Vocabulary

Week 1: Day 1
Welcome! In todays lesson, well learn 14 vocabulary words. Carefully read the following paragraph:

Environmental Report for the City of Agate, Colorado 2010 Amazing changes have taken place in our city. Despite a huge people increase, Agate has continued to push forward environmental protection. There are less cars on the road than ever before. More people have been moved to take buses and trains. Yet new forms of movement arent the only improvements. Our city has begun trying new ways to keep animal home areas safe and has helped the growth of an independent organization whose main purpose is environmental protection. These changes havent happened by themselves; none of these things could have happened without the work of the city council and neighborhood council. Ready to improve the paragraph? This word part will help us:

Word Part: AutoMeaning: self (by itself) Tremendous changes have taken place in our city. Despite an immense people increase, Agate has continued to push forward environmental protection. There are less automobiles on the road than ever before. More people have been moved to take buses and trains. Yet new forms of movement arent the only improvements. Our city has adopted strategies to keep animal habitats safe and has helped the growth of an autonomous organization whose main purpose is environmental protection. These changes havent been automatic; none of these things could have happened without the work of the city council and neighborhood council. As you can see, the paragraph has been improved with seven vocabulary words. To learn the definition of each underlined word, find the word or expression that has the same meaning in the original paragraph. Lets try an example Find the first underlined wordtremendous. In the original paragraph, the word was amazing.Tremendous is a word whose meaning is similar to amazing. Weve learned one new vocabulary word. Lets try another example Today, we learned one word partauto. Think about the meaning of the word part. Auto means self or by itself. What does automatic mean? In the paragraph, it replaced the phrase by themselves. Do you know things that work by themselves, without extra help? You might have something automatic in your home. My rice cooker is automatic; I dont have to change the temperature, stir the rice, or press the off button. It works by itself. When I open my car door, the light turns on automatically, or by itself.

What about autonomous? Can an organization be by itself? In the original paragraph, it is an independent organization. The meaning is similar, right? The organization works alone, without influence from other groups. Because you know the word part auto, you wont forget autonomous or automatic that easily; its the reason why we are teaching not only words but word parts. Great, right?Now, we know the meanings of three words. Find definitions for five more examples: au-to-mat-ic au-ton-o-mous hab-i-tats im-mense a-dopt-ed strat-e-gies tre-men-dous by itself by itself, independent home areas huge, large new way of doing something in order to achieve a certain result amazing (self) (self)

Master accent for higher speaking scores Words are divided into syllables. These are the parts of the words that have an individual vowel sound. For example, automatic has four vowels--u, o, a, i--so it has 4 syllables--au-to-mat-ic. When a word has more than one syllable, we say one of those syllables louder than the others. Au-to-mat-ic. Weve placed that syllable in bold to make it easy for you to master. Practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Lets look at the paragraph again. With seven more vocabulary words, we can make it even better. Another word part will help us Word Part: mov, mob, mot Meaning: move

Tremendous changes have taken place in our city. Despite an immense population increase, Agate has continued to promote environmental protection. There are less automobiles on the road than ever before. More people have been motivated to take buses and trains. Yet new forms of mobility arent the only improvements. Our city has adopted strategies to keep animal habitats safe and has encouraged the growth of an autonomous organization whose chief purpose is environmental protection. These changes havent been automatic; none of these things could have happened without the work of the city council and neighborhood council. Again, compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and learn the meaning of each underlined word. Youll need to know word parts like mov, mob, mot and auto. One exampleautomobilescombines both of the word parts that we learned today. We know that auto means self and mobmeans move. Why does the word automobiles use both of these word parts? When we look at the original paragraph, we learn that automobiles means cars. Cars are machines that move themselves. People dont move them. Find the meanings of some other words from the paragraph: au-to-mo-biles mo-bil-i-ty pro-mote mo-ti-va-ted chief en-cour-aged pop-u-la-tion Master accent for higher speaking scores Again, practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Natural pauses cars movement (self)(move) (move) (move) (move)

To master accent and fluency takes many skills, the first is your breathing and word grouping patterns. This is essential to demonstrate the fluency that will earn a high score and the speaking that allows for the greatest comphrenesion to the ears of a native speaker. Below is the paragraph with (***) where every natural pause should be in your speech. Listen and then record yourself again and again until you match the same word grouping. Do you notice anything about it? It occurs in every sentence or clause, so mastering this will improve your grammar and thought process as well because you'll accustom yourself to speaking in complete thoughts, helping to avoid the disastrous ummm and uhhhs that affect so many students. Tremendous changes have taken place in our city. *** Despite an immense population increase, *** Agate has continued to promote environmental protection. *** There are less automobiles on the road than ever before. *** More people have been motivated to take buses and trains. *** Yet new forms of mobility arent the only improvements. *** Our city has adopted strategies to keep animal habitats safe *** and has encouraged the growth of an autonomous organization *** whose chief purpose is environmental protection. *** These changes havent been automatic; *** none of these things could have happened without the work of the city council *** and neighborhood council. Follow along and listen for the natural pausing and intonation patterns--the rise and fall of pitch.

The recording is 41 seconds long. Set the timer and record yourself with the link below with your best try. Show us what you go and listen to others as they master the exercise and their score as well. Good luck!

Resources For timing yourself: For recording yourself: Stopwatch Voxopop

Week 1: Day 2
In todays lesson, well learn 14 vocabulary words and review what we learned yesterday. Yesterday, we learned two new word parts and 14 new words. Not bad for one day, right? When you think about the word part auto, do you remember my rice cooker, the light in my car, autonomous organizations, and automobiles? Have you forgotten? Well, youre not alone. Scientists say that after 24 hours most students have forgotten 62% of what they learned the previous day. However, students who review within 24 hours can remember 98% of what they learned! Therefore, every day we will review the word parts that you studied in previous lessons. Think about their meanings and review examples that you already learned. This week, youll learn 84 new words. Therefore, it is important to practice ways to remember them. Here is a list of yesterdays word parts: automov, mob, mot (self) (move)

Ready to move forward? Read todays paragraph. Even though that is true, many have disagreed with recent changes in Agate. People who are against the citys actions have complained about the lack of traveling options in our city. We are aware that Agate is in a time that is between two periods; complete change of a city isnt possible overnight. For this reason, we want to move a number of important things that must be done to the recently created Agate Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO). Next year, they will write a paper that shares their information about how future transportation plans will change Agate. The city will create a plan based on the reports suggestions. We hope that the people of Agate will help our efforts to improve the beautiful city of Agate. Lets improve this paragraph by adding seven vocabulary words. This word part will help us: Word Part: Trans Meaning: across, change Even though that is true, many have been critical of recent changes in Agate. People who are against the citys actions have bemoaned the lack of traveling options in our city. We are aware that Agate is in a transition period; complete transformation of a city isnt possible overnight. For this reason, we want to transfer a number of responsibilities to the recently created Agate Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO). Next year, they will write a paper that shares their information about how future transportation plans will change Agate. The city will formulate a plan based on the reports suggestions. We hope that the people of Agate will help our efforts to improve the beautiful city of Agate. Compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and learn the meaning of each word:

tran-si-tion trans-fer trans-for-ma-tion re-spon-si-bil-i-ties for-mu-late be-moaned crit-i-cal Master accent for higher speaking scores

(across, change) (across, change) (across, change)

Words are divided into syllables. These are the parts of the words that have an individual vowel sound. For example, automatic has four vowels--u, o, a, i--so it has 4 syllables--au-to-mat-ic. When a word has more than one syllable, we say one of those syllables louder than the others. Au-to-mat-ic. Weve placed that syllable in bold to make it easy for you to master. Practice saying each word out loud at least three times. With seven more vocabulary words, we can make it even better. Heres another word part that will help us: Word Part: Port Meaning: carry Nonetheless, many have been critical of recent changes in Agate. Opponents of the citys actions have bemoaned the lack of transportation options in our city. We are aware that Agate is in a transition period; complete transformation of a city isnt possible overnight. For this reason, weintend to transfer a number of responsibilities to the recently created Agate Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO). Next year, they will write a report about how future transportation plans will affect Agate. The city will formulate a plan based on the reports suggestions. We hope that the people of Agate will support our efforts to improve the beautiful city of Agate.

Again, compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and learn the meaning of each word. Notice that one of the following words transportationuses more than one word part: trans-por-ta-tion re-port (carry) sup-port in-tend none-the-less af-fect op-po-nents Master accent for higher speaking scores Again, practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Natural pauses To master accent and fluency takes many skills, the first is your breathing and word grouping patterns. This is essential to demonstrate the fluency that will earn a high score and the speaking that allows for the greatest comphrenesion to the ears of a native speaker. Below is the paragraph with (***) where every natural pause should be in your speech. Listen and then record yourself again and again until you match the same word grouping. Do you notice anything about it? It occurs in every sentence or clause, so mastering this will improve your grammar and thought process as well because you'll accustom yourself to speaking in complete thoughts, helping to avoid the disastrous ummm and uhhhs that affect so many students. (carry) (across, change)(carry)

Nonetheless, *** many have been critical of recent changes in Agate. *** Opponents of the citys actions *** have bemoaned the lack of transportation options *** in our city. We are aware that Agate is in a transition period; *** complete transformation of a city isnt possible overnight. *** For this reason, *** we intend to transfer a number of responsibilities to the recently created Agate Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO). *** Next year, *** they will write a report about how future transportation plans will affect Agate. *** The city will formulate a plan *** based on the reports suggestions. We hope that the people of Agate will support our efforts to improve the beautiful city of Agate. Follow along and listen for the natural pausing and intonation patterns--the rise and fall of pitch.

The recording is 42 seconds long. Set the timer and record yourself with the link below with your best try. Good luck!
Resources For timing yourself: For recording yourself: Stopwatch Voxopop

Week 1: Day 3
Welcome back! If you are motivated to remember at least 98% of what you learn each day, I encourage you to review. Every day we will review the word parts that we studied in previous lessons. Think about their meanings and review examples that you already learned. Here is a list of this weeks word parts: automov, mob, mot transport (self) (move) (across, change) (carry)

Ready to move forward? Lets transition to todays paragraph: Community Response Dear Agate City Council, We are writing to share our worries about the citys plans. We believe that the citys actions will cause lots of damage for the plants, animals, and supplies of natural material of Agate. Our city has a strong history of environmental protection. We fear that Agate is turning away from this path. Parts of the city look beautiful, we agree. The recently developed city center, however, is a very small area where few of Agates people and animals live. When one leaves from Downtown Agate, environmental dangers become more visible. The area has been destroyed by cutting down forests. Scientists recently discovered that very small living things in the forests of Peru are responsible for changes in weather as well as the rotting of dead plants and animals. After reading these results, Dr. Haywood of Agate Community College decided to test soil from Agates

forests. He looked at samples of soil under his machine for looking at very small things and made a surprising discovery. Lets improve this paragraph by adding seven vocabulary words. This word part will help us: Word Part: DeMeaning: away from, down Dear Agate City Council, We are writing to share our worries about the citys plans. We believe that the citys actions will bedevastating for the plants, animals, and natural resources of Agate. Our city has a strong history of environmental protection. We fear that Agate is deviating from this path. Parts of the city look beautiful, we agree. The recently developed city center, however, is a very small area where few of Agates people and animals live. When one departs from Downtown Agate, environmental dangers become more visible. The area has been decimated by deforestation. Scientists recently discovered that very small living things in the forests of Peru are responsible for changes in weather as well as the decomposition of dead plants and animals. After reading these results, Dr. Haywood of Agate Community College decided to test soil from Agates forests. He looked at samples of soil under his machine for looking at very small things and made a surprising discovery. Compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and find the definition of each word. Notice that some of these words are based on todays word part: dev-as-ta-tion de-parts de-for-est-a-tion de-com-po-si-tion (away from, down) (away from, down) (away from, down) (away from, down)

de-vi-at-ing re-sourc-es dec-i-mat-ed Master accent for higher speaking scores

(away from, down)

Words are divided into syllables. These are the parts of the words that have an individual vowel sound. For example, automatic has four vowels--u, o, a, i--so it has 4 syllables--au-to-mat-ic. When a word has more than one syllable, we say one of those syllables louder than the others. Au-to-mat-ic. Weve placed that syllable in bold to make it easy for you to master. Practice saying each word out loud at least three times.

With seven more vocabulary words, we can make it even better. A second word part will help us: Word Part: Min Meaning: small Dear Agate City Council, We are writing to share our concerns about the citys plans. We believe that the citys actions will be devastating for the plants, animals, and natural resources of Agate. Our city has a strong history of environmental protection. We fear that Agate is deviating from this path. Segments of the city look beautiful, we agree. The recently developed city center, however, is a minuscule area where few of Agates people and animals live. When one departs from Downtown Agate, environmentalhazards become more visible. The area has been decimated by deforestation. Scientists recently discovered that microorganisms in the forests of Peru are responsible for changes in weather as well as the decomposition of dead plants and animals. After reading these results, Dr.

Haywood of Agate Community College decided to test soil from Agates forests. He looked at samples of soil under his microscope and made a startling discovery. Again, compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and find the definition of each word. Notice that some of these words are based on todays word parts: min-is-cule mi-cro-or-gan-isms mi-cro-scope con-cerns seg-ments haz-ards star-tling Master accent for higher speaking scores Again, practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Natural pauses To master accent and fluency takes many skills, the first is your breathing and word grouping patterns. This is essential to demonstrate the fluency that will earn a high score and the speaking that allows for the greatest comphrenesion to the ears of a native speaker. Below is the paragraph with (***) where every natural pause should be in your speech. Listen and then record yourself again and again until you match the same word grouping. Do you notice anything about it? It occurs in every sentence or clause, so mastering this will improve your grammar and thought process as well because you'll accustom yourself to speaking in complete thoughts, helping to avoid the disastrous ummm and uhhhs that affect so many students. (small) (small) (small)

Dear Agate City Council, *** We are writing to share our concerns *** about the citys plans. We believe that the citys actions will be devastating for the plants, *** animals, *** and natural resources of Agate. *** Our city has a strong history of environmental protection. *** We fear that Agate is deviating from this path. *** Segments of the city look beautiful, *** we agree. The recently developed city center, *** however, *** is a minuscule area *** where few of Agates people and animals live. *** When one departs from Downtown Agate, *** environmental hazards become more visible. *** The area has been decimated by deforestation. *** Scientists recently discovered *** that microorganisms in the forests of Peru *** are responsible for changes in weather *** as well as the decomposition of dead plants and animals. *** After reading these results, *** Dr. Haywood of Agate Community College *** decided to test soil from Agates forests. *** He looked at samples of soil *** under his microscope *** and made a startling discovery. Follow along and listen for the natural pausing and intonation patterns--the rise and fall of pitch.

The recording is 65 seconds long. Set the timer and record yourself with the link below with your best try. Show us what you go and listen to others as they master the exercise and their score as well. Good luck!
Resources For timing yourself: For recording yourself: Stopwatch Voxopop

Week 1: Day 4
So far, weve studied six word parts. Do you remember them? Because word parts help you remember so many important vocabulary words, reviewing

them will be a helpful strategy. Think about their meanings and review examples that you already learned. Here is a list of this weeks word parts: automov, mob, mot transport demin-, micro(self) (move) (across, change) (carry) (down, away from) (small)

Ready to move forward? Lets read todays paragraph: He noticed that the amount of microorganisms in 2010 was less than the lowest level usually found in forest soil. It is really important that the city study the effects of deforestation before any decisions are made. Natural resources such as clean water and natural gas are also important. The city has been pulling out oil and gas from the earth for years, but in 2009 Agate enlarged its plans to get resources. Most famous for negative reasons, a ten-year deal was signed that

will give oil companies a large ability to enter Agates land. Is it surprising that people who move away from this opinion, including myself, blame the city for ignoring its peoples wishes? Is the city council listening to the people of Agate, or is it motivated by outside rewards like oil deals? The people of Agate would like to know whether our city council is working to improve our lives or working to bring oil companies. Lets transform this paragraph by adding seven vocabulary words. This word part will help us: Word Part: ExMeaning: out He noticed that the amount of microorganisms in 2010 was less than the minimum usually found in forest soil. It is imperative that the city study the effects of deforestation before any decisions are made. Natural resources such as clean water and natural gas are also important. The city has been pulling out oil and gas from the earth for years, but in 2009 Agate expanded its plans to acquire resources. Most notoriously, a ten-year deal was signed that will give oil companies extensive ability to enter Agates land. Is it surprising that people who move away from this opinion, including myself, blame the city for ignoring its peoples wishes? Is the city council listening to the people of Agate, or is it motivated by external incentives like oil deals? The people of Agate would like to know whether our city council is working to improve our lives or working to bring oil companies. Compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and find the definition of each word. Notice that some of these words are based on word parts that weve learned: ex-pan-ded ex-ter-nal (out) (out)

ex-ten-sive in-cen-tives ac-quire im-per-a-tive min-i-mum Master accent for higher speaking scores

(out)

(small)

Words are divided into syllables. These are the parts of the words that have an individual vowel sound. For example, automatic has four vowels--u, o, a, i--so it has 4 syllables--au-to-mat-ic. When a word has more than one syllable, we say one of those syllables louder than the others. Au-to-mat-ic. Weve placed that syllable in bold to make it easy for you to master. Practice saying each word out loud at least three times. With seven more vocabulary words, we can make it even better. Heres a second word part that will help us: Word Part: -tract Meaning: pull, drag He noticed that the amount of microorganisms in 2010 was less than the minimum usually found in forest soil. It is imperative that the city study the effects of deforestation before any decisions are made. Natural resources such as clean water and natural gas are also important. The city has been extracting oil and gas from the earth for years, but in 2009 Agate expanded its plans to acquire resources. Most notoriously, a ten-year contract was signed that will give oil companies extensiveaccess to Agates land. Is it surprising that detractors, including myself, accuse the city of ignoring its peoples wishes? Is the city council listening to the people of Agate, or is it motivated by external incentives like oil deals?

The people of Agate would like to know whether our city council is working to improve our lives or working to attract oil companies. Again, compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and find the definition of each word. Some of the following words use more than one word part, including word parts that you learned in previous lessons: ex-tract-ing at-tract con-tract de-tract-ors ac-cuse ac-cess no-to-ri-ous-ly Master accent for higher speaking scores Again, practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Natural pauses To master accent and fluency takes many skills, the first is your breathing and word grouping patterns. This is essential to demonstrate the fluency that will earn a high score and the speaking that allows for the greatest comphrenesion to the ears of a native speaker. Below is the paragraph with (***) where every natural pause should be in your speech. Listen and then record yourself again and again until you match the same word grouping. Do you notice anything about it? It occurs in every sentence or clause, so mastering this will improve your grammar and thought process as well because you'll accustom yourself to speaking in complete thoughts, helping to avoid the disastrous ummm and uhhhs that affect so many students. (down, away from)(pull, drag) (out)(pull, drag) (pull, drag) (pull, drag)

He noticed *** that the amount of microorganisms in 2010 *** was less than the minimum usually found in forest soil. *** It is imperative that the city study the effects of deforestation *** before any decisions are made. Natural resources *** such as clean water and natural gas *** are also important. *** The city has been extracting oil and gas from the earth for years, *** but in 2009 *** Agate expanded its plans to acquire resources. *** Most notoriously, *** a ten-year contract was signed *** that will give oil companies extensive access to Agates land. *** Is it surprising that detractors, *** including myself, *** accuse the city of ignoring its peoples wishes? *** Is the city council listening to the people of Agate, *** or is it motivated by external incentives like oil deals? *** The people of Agate would like to know whether our city council is working to improve our lives *** or working to attract oil companies. Follow along and listen for the natural pausing and intonation patterns--the rise and fall of pitch.

The recording is 60 seconds long. Set the timer and record yourself with the link below with your best try. Show us what you go and listen to others as they master the exercise and their score as well. Good luck!

Week 1: Day 5
Now we know eight word parts and 56 new words. Its your responsibility to review them. Here is a list of this weeks word parts: automov, mob, mot transport demin-, micro(self) (move) (across, change) (carry) (down, away from) (small)

extract

(out) (pull, drag)

Ready? Lets move forward: We believe that the citys plans are not safe for the people, animals, and plants of Agate. We have a few suggestions for AEPO. First, explore water power. There is a source of power with no limit right in our backyard. The river has given water to our bodies for centuries. Lets make it a source of

energy for our businesses too. Professors at Agate Community College have been studying the science of the power of water. A recent, sudden success suggests that hydropower is a possible plan for Agate. Second, end oil extraction. Oil extraction is something that we dont want. Its also probably not going to happen that oil will be a source of enough energy for our children and grandchildren. Experts say that what looks like a lot of oil today will be used almost completely in a few years. If we dont wake up and see the dangerous situation, there will be negative results for years to come. Lets improve this paragraph by adding seven vocabulary words. This word part will help us: Word Part: HydroMeaning: water We believe that the citys plans are not safe for the people, animals, and plants of Agate. We have a few suggestions for AEPO. First, explore hydropower. There is a source of power with no limit right in our backyard. The river has hydrated our bodies for centuries. Lets make it a source of energy for our businesses too. Professors at Agate Community College have been studying hydrodynamics. A recent breakthroughsuggests that hydropower is a plausible plan for Agate. Second, end oil extraction. Oil extraction is something that we dont want. Its also probably not going to happen that oil will be a source of enough energy for our children and grandchildren. Experts say that what looks like an abundance of oil today will be depleted in a few years. If we dont wake up and see the dangerous situation, there will be negative results for years to come.

Compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and find the definition of each word. Notice that some of these words are based on word parts that weve learned: hy-dro-pow-er hy-drat-ed hy-dro-dy-nam-ics plau-si-ble break-through de-plet-ed a-bun-dance Master accent for higher speaking scores Words are divided into syllables. These are the parts of the words that have an individual vowel sound. For example, automatic has four vowels--u, o, a, i--so it has 4 syllables--au-to-mat-ic. When a word has more than one syllable, we say one of those syllables louder than the others. Au-to-mat-ic. Weve placed that syllable in bold to make it easy for you to master. Practice saying each word out loud at least three times. With seven more vocabulary words, we can make it even better. Lets learn a second word part that will help us: Word Part: UnMeaning: not We believe that the citys plans are dangerous for the people, animals, and plants of Agate. We have a few suggestions for AEPO. First, explore hydropower. There is an unlimited source of power right in our backyard. The river has hydrated our bodies for centuries. Lets make it a source of energy for our (down, away from) (water) (water) (water)

businesses too. Professors at Agate Community College have been studying hydrodynamics. A recent breakthrough suggests that hydropower is a plausible plan for Agate. Second, end oil extraction. Oil extraction is undesirable. Its also unlikely that oil will be asufficient source of energy for our children and grandchildren. Experts say that what looks like an abundance of oil today will be depleted in a few years. If we dont wake up and see the crisis, there will be unfortunate results for years to come. Again, compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and find the definition of each word. un-de-sir-a-ble un-like-ly un-lim-it-ed un-for-tu-nate dan-ger-ous cri-sis suf-fi-cient Master accent for higher speaking scores Again, practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Natural pauses To master accent and fluency takes many skills, the first is your breathing and word grouping patterns. This is essential to demonstrate the fluency that will earn a high score and the speaking that allows for the greatest comphrenesion to the ears of a native speaker. (not) (not) (not) (not)

Below is the paragraph with (***) where every natural pause should be in your speech. Listen and then record yourself again and again until you match the same word grouping. Do you notice anything about it? It occurs in every sentence or clause, so mastering this will improve your grammar and thought process as well because you'll accustom yourself to speaking in complete thoughts, helping to avoid the disastrous ummm and uhhhs that affect so many students. We believe *** that the citys plans are dangerous for the people, *** animals, *** and plants of Agate. We have a few suggestions for AEPO. *** First, *** explore hydropower. *** There is an unlimited source of power *** right in our backyard. The river has hydrated our bodies for centuries. *** Lets make it a source of energy for our businesses too. *** Professors at Agate Community College have been studying hydrodynamics. *** A recent breakthrough suggests that hydropower is a plausible plan for Agate. *** Second, *** end oil extraction. *** Oil extraction is undesirable. *** Its also unlikely that oil will be a sufficient source of energy for our children and grandchildren. *** Experts say *** that what looks like an abundance of oil today *** will be depleted in a few years. *** If we dont wake up and see the crisis, *** there will be unfortunate results for years to come.

Follow along and listen for the natural pausing and intonation patterns--the rise and fall of pitch.

The recording is 55 seconds long. Set the timer and record yourself with the link below with your best try. Show us what you go and listen to others as they master the exercise and their score as well. Good luck!

Week 1: Day 6
By now, you should know an abundance of word parts. Do you remember them all? Its time to review. Here is a list of this weeks word parts:

automov, mob, mot transport demin-, microextract hydro ungeosub-

(self) (move) (across, change) (carry) (down, away from) (small) (out) (pull, drag) (water) (not) (earth, land) (under)

Ready to move forward? Read todays paragraph: Third, study chemicals and rocks and the movement of rocks in order to understand how our actions affect the earth. Use this knowledge to test energy from the heat of rocks that might heat our homes in the future. Instead, using unlimited energy instead of limited resources will improve the situation for our families in the future. Fourth, create public transportation that doesnt hurt Agate. We would love an underground train. Lastly, tell the oil companies and their companies that work for them to stay out of Agate. Get rid of big businesses from Agate. Unless they can explain why their actions are right, no one should be allowed to touch Agate. An organized group of people taking action to protect our city is gaining energy that pushes us forward. We will fight with energy to protect our city. Sincerely, Agate Neighborhood Council Lets improve this paragraph by adding seven vocabulary words. This word part will help us: Word Part: GeoMeaning: earth, land Third, study geochemistry and geophysics in order to understand how our actions affect the earth. Use this knowledge to test geothermal energy that might heat our homes in the future. Instead, using unlimited energy instead of limited resources will improve conditions for our families in the future.

Fourth, create public transportation that doesnt hurt Agate. We would love an underground train. Lastly, tell the oil companies and their companies that work for them to stay out of Agate. Get rid of big businesses from Agate. Unless they can justify their actions, no one should be allowed to touch Agate. An organized group of people taking action to protect our city is gaining energy that pushes us forward. We will fight vigorously in defense of our city. Sincerely, Agate Neighborhood Council Compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and learn the meaning of each word. Notice that some of these words are based on word parts that weve learned: ge-o-chem-is-try ge-o-ther-mal ge-o-phys-ics de-fense vig-or-ous-ly con-di-tions jus-ti-fy Master accent for higher speaking scores Words are divided into syllables. These are the parts of the words that have an individual vowel sound. For example, automatic has four vowels--u, o, a, i--so it has 4 syllables--au-to-mat-ic. When a word has more than one syllable, we say one of those syllables louder than the others. Au-to-mat-ic. Weve placed that syllable in bold to make it easy for you to master. Practice saying each word out loud at least three times. (earth, land) (earth, land) (earth, land) (down, away from)

With seven more vocabulary words, we can make it even better. Lets learn another word part: Word Part: Sub Meaning: under Third, study geochemistry and geophysics in order to understand how our actions affect the earth. Use this knowledge to test geothermal energy that might heat our homes in the future.Substituting unlimited energy for limited resources will improve conditions for our descendants. Fourth, create public transportation that doesnt hurt Agate. We would love a subway. Lastly, tell the oil companies and their subsidiaries to stay out of Agate. Eradicate big businesses from Agate. Unless they can justify their actions, no one should be allowed to touch Agate. Amovement to protect our city is gaining momentum. We will fight vigorously in defense of our city. Sincerely, Agate Neighborhood Council Again, compare this paragraph to the original paragraph and learn the meaning of each word. Some of the following words use more than one word part, including word parts that you learned in previous lessons: sub-sid-i-ar-ies sub-way sub-sti-tut-ing move-ment mo-men-tum e-rad-i-cate (under) (under) (under) (move)

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(down, away from)

Again, practice saying each word out loud at least three times. Natural pauses To master accent and fluency takes many skills, the first is your breathing and word grouping patterns. This is essential to demonstrate the fluency that will earn a high score and the speaking that allows for the greatest comphrenesion to the ears of a native speaker. Below is the paragraph with (***) where every natural pause should be in your speech. Listen and then record yourself again and again until you match the same word grouping. Do you notice anything about it? It occurs in every sentence or clause, so mastering this will improve your grammar and thought process as well because you'll accustom yourself to speaking in complete thoughts, helping to avoid the disastrous ummm and uhhhs that affect so many students. Third, *** study geochemistry and geophysics *** in order to understand how our actions affect the earth. *** Use this knowledge *** to test geothermal energy *** that might heat our homes in the future. *** Substituting unlimited energy for limited resources will improve conditions for our descendants. *** Fourth, *** create public transportation that doesnt hurt Agate. *** We would love a subway. *** Lastly, *** tell the oil companies and their subsidiaries to stay out of Agate. *** Eradicate big businesses from Agate. *** Unless they can justify their actions, *** no one should be allowed to touch Agate. *** A movement to protect our city is gaining momentum. *** We will fight vigorously in defense of our city. ***

Sincerely, *** Agate Neighborhood Council Follow along and listen for the natural pausing and intonation patterns--the rise and fall of pitch.

The recording is 48 seconds long. Set the timer and record yourself with the link below with your best try. Show us what you go and listen to others as they master the exercise and their score as well. Good luck!

Week 1: Review
Review this weeks word parts. automov, mob, mot transport demin-, microextract hydro ungeosub(self) (move) (across, change) (carry) (down, away from) (small) (out) (pull, drag) (water) (not) (earth, land) (under)

The following document uses all of this weeks vocabulary words. Match each underlined word or phrase to the vocabulary word that should replace it. Improve the document with the words that you learned this week. Environmental Report for the City of Agate, Colorado, 2010 Amazing changes have taken place in our city. Despite a huge people increase, Agate has continued to push forward environmental protection. There are less cars on the road than ever before. More people have been moved to take buses and trains. Yet new forms of movement arent the only improvements. Our city has begun trying new ways to keep animal home areas safe and has helped the growth of an independent organization whose main purpose is environmental protection. These changes havent happened by themselves; none of these things could have happened without the work of the city council and neighborhood council. au-to-mat-ic au-ton-o-mous hab-i-tats

im-mense a-dopt-ed strat-e-gies tre-men-dous au-to-mo-biles mo-bil-i-ty pro-mote mo-ti-va-ted chief en-cour-aged pop-u-la-tion Even though that is true, many have disagreed with recent changes in Agate. People who are against the citys actions have complained about the lack of traveling options in our city. We are aware that Agate is in a time that is between two periods; complete change of a city isnt possible overnight. For this reason, we want to move a number of important things that must be done to the recently created Agate Environmental Protection Organization (AEPO). Next year, they will write a paper that shares their information about how future transportation plans will changeAgate. The city will create a plan based on the reports suggestions. We hope that the people of Agate will help our efforts to improve the beautiful city of Agate. Sincerely, Agate City Council tran-si-tion trans-fer trans-for-ma-tion re-spon-si-bil-i-ties for-mu-late be-moaned crit-i-cal

trans-por-ta-tion re-port sup-port in-tend none-the-less af-fect op-po-nents Community Response Dear Agate City Council, We are writing to share our worries about the citys plans. We believe that the citys actions will cause lots of damage for the plants, animals, and supplies of natural material of Agate. Our city has a strong history of environmental protection. We fear that Agate is turning away from this path. Parts of the city look beautiful, we agree. The recently developed city center, however, is avery small area where few of Agates people and animals live. When one leaves from Downtown Agate, environmental dangers become more visible. The area has been destroyed by cutting down forests. Scientists recently discovered that very small living things in the forests of Peru are responsible for changes ear in weather as well as the rotting of dead plants and animals. After reading these results, Dr. Haywood of Agate Community College decided to test soil from Agates forests. He looked at samples of soil under his machine for looking at very small things and made a surprising discovery. dev-as-ta-tion de-parts de-for-est-a-tion de-com-po-si-tion de-vi-at-ing re-sourc-es dec-i-mat-ed

min-is-cule mi-cro-or-gan-isms mi-cro-scope con-cerns seg-ments haz-ards star-tling He noticed that the amount of microorganisms in 2010 was less than the lowest level usually found in forest soil. It is really important that the city study the effects of deforestation before any decisions are made. Natural resources such as clean water and natural gas are also important. The city has beenpulling out oil and gas from the earth for years, but in 2009 Agate enlarged its plans to getresources. Most famous for negative reasons, a ten-year deal was signed that will give oil companies a large ability to enter Agates land. Is it surprising that people who move away from this opinion, including myself, blame the city for ignoring its peoples wishes? Is the city council listening to the people of Agate, or is it motivated by outside rewards like oil deals? The people of Agate would like to know whether our city council is working to improve our lives or working tobring oil companies. ex-pan-ded ex-ter-nal ex-ten-sive in-cen-tives ac-quire im-per-a-tive min-i-mum ex-tract-ing at-tract con-tract de-tract-ors

ac-cuse of ac-cess to no-to-ri-ous-ly We believe that the citys plans are not safe for the people, animals, and plants of Agate. We have a few suggestions for AEPO. First, explore water power. There is a source of power with no limit right in our backyard. The river has given water to our bodies for centuries. Lets make it a source of energy for our businesses too. Professors at Agate Community College have been studying the science of the power of water. Arecent, sudden success suggests that hydropower is a possible plan for Agate. Second, end oil extraction. Oil extraction is something that we dont want. Its also probably not going to happen that oil will be a source of enough energy for our children and grandchildren. Experts say that what looks like a lot of oil today will be used almost completely in a few years. If we dont wake up and see the dangerous situation, there will be negative results for years to come. hy-dro-pow-er hy-drat-ed hy-dro-dy-nam-ics plau-si-ble break-through de-plet-ed a-bun-dance un-de-sir-a-ble un-like-ly un-lim-it-ed un-for-tu-nate dan-ger-ous cri-sis

suf-fi-cient Third, study chemicals and rocks and the movement of rocks in order to understand how our actions affect the earth. Use this knowledge to test energy from the heat of rocks that might heat our homes in the future. Instead, using unlimited energy instead of limited resources will improve the situation for our families in the future. Fourth, create public transportation that doesnt hurt Agate. We would love an underground train. Lastly, tell the oil companies and their companies that work for them to stay out of Agate. Get rid of big businesses from Agate. Unless they can explain why their actions are right, no one should be allowed to touch Agate. An organized group of people taking action to protect our city is gainingenergy that pushes us forward. We will fight with energy to protect our city. Sincerely, Agate Neighborhood Council ge-o-chem-is-try ge-o-ther-mal ge-o-phys-ics de-fense vig-or-ous-ly con-di-tions jus-ti-fy sub-sid-i-ar-ies sub-way sub-sti-tut-ing for move-ment mo-men-tum e-rad-i-cate

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