Vocabulary 2QTRWKS5-6
Student Driven Vocabulary Lists can be very inspiring. Check this out.
Week 1 – List Generation & Information Sharing
Monday-Tuesday: List Generation
- During D.E.A.R. time, (while reading your personal Novels, Magazine Articles, etc.), each individual student will generate one word from his/her reading. The word should be a word you think a teacher might have chosen to include on a vocabulary list. A group of four will have four words to choose from. The group will offer one word (of the four) to be considered for the class vocabulary list. In our case, we will end up with a maximum of 24 words by the end of the day Monday. By the end of the day Tuesday only ten words will remain to make up the master list for the cycle.
Wednesday-Friday: Information Sharing
- Our Word Wall will be populated with information prepared by those people whose words make the final cut.
- The following information must be included:
- Word (as it appears in the sentence)
- Part of Speech (as used in the sentence)
- Definition (as used in the sentence)
- Sentence properly cited in which the word appears (Book Title or Magazine Title and Issue, Article Title, Author, Page #)
- Forms of the word (and correlated parts of speech)
Week 1 HW – (DUE FRIDAY) – Students are always required to prepare VIS Sheets (VISS) for any new vocabulary. The VISS is a four column chart with the following headings: Word, Personal Clue, Sentence from Text, Definition. Get a copy of the form – Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Sheet – Excel .
- Word – the word spelled as it is used in the sentence and the part of speech
- Personal Clue – synonyms, the word in another language, other forms of the word, a drawing, antonyms . . . anything that will remind you, yes you, of the definition. This column makes it personal.
- Sentence from the Text – the actual sentence from the actual text that you actually saw the actual word in. DO NOT CREATE YOUR OWN SENTENCE FOR THIS.
- Definition – The dictionary definition that matches the use of the word in the sentence you found the word in. Uh, ever hear of Dictionary.com?
Week 2 – Study Time
Week 2 HW – (DUE WEDNESDAY) – Prepare something to show you have been working with the words. Prepare more than 1 item and I will double, triple, quadruple (Yes, you read it here – QUADRUPLE.) your grade. Admit it, it can’t hurt to have the occasional grade quadrupled. You could . . .
- view the page and sub pages – FINAL Project OPTIONS and/or . . .
- write a story with the words used properly,
- write a song with the words and efinitions in it,
- create a flip study book,
- make flash cards,
- create a memory game,
- create LINGO (TM) cards (with a Words & Definitions reference page),
- create You’ve Been Sentenced (TM) cards (with Words & Definitions reference page),
- create a crossword with the definitions as the clues (blank game and Answer Key required),
- create a word search with the definitions as clues (blank game and Answer Key required),
- create a JUMBLE,
- the list goes on, and on, and on.
The vocabulary test will be on FRIDAY of the second week unless otherswise posted.
ok so everyone thanks for the words because I woul have been so confused without your help -^_^- thank you well bye bye
(and Mr.Moshe sorry my paper is so late)
– Inaugural
– pronounced: in·au·gu·ral
– part of speech: a noun
– Definition: a speech also one made by an incoming US president.
– Sentence from TEXT: I stood by the podium thinking if I had worked hard enough on my inaugural paper.
—– Thanks Paola!! 🙂
were these the sentences that we were supposed to copy down into our definition charts? if so it doesn’t have all of then. sorry for the inconvenience.
homogeneous-alike or made up of parts that are alike
SENTENCE FROM TEXT:Given that around 91 percent of its people are ethnic han,china might seem a homogeneous country.
Braxton Brown
Expatriate
intransitive verb
expatriated, expatriating, expatriates
definition-To remove from reesidence in one’s native land; a person who has taken up residence in a foriegn country
sentence form text- Basking in the life, expatriates watch at Arabian Ranches, a suburban style developement for moneyed foreigners drwn to Dubai by its well-paying jobs, social freedom,and-until recent jumps in property values-its relatively low cost of living.
This word is not required, but I could use it for EXTRA CREDIT!!
Shanique Smith
Indignant
-adjective
-Indignantly, Indignation
-Anger aroused by something unjust, mean or unworthy
“If I could work my will” said Scrooge, indignantly,”every idiot who goes about with this merry Christmas on his lips should be buried with his own pudding and buried with a holly stake through his heart.”
–Thanks for entering this Brandon!!
Theon Coleman offered the term Prodigious
-Adjective
-Prodigal, Prodigiousness
-Very large in size
-“Everywhere there was a prodigious huddle of every sort of merchandise: silk-stuffs, ore, rafts of wood, pigs of lead, cloth, sugar, carob-beans, rape-seed . . .” from The Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon p. 65, accessed on Google Books.
Devin Lewis offered Impromtu
-Adjective
-improbable improper. (incorrect)
-Done on the spur of the moment
-from Desperate Scenery by Elliot Paul, “The upshot was that Fossie got out some white dresses, bought some dyes at the drug store, and started to prepare impromptu mourning clothes.” p. 301 accessed on Google Books
Unknown
–Inaugural
-Adjective
-Inauguration, Inaugurate, Inaugurated
-marking the beginning of a new venture, series, etc.:
-A week of festivities included the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony, Inaugural Address, Inaugural Parade and numerous inaugural concerts, balls and galas honoring the new President of the United States.
—– http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/Inauguration.htm
Eder Zambrano offered Cataclysmic
-Noun
-Calamity, catastrophe disaster
– A sudden and violent change in the earth’s crust, as in an earthquake or volcanic eruption
“I dont need a message, I need a map, something to help me understand the catacylsmic changes of the past few decades.”
–Thanks for entering this Brandon!!
Brandon Weed ofered Ebullition
-Noun
-Ebullience, Ebullism, Ebullate
-the action of overflowing or rushing out in a state of turbulence, rapid bubbling.
“In spite of this “most violent gaseous ebullition,” as one early explorer put it, the volcano beneath Yellowstone was long thought to be extinct, as Doane believed, or at least in its dying days.”
— http://hubpages.com/hub/yellowstone-park
Hey, this is megan!! here’s a link to flascards you can use to study!
http://flashcards.dictionary.com/deckprofile/view/41742
Impromptu-adj.
– done on the spur of the moment; unplanned
– Forms of the word: Improbable or improper
Example Sentence: Some of the guys had held an impomptu checker tournment. from LOL Text book Pg.336 in The Teasure of Lemon Brown
Here’s the list. We decided on it on Monday, and you should have all gotten it down then.
You have certain relative HW due dates. See the page – Student-Driven Vocabulary – to see when your HW is due.
ambiguity
inaugural
homogeneous
apparition
ebullition
impromptu
cataclysmic
prodigious
expatriate
gusto