Vocabulary Builder Course 5

Lesson 5:

Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have read “Vocabulary of Diplomacy” and completed three exercises to learn the following new vocabulary words: appease, arbitration, attaché, conciliatory, consulate, entente, placate, propitious, protocol, and proxy.  In this lesson, they will test and solidify their comprehension with a fun activity.

Lesson Description
Students will play concentration, using all of the above vocabulary.

Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to match word definitions with their respective vocabulary terms.

Student Web Activity Answers
Attaché: member of a diplomatic staff
Proxy: person authorized to act for another
Appease: to satisfy or relieve
Placate: to calm the anger of; pacify
Consulate: the official headquarters of an ambassador
Arbitration: settling a dispute via the decision of a neutral party
Propitious: favorable; opportune; auspicious
Conciliatory: tending to win over or to overcome the hostility of
Protocol: customs and rules of behavior observed by diplomats
Entente: understanding between two or more countries

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