Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2011

Vocabulary Extra Credit Giveaway!

We discovered so many new vocabulary words in Jill Yablon's Indelible Moment Story, "How I Survived 8th Grade."  (You can find that document in your Google Docs!)  I would like to present 16 students with this extra credit giveaway!

To Win:
Choose one of the vocabulary words in the list below.
a.)  Write the definition, as found on www.dictionary.com
b.)  Use the word correctly in an original sentence (one created by YOU)

Giveaway Rules:
1.  A student may post no more than one comment to THIS post to enter the giveaway.
2.  Once a word has been chosen and a comment has been written for it, no other student may receive credit for it.
3.  If a word is chosen and either its definition or its use in a sentence is incorrect, a student may correct the error for extra credit.
4.  To receive credit, commenter must post both the definition and the original sentence in the same comment.
5.  The giveaway ends once all 16 words have been chosen and completed.


And so ... here are your 16 words!  Which 16 students will win extra credit?
1.  quintessential (adj.)
2.  aptitude (n.)
3.  androgynous(adj.)
4.  lithe (adj.)
5.  expound (v.)
6.  eradication (n.)
7.  feign (v.)
8.  stoic (adj.)
9.  elated (adj.)
10.  redemption (n.)
11.  catapult (n. or v.)
12.  defy (v.)
13.  scoff (v.)
14.  innocuous (adj.)
15.  relinquish (v.)
16.  vulnerable (adj.)

Good luck!
Are you going to keep this finding to yourself or tell your friends?

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Vocabulary: Unit #1

Are you loving your shiny, new Vocabulary Book?  Please remember to bring it to class with you every day, and to take good care of it.  Use pencil only when writing in it.



The first 20 flashcards on the Unit #1 words will be due on Tuesday, October 11!

Fun fact:  your vocabulary book comes with an online resource!  Check it out to get more information about the words, including an audio sample and some additional example sentencesYou can even download the MP3 files to play on your iPod, your phone, your enormous speaker system at home ... 

... oh yeah.