Weekly Vocabulary Terms Mrs. Allison’s Language Arts Resource Class 2011

  

For Your Information Words Assigned on Monday (or Tuesday if holiday or no school) & given a graphic organizer Student is given definition and part of speech in Animoto video Student is to find a synonym for each vocabulary word Student is to create an original word using each vocabulary word Student should study words every night Student is tested on a set of words on Fridays

Students watch Animoto video in class each week that gives definition, part of speech, picture examples, etc. Students/parents have access to these videos. Link will be posted for each video with each set of word

Words Taken From 100 Vocabulary Words Every Freshmen Should Know  

Set 1 – Week of August 29, 2011 accentuate alliteration analogy antibody aspire

Weekly Vocabulary Terms Set 2 – Week of September 6, 2001 bamboozle bizarre boisterous boycott camouflage  

Set 3 – Week of September 12, 2011 chronology commemorate cower decorum deduction

Set 4 – Week of September 19, 2011 deign despondent dialogue divulge eclectic

Set 5 – Week of September 26, 2011 ellipse embargo enthusiastic exponent exult

Set 6 – Week of October 3, 2011 fallacy flourish formidable gargoyle guerrilla

Set 7 – Week of October 10, 2011 guru heritage hieroglyphic hologram hypocrisy

Set 8 – Week of October 17, 2011 immune impertinent inference introspection jaunty

Set 9 – Week of October 24, 2011 jovial kilometer labyrinth laconic lichen

Set 10 – Week of October 31, 2011 light-year maneuver marsupial metaphor mosaic

Set 11 – Week of November 7, 2011 mutation nebula nocturnal nuisance omnivore

Set 12 – Week of November 14,2011 outrageous ozone parasite participle phloem

No Words Week of November 21, 2011 Holidays

Set 13 – Week of November 28, 2011 plateau polygon protagonist pulverize quandary

Set 14 – Week of December 5, 2011 quarantine quota rainforest random recede

Set 15, 2011 – Week of December 12, 2011 renaissance renegade repose sacrifice silhouette  

No Words Weeks of December 19 or December 26, 2011 Holidays

Set 16 – Week of January 3, 2011 solstice spectrum stereotype strategy suffrage  

Set 17 – Week of January 9, 2011 symbiosis tariff technique tempo toxin

Set 18 – Week of January 16, 2011 tranquility tumult tundra ultraviolet unanimous

Set 19 – Week of January 23, 2011 undulate vaccine vacillate vertebrate virtuoso

Set 20 – Week of January 30, 2011 voracious wretched xylem yacht zoology