A large vocabulary is critical to future success on standardized tests, in college, and in the workplace. So why not start building a better vocabulary right now? In this four-week FLEX class, students will learn 10 vocabulary words during each weekly session. In the video, the instructor will present the word's part of speech, definition, etymology, synonyms, antonyms, and use in language. 

This class uses the same class format as the popular ongoing class, Vocabulary Workshop. If your student has taken the live class before, please check the word list below to ensure that you are not repeating words. 

Each week, students will receive a worksheet to use while watching the video to write down definitions, synonyms, and antonyms. Students will also be given access to a Quizlet (online flashcards and games) and a Nearpod activity to practice the words throughout the week. 

Classroom interaction will occur in the following ways: 

1) The instructor will post a Nearpod activity that uses a matching game and a fill-in-the-blank activity for students to practice using the vocab words.  
2) The instructor will also post a quizlet (online flashcards) that uses the vocab words.  
3) Each week, students are asked to compose three sentences with missing vocabulary words for other students to guess. 
4) The weekly challenge is to try to use all 10 words in a story similar to the instructor's. These can be posted in the Classroom for other students to view. 

The word lists are as follows: 
WEEK 1: wraith, infamous, impetuous, idyllic, deviate, abrogate, vulgar, wizened, disdain, spawn
WEEK 2: chimera, preposterous, impeccable, iota, ardent, importune, viable, optimum, pique
WEEK 3: keen, arroyo, corral, bemuse, artifice, emulate, posthumous, convalesce, halcyon, rouse
WEEK 4: lollygag, cyan, acquiesce, oeuvre, bulwark, crimp, discombobulate, riveting, ephemeral, collusion