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     posted 04-09-2008


For students who are absent on the day the vocabulary list is given out, or for those who will be out b/c of a trip, or for those who want to take advantage of the retake policy,I will post the old vocabualary words and the week that they were tested, on this blog.


7/30/07-8/3/07
Pg. 116 Literature Book
Obsessed
Bewildered
Barrage
Excavated
Immobilize
Painstaking
Predator
Deception
Scavenger
Symbol
Unit 2 Vocabulary Literature Book pg. 148 and 174
Insistent
Stark
Infinite
Subtle
Excess
Speculation
Taut
Hardy
Illuminated
Venture

Unit 3 Vocabulary Literature Book pg. 398
Premonition
Destine
Avert
Fortitude
Perilous
Uncanny
Endeavor
Extricate
Culprit
Bias
Stereotype


Unit 4 Vocabulary Literature Book pg. 242 and 602
Starred Items only for 5th period

1. Spasm *
2. Slither*
3. Obligingly*
4. Frenzy*
5. Vigor*
6. Lolling*
7. Saunter*
8. Reluctantly*
9. Undulating
10.Giddy
11. Precise
12. Intellectual
13. Intense

Unit 5 vocabulary (Giver Chapt. 1-5)


Adherence*
3. Mystified*
4. Obediently*
5. Ironic*
6. Aptitude*
7. Gravitating*
8. Elders*
9. Serene*
10. Ritual*
11. Palpable
12. Distraught
13. Apprehensive
14. Chastise
15. Chortle


Unit 6 Vocabulary (The Giver Chapter 6-10)
1. Meticulously*
2. Integrity*
3.Relinquish
4. Interdependence
5. Prestige*
6. Independence*
7. Reprieve
8. Exuberant
9. Acquisition*
10.Integral
11.Anguish
12. Indolence
13. Exemption*
14. Conspicuous*
15. Benign*
16. Exasperated
17. Exhilarating*
18. Deftly*
19. Crescendo
20. Profound*


Unit 7 Vocabulary The Giver Chapter 11-15)
1. Admonition
2. Carnage***
3. Consciousness***
4. Dejected***
5. Ecstatic***
6. Faltered
7. Fretful
8. Hueless***
9. Imploring
10. Irrationally
11. Isolation***
12. Luxuriating
13. Obsolete***
14. Parched***
15. Pervaded****
16. Sinuous
17. Solitude
18. Stench***
19. Syringe
20. Tentatively
21. Torrent
22. Transmitting***
23. Unendurable****


Unit 8 Vocabulary The Giver chapters 16-23 5th period starred words only 3rd period 1-20 only, and 6th period all words
1.Insight
2.Infraction*
3.Ruefully
4.Hearth*
5.Glimpse
6.Permeated*
7.Expertise*
8.Wretched*
9. Mimicked*
10.Frazzled*
11.Hypnotically*
12Augmented*
13..Empowered*
14.Instinctively
15.Lethargy*
16.Sarcastic*
17.Emphaticlly
18.Peril*
19.Solace
20. Loom
21.Stealthily
22.Obscured
23.Languid
24.Imperceptibly
25.Indulgently



Week of Jan. 14-Jan 18,2008

Unit 10 Vocabulary
3rd period and 6th period
5th period starred items only
Construct*
Strut*
Depart*
Gorge*
Declare
Furnish
Observe*
Contemplate*
Devour*
Meander*
Declare
Desire
Cackle
Acquire
Employ
Conserve
Considerate
Miniature*
battled*
steep
enormous
Delicate*

There will be a vocabulary Test on Monday, April 7 instead of Friday, April 4 because of the short week.

The test will cover all of the following Drama vocabulary words.

Drama Vocabulary


1. Character- a person in a literary work

2. Comedy- a type drama that is humorous and has a happy ending

3. Conflict- the struggle between two opposing forces that lies at the center of a plot in a story or drama

4. External Conflict- exists when a character struggles against some outside force

5.Internal Conflict- exists within the
mind of a character that is torn between opposing feelings or goals

6. Act- a major unit of drama

7. Aside- a comment made by a character that is heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage

8. Dialect- a variation of language spoken by a particular group
9. Dialogue- conversation between characters in a literary work

10. Drama- a story usually performed by actors on a stage or before movie or TV cameras

11. Monologue- a long speech by a single character in a play or solo performance

12. Mood- the emotional quality or atmosphere of a story

13. Props- objects and elements of
scenery of a stage play or movie set

14. Screenplay- the script of film

15. Teleplay- a play written or adapted for television

16. Scene- a subdivision of an act in a play

17. Sound devices- techniques used to create a sense of rhythm or to emphasize particular sounds in writing

18. Stage directions- instructions written by the dramatist to describe the appearance and actions of characters
19. Tone- the elements of style that express to readers an author’s feelings and attitude toward the subject (Can be positive, negative, or neutral)

20. Tragedy- a type of drama in which the main character dies

***21. Prose- any type of literature other that poetry and drama

22. Flashback- An interruption in the flow of the story to tell something that has happened before

23. Foreshadowing- The use of clues by the author to prepare the reader for what might happen next

24. Pun- a humorous play on words “Our hotel rooms give you a ‘suite’
feeling”
***