So this year our curriculum has changed. If you know me, you've probably heard me talk about it. Well, part of the coolness of this curricular change, is the new vocabulary series QUACK! Though some of my students and colleagues alike malign the new vocab series, I have found that I like it quite a bit.
Here are some of the words in the series: delineate, nafarious, vernacular, brawn, tout, enhance, hinder, efface, glutton, hiatus, querulous, engender, obliterate, copious, obscure, extol, pugnacious, quell, artisan, kindle (all from Vol. 1).
Here is a taste of what Quack has to offer. I wish I could load it as a video...but I'm not that good yet!
Announcers (in a 50's jingle barbershop quartet voice): Laconic is a word that means not saying much: brief and concise! Barbecue sauce.
That's pretty much how it goes. The series is all on DVD and takes popular movie images and clips, dubs them over, and explains vocabulary. I tried showing them to Austin and he really liked some of the words. We still talk about the word "nadir" because of the video.
Scene:
Fish talking: Not only has this week been the nadir of my year, but today another fish pooped on me, thus making today the nadir of my week.
In case you didn't know, nadir means lowest point. I will never forget it. Thanks QUACK!
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