Vocabulary Bellwork Week 2

No school- MLK DAY

 No school- MLK DAY

 1. barricade (p. 27)noun- a barrier that protects defenders or blocks a route.  2. dawdling (p. 35) adj.- wasting time, idling  3. devious- adj.- secretive and calculating, not straightforward or honest about motives  4. fatigue- noun- mental or physical exhaustion  5. intently- adv.- showing fixed attention or full concentration

 6. peculiar-adj.- unusual, strange, or unconventional  7. subordinates- noun- people of lesser rank or lower status  8. devour- verb- to eat something quickly and hungrily  9. gruesome- adj.- involving or depicting death or injury in a disturbing or sickening way  10. insolence (p. 134) noun- rudeness or boldness

 1. Last week we studied the word blockade. Looking at blockade and barricade, what makes these words slightly different?

 Write two sentences using the words dawdling and fatigue. Try to make your sentences relate.  1.  2. Dude, it’s reading time! Begin your two column journal. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

Write out the sentences and identify relationships.  1. A restaurant manager’s subordinates would be the _______________.  2. An army general’s subordinates would be the _________________.  3. A babysitter’s subordinates would be the ______________.

Make a list of three foods that you would devour!  1.  2.  3. Draw a picture representing the word devour.  4. Dude, it’s reading time! Begin your two column journal. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

Write out the complete sentence and add the vocabulary word.  1. Video games are often criticized for their ____________ depiction of violence and death.  2. Isabel describes her sister Ruth as have a ______________, or strange, manner.  3. The students in the math class were ____________ working on their assignment, showing total focus.

 Why would a Patriot need to be devious? Write a sentence explaining at least two reasons.  1. Dude, it’s reading time! Begin your two column journal. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.