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
•Use your dictionary
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
•Use your
dictionary to find
and write the
definition for
“disparage.”
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture
illustrating the
definition.
embellish
•Use your
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
• Use your dictionary to
find the definition.
• Write a sentence
using the word.
• Draw a picture to
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
• Use a dictionary to find and write the
definition of “innocuous.”
• Write a sentence containing the word.
• Draw a picture to illustrate the definition.
"Before you embark on
a journey of revenge,
dig two graves."
Confucius,
Chinese Thinker and Philosopher
insipid
• Use your
dictionary to find
the definition.
• Write a sentence
using the word.
• Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"Ideologies separate us.
Dreams and anguish bring us
together."
Eugene Ionesco,
Romanian and French playwright and dramatist
lament
• Use a
dictionary to
find and write
the definition
of “lament.”
• Write a
sentence
containing the
word.
• Draw a picture
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
• Use your dictionary to find the definition.
• Write a sentence using the word.
• Draw a picture to illustrate the definition.
"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
•Use a dictionary
to find and write
the definition of
“obscure.”
•Write a sentence
containing the
word.
•Draw a picture to
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
•Use your
dictionary to find
the definition.
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture to
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
•Use your
dictionary to find
the definition.
•Write a sentence
using the word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
“Other things may
change us, but we start
and end with family.“
Anthony Brandt
repudiate
•Use a dictionary to
find and write the
definition of
“repudiate.”
•Write a sentence
containing the word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"What is food to one is to
others bitter poison."
Lucretious
was a Roman poet and philosopher
Reticence
•Use a dictionary to
find and write the
definition of
“reticence.”
•Write a sentence
containing the
word.
•Draw a picture to
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
•Use a dictionary to
find and write the
definition of “revere.”
•Write a sentence
containing the word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"It is those we live with
and love and should
know who elude us."
Norman Maclean, American
author and scholar
Serene
•Use a dictionary to
find and write the
definition of
“serene.”
•Write a sentence
containing the
word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"Evil is always unspectacular
and always human. And
shares our bed...and eats at
our table."
W.H. Auden
American poet, regarded by many
as one of the greatest writers of the
20th century .
subtle
•Use a dictionary
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
"We are so accustomed to
disguise ourselves to others, that
in the end, we become disguised
to ourselves."
François de la Rochefoucauld,
French author
superfluous
•Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“superfluous.”
•Write a sentence
containing the word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
Taciturn
•Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“taciturn.”
•Write a sentence
containing the word.
•Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"There are some that
only employ words for
the purpose of
disguising their
thoughts."
Voltaire
French Enlightenment
writer and philosopher
"The individual has always
had to struggle to keep from
being overwhelmed by the
tribe."
Friedrich Nietzsche
19th-century German
philosopher
and classical philologist
There is no CEC today. Get
out your folder. Take out a
couple of sheets of notebook
paper. Take out any notes
you would like to use. Place
backpacks, purses, etc. in
front or back of room. Stop
talking!
Read the passage form chapter 7 of
Animal Farm which begins
“’Comrades!’ cried Squealer,” and
ends “…Snowball’s secret agents
lurking among us at this moment!’”.
Then, in a well-organized essay,
analyze how Orwell’s use of literary
elements characterizes Squealer as a
master manipulator.
Personal Narrative Reflection
In your journal, write about a
time you acted against your
better judgment.
Remember to use first person,
past tense verbs, and colorful,
descriptive language
There is no warm-up
today. Place backpacks,
purses, etc. in front or
back of room. Please get
out a #2 pencil and get
into test taking mode.
Stop talking!
Finish Personal Narrative Reflection
In your journal, write about a
time you acted against your
better judgment.
Remember to use first person,
past tense verbs, and colorful,
descriptive language
"Remembrance of things past
is not necessarily the
remembrance of things as
they were."
Marcel Proust
was a French
novelist, critic and essayist best known for
his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu
(In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as
Remembrance of Things Past)
Do this as a CEC on a
separate sheet of notebook
paper, you will turn this in.
“The Scarlet Ibis”
What is one conflict the
narrator faces?
Acrimonious
Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“acrimonious.”
Write a sentence
containing the
word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"The defects and faults of the
mind are like wounds in the
body. After all imaginable care
has been taken to heal them up,
still there will be a scar
left behind."
Francois de la Rochefoucauld,
French author
Ameliorate
Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“ameliorate.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"It has been said that
time heals all wounds. I
do not agree. The
wounds remain. In time,
the mind, protecting its
sanity, covers them with
scar tissue, and the
pain lessens, but it is
never gone." Rose Kennedy, wife
of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and the mother of
President John F. Kennedy
Amenable
Using your
dictionary, write and
define the word
“amenable.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"Out of suffering
have emerged the
strongest souls.
The most massive
characters are
seared with
scars." Khalil Gibran
Lebanese American artist, poet,
and writer.
Amorphous
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “amorphous.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
CEC Reflection:
Using either tone, symbolism,
or inference analyze how
McBride characterizes Tateh,
Mameh, Rachel or James in
Chapter 1, Dead, in the novel
The Color of Water.
Buoyant
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “buoyant.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"The test of the
morality of a
society is what
it does for its
children."
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer German Lutheran pastor,
theologian, and martyr
Cajole
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “cajole.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"Man is least
himself when he
talks in his own
person. Give him
a mask, and he
will tell you the
truth."
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer, poet, and
prominent aesthete
Calamity
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “calamity.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"The basis of shame
is not some personal
mistake of ours, but
that this humiliation
is seen by
everyone." Milan Kundera
writer of Czech origin who has lived in
exile in France since 1975
Debase
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “debase.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"Although the
world is full of
suffering, it is
also full of
overcoming it."
Helen Keller American author,
political activist, and lecturer
Efface
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “efface.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
"We can easily forgive a
child who is afraid of
the dark. The real
tragedy of life is when
men are afraid of the
light." Plato, Classical Greek
philosopher, mathematician, writer of
philosophical dialogues, and founder of the
Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher
learning in the Western world
Elucidate
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “elucidate.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
On a separate sheet of paper,
please complete the OR Warm
Up. Using specific details from
your novel, please write a claim
statement followed by textual
evidence and commentary that
infers what you think will
happen to the main character in
your novel.
Ephemeral
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “ephemeral.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
Ferocity
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “ferocity.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
Flourish
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “flourish.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
Haughty
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “haughty.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.
Impervious
Using your dictionary,
write and define the
word “impervious.”
Write a sentence
containing the word.
Draw a picture to
illustrate the
definition.