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What is a word bank? |
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Definition |
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A Word Bank is a systematic way for learners to keep written words that they have learned so that they can refer to them as needed. They can go to the word bank as they are writing or revising to find out how to spell a word. Word Banks are frequently used for beginning readers and writers. This approach is designed for writers at the GED or pre-GED learning levels. |
Your word bank should have many
“accounts”.
Each account is the name for a list where that word belongs. (Examples: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, science words, political words, history words, literary words, geography words, art words, music words, etc. etc. etc.
Each word should have its own “Home
Page”
Each of your word can have a single page where you can list various definitions (from dictionaries), origins (from dictionaries or encyclopedias), explanations (from encyclopedias), and usage (sentences from books, magazines, internet articles, newspapers, or that you have composed yourself). Other information about words are synonyms (other words with similar meaning), antonyms (words with the opposite meaning) and part of speech. (see the example on the word “etiquette”)
Your word bank should have “reserves”
(back ups)
Example: a good starting place is your notebook, but computer word processor files are another way to “save” your words so they can be found when you need them. There are many places that a computer can save a word bank file: on a floppy disk, on a “Documents” folder on a hard drive, on a “Shared Documents” folder on a network, or on a web file on the internet.
Words can also be saved in a spreadsheet or a searchable database.
Some people like to cut out their words and put them into various envelopes (accounts).
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Definitions: |
The forms, manners, and ceremonies
established by convention as acceptable or required in society, or in a
profession. rules governing socially acceptable behavior The conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by
authority to be observed in social or official life. |
Synonyms: good manners, decorum, propriety,
custom, expected behavior
Sentences:
“Observance of the proper golf etiquette is very
important to some players.”
“Fly fishing etiquette should be nothing more than common sense, and
that the best way to define etiquette is: ‘Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.’"
“The Protocol School of Palm Beach offers training and
consulting in business etiquette, protocol, manners and netiquette.”
“The comments on this page annoy me. Civilization has nothing to do
with non-violence, etiquette, avoiding the use of force, hospitality or helping
others. Read a few ethnographies of "primitive" peoples and you'll see
strong evidence that civilization is contrary to these traits. Civilization is
a by-product of sedentary agriculture and animal domestication.”
“An offender faces
no formal trial or sentence for breach of etiquette; the penalty lies in the
disapproval.”
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Origin: French, from Old
French estiquet, label. See ticket.
The word means a ticket or card, and refers to the
ancient custom of delivering a card of directions and regulations to be
observed by all those who attended court. (French, etiquette; Spanish,
etiqueta, a book of court ceremonies.) "Etiquette ... had its original
application to those ceremonial and formal observances practiced at Court ...
The term late came to signify certain formal methods used in the transactions
between Sovereign States.
The etymology
of etiquette is said to originate with French King Louis XIV as a
warning to courtiers trampling the lawns of Versailles.
Expanation of Concept: (from
Wikipedia)
Etiquette is the code of unwritten
expectations (which evolve into written rules) that governs social behavior. It usually reflects a theory of conduct that society or tradition has invested heavily in. Like "culture", it is a word that has gradually grown plural,
especially in a multi-ethnic society with many clashing
expectations. Thus, it is now possible to refer to "an etiquette" or
"a culture", realizing that these may not be universal.
Etiquette fundamentally concerns the ways in which people
interact with each other, and show their respect for other people by conforming
to the norms of society. Etiquette instructs us to: greet friends and
acquaintances with warmth and respect, refrain from insults and prying, offer
hospitality equally and generously to our guests, wear clothing suited to the occasion, contribute to conversations
without dominating them, offer a chair or a helping arm to those who need
assistance, eat neatly and quietly, avoid disturbing others with loud music or unnecessary noise, follow the established rules of a
club or legislature upon becoming a member, arrive promptly when expected,
comfort the bereaved, and respond to invitations promptly.
Violations of etiquette, if severe, can cause hurt
feelings, misunderstandings, or real grief and pain, and can even escalate into
murderous rage. One can reasonably view etiquette as the minimal politics required to avoid major conflict in polite society,
and as such, an important aspect of applied ethics. An etiquette can be considered to be
an ethical code in itself.
The term etiquette, being of French origin and
arising from practices at the court of Louis XIV, carries a strong whiff of
anachronism, classism, and elitism, and it is common to disparage the entire
field by setting it up as a straw man concerned only with "which fork to use". Because violations of rules of etiquette
generally do not harm anybody, they are considered by some to be unnecessary
restrictions of freedom. For instance, wearing pajamas to a wedding in a cathedral may be an expression of the guest's freedom,
which may cause the bride and groom to wonder how the guest in pajamas feels
about them and their wedding. Others feel that a single, basic code shared by
all makes life simpler and more pleasant by removing many chances for
misunderstandings.
The term is sometimes used synonymously with manners,
though some writers make the distinction between manners to mean rules
which involve justifiable respect shown to others, and etiquette to mean
rules which are based purely on tradition and have little obvious purpose.
Etiquette is dependent on culture; what is excellent etiquette in one society may shock
in another. It is a topic that has occupied writers and thinkers in all
sophisticated societies for millennia, beginning with a behavior code by
Ptahhotep, a vizier in ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom during the reign of the Fifth Dynasty king
Djedkare Isesi (ca 2414-2375 B.C.). All known literate civilizations, including
ancient Greece and Rome, developed rules for proper social conduct. Confucius included rules for eating and speaking along with
his more philosophical sayings. Louis XIV himself wrote a book on court
ceremony, and Benjamin Franklin and George Washington wrote codes of conduct for
young gentleman. The immense popularity of advice columns and books by Miss Manners shows the currency of this topic.
The rise of the Internet has necessitated the adaptation
of existing rules of conduct to create Netiquette, which governs the drafting of email, rules for
participating in online forums, and so on.
The outward adoption of the superficial mannerisms of an in-group, in the interests
of social advancement rather than a concern for others, is a form of snobbism.
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