Ms. Harcuss Intensive
Second nine weeks vocabulary words
Week 10 - October 22 Test October
26
abash - to make ashamed or uneasy
appease - to soothe
bequest - something left to someone in a will
bevy - a group of animals
continuum - a continuous whole without clear division of parts
Week 11 - October 29 Test November 2nd
dwell - to remain for a time; to reside
embroil - to involve in an argument or hostile action
emphatic - forcibly expressive
demise - death; the end
brazen - bold; shameless
Week 12 - November 5 Test November 9
Malice - a desire or intention to harm others or see them suffer
Gullible - easily cheated or fooled
Idyllic - charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
Hamper - to prevent the free movement, action, or progress of
jaunt - a short pleasure trip
Week 13 - Nov 12 Test November 15
cursory - rapid and superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to
detail
cavalier - casual; carefree and nonchalant
bauble - a small, inexpensive trinket
coerce - to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering them
estrange - to alienate; to treat as a stranger
week 14 - Nov 15 Test November 20
egg - to encourage or incite to action
mete - to distribute by or as if by measure
bootleg- to smuggle; to make, sell, or transport for sale illegally
augment - to make or become greater
clone - an exact duplicate
week 15 - Nov 26 Test November 30
nemesis - an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome
nocturnal - of or occurring at night
saga - a long story. Often telling the history of
a family
validate - to declare legally valid; legalize
pliable - receptive to change; easily persuaded or controlled.
Week 16 - Dec 3 Test December 7th
synchronize - to occur at the same time
parley- a conference; especially between enemies
nurture - to nourish, to feed; to educate; to train
symmetry - exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line
hiatus - a gap or an interruption in space, time, continuity; a break
Week 17 - Dec. 10 Test December 14th
mammoth - huge; gigantic
lambaste - to give a thrashing; to assault violently
influx - a mass arrival or incoming
forebode - to predict or foretell
dogmatic - characterized by an authoritative, often arrogant, assertion of opinions
Week 18 - Dec 18 Test December 20th
incessant - continuing without interruption; nonstop
gambit - to take a risk for some advantage
kindle - to cause to burn or ignite; to arouse or inspire
wrath - extreme or violent rage
pedestrian - ordinary; moving on foot
Vocabulary Projects 20% of your grade
1st project: Chose 10 words from your vocabulary list. The groups
will be made of 3 people. You and your partners will decide what
words and how you want to present them. One idea is a PowerPoint
presentation with the words, their definitions, example picture, sentence, part
of speech, and any other information. Another is to do round robin
writing: Each person writes a paragraph to a short story including
words from the vocabulary list. Another is a picture book with a
drawing and a sentence for each vocabulary word. A song, poem, or
rap about the vocabulary words. Creativity is
encouraged. The teacher must approve any other idea.
2nd project - Chose 20 words from your vocabulary list. The groups
will be made of 3 people.
3rd project Chose 20 words from your vocabulary words that you have not used
in a project previously. The groups will have 3 students in
them. Due
Date: Nov. 13
4th, 5th, and 6th project Chose 20 words from your vocabulary words that you
have not used in a previous project. Groups will consist of 2
people. Due
Date: Dec 17, Feb. 04, and March 07
7th and 8th projects Chose 25 words from your vocabulary words that you have
not used in a previous project. This will be individual
assignment. Due Date: April 11 and
May 23.
Book Projects/Assessments - 20% of
your grade
Due Dates for 2nd
weeks: November 5, November 20, December
10, and December 21
· A/R test or teacher made test
· Book Summary at least Ύ page
· Book Talk tell the whole class about the book
· Letter talk a letter to a friend/teacher telling
about the book
· Comic strip including the main highlights of the
book
· Story board pictures explaining what happens in the
book
· Write a letter to the author asking questions about
the book
· Pretend to interview a character from the book and
answer the interview questions
· Design a time line based on what happens in the
book.
· Characterization Write an article about one of the
characters in the book complete with a drawing of what you think they look
like.
· Compare and Contrast a book that was made into a
movie.
· Create a newspaper from your book: make up
different articles relating to the different items in the
book. Example a sports book about a boy playing football, you could
write articles on the games, the weather, and other interest items.
· Compare/Contrast yourself to the main character
· Write a different ending to the story. It
must correspond to the book.
· Write a sequel to the book with the first couple of
paragraphs from the beginning and the end of the book.
· Any other ideas that you can come up with that will
tell about the book that the teacher approves.