Word of the Day: Expedite (Unit 2, Video 7)
Our Vocabulary Activities are organized into units! They are ready-made lessons for you to use with your students. https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... If you follow headlines, you will notice the verb expedite. To expedite something means to speed something up, or accelerate the process of something. For example, Kanye West wants to expedite his divorce from Kim kardashian. This means he wants to speed up the process And if your dog chews up your passport (like mind did, one month before my honeymoon), you may have to use a passport expediting service to speed up the process of getting a new passport. Arkansas Online recently said Late Friday, Biden signed a memo clearing the way for the U.S. to expedite more than $500 million in emergency military assistance to the Ukrainian government. — Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2022 This means the U.S. is going to rush the money--or expedite it-- to the Ukrainian government. When construction on a house is taking too long, the owners may ask the contractors if they can expedite the process. And if you want to expedite the delivery of a package, you will probably have to pay an express shipping fee. Now that you know what expedite means, here is your task. Think of a good or service that you think needs to be expedited, and explain how--precisely--you would expedite that process. Remember, expedite means to make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly. Perhaps you always find yourself waiting to get a haircut. What do you think could be done to expedite that process? Or maybe you always have to wait at the drive thru at Starbucks. What could Starbucks do to expedite their drive thru So once again, think of a good or service that you think needs to be expedited, and explain how--precisely--you would expedite that process. 👉If you found this resource helpful, please support the channel by buying me a cup of coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Tolentin... 👉Blog and Website: https://briantolentino.com 👉Tolentino Teaching Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TolentinoTe... 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more for online teaching resources: / @tolentinoteaching 🎥 WANT TO CREATE VIDEOS LIKE THESE? This is the software I use: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinm... 👨💻 LET'S CONNECT Instagram: / tolentinoteaching Twitter: / tolentinoteach Facebook ELA Group: / 241115104094311 👉My FAVORITE books on writing: The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker: https://amzn.to/38m0FWm How to Argue with a Cat by Jay Hendrichs: https://amzn.to/2MWQXCs The Elements of Style Fourth Edition: https://amzn.to/2MZeent On Writing Well by William Zinsser: https://amzn.to/30ouPnJ **Disclaimer: Tolentino Teaching is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and AWIN, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com and http://paidforadvertising.com/
