Word of the Day: Benevolent (Unit 2, Video 3)
Our Vocabulary Activities are organized into units! They are ready-made lessons for you to use with your students. Lesson include worksheets. https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Let’s see if you can guess what benevolent means by reading the following sentences. The benevolent man cared deeply for the poor. The girl had a nice smile and benevolent disposition. It seems a more benevolent society would care more for homeless people. After hearing these three sentences, what do you think benevolent means? Benevolent is an adjective that means well-meaning and kindly. An act of kindness, or a generous gift to charity, are often said to be benevolent. Someone who is benevolent genuinely cares about others. There is a goodness to them. And you can often see this by their deeds. Synonyms for benevolent are Compassionate Kindhearted Sympathetic And Tenderhearted Bob Nash, a barber from Wayzata, Minnesota was said to be benevolent. “He was pretty darn good at getting on the good side of people,’ his son said. Now that you know what benevolent means, here is your task. Write a paragraph about someone you know who is benevolent. What do they do that makes them benevolent? Do they donate their free time to help others? Or, are they just a genuine person with a good heart? Be sure you are specific in your descriptions of this person. 👉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/
