research may alleviate human pain, it causes suffering for
chimpanzees.
4. Jane Goodall is not quiet or mild when discussing animal rights; she speaks stridently
on behalf of chimpanzees.
5.“I Acknowledge Mine” is a statement of Jane Goodall’s belief in her complicity—and in
the guilt of all people—for the suffering research causes chimpanzees.
Vocabulary Word
boisterous
3.alleviate
4.
stridently
5.
Meaning in Selection
stark
2.
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1.
Predicted Meaning
complicity
ResourceManager
Unit 6
Grade 10
103
Name
Date
I ACKNOWLEDGE MINE
COPY MASTER
I ACKNOWLEDGE MINE
Vocabulary Practice
alleviate
boisterous
complicity
stark
stridently
A.Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box
1. A hospital ward is often a
unwelcoming place.
2. Recently, volunteers have joined together to
the grimness of
ourchildren’s ward.
3. In
with the nurses, the volunteers dress in silly costumes.
while the others sing out of tune and dance.
4. One plays a kazoo
5. Their
actions always make the children laugh andclap their hands.
B. Directions: Circle the word that means the opposite of the boldfaced word.
6. alleviate
intensify
initiate
replace
reduce
blatant
quick
brave...
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