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Literature. Vocabulary. 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

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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 5 • Adjacent: not distant ;nearby; having a common endpoint or border • Alight :to come down from something ; dismount ; deplane • Barren: not productive; producing little or no vegetation; desolate • Disrupt: to throw into disorder • Dynasty: a succession of rulers of the same line of descent; a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time

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

  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. • Although they live in a house ____________________________ to ours, we never really got to know them well. • In the 11th century, a foreign warlord invaded the country and set up a(n) ________________________ that ruled for more than 250 years. • Our carefully laid plans were completely ___________________________ by a sudden and totally unexpected turn of events. • As we sat at the side of the lake, we enjoyed watching the wild geese swoop down and ___________________ on the surface of the water. • As the drought continued without letup, the once fertile farmlands of the region slowly became ________________________ “dust bowls.”

  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. • Are we going to allow minor disagreements to (disrupt, alight) the club that we have worked so hard to organize? • For three generations their family has formed one of the leading automotive (resume, dynasties) of this country. • The flight attendant asked the passengers to make sure that they had all their personal belongings before (disrupting, alighting) from the aircraft. • The principal asked the students not to hang around in front of the houses and other buildings (adjacent to, resume) the school. • The administration had no major scandals, but it was also (barren, dynasties) of outstanding accomplishments.

  10. Tuesday • Thinking Map:

  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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