INTO THE WILD VOCABULARY Monday, February 23rd
SWBAT define vocabulary in context in ITW Do Now: Write down these words (not in your journal) and guess what they mean. Congenial Escarpments Antimony Anomaly Contumacious
WEEK AHEAD Monday Define SAT WORDS READ CHAPTERS 5 AND 6 OF ITW AND WRITE ONE JOURNAL ENTRY FOR THURSDAY Tuesday: Wednesday ESSAY DUE TODAY Thursday Friday: SAT QUIZ 8
Vocabulary Activity Chapters 1-3 congenial (5) - escarpments (10) -antimony (10) - anomaly (11) - contumacious (11) - visage (16) - amiable (16) - convivial (18) - plebeian (18) - mien (18) - onerous (22) – Chapters 4-5 egress (28) -indolently (32) –saline (32) - sere (32) –bourgeois (39) – lumpen (39) –itinerant (43) - primordial (44) –fatuous (44) –sedentary (44) – Chapters 6-7 hegira (48) - creosote (48) –desiccated (49) –phantasmal (49) - arroyo (49) – indigent (50) –destitute (51) - serape (51) –harangues (51) – fulminate (52) – endemic (52) –unalloyed (55) - unbidden (63) –
GROUP CONTEXT ACTIVITY Use the sheet. First spend five-ten minutes going through each word and guessing the definition. The number corresponds to page number. Look at the word in context. Then take the dictionary and use your phone to define the words on your list. When done, put words on the board.
SHARE WORDS How many of your guesses in context were actually right,