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Root of the Week HYPOTHESIS SHEET 12

SUM
Underline clue words and formulate your hypothesis by writing what you think the word means.

VOCABULARY
WORDS
Sum

Summarize
Summary
Summit

CONTEXT

HYPOTHESIS

For his final Number Sense assignment,

Mr. Iannuzzi had students write an essay
that would sum up everything they had
learned.
The essay required students to
summarize different mathematical rules
and demonstrate their higher learning.
Student summaries would also highlight
how the various rules worked together,
adding up to create one subject.
Mr. I said that if students could explain
how all the rules worked, they would
have reached the summit of math
learning in 6th grade.

What do these words have in common? ______________________________

________________________________________________________________________
What does SUM mean? _________________________________________

VID/VIS
Underline clue words and formulate your hypothesis by writing what you think the word means.

VOCABULARY
WORDS
Evident

Provide
Supervise
Revise

CONTEXT

HYPOTHESIS

The lawyer for the accused citizen hoped

that the evidence she presented to the jury
would make it evident that her client was
innocent.
By providing the jury with video footage
of the crime, the lawyer showed that the
defendant was not at the crime scene.
A local judge supervised the trial and
double-checked the evidence to make
sure the trial was completely fair.
After considering all the evidence, the
jury revised their original verdict and
changed their decision to not guilty.

What do these words have in common? ______________________________

________________________________________________________________________
What does VID/VIS mean? _________________________________________

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Writing Vocabulary: unit 12

1.

Summarize (verb) make a summary of; recount key details

Synonym Same
Recap
Outline

2.

Sentence

Antonym - Opposite

Sentence

Captain Coffin vowed to avenge the loss of his

favorite dictionary and get revenge against Master
Meanie Pants.

Antonym - Opposite
Defend
Maintain

Antonym - Opposite

Cascade (noun, verb)

Drench (verb)

Sentence

In order to avoid an argument on the bus, the timid

boy ceded his seat to the hulking 8th grader.
Sentence

Example

Dr. Conway was deluged with letters from students

thanking him for modifying the uniform policy.

Deluge of water

Antonym - Opposite
Unclear
Inconspicuous

Sentence

The lawyer for the accused citizen hoped that the

evidence she presented to the jury would make it
evident that her client was innocent.

Antonym - Opposite

Sentence

After considering all the evidence, the jury revised

their original verdict and changed their decision to
not guilty.
Liberate (verb) set free, as from imprisonment, bondage or control

Synonym - Same
Free
Emancipate

Antonym - Opposite
Constrain
Incarcerate

Sentence

Synonym - Same
Distort
Skew

Antonym - Opposite

Sentence

Synonym - Same

Antonym-Opposite

9.

Example
Cede territory

Example
We hold these truths to
be self-evident

Revise (verb) review, change or update

Synonym Same
Reexamine
Amend

8.

Example
Avenge someones
death

Evident (adjective) plain, clear, able to be seen or understood

Synonym - Same
Visible
Conspicuous

7.

Example
Mountain summit

Deluge (noun) a flood or downpour of water; (verb) flood

Synonym - Same

6.

Example
Summarize a book
Summarize your
thoughts

Cede (verb) surrender something, give something up

Synonym - Same
Relinquish
Yield

5.

Antonym - Opposite
Bottom
Base

Mr. I said that if students could explain how all the

rules worked, they would have reached the summit
of math learning in 6th grade.
Avenge (verb) get revenge for someone/something else

Synonym Same
Vindicate

4.

Sentence

The essay required students to summarize different

mathematical rules and demonstrate their higher
learning.
Summit (noun) the highest possible point or part of something

Synonym - Same
Peak
Apex

3.

Antonym - Opposite

Although most students enjoy parts of school, almost

everyone is thrilled to finally be liberated at the end
of the school year.
Misrepresent (verb) represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely; distort the truth

Even though Mr. Tamagni has a Doctoral degree in

Dentistry, he would be misrepresenting himself if
he told people he was a family doctor.
10. Rendezvous (noun) a planned meeting place; (verb) meet in a particular location
Assemble (verb)

Sentence
Although we were planning to rendezvous at the
park today, a sudden deluge of water caused us to
cancel everything.

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Example
Revise an essay
Revise a prediction

Example
Liberate a prisoner
Liberate a country

Example
Misrepresent yourself

Example
Secret rendezvous

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Homework 1
Vocabulary words: summarize, summit, avenge, cede, deluge
Directions: Complete the sentences or answer the questions (BE
SPECIFIC AND DETAILED).
1. How would you summarize your experience at Camdens Promise Charter
School?_______________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

2. What are some things you might need if you are traveling to the summit of
something?____________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

3. You plan on avenging your loss in last years school spelling bee
by_____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

4. What is something that you have ceded to a friend or relative in your life?
_______________________
Why?
________________________________________________________________________________

5. If you are faced with a deluge, what clothes would you want to wear?
__________________________
Why?
________________________________________________________________________________

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6. Write a complete sentence related to the picture below using AT LEAST 1 of the
above vocabulary words
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Homework 2
Vocabulary words: summarize, summit, avenge, cede, deluge
Directions: Complete the box by answering the questions. You DO NOT
need to use complete sentences. Have fun and THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!
Field Trip

Vacation

Briefly summarize
your experience in
this location:
(dont repeat
answers)
While here, you
reached the
summit of
_________________:
At this location you
avenged _________
by ___________
(no violence
please!)
Name something
you might have to
cede in this
location:
While at this
location, where
would you
rendezvous with

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Theme Park

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your
friends/family?

Do you have any questions about the above vocab words? Which words, if any, are
you still struggling to understand?
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Homework 3
Vocabulary words: evident, revise, liberate, misrepresent, rendezvous

Directions: Complete the sentences or answer the questions (BE

SPECIFIC AND DETAILED).
1. When your mom or dad asks you to do something, it is evident that
____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is an opinion or thought that youve had to revise recently?

______________________________
Why did you revise it?
___________________________________________________________________

3. Name a time when you have felt liberated:_________________________ Why did you
feel liberated?
_____________________________________________________________________________________

4. What is a way you could misrepresent yourself to a teacher or parent?

__________________________

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Would you do it? Why or why not?

_________________________________________________________

5. If your friend asked you to rendezvous over the weekend, what would you say
and why?___________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Write a complete sentence related to the picture below using AT LEAST 1 of the
vocabulary words above.

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____________________________________________________
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Homework 4
Vocabulary words: evident, revise, liberate, misrepresent, rendezvous
Directions: Complete the box by answering the questions. You DO NOT
need to use complete sentences. Have fun and THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!
Super Hero

Spy

Upon seeing this

person, it was
evident that
______________:
This person
couldnt go to work
because they were
stuck at home
revising
___________:
How might this
person liberate
you?

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Relative

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This person could

misrepresent
themselves by
___________:
If you were
meeting this
person, where
would you
rendezvous?

Do you have any questions about the above vocab words? Which words, if any, are
you still struggling to understand?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

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