When and where did I find this word:Today (Nov. 5th, 2011) when I was reading Chapters 4 and 6 of the Word Wise & Content Rich: Five Essential steps to teaching Academic Vocabulary written by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, I found this word on the first page of Chapter 6. The chapter starts by describing a scenario with a teacher and how she was able to offer a student supplemental materials to help facilitate his vocabulary growth with a topic he is interested in. One of the terms the student learned was collusion, and
he told his teacher about the term.
What this word means: In the context of the text, the term is only offered as a vocabulary term that is of importance, but the sentence following states the student said the coach used the baseball scandal as an example of the term collusion. According to www.dictionary.com, the term collusion means a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy.
Level of familiarity: I am not familiar with this term. I feel as if I have seen or heard the term before, but I cannot be certain. I do know that out of the terms listed in the chapter, this one was the one I could not grasp a definition on.
Is this a word I want to know well? I do not feel this is a term I want or need to know well. I am not a fraudulent or treacherous person, nor do I intend on committing those types of acts. I think the term might be one that could occasionally appear in stories, books, and articles but in the event I do not know the word, I can use the dictionary to supplement my reading experience. I would say no, I don't care to learn this word well even though I was interested when I was reading.
Is this a word I want others to know well?: Unless others plan on using this word often, which I would hope not, then I would say no to others learning this word well also. It is not a word that should be used in everyday conversation.
Jessica, if you have no use for this word, then why take the time to write an entry? As a reader who wants to learn from you and the words you offer, it is disappointing you are choosing words you have no use for.
ReplyDeleteThe reason I posted this word was because I was working with it. I read it and I didn't know the word so I wanted to use it here in this blog, but as I started working with it I realized it wasn't a term I was going to use that often.I don't purposely choose words that I wont use.I suppose that's the beauty of working with a word in this blog; you get to figure out your own vocabulary repertoire.
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