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WEEK ONE
Literature Chapters 1-5
Exercise 1: Use each of the following vocabulary words correctly in the
sentences below:
adherence, aptitude, enhance, palpable, wheedle.
A. Watching the fighter planes streak across the horizon, the civilians felt a
moment of ________________________________________
terror.
B. By smiling and offering to help, the little girl hoped to
________________________________________ another cookie from the baker.
C. A quick blood transfusion will ___________________________________
the injured soldier’s chance of survival.
D. In most communities, the police are responsible for enforcing
________________________________________ to the law.
E. It’s important to choose a career based upon your own natural
________________________________________ .
EXERCISE 2: Use each of the following vocabulary words correctly in the
sentences below:
chastisement, petulantly, tabulated, remorse, bewildered.
A. The little girl stamped her foot ____________________________________
when she was denied a second helping of cake.
B. Select a toy for your little brother because he will only become
________________________________________ by the many choices in the toy
store.
C. Breaking minor rules results only in gentle _______________________.
D. I knew my son felt ________________________________________ for teasing
his sister when he offered to take her to the movies.
E. After all the votes were ____________________________________ , it was clear
that my candidate had lost the election.
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WEEK TWO: Literature Chapters 6-11
EX. 1: Antonyms are word with opposite or nearly opposite,
meanings. PUT THE LETTER OF THE ANTONYM FROM
COLUMN B NEXT TO THE WORD IN COLUMN A. Then use the
words in COLUMN A to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
Column A
Column B
1. benign _______
a. carelessly
2. exuberant _______
b. acquire
3. apprehensive _______
c. harmful
4. meticulously _______
d. downcast
5. relinquish_______
e. tranquil
EX. 2: Use the words in COLUMN A to fill in the blanks in the
sentences below.
A. Jonas’s family pledged to _______________________________
Gabe once he was assigned to his own family unit.
B. _____________________________________applause greeted
the naming of each award winner.
C. Jonas believed the community was so ___________________
structured that anyone could fit in.
D. The Chief Elder’s ______________________________________
statement reassured the uneasy audience.
E. Elevens who had shown no special ability or interest were
________________________________________ about their Life
Assignment.
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EX. 3: Use the context to determine the meaning of the
underlined word in each of the following sentences.
HIGHLIGHT its meaning from the choices listed below each
sentence.
A. Any young men with severe vision problems will be
exempted from military service.
a. expelled b. freed c. delayed d. acquitted
B. To protect people from nighttime bombings, there was a
prohibition against going out after dark.
a. encouragement b. ban c. flight d. permission
C. Instruction in learning to read is an integral part of most
first grade programs.
a. essential b. intense c. abhorrent d. unimportant
D. Although some people find a ride on a rollercoaster to be
exhilarating, I find it terrifying.
a. amusing b. frightening c. tedious d. stimulating
E. In the fall, the number of daylight hours diminishes.
a. lessens b. expands c. vanishes d. increases
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WEEK THREE
Literature Chapters 12-16
Vocabulary Choose a word from the Word Box to replace each
underlined word with a more descriptive word that has a similar
meaning. Write the word AT THE END OF the sentence.
WORD BOX
admonition
assimilated
phenomenon
skeptically
vibrance
A. Jonas told The Giver that he had witnessed a strange occurrence
when he looked at an apple and at his friend Fiona’s
hair._____________________________________
B. Jonas’s life took on a vitality that his friends’ lives lacked.
_____________________________________
C. Lily answered doubtfully when Jonas told her that once elephants
really existed. _____________________________________
D. When memories were released accidentally, people panicked until
the memories were absorbed. ___________________________________
E. When Jonas’s father asked him about his dreams, Jonas
remembered the Giver’s warning not to discuss them.
_____________________________________
Vocabulary Use each of the following vocabulary words in a sentence
of your own: daub, ecstatic, obsolete, ominous, pervade. (ON PAPER)
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WEEK FOUR
Literature Chapters 17-20
Vocabulary Word analogies are equations in which the first pair of words
has the same relationship as the second pair of words. For example:
SHALLOW is to DEEP as FRIVOLOUS is to SOLEMN. Both pairs of words
are antonyms. Choose the best word from the Word Box to complete each
of the analogies below.
WORD BOX
fleeting
glum
horde
suppress
realm
A. PRESIDENT is to REPUBLIC as MONARCH is to
_____________________________________ .
B. ECSTATIC is to JOYOUS as MELANCHOLY is to
_____________________________________
.
C. FLOCK is to BIRDS as _____________________________________
is to INSECTS.
D. CENSOR is to BOOKS as _____________________________________
is to SPEECH.
E. PERMANENT is to BRIEF as ETERNAL is to
_____________________________________
Use the following words in sentences of your own: mimic,
sarcasm, rueful, chaos, solace. (ON PAPER)
.
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WEEK FIVE
Literature Chapters 21-23
1. Vocabulary- Use the following words to fill in the blanks in the
sentences below:
augment, fugitives, languid, lethargy, taut.
A.
Jonas coaxed Gabe to sleep with the memory of the rhythmic sound
of ________________________________________ water lapping
hypnotically against a beach.
B. Facing starvation, Jonas combed the fields to
________________________________________ the food supply.
C. Together the ________________________________________ slept
through the first dangerous day.
D. After endless miles on the bicycle, Jonas’s leg muscles were
________________________________________.
E. The memory of sunshine helped Jonas shake off the feeling of
________________________________________ and restored his will to
live.
2. Use the following words in sentences of your own:
augment, fugitives, languid, lethargy, taut. (ON PAPER)