Please have the following things on your desk:
1. Reading journals and books
2. A pen or pencil
3. Assignment pad
Homework:
Keep up with your reading and journals. Two
new journals are due tomorrow.
Agenda:
Vocabulary strategies
New vocabulary
Intro to The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne
Frank
By Anne Frank
Dramatized by
Frances Goodrich
and Albert Hackett
Vocabulary Strategies
Do I see clues in the context of the
sentence or passage?
Do I know the word in any other form?
Do I know any other words with the
same root or affix?
Do I know this word or part of this word
in another language?
Malcontents
Example from the text:
“Most Germans felt that they were being unfairly signaled
out and blamed for a war which had multiple causes. . .
The National Socialist German Worker’s Party , led by
Adolf Hitler, grew as it attracted all sorts of malcontents.”
- “A Short History of Nazi Germany”
Vocabulary Strategies
Look for clues in the context of the
sentence or passage.
Do I know the word in any other form?
Do I know any other words with the
same root or affix?
Do I know this word or part of this word
in another language?
Malcontents
“Most Germans felt that they were being unfairly signaled
out and blamed for a war which had multiple causes. . .
The National Socialist German Worker’s Party , led by
Adolf Hitler, grew as it attracted all sorts of malcontents.”
- “A Short History of Nazi Germany”
Appalled
Example from the text:
Dussel: I think some day he’ll be caught and then he’ll
make a bargain with the Green Police. . . If they let him off,
he’ll tell them where some Jews are hiding.
(He goes off into the bedroom. There is a second of appalled
silence.)
Vocabulary Strategies
Look for clues in the context of the
sentence or passage.
Do I know the word in any other form?
Do I know any other words with the
same root or affix?
Do I know this word or part of this word
in another language?
Appalled
Example from the text:
Dussel: I think some day he’ll be caught and then he’ll make a bargain
with the Green Police. . . If they let him off, he’ll tell them where some
Jews are hiding.
(He goes off into the bedroom. There is a second of appalled silence.)
Appalled
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: horrified; shocked
Example from the text:
(He goes off into the bedroom. There is a second of
appalled silence.)
Conspicuous
Example from the text:
(The yellow Star of David is conspicuous on all of their clothes.)
Conspicuous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: easy to notice;
obvious
Example from the text:
(The yellow Star of David is conspicuous on all of their clothes.)
Disgruntled
Example from the text:
Mrs. Frank: Wake up, everyone! Miep is here! (Anne
quickly puts her diary away Margot sits up, pulling the blanket
around her shoulders. Mr. Dussel sits on the edge of his bed,
listening, disgruntled.)
Disgruntled
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: displeased and
irritated
Example from the text:
(Mr. Dussel sits on the edge of his bed, listening, disgruntled.)
Foreboding
Example from the text:
Margot: (With sudden foreboding). What’s happened?
Something’s happened! Hasn’t it, Mr. Kraler?
Foreboding
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a feeling that
something, especially bad or
harmful, is about to happen
Example from the text:
Margot: (With sudden foreboding). What’s happened?
Something’s happened! Hasn’t it, Mr. Kraler?
Inarticulate
Example from the text:
(Peter is furious, inarticulate. He starts toward Dussel as if to hit him.)
Inarticulate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: speechless; unable to
speak effectively or
understandably
Example from the text:
(Peter is furious, inarticulate. He starts toward Dussel as if to
hit him.)
Jubilation
Example from the text:
Mr. Frank: I’m afraid, Anne, we shouldn’t sing that song tonight. It’s a
song of jubilation, of rejoicing. One is apt to become too enthusiastic.
Jubilation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: rejoicing; a celebration
or expression of joy
Example from the text:
Mr. Frank: I’m afraid, Anne, we shouldn’t sing that song
tonight. It’s a song of jubilation, of rejoicing. One is apt to
become too enthusiastic.
Loathe
Example from the text:
Anne: Mother is unbearable. She insists on
treating me like a baby, which I loathe.
Loathe
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to hate; to dislike
someone or something greatly
Example from the text:
Anne: Mother is unbearable. She insists on
treating me like a baby, which I loathe.
Oppression
Example from the text:
Mr. Frank: We light kindle this Hanukkah light to
celebrate the great and wonderful deeds of the
Maccabees…they fought against indifference,
against tyranny and oppression.
Oppression
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of keeping someone down
through harsh and unjust use of power; the feeling
of being heavily weighed down (mentally or
physically)
Example from the text:
Mr. Frank: We light kindle this Hanukkah light to
celebrate the great and wonderful deeds of the
Maccabees…they fought against indifference, against
tyranny and oppression.
Ostentatiously
Example from the text:
(Peter is coming from his bedroom, ostentatiously
holding a bulge in his coat as if her were holding his
cat, and dangling Anne’s present before it).
Ostentatiously
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: with great show or
exaggeration
Example from the text:
(Peter is coming from his bedroom, ostentatiously
holding a bulge in his coat as if her were holding his cat,
and dangling Anne’s present before it).
Pandemonium
Example from the text:
(Peter grabs a frying pan and parades around the room, beating
on it. . .Anne and Margot follow him, singing, weaving in and
out among the excited grownups. While this pandemonium is
going on Mrs. Frank tries to make herself heard above the
excitement.)
Pandemonium
Part of speech: noun
Definition: wild confusion and
noise; an uproar
Example from the text:
(Peter grabs a frying pan and parades around the room, beating
on it. . .Anne and Margot follow him, singing, weaving in and
out among the excited grownups. While this pandemonium is
going on Mrs. Frank tries to make herself heard above the
excitement.)
Remorse
Example from the text:
(They are startled to hear a loud sob from behind them.
It is Mrs. Frank, stricken with remorse. She is sitting
on the other side of the room.)
Remorse
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a bitter regret or guilt
after having done wrong
Example from the text:
(They are startled to hear a loud sob from behind them. It is Mrs.
Frank, stricken with remorse. She is sitting on the other side of
the room.)
Vile
Example from the text:
Anne: Isn’t algebra vile, Pim!
Mr. Frank: Vile!
Vile
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: disgusting; hateful;
unpleasant
Example from the text:
Anne: Isn’t algebra vile, Pim!
Mr. Frank: Vile!
Wallow
Example from the text:
Anne: Mr. Dussel wants to get back to his dentist’s
drill…for myself, there are so many things…to ride a bike
again…to laugh till my belly aches…to have a hot tub
filled to overflowing and wallow in it for hours.
Wallow
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to indulge in or take
great pleasure and delight in
Example from the text:
Anne: Mr. Dussel wants to get back to his dentist’s
drill…for myself, there are so many things…to ride a bike
again…to laugh till my belly aches…to have a hot tub filled
to overflowing and wallow in it for hours.
Zeal
Example from the text:
Mr. Frank: “We kindle this Hanukkah light to celebrate the
great and wonderful deeds wrought through the zeal with
which God filled the hearts of the heroic Maccabees.”
Zeal
Part of speech: noun
Definition: great enthusiasm; a
devotion to a cause, and ideal, or a goal
Example from the text:
Mr. Frank: “We kindle this Hanukkah light to celebrate the
great and wonderful deeds wrought through the zeal with
which God filled the hearts of the heroic Maccabees.”