{"id":33,"date":"2015-02-02T22:46:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T22:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealf3\/?post_type=chapter&p=33"},"modified":"2019-06-11T22:31:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T22:31:16","slug":"spread-the-word-first-nations-languages-in-bc","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealf3\/chapter\/spread-the-word-first-nations-languages-in-bc\/","title":{"raw":"Spread the Word: First Nations Languages in BC","rendered":"Spread the Word: First Nations Languages in BC"},"content":{"raw":"

Reading Strategy<\/span><\/h1>\r\n\"AUDIO-1-BT-44x44\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nIn the last chapter<\/a>, you learned how to build your vocabulary with synonyms. In this chapter, you will learn to build your vocabulary with antonyms.\r\n\r\nAntonyms<\/strong> are words with opposite meanings. For example, old<\/em>\u00a0and young<\/em> are antonyms. Dead<\/em> and alive<\/em> are antonyms.\r\n

Find the pairs of antonyms in this list<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
better<\/td>\r\nsleeping<\/td>\r\ndestroy<\/td>\r\nhelp<\/td>\r\nright<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
awake<\/td>\r\nharm<\/td>\r\nwrong<\/td>\r\nworse<\/td>\r\nsave<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
Check your work with the Answer Key at the end of this chapter.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\r\nWords can have\u00a0many antonyms. The antonyms for renew<\/em> are in the grey parts of the circle.\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n

Try this<\/h2>\r\n

1. Ask your instructor for an ANT Circles<\/a> sheet, or open and print one from the link.<\/p>\r\n

2. Create an Antonym Circle for each of the words below. Use a thesaurus to find antonyms. Choose words you can sound out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
die<\/td>\r\nsick<\/td>\r\nconnect<\/td>\r\ngrow<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
Ask your instructor to check your work.<\/span><\/div>\r\n

Word Attack Strategy<\/span><\/h1>\r\n\"AUDIO-1-BT-44x44\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nWhen you first began to read, you mostly learned words with three letters, such as hop<\/strong>, pin<\/strong>, and cod<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nThe first letter is a consonant. The second letter is a vowel. The third letter is a consonant. These words are called consonant-vowel-consonant words. We call them CVC <\/strong>words for short.\r\n\r\nWords and syllables with this pattern often have a short vowel <\/strong>sound. Read these words. See if you can hear the short vowel in each list.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
rat<\/td>\r\nhid<\/td>\r\nnot<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
gap<\/td>\r\ndim<\/td>\r\nrod<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
mad<\/td>\r\npin<\/td>\r\nmop<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
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Word Patterns<\/h3>\r\nNow you will study a new word pattern. This pattern is like the CVC pattern, but it has an e<\/strong> on the end. So we call them CVCE<\/strong> words. Here are some examples:\r\n