Lesson Plan: Battling Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Winning
II. While Reading Activities
Word Inference
- retire |rəˈtī(ə)r| verb – go to bed: everyone retired early that night.
- initiate verb |iˈniSHēˌāt| [with object] cause (a process or action) to begin: he proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures.
- humiliating |(h)yo͞oˈmilēˌādiNG| adjective -causing someone to feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect: a humiliating defeat.
- depressed |dəˈprest| adjective (of a person) in a state of general unhappiness or despondency.
- misfire verb |ˌmisˈfī(ə)r| [no object] • (of a nerve cell) fail to transmit an electrical impulse at an appropriate momen
- snowball |ˈsnōˌbôl| verb-increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance: the campaign was snowballing.
- chore |CHôr| noun a routine task, especially a household one.
- nightmare |ˈnītˌmer| noun- a person, thing, or situation that is very difficult to deal with: buying wine can be a nightmare if you don’t know enough about it.
- implications |ˌimpləˈkāSH(ə)n| noun- the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated: the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible.
- mull |məl| verb [with object] think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length: she began to mull over the various possibilities.
Source: New Oxford American Dictionary
Reading Comprehension
Fill-ins
I spent a decade lying, secretly rearranging the objects in my bedroom in order to keep friends around. But opening up enough to tell them so brought us closer than ever. I have not had a single compulsion since.
Grammar Focus: Word -Recognition
I mastered the art of deflection, expertly turning every response into a joke and steering every conversation into being about the other person.
By the end of high school, I had friends, won superlatives and no one knew a thing about me. Mission accomplished.
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