1. Do Now Brainstorm a list of words that contain these root words and then guess what each word could mean.
cir, cirum
peri

2. Review nouns and pronouns
Week 4
cir, cirum = around
peri = around, surrounding, near
circuitous
circumscribe
circumspect
circumstantial
peripheral
periodontal
peril
perish
SAT Word
ominous
General Vocabulary
compare contrast
Literary Device
setting
Grammar Focus
Review nouns and pronouns

3. monolith (noun) Definition: large, narrow stone used as a monument or for religious purposes circuitous (adjective)
Definition:  
not straight, short, and direct
not said or done simply or clearly
Sentence:
Rather than take a winding and circuitous route through time and space, the three Mrs. Ws decided to take the children a faster way, through a tesseract.

4. circumscribe (verb) Definition:
Sentence:
A tall electric fence was constructed outside CENTRAL Central Intelligence to circumscribe any suspicious person from breaking in and attacking IT.
Definition:
 to limit the size or amount of (something)
to draw a shape around (another shape)

5. circumspect (adj.)
Definition: thinking carefully about possible risks before doing or saying something
Sentence:
Charles Wallace must take a circumspect approach when dealing with the Man with Red Eyes and IT or his pride and arrogance will prevent him from saving his father.

6. circumstantial (adjective)
Definition: providing or including the details of a particular situation or event
Sentence:
The three Mrs. Ws will need to provide circumstantial evidence that Meg’s father has been kidnapped by IT before the children can rescue Mr. Murry.

7. peripheral (adj.) Sentence:
The children hadn’t been in the cookie cutter town on the planet of Camazotz long before they caught a peripheral view of the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building.
Definition:  
not relating to the main or most important part
outer/surface part of the field of vision

8. periodontal (adj.)
Definition: surrounding a tooth, affecting and supporting the tissues and structures of a tooth
Sentence:
Because Charles Wallace had a proclivity for eating too many candy bars on Halloween, his dentist said Charles developed a periodontal disease.

9. peril (noun)
Definition:  
the possibility that you will be hurt or killed or that something unpleasant or bad will happen
something that is likely to cause injury, pain, harm, or loss
Sentence:
The lives of Charles Wallace, Meg, and Calvin may be in peril if they attempt to do battle with their antagonists, the Man with Red Eyes and IT.

10. perish (verb) Definition: Sentence:
to die, be destroyed, or slowly break apart by natural process
Sentence:
Mr. Murry will slowly perish from the mind control of IT if Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin do not rescue him.

11. General Vocab: compare (verb)
Definition: To say or show that something is similar to something else
Sentence:
The students will compare the texture of a Milky Way candy bar to the texture of a Three Musketeers to see how bars are similar.

12. General Vocab: contrast (verb)
Definition: To say or show how two things are different
Definition:
The students will contrast the flavor of the Milky Way candy bar to the Three Musketeers bar to discuss how the two flavors are different.

13. Compare/Contrast
Shape
Weight
Smell
Touch
Taste
Hersey Bar
Crunch Bar

14. SAT Word: ominous(adj.)
Definition: threatening, suggesting something bad is going to happen in the future
Sentence:
In novels and short stories, objects, such as ravens, owls, storms, and dark clouds are ominous warnings that something bad is about to happen in the plot.

15. Literary Device: setting
Definition:
the time and location in which the story takes place.
Setting can also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings. 
Settings can be real or fictional, or a combination of both real and fictional elements.
Settings may influence theme, characters, and action in a story.
Answer the following question in your notebook:
How is the setting of the town on Camazotz inspired by communist Russia of the 1950s? What do you think the author, L’Engle, was trying to show by including this setting in A Wrinkle in Time?

16. Concrete & Abstract Noun Review
1.Abstract nouns name feelings, ideas, or qualities. Concrete nouns name things that can be recognized by the senses. 2.Glue “C” for concrete or “A” for abstract on foldable to identify underlined noun. 3. Under your flap, write a sentence using underlined noun.

17. Review—Wrinkle in Time Words
Do you remember the definition of. . .
tesseract-a cube generalized to 4 dimensions
somber-gloomy, dark, depressing
dubiously-with doubt/uncertainty
dilapidated-run down looking
inexorable-impossible to stop

18. Grammar Focus: Review of pronouns & abstract nouns
Definition: -any word that replaces nouns or other pronouns -The antecedent is the word the pronoun replaces. Example: The Murry family (antecedent) fixed their (pronoun) sandwiches in the kitchen.
vague pronoun: when a pronoun is used but the antecedent is unclear Example: When Meg handed Mrs. Whatsit the sandwich, she sneezed. Who sneezed—Meg or Mrs. Whatsit?