The School of the Future Has Opened in Finland
WALT know what different words mean
Success Criteria:
When I am reading and I come across a word I do not know I will:
- Use what is written around the word to help find out its meaning.
- Look for smaller words within the word, that I know the meaning of.
- Look at prefixes and suffixes and use my knowledge of them to help work out the meaning.
- Look up the word in a dictionary.
Read the text - The School of the Future Has Opened in Finland
Find the trickier vocabulary listed below and complete the table
Word
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Add the sentence from the text
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Meaning
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dour
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Experts from VERSTAS Architects made sure they moved well away from the typical dour design for a public school which we all can't stand:
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Dour means: dull or Boring.
Example
This house is so dour.
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concept
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Most of the children's lessons are built around the concept of team projects.
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Concept means: an idea or intention.
Example
The concept was to win the game.
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restrictions
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The designers believe that any fence or barrier will just encourage the children to rebel against restrictions; therefore, the whole place is open.
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Restrictions means: the limitation or control of someone or something.
Example
The restrictions of the road is the lines
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unobtrusive
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There are video cameras, but the security measures in general are unobtrusive.
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Unobtrusive means: they/it does not draw attention to itself.
Example
The glass coffe table is very unobtrusive
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psychological
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In schools like this which have departed from the traditional educational model, children's educational progress is much higher, whilst the amount of psychological problems often experienced by school children is reduced.
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Psychological means: to belong or be connected as a part, possession, or attribute.
Example- can´t find one
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Next complete the following table about the parts of the words above. NB: Not all words may have a suffix and prefix in them.
Word
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Prefix + meaning
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Suffix + meaning
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Root Word + meaning
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restrictions
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re
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ions
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strict
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unobtrusive
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un
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ize
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obtrude
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psychological
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psycho
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al
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logic
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impossible
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im
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ble
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possible
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disappointment
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dis
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ment
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appoint
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traditional
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al
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tradition
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