7th & 8th Grade: Spelling and Literary Terms - Week 6
zucchini – green veggie
capricious – unpredictable
mozzarella – white cheese
vigilante – mob justice
filibuster – long winded talk
vanilla – flavor
conquistador – conqueror
plausible – possible
Attendance – Turnout
Prosperous – Wealthy
Literary Terms:
1. Dissuade - To advise a person against doing something. Opposite of persuade.
2. Emaciated - To waste away physically. Starving, extremely skinny
3. Fixated - To focus or concentrate obsessively
4. Forlorn - Sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion
5. Diction - A choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, effectiveness when heard or read. How you say things.
We are beginning our unit on research papers. There is much to discuss as we tackle these.
8th Grade: New spelling, Lit terms, then we spent the day in the Library working on History Day projects. THESE ARE DUE TUESDAY!!!!
10th Grade Spelling, Literary Terms, and Grammar Link:
Lit Terms Week 6
Epigram – a
brief, witty saying or poem:
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“One bad apple spoils the barrel.”
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“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” ~
Ben Franklin
Epitaph – A
short poem or verse written in memory of someone.
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Here lies Michael John Cotter, who I shot when
he married my daughter.
Epithet – a
word or phrase used in place of someone’s name.
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“Hulk” Hogan
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Alexander “The Great”
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the “Material Girl”
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Ivan “The Terrible”
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“The
Rock”
Epiphany – A
sudden realization of something – the Lightbulb moment. Eureka!
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In Mary Poppins, the old banker has an ephiphany
of understanding and laughs so hard at a joke about “A man with a wooden leg
named Smith” that he actually dies.
Spelling –
week 6
1. Antarctic – The SOUTH pole
2. Ascend – to go up
3. Ascertain – To find out / figure out
4. Assess – to judge / size up for quality
5. Bankrupt – Broke
6. Bouillon – a cube of meat extract used for
making soup
Bullion – A metal ingot or bar
Soup bouillon /
gold bullion – pretty much the same pronunciation for both words
7. Bouyant – Floats
8. Bureau – Dresser / Government agency
9. Capital – Money for projects
Capitol – Chief city
10. Carburetor – Engine part
Grammar –
Gotta Love those verb forms!
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Base form – Nothing added to the end. The verb is in its natural state.
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Eat, Dance, Fly, Hike
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Present Participle (Present progressive) – ING
added to the end.
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Eating, Dancing, Flying, Hiking
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Past – Usually ends with ED, but not
always.
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Ate, Danced, Flew, Hiked
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Past Participle (Past Progressive) – Similar to
Past tense, but has a helping verb with it.
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Have flown, Have danced, Have eaten, Have hiked
History: Work in lab on projects.
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