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The Mayor says

Now put the words to work. A word you've handled more than one way is a word you can trust in the field.

Five ways, eight words

Five ways to practice. Each one is a different grip on a word.

The words from this unit

expeditionregiontrekobservedistantruggedrapidlycarefully

The Mayor says

Slang and I built this way ourselves. Same or opposite, and say which.

Way 1 of 5

Smile or Frown

Every word keeps company. Its Smiles mean the same thing, and its Frowns mean the opposite.

Runs on: distantruggedrapidly

Is the pair a Smile (same meaning) or a Frown (opposite meaning)?

Every one sorted. That's Smile or Frown, run on this unit's words.

The Mayor says

One ending, properly filed, turns an action into a thing you can name.

Way 2 of 5

Word Family

Learn the part a word is built from, and the whole family comes with it.

Runs on: expedition

Match each word part to what it means, then see the family it builds.

Word part

What it means

Learn one ending, and you meet a whole shelf of words for free. Once -tion is yours, exploration, direction, and celebration all name the act or the result of doing something.

Both pairs matched, and a whole family lit. That's Word Family.

The Mayor says

No glossary on this floor. The sentence is your witness.

Way 3 of 5

Word Detective

No dictionary needed. The sentence around a word gives its meaning away.

Runs on: regionobservecarefully

The sentence around the blank supplies the meaning. No glossary, just the clues.

Every case closed on the evidence alone. That's Word Detective.

The Mayor says

Watch the job, not the spelling. The job names the owner.

Way 4 of 5

Many Hats

Some words work more than one job. The job decides which character owns the word.

Runs on: trek

Sort each sentence by which character owns the word doing its job there.

Sort by the job, not the spelling. The same word can put on a verb hat in one sentence and a noun hat in the next.

Every hat on the right head. That's Many Hats.

The Mayor says

Match what I say to what Slang says. We mean the same thing, though I say it properly.

Way 5 of 5

Two Ways to Say It

The Mayor and Slang can mean the same thing. The moment picks the word.

The Mayor and Slang mean the same thing. Match his formal word to Slang's streetwise one.

The Mayor says

Slang says

Same meanings, two wardrobes. That's Two Ways to Say It.

Five ways, run across these eight words.

The words from this lesson

expeditionregiontrekobservedistantruggedrapidlycarefully

Every way you played with a word is another way you get to keep it. When you're ready, make one of them yours for good.

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