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Literature

This literature assignment focuses on five words for two weeks, including definitions, thinking maps, visual images, fill in the blank questions, acting, and journal writing.

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Literature

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  1. Literature Vocabulary

  2. Assignments (Week one)We will focus on the same 5 words for 2 weeks. • Monday: Define the five words • Tuesday: Thinking map with at least 3 of the words • Wednesday: 5-10 students will present some sort of visual image for the 5 words • Thursday: Fill in the blank questions using context clues and knowledge of the word • Friday: 5-10 students will act out the words

  3. Week two • Monday: circle the correct word using context clues and knowledge of the word • Tuesday: Thinking map with at least 3 of the words • Wednesday: Journal writing using the 5 words • Thursday: Review • Friday: Test

  4. Words for September 19 • Foretaste:an advance indication, sampling, or warning • Germinate to begin to grow • Humdrum ordinary, dull, routine • Hurtle: to rush violently • Insinuate: to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

  5. Tuesday: Brace Map:

  6. Wednesday • 5 students will act out the vocabulary words

  7. ThursdayChoose the vocabulary word that best completes the following sentences. Copy the whole sentence in your journal. • Many people who lead rather _____________________ lives get a great thrill from watching the exciting adventures of TV and movie superheroes. • The “coming attractions” shown before the main feature gave us a distinct _____________________ of what the next film would be like. • Though they didn’t say so in so many words, they did _____________________ that I was responsible for the accident. • In only a few days, the seeds that I had planted in the fertile soil of the garden began to ______________________ and take root. • During the exciting chase, the police cars _____________________ through the town.

  8. Friday • 5 students will present their visual image of the vocabulary words

  9. MondayChoose the vocabulary word that best completes the following sentences. Copy the whole sentence in your journal. • With flattery and clever half-truths, the newcomers (insinuated, hurtled) themselves into the inner circle of the organization. • Even the most (humdrum, foretaste) work can be interesting if you regard it as a challenge to do your best. • Planted in the fertile soil of her imagination, the seed of a great idea soon (germinated, insinuated) into a workable proposal. • Only twenty yards from the finish line, the horse stumbled and (hurtled, hum-drummed) its rider to the ground. • If the sights we’ve seen today are a true (germination, foretaste) of what lies ahead, we’re in for some real treats.

  10. Tuesday • Thinking map: Tree map Word Example Sentence Antonyms Synonyms

  11. Wednesday • Write in your journal. Free write. You can write on any topic but make sure that you use your 5 vocabulary words correctly in your writing.

  12. Thursday • Review

  13. Friday • Vocabulary test. You have 10 minutes to study.

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