Unit 3: 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).

VOCABULARY: February 19- February 23

antediluvian, burgeon, chagrin, decorum, decorous, elucidate, erudite, erudition, flippant, flippancy, florid(ity), grandiose, imperious, lull, maudlin, neophyte,

VOCABULARY: February 26- March 2

antipathy, buttress, churlish, deference, deride, embitter(ed), encroaching, flummox, furtive, histrionic, hubris, inane, inert, inertia, listless, laud, laudatory, mercenary, neophyte, onerous, suspense, epic

VOCABULARY: March 5 - March 9

Adaptation, Argument, Background Information, Bias, Characterization, Claim, Collaborative, Compare/Contrast, Counterclaim,

Credible, Delineate, Direct Quotes, Evaluate, Evidence, Fact, Irrelevant, Hook/Attention Grabber, Objective, Opinion, Point of View,

Primary Source, Reasons, Rebuttal, Relevant, Salient, Secondary Source, Subjective, Sufficient, Supporting Details, Valid

Consequences, Good, Ethics, Evil, Hero, Morality, Nomination, Villain