1. Vocab 12.5

2. VOCABULARY 12.5 SWBAT determine word meanings from context clues.
SWBAT use word parts (roots, prefixes, suffixes) to determine meaning of unfamiliar words

3. RAPID FIRE AGENDA 7 mins: learn words in context & teach to table
10 mins: part of speech, misunderstandings, CFUs
15 mins: practice

4. Group Assignments
You have 30 seconds to determine who in your group is:
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe

5. Assignments: Washington: Words 3 & 4 Adams: Words 5 & 6
Jefferson: Words 1 & 2
Madison: Words 9 & 10
Monroe: Words 7 & 8

6. indigent Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
adjective
Experiencing want or need; impoverished
poor, poverty-stricken
rich, affluent, wealthy
indigently adv.
indigence n.
the indigent, n.

7. CFU: Indigent
Do you agree that the poor rather than the rich should be responsible for making the rules of society? Why?

8. infringe Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage verb
To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate
encroach, impose, intrude, invade, transgress, trespass
Comply
obey
Infringement, infringer noun

9. CFU: Infringe
What is the most important right that people have that you feel the United States Government should NOT infringe upon? Why?

10. document Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage verb
To record in written, photographic or other form
Log, chronicle, report

11. CFU: Document
Why is it essential to document the sources that you use in a research essay or report?

12. ostensible Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
Store sold synthetic marijuana and meth.
Part of Speech
Definition
Synonyms
Antonym
Special Usage
adjective
Represented or appearing as such; evident
Apparent, pretended, professed, supposed, alleged
genuine, real, honest
ostensibly adv.

13. CFU: Ostensible
What argument is Teddy Roosevelt making about the perception of government versus the reality of government?

14. specious Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
adjective
Plausible, but not true; based on a sham
Deceptive, false, misleading
true, direct, honest
speciously adv. speciousness n.

15. CFU: SPECIOUS
What might be a specious excuse you could tell for not completing your AP English homework?

16. ‘Copia’ was a Latin singular noun meaning ‘a lot’
‘Copia’ was a Latin singular noun meaning ‘a lot’. Adding ‘us’ to a singular noun made it a plural noun, so ‘copius’ literally meant ‘a lot of a lot’.

17. copious Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
adjective
Large in quantity; abundant
ample, bountiful, plentiful
lacking, meager, scant, rare
copiously adv. copiousness n.

18. CFU: copious
What is something you would like to have a copious amount of? What is something you WOULD NOT like to have a copious amount of?

19. extraneous Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
Wheel of Fortune sign reads, “Dangerously Irrelevant.”
Part of Speech
Definition
Synonyms
Antonym
Special Usage
adjective
Unessential or unrelated to the topic or matter at hand
irrelevant, needless, nonessential, peripheral, redundant, superfluous
essential, necessary, needed
extraneously adv. extraneousness n.

20. CFU: EXTRANEOUS
What is one reason that you should avoid writing about extraneous details in a Timed Argument Essay?

21. mundane Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
adjective
commonplace; ordinary.
banal, unimaginative, everyday
extraordinary, unusual
mundanely adv. mundaneness
mundanity n.

22. CFU: Mundane
What is something that a teacher can do to keep class from becoming mundane?

23. progeny Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage noun
Woman in middle is supposed to be Octomom.
Part of Speech
Definition
Synonyms
Antonym
Special Usage
noun
An offspring or a descendant. Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
breed, children, product, descendants, lineage
n. pl. progeny
progenies

24. Cfu: progeny
What inference can you make about how Mary Shelley feels about her novel Frankenstein when she refers to it as her ‘hideous progeny’?

25. sonorous Part of Speech Definition Synonyms Antonym Special Usage
adjective
Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
grandiloquent, bass, booming, rich, resonant
quiet, mute, soft
sonorously adv. sonorousness n.

26. CFU: sonorous Read the following quotation in a sonorous voice:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

27. Closing: low-stakes writing
Encourage students to use all and previous vocabulary words minutes. Share out/partner share/etc.