1. Vocab Lesson 5

2. Write the following words on page 7 of your notebook. Skip lines. 1. Behold6. Impressionistic 2. Discernment7. Insight 3. Envision8. Myopia 4. Foresee9. Perceptive 5. Gape10. Survey

3. Pre-assessment Look at the words. Evaluate how well you know the word going in to this lesson. Annotate with (1) if you know the word well enough to use confidently (2) if you’ve heard it before, but don’t really know what it means. (3) if you’ve never heard it

4. Behold The new mother beheld the sleeping baby in the crib. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

5. Discernment The baseball player was complimented on his discernment of bad pitches when up to the plate. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

6. Envision Try to envision yourself getting straight As. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

7. Foresee Tupac talked of foreseeing his own death. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

8. gape Everyone gaped at the tragic accident on the road as they drove by. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

9. impressionistic Even though I knew nothing about him, my impressionistic view of him the first time I saw him, was that he was a complete loser. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

10. insight The talented teacher had a lot of insight into students and could always catch them cheating or skipping school. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

11. myopia The myopia of many young and middle aged workers results in their not having sufficient savings for retirement. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

12. perceptive Shelly was perceptive to the fact that her friend was upset even though she didn’t know why. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

13. survey High school students should survey the possibilities of colleges and what they offer before making a decision. Guessed meaning: ______________________________________

14. Check your guesses Now look in your vocab book and decide see how well you did. Make sure to add to the definitions if they need clarity or correction. Nice job! Do exercises 1-4 of lesson 5.