Unit 1: Vocabulary

Students are assigned vocabulary each week. The students have the entire week to complete the following tasks:

• Definitions for each word
• Identify the Parts of Speech (POS)
• Write three complete sentences for each word
• Write three synonyms for each word
• Write three antonyms for each word
• Write a story; essay; or narrative using vocabulary words

Product MUST include:

Three simple sentences

Three compound sentences

Three complex sentences

Three compound- complex sentences

Identify (underline and label) each part of speech

Identify one of each sentence type (identify and label the clauses)

Include a minimum of eight transition words and or phrases

The objective: The student will know the meaning of, be able to identify, and correctly apply the parts of speech (POS).

The student will be able to write a complete detailed sentence (types- sentence variety).

The student will be able to write a detailed essay/narrative/etc. that transitions from one idea and sentence to the next (cohesion).

August 20- August 24

Authentic, commotion, conspiracy, Descendent, Sheepishly, unseemly, compare, contrast, counterargument, inference(s), tone, ajar, tremor, ominous, commence, gnarled, beckon, tentatively, precise, wordiness

August 27- August 31

concise, reasoning,analyze, constructed response, context clues, determine, develop, historical context, infer, main idea, mood, tone, provide, summarize, sequencing, textual evidence, tone, transitions

September 17 - September 21

Author’s purpose, central idea, dialogue, historical narrative, main character (protagonist, antagonist) minor character, perspective, plot (exposition, conflict (types), rising action, climax, falling action, resolution), point of view (first person, third person), sensory language, setting, supporting details, theme

September 24- September 28

Lackadaisical, magnanimity (magnanimous), nebulous, obdurate, pacifist, quell, rancor(ous), sage, tangential, ubiquitous, vacuous (vacuity), waning

October 8- October 12

tangible, opportunist, specialization, sensation, refute, proportional, impair, absurd, syndrome, hypothesis, regression, introspective, denotation, mood, character trait, site, assonance, parallelism, promotional web, proposition sources