All classes should make pictionaries for words 1-10 unit 9.
Sections 4 and 5 must look up the word origins of the words, like the example below.
Did you know that the etymology of the word erode comes from rodent? In sections 4 and 5, we didn't either until we looked it up!
Rodent: from Latin rodent- ‘gnawing,’ from the verb roder.
our vocab word is
Erode: from French éroder or Latin erodere, from e- (variant of ex-)‘out, away’ + rodere ‘gnaw.’
Today:
We discussed characters. We read a character description of a girl named Shannon. By the end of the essay, we understood who Shannon was. We could really picture her. Then we put her into the Siri video we watched. Because we knew he so well, we could easily alter the story.
I want the students to define their characters well. Use the chart below to get a clear picture.
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Narrator (Will the narrator be 1st person or 3rd person omniscient?)
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Billy
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Suzy
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Physical
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Mannerisms
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Actions
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Speech “quotes”
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What others say
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Words 1-10 Unit 9
The hikers needed to accelerate their pace once it
became clear it would soon rain.
Accelerate- to speed up
The bystander who had witnessed the collision gave
his statement to the police.
Bystander- witness, watches
The students volunteered to canvass the neighborhood
for our candidate.
Canvass- go throughout for support, to poll
A casual remark made by the mayor was taken out of
context and used against him in the press.
Casual- not formal
The immigrants at Ellis Island represented the downtrodden
masses yearning to be free.
Downtrodden- trod=walk upon, walked on!
To entice shoppers into the store, salespersons were
giving away coupons for free gifts.
Entice- attract, temp, lure
Storms and mudslides eroded the road so that eventually
it became impassable.
Eroded- wash wear away
After suffering much damage in the storm, the small craft
was left floundering about helplessly.
Flounder- to thrash about (like a fish)
A witness gave the reporter a graphic account of the
destruction caused by the tornado.
Graphic- vivid, lifelike
The gruesome crime rocked the ordinarily quiet
neighborhood.
Gruesome- gross, disgusting, revolting, nasty
