I have never let my schooling
interfere with my education.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short
story author, & wit (1835 1910)
We learn by doing IF
we reflect on what we
have done.
John Dewey
Judge a man by his
questions rather than
his answers.
-Voltaire
"Try again, fail
again. Fail better."
-Samuel Beckett
Irish playwright and poet
altruistic
• Using a dictionary, look up and write the
definition for “altruistic.”
• Write a sentence using the word
“altruistic” to describe a character from
our summer reading.
• Draw a picture illustrating the definition.
"The farther backward you
can look, the farther forward
you will see."
-Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister, historian, writer, and artist
ambivalent
• Using your dictionary, write and
define the word “ambivalent.”
• Write a sentence
using the word.
• Draw a picture
which illustrates
the definition.
"Imagination is more
important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the
world."
-Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist, philosopher and author
angular
Using your dictionary,
write the definition for
“angular.”
Write a sentence using
the word.
Illustrate the definition.
I worship individuals for their
highest possibilities as
individuals, and I loathe
humanity, for its failure to live up
to these possibilities.
Ayn Rand, writer
arrogant
•Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“arrogant.”
•Write a sentence
using the word
•Illustrate the
definition.
aversion
•Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“aversion.”
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture
which illustrates
the definition.
"Don't bother just to be better
than your contemporaries or
predecessors. Try to be better
than yourself."
William Faulkner, Nobel prize novelist
and short story author
discern
•Use your dictionary
to find and write the
definition for
“discern.”
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture
illustrating the
definition.
"Birds sing after a storm.
Why shouldn't people feel
as free to delight in
whatever sunlight remains
to them?"
Rose Kennedy
disdain
•Use your dictionary to
find and write the
definition for “disdain.”
•Write a sentence using
the word.
•Use your thesaurus to
find an SAT style
synonym and antonym.
"In a time of universal
deceit, telling the truth is a
revolutionary act."
George Orwell
English author and journalist
disparity
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to find and write the
definition for
“disparity.”
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture
illustrating the
definition.
"There is no hunting like the hunting
of man, and those who have hunted
armed men long enough, and liked
it, never really care for anything
else."
Ernest Hemingway,
American author and journalist
disparage
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dictionary to find
and write the
definition for
“disparage.”
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture
illustrating the
definition.
embellish
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dictionary to find
and write the
definition for
“embellish.”
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture
illustrating the
definition.
"The healthy man
does not torture
others. Generally it is
the tortured who turn
into torturers.“
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker
and the founder of analytical psychology.
engender
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find the definition.
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using the word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"In the end, it's not the years
in your life that count. It's the
life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
innocuous
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definition of “innocuous.”
• Write a sentence containing the word.
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"Before you embark on
a journey of revenge,
dig two graves."
Confucius,
Chinese Thinker and Philosopher
insipid
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dictionary to find
the definition.
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using the word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"Ideologies separate us.
Dreams and anguish bring us
together."
Eugene Ionesco,
Romanian and French playwright and dramatist
lament
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dictionary to
find and write
the definition
of “lament.”
• Write a
sentence
containing the
word.
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to illustrate
"When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him."
Euripides,
last of the three great tragedians of
classical Athens (the other two being
Aeschylus and Sophocles
laud
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"Don't forget that I
cannot see myself -that my role is limited to
being the one who
looks in the mirror."
Jacques Rigaut,
French surrealist poet
Obscure
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to find and write
the definition of
“obscure.”
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containing the
word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is
paid for by a growing
potential for nightmares."
Sir Peter Ustinov,
English actor, writer and dramatist
ostentatious
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dictionary to find
the definition.
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using the word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"It is better to be violent if
there is violence in our
hearts than to put on the
cloak of non-violence to
cover impotence."
Mahatma Ghandi
,
the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader
of India during the
Indian independence movement.
prodigal
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dictionary to find
the definition.
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using the word.
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illustrate the
definition.
“Other things may
change us, but we start
and end with family.“
Anthony Brandt
repudiate
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find and write the
definition of
“repudiate.”
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containing the word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"What is food to one is to
others bitter poison."
Lucretious
was a Roman poet and philosopher
Reticence
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find and write the
definition of
“reticence.”
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containing the
word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"What we do for ourselves
dies with us. What we do for
others and the world,
remains and is immortal.“
Albert Pine, English Author
revere
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find and write the
definition of “revere.”
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containing the word.
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illustrate the
definition.
"It is those we live with
and love and should
know who elude us."
Norman Maclean, American
author and scholar
Serene
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find and write the
definition of
“serene.”
•Write a sentence
containing the
word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
subtle
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to find and write
the definition of
“subtle.”
•Write a sentence
containing the
word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
A subtle look
Not a subtle look