Year 9
Vocabulary Book
Name:
Teacher:
You are responsible for this booklet.
There are 15 words to study each fortnight.
Complete the exercises for homework each fortnight.
Hand the booklet to your teacher each fortnight. Although your
teacher may not mark this every fortnight, they will check it.
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Welcome to your
vocabulary book!
GUIDE TO BOOKLET GRADES
When you get your vocabulary
book back, your teacher will
give you a grade.
Here are the criteria.
There is also a follow-up task
you need to do.
A
Vocabulary book handed in on time
All sections attempted to the best of
ability
Completed work has no errors
Full sentences used
TASK: Teach a family member the
vocabulary words
B
Vocabulary book handed in on time
All sections attempted to the best of
ability
Completed work has some errors
TASK: make corrections as
indicated
C
Vocabulary book handed in on time
All sections partially attempted
Completed work does not match
student ability
TASK: Attempt all sections to the
best of ability
D
Vocabulary book handed in late
Some evidence that sections were
attempted
Many blank areas
TASK: C1 to complete vocabulary
work; complete rest for homework
E
Vocabulary book handed in late or
not at all
Sections not attempted (blank
pages)
TASK: C1 to complete vocabulary
work; complete rest for homework
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CONTENTS and PLANNER
Growth Words Activities
are on:
Skills Words
Unit
Words
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their
they’re
there
your
you’re
blaring
blearily
bellowed
moron
irritate
frugal
distinctive
succinct
harmonious
impetuous
Pages
4 - 9
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meet
meat
mete
complement
compliment
crudeness
detestable
deficient
incredulous
amateurish
imperceptible
characteristic
idiosyncratic
denotation
epitome
Pages
10 – 15
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accommodation
succeed
believe
jewellery
library
persuasive
rhetorical
statistics
opinionated
repetition
dilapidated
supercilious
fidelity
overbearing
proclivity
Pages
16 – 21
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Due
on:
Test
score
Booklet
Grade
Vocabulary 1a – Spelling Skills Words
This week: Homophones
SPELLING WORDS:
their
they’re
there
your
you’re
Activities
1. Write out the spelling words five times each in the space
next to each word above.
2. Use the correct word out of their, there or they’re in the
following blank spaces:
a. Do you know where ____________________
going?
b. Are they doing ____________________
homework?
c. ________________ was a bee on the drink can.
d. I'm going to ____________________ house for
dinner.
e. _______________ helping ______________ mom
with the cleaning.
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3. Use the correct word out of your and you’re in the
following blank spaces:
a. _________ mother makes wonderful cupcakes.
b. _________ a great dancer!
c.Rupert thinks _________ the right person for the
team.
d. Please turn _________ phone off!
e. Call me if _________ going to the party.
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Vocabulary 1b – Melvin Burgess visit
WORDS:
Melvin
Burgess
blurb
review
purpose
Read these
blurbs of Melvin
Burgess books
Below: “Hide”
Above: “Nicholas Dane”
Below: “The Hit”
ACTIVITY:
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Pick one of the blurbs above. Which one would you most want to
read and why?
In your answer, discuss what you think the intended age group of
the book is AND outline the purpose and themes of the book.
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Vocabulary 1c – Growth Words
Word
Definition
Synonyms Function
frugal
distinctive
succinct
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Word in a sentence
harmonious
impetuous
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Vocabulary 2a – Spelling Skills Words
This week: More Homophones
SPELLING WORDS:
meet
meat
mete
complement
compliment
Activities
1. Write out the spelling words five times each in the space
next to each word above.
2. Use the correct word out of meet, mete or meat in the
following blank spaces:
a. Stop goofing around! You know Mrs Armstrong will
________ out punishment to everyone, not just you!
b. Would you prefer ________, pasta, or vegetables
when we ________ for the rehearsal dinner?
c. The ________ of the argument isn’t that you snuck
out, it’s that you’re lying about it, as well as who you
went to ________ while you were gone; I have no
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choice but to ________ out a harsher punishment than
last time.
3. Use the correct word out of compliment or complement in
the following blank spaces:
a. Nothing makes someone feel better than a nice
_____________ or two to start the day.
b. The rich brown tones of the lamp shade
_____________ed the rest of the room’s decor.
c. The homemade croutons were the perfect
_____________ to the rich and creamy red-pepper
soup.
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Vocabulary 2b – Media: Review
WORDS:
crudeness
detestable
deficient
incredulous
amateurish
Read the following review:
Andrew Marriner’s recording of Weber’s
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra is brilliant.
Not only does Marriner handle a technically
challenging piece with grace and ease, but he
also incorporates a great deal of musicality and
emotion through his expressive dynamic variations,
whilst maintaining a clear tone throughout. The
orchestra also plays with accuracy and a wide
dynamic range, adding interest to the recording.
The overall combination is a performance of
stunning impact.
ACTIVITIES
1. What verb tense do we use when writing reviews? (hint:
look at the underlined words)
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2. How can you tell that the person likes what he is
reviewing?
3. Rewrite this review as a negative review. The first step is
looking at which words you will need to change.
Use all five of the words in your new version.
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Vocabulary 2c – Growth Words
Word
Definition
Synonyms Function
imperceptible
characteristic
idiosyncratic
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Word in a sentence
denotation
epitome
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Vocabulary 3a – Spelling Skills Words
This week: Regular Mistakes
SPELLING WORDS:
accommodation
succeed
believe
jewellery
library
Activities
1. Write out the spelling words five times each in the space
next to each word above.
2. Highlight/underline all the spelling errors in the passage
below. This may be a misspelled word or the use of the
wrong homonym. You need to find a total of 15 mistakes.
Summer Holidays
During the summer holidays, I went to Australia with my
family for three weeks. My family are quite adventurous
so we had planed a whole range of exiting activities
from gorge-walking to paragliding, and scuba-diving to
wale-watching.
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We left the Isle of Man, were the rain was falling
as usual, and flew threw cloudy grey skys to Gatwick
airport and then on, via a Quantas flight, to Sydney. I
quite enjoy long journies so I didn’t mind the 24 hour
flight.
We have a lot of relatives in Australia and the
family were their to meat us when we landed. We were
surprized by how cool it was - we'd forgot that it was
winter on the other side of the world! I realized I should
of packed some warmer clothes for this trip.
For the first few days, we stayed with my aunty
and uncle. They loved haveing us in their house and
really looked after us. They tooke us to numerous
tourist places such as the Sydney Opera House. One of
the things I really want to do while I am hear is to see a
kangaroo.
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Vocabulary 3b – Media: Persuasive Devices
WORDS:
persuasive
rhetorical
statistics
opinion
repetition
ACTIVITY:
Prepare a speech for your parents persuading them
about one of these things:
• Buying you a new computer game
• Buying you a new item of clothing
• Letting you go around to your friend’s house
instead of going to a family lunch
Ensure you include a range of persuasive devices,
including a rhetorical question, a fact or statistic and
repetition.
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Vocabulary 3c – Growth Words
Word
Definition
Synonyms Function
dilapidated
supercilious
fidelity
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Word in a sentence
overbearing
proclivity
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