The Firework Maker's Daughter - Chapter 2 - Word Workshop

The 'Word Workshop' for Chapter 2 of "The Firework Maker's Daughter" provides an engaging way for students to deepen their understanding of vocabulary. For the word 'apprehensively', which is an adverb, students might discover that it means feeling anxious or fearful about something that might happen. They could use it in a sentence such as, "She walked into the dark room apprehensively, unsure of what she might find." By adding a prefix or suffix, one could modify it to 'unapprehensively', and synonyms for the word might include 'anxiously' or 'nervously'. Its antonyms could be 'confidently' or 'unconcernedly'.

Another word, 'drastic', is an adjective describing something likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect. A sentence using this word could be, "The company had to take drastic measures to save itself from bankruptcy." Its modified form could be 'drastically', while synonyms might include 'extreme' or 'radical'. Opposing words, or antonyms, would be 'mild' or 'insignificant'. This approach to learning vocabulary encourages students to think critically about words and their usage, enhancing both their written and spoken language skills.