Teacher's Notes: The Magician's Hat
The theme of magic can be a good discussion topic in which you can introduce many of the words in this set, such as perform, coin, stage, audience, clap, vanish, etc.
New Words
trick
coin
orphan
orphanage
perform
impressive
repertoire
shriek
beaded
sleeve
multicolored
eventually
crate
stuffed animal
second-hand
splendid
regal
dusty
quality
appeal
at once
bargain
clutch
perch
stage
bow
flourish
serene
give way to
draw out
quiver
triumph
audience
breathless
clap
light up
existence
walking stick
hamster
hedgehog
dodge
hounding
stubborn
regret
display
treasure
cornered
sneer
make a show
smack lips
lick
mutter
disperse
remain
glance
cram
cross your arms
haughty
challenge
thump
vanish
nudge
didn’t bat an eye
chide
appetite
Worksheet Answers
Synonyms: orphanage – home for children without parents; shriek – scream; multicolored – rainbow; eventually – after a while; crate – box; second-hand – used, not new; splendid – beautiful, wonderful; regal – royal; appealing – attractive; at once – immediately; clutch – hold tightly; serene – calm
Antonyms: triumph – failure, defeat; haughty – modest, humble; vanish – appear; chide – praise; a bargain – expensive; serene – stressed; disperse – gather; mutter – pronounce clearly
Synonyms (2nd set): existence – being, living; quiver – shake, tremble; dodge – evade; to hound – bother, beg; display – show; sneer – smile meanly, smirk; cram – push, stuff; nudge – tough lightly; to corner – catch, trap; tentative – careful
Match with pictures: (left to right) hedgehog, bead, sleeve, walking stick, coin, stuffed animal, crate, stage, audience, clap, hamster, lick, cross arms, scold
Synonyms: triumph – victory, success; chide – scold, rebuke; disperse – spread out; haughty – conceited; vanish – disappear; quality – characteristic; orphan – child without parents; perform – to present for an audience; glance – look quickly; regret – feel bad about something you did; challenge – dare; stubborn – too determined, unyielding; repertoire – a person’s skills or accomplishments, collection
Sentences: 1. impressive, 2. shrieked, 3. eventually, 4. second-hand, 5. quivered, 6. existence, 7. regretted, 8. cram, 9. nudged, 10. appeal, 11. sneered, 12. splendid, 13. qualities, 14. perform, 15. stubborn, 16. repertoire, 17. sleeves, 18. regal, 19. dodged, 20. at once, 21. clapped, 22. hounding
