Name________________________________
A Christmas Carol- Vocabulary
Vocabulary Stave 1 & 2
Part I Directions: Record an easy-to-understand denotative (dictionary) definition and part of speech for
each of the following words. You may be quizzed on these six class words!
1. Destitute-______________________
______________________________
2. Morose-______________________
______________________________
3. Ominous- _____________________
_____________________________
4. Melancholy-____________________
_____________________________
5. Benevolence-___________________
_____________________________
6. Sordid-______________________
______________________________
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Part II Vocabulary Detective Directions: A Christmas Carol is full of difficult words that may be unfamiliar to you. As you
read, note three words from each stave (that are different from the words above) that you believe are worth knowing. The
words you pick should be words that were unknown to you before, or familiar words used in unfamiliar or unusual ways. For
each word, generate the following: 1) the part of speech based on how it is used in the text, 2) an easy-to-understand
denotative (dictionary) definition, 3) an original sentence that shows you understand the meaning of the word (use context
clues!).
Stave 1
1.
Word/part of speech-________________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Word/part of speech-________________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Word/part of speech-_______________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Stave 2
1. Word/part of speech-________________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Word/part of speech-________________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
3. Word/part of speech-________________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Name________________________________
A Christmas Carol- Vocabulary
Vocabulary Stave 3 & 4
Part I Directions: Record an easy-to-understand denotative (dictionary) definition and part of speech
for each of the following words. You may be quizzed on these six class words!
1. Facetious-______________________
_____________________________
2. Odious-_______________________
_____________________________
3. Ubiquitous-____________________
_____________________________
4. Latent-________________________
_____________________________
5. Obscure-_____________________
____________________________
6. Infamous-_____________________
_____________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Part II Vocabulary Detective Directions: A Christmas Carol is full of difficult words that may be unfamiliar to you. As you read,
note three words from each stave (that are different from the words above) that you believe are worth knowing. The words you
pick should be words that were unknown to you before, or familiar words used in unfamiliar or unusual ways. For each word,
generate the following: 1) the part of speech based on how it is used in the text, 2) an easy-to-understand denotative (dictionary)
definition, 3) an original sentence that shows you understand the meaning of the word (use context clues!).
Stave 3
1. Word/part of speech-_______________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Word/part of speech-_______________________________________________________________
Definition- _______________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Word/part of speech-______________________________________________________________
Definition- ______________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Stave 4
1. Word/part of speech-_________________________________________________________
Definition- _________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Word/part of speech-_______________________________________________________________
Definition- _______________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Word/part of speech-______________________________________________________________
Definition- ________________________________________________________________________
Sentence- _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Name________________________________
A Christmas Carol- Vocabulary