Vocabulary Skills
Vocabulary Skills
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE # 210677 A Coronet instructional film for high school students, about reading and reading comprehension. Opens in a classroom, during a spelling bee. Jack (our hero) is asked the word "inchoate". He misses it. Sue answers correctly. MS of Jack sitting at a desk, scratching his head. MS's and CU's of Jack approaching Sue after class, asking her how she knew the right answer. This is a study in horrible, stilted acting. MS's of Jack at home, sitting on a couch and about to enjoy a tasty snack before getting into his homework. CU of a biology textbook, words like "enzymes", "juices" and "plasma" being highlighted. CU of text with words blacked out (must be the FOIA textbook... hee, hee). Excellent CU of Jack, slang words appearing around him (words like "sure", "swell", "fine", "neat", "OK", "you know", "kind of", "terrific", and, um, "great"). CU of a notebook: written there is the definition and usuage of "inchoate". MS's of Jack at home, reading and writing (doing homework). CU of Jack's notebook: definitions and usuage of the words "photosynthesis", "automation", and "parallel", the latter also given a visual treatment to the words various meanings and implications (gym bars, train tracks, etc). Cut to the same with "hand": CU's of a hand, hands clapping, a clock face, a pencil being passed. CU's of handwritten text (Jack's school reports and essays), fingers pointing to new vocabulary words. MS of Jack, wearing a letterman's jacket, standing at a military airfield with two pals of his, watching helicopters carry heavy loads (Jack manages to use one of his news vocab words, "flail"). MS of Jack and pal loitering in a hallway, two girls walking by; Jack calls one of them "loquacious". MS of a teacher writing on a chalkboard. MS of same teacher talking to another teacher after class about a female student and her "furtive" glances. CU of the word in the dictionary. MS of Jack's father reading the paper, sitting in a comfy chair; he doesn't know the meaning of the word "inchoate", mentions this to his wife; Jack overhears and come to the english lesson rescue.