1. 10th Literature Thursday, October 23rd and Friday, October 24th
Standards 2 and 3
Reading Quiz
Finish any remaining speeches.
Finding Figurative Language in The House on Mango Street
Showing vs. Telling
Unit 2 vocabulary words 1-10
Show me the definition. Draw a picture for each of the 10 words. Some will be more challenging than others. Be creative. If you really, really can’t think of how to draw it, you can write sentences but only twice.

2. Unit 2 Vocabulary
1. Adroit (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
2. Amicable (adj.) peaceable, friendly
3. Averse (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste, opposed, unwilling
4. Belligerent (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war
5. Benevolent (adj.) kindly, charitable

3. 6. Cursory (adj.) hasty, not thorough
7. Duplicity (n.) treachery, deceitfulness
8. Extol (v.) to praise extravagantly
9. Feasible (adj.) possible, able to be done
10. Grimace (n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face