DMA NOV. 30TH  Week 14  DMA question: What career(s) are you interested in? Why? If you are not sure, what are you NOT interested in?

VOCABULARY “Liar Liar pants on Fire!” “She’s Crafty”

“LIAR”  Copy the word, part of speech, and the definition.  You will have a quiz over these words on Friday, December 4 th.

1. DUBIOUS  Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity  adjective  Jerry’s claim that he could fly like Superman seemed dubious – we didn’t believe it.

2. FABRICATED  Def. Made; concocted to deceive  Verb  Sample sentence: Fabio fabricated the story that he used to play drums for Metallica; he had never actually held drumsticks in his life.

3. HYPOCRISY  Def. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity (Abstract noun)  Sample sentence: People who claim to be vegetarian but eat chicken and fish are guilty of hypocrisy.

4. SLANDER  Def. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone  Abstract noun  Sample sentence: After the radio host stated that Monica was a space alien, she sued him for slander.

5. SPURIOUS  Def. Not genuine  Adjective  Sample sentence: The sportscaster made a spurious claim when he said that the San Antonio Spurs were undefeated.

“CRAFTY”  (new section)

1. ASTUTE  Def. Shrewd; clever  Adjective  Sample sentence: Kevin is financially astute; he never falls for the tricks that credit card companies play.

2. CLANDESTINE  Def. Secretive  Adjective  Sample sentence: The spies planned a clandestine maneuver that depended on its secrecy to work.

3. COUP  Def. A brilliantly executed plan  Noun  Sample sentence: It was quite a coup when I talked the salesperson into selling me this valuable cuckoo clock for five dollars.

4. DISINGENUOUS  Def. Not straightforward; crafty  Adjective  Sample sentence: Mr. Gelman was rather disingenuous; although he seemed to be simply asking about your health, he was really trying to figure out why you’d been absent.

5. RUSE  A crafty trick  Noun  Sample sentence: The offer of a free cruise was merely a ruse to get people to listen to their sales pitch.

6. STRATAGEM  Def. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit  Noun  Sample sentence: Planting microphones in the gangster’s home was a clever, but illegal, strategem.

7. SURREPTITIOUSLY  Def. Done by secretive means  Adverb  Sample sentence: Matt drank the cough syrup surreptitiously because he didn’t want anyone to know that he was sick.

8. WARY  Def. On guard  Adjective  Sample sentence: My father becomes wary whenever a salesman calls him on the phone; he knows that many crooks use the phone so that they can’t be charged with mail fraud.

9. WILY  Def. Cunning  Adjective  Sample sentence: Each year, a new batch of wily campers devised ways to torture the cabin leader.

JUNIOR RESEARCH PAPER

VOCAB ASSIGNMENT Form groups of 2-4 people. Using the tune of a holiday song (such as “Frosty the Snowman,” “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer,” etc) rewrite the song using at least 10 vocabulary words, any combination from any weeks.

DUE TOMORROW!  Your topic/research question – sign up between 6:15 and 2:45.  Nerd Essay annotated and chart filled out!  Due Wednesday: Holiday Song using 10 vocabulary words.

ALSO DUE TOMORROW:  “Nerd” Essay annotated and chart filled in.  Bring it back tomorrow and we will look at sample essays..  You will have about 30 minutes to work on songs/sign up for JRP Topic…