Entries categorized as ‘VOCAB’
This entry is Mandatory.
Grading: Each entry will receive a) credit for blog entries and b) a ‘quiz’ grade based on the quality of word usage and the overall story development.
Length: 3+ paragraphs; 5+ sentences in each paragraph.
Words (from the May 4th list):
- abscond
- complaisant
- converge
- dirge
- indict
- insular
- prodigal
- recalcitrant
- truculence
- verbose
Images: Pick one of the ones that follows:
Categories: VOCAB
This is a MANDATORY entry:
- To get credit for this week’s blog entries, you must complete this entry
- The vocab story also receives a ‘quiz’ grade for the quality of the story
Rules:
- Use all 10 of the following words
- Include the part of speech and definition
- Write 3+ paragraphs
- Each paragraph must be 5+ sentences
Words:
- ambivalence – contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
- appease – to soothe; to relieve
- caustic – burning; sarcastically biting
- choleric – bad-tempered
- iconoclastic – attacking cherished traditions
- indigence – poverty
- officious – excessively pushy in offering one’s (usually unwanted) services or advice
- precursor – forerunner
- solicitous – worried, concerned
- virtuoso – someone with masterful ability in the arts
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Categories: VOCAB
NEW RULES for 4th QUARTER for ALL ENTRIES:
- 1 entry for a “C”; 2 entries for a “B”; 3 entries for an “A”.
- Length: Each entry must be a minimum of 3 full paragraphs
- Paragraphs: Each paragraph must be 5+ sentences.
- Any entry that is less than 3 paragraphs — and entries with paragraphs less than 5 sentences – are not guaranteed credit.
NOTE: This is a MANDATORY entry that receives 2 types of credit.
- credit as a ‘quiz’ grade (based on quality)
- credit as one of the blog entries.
WORD LIST:
- austere – severely simple and unornamented
- censure – severe criticism
- disabuse – to correct a false impression; undeceive mentally
- flout – to reject; mock; show contempt for
- heresy – an opinion that contradicts established principles
- hierarchy – a formally ranked group
- inconsequential – unimportant
- innate – present from birth
- instigate- to get something started
- luminous – issuing light
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Categories: VOCAB
This entry is mandatory. A separate quiz grade will be given for every student’s entry.
- “A” = a truly unique story/description that shows a sophisticated use of the words and the willingness to develop the idea(s); it’s clear that the story works even without the vocab words being the focus.
- “B” = a creative idea with potential (if more time was available) with a solid use of the vocab words; perhaps a bit rushed; the vocab words seem to be the focus (with the story seeming to be ‘added on’ a bit).
- “C” (or lower) = seems to be rushing through the assignment with minimal development/understanding.
- “F” = no entry.
- Note: Mr. Long may substitute “F” with a “zero” in the grade book if the student has a pattern of not doing these vocab entries over the quarter. If only one mandatory vocab entry is missing in the quarter, then an “F” will offer a minimal penalty grade-wise.
Directions:
- Write a brief story or description of the image.
- Use all 10 of the following words from the January 26 list seen below.
- Include: definition and part of speech (as you use it) in parenthesis to receive maximum credit.
The Words:
- adulation
- dogmatic
- dupe
- fawning
- imperturbable
- lethargic
- penury
- proscribe
- relegate
- taciturn
Remember: Include the definition and part of speech (as you use it) in parenthesis to get maximum credit.
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Categories: SEM 2 WEEK 4 · VOCAB
This entry is mandatory. A separate quiz grade will be given for every student’s entry.
- “A” = a truly unique story/description that shows a sophisticated use of the words and the willingness to develop the idea(s); it’s clear that the story works even without the vocab words being the focus.
- “B” = a creative idea with potential (if more time was available) with a solid use of the vocab words; perhaps a bit rushed; the vocab words seem to be the focus (with the story seeming to be ‘added on’ a bit).
- “C” (or lower) = seems to be rushing through the assignment with minimal development/understanding.
- “F” = no entry.
- Note: Mr. Long may substitute “F” with a “zero” in the grade book if the student has a pattern of not doing these vocab entries over the quarter. If only one mandatory vocab entry is missing in the quarter, then an “F” will offer a minimal penalty grade-wise.
Directions:
- Write a brief story or description of the image.
- Use all 10 of the following words from the January 26 list seen below.
- Include: definition and part of speech (as you use it) in parenthesis to receive maximum credit.
The Words:
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approbation
-
consensus
-
dichotomy
-
extraneous
-
feasible
-
inundate
-
laud
-
maverick
-
mundane
-
pungent
Remember: Include the definition and part of speech (as you use it) in parenthesis to get maximum credit.
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Categories: SEM 2 WEEK 3 · VOCAB
This entry is mandatory. A separate quiz grade will be given for every student’s entry.
- “A” = a truly unique story/description that shows a sophisticated use of the words and the willingness to develop the idea(s); it’s clear that the story works even without the vocab words being the focus.
- “B” = a creative idea with potential (if more time was available) with a solid use of the vocab words; perhaps a bit rushed; the vocab words seem to be the focus (with the story seeming to be ‘added on’ a bit).
- “C” (or lower) = seems to be rushing through the assignment with minimal development/understanding.
- “F” = no entry.
- Note: Mr. Long may substitute “F” with a “zero” in the grade book if the student has a pattern of not doing these vocab entries over the quarter. If only one mandatory vocab entry is missing in the quarter, then an “F” will offer a minimal penalty grade-wise.
Directions:
- Write a brief story or description of the image.
- Use all 10 of the following words from the January 26 list seen below.
- Include: definition and part of speech (as you use it) in parenthesis to receive maximum credit.
The words:
- apprise
- diatribe
- distend
- latent
- mollify
- placate
- proliferation
- rancor
- surreptitious
- vituperative
Remember: Include the definition and part of speech (as you use it) in parenthesis to get maximum credit
Image 1 (link: http://tinyurl.com/b68l82)
Image 2 (link: http://tinyurl.com/asgv7s)
Image 3 (link: http://tinyurl.com/bsbl6b)
Categories: SEM 2 WEEK 2 · VOCAB
Use the 10 following words (from the Jan 20 list) to describe one of the following images; include the part of speech in parenthesis:
- antipathy – aversion; dislike
- criterion- a standard on which a decision can be based
- deride- to laugh at with contempt
- elusive – difficult to find
- fledgling – inexperienced, beginner
- guile – deceit; particular cleverness in deceiving people
- harangue – long, passionate, and intense speech
- innocuous – harmless
- irresolute – uncertain how to act; weak
- preclude – to prevent
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Categories: SEM 2 WEEK 1 · VOCAB
NOTE:
These 20 words (plus the previous 40 words from 4 lists) will be used on the Tues, Dec. 9th quiz (one week after you return from Thanksgiving break).
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Who: All periods
Directions:
- Use any of the 10 words from the 2 lists found below
- Include a) definition and b) part of speech — place both in parenthesis
Length: Varies
November 17th list
- anomalous – irregular; abnormal
- chicanery – trickery; deception
- conciliatory – soothing; meant to make peace
- denigrate – to ridicule; to make fun of
- emulate – to imitate with intent to equal or surpass
- fatuous – brainless, inane, foolish – yet smug
- gullible – easily deceived
- opulence – affluence
- ostentatious – pretentious; trying to attract attention
- plummet – to fall sharply
December 2nd list
- altruistic – unselfish; putting other people’s needs first
- arduous – strenuous
- buttress – to support; to prop up
- commensurate – corresponding in extent or degree; proportionate
- cursory- very quick
- despondent- extremely discouraged
- esoteric – hard to understand
- euphemism – mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; less offensive words
- insipid – lacking in flavor, dull
- pragmatic – practical (as opposed to idealistic)
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Categories: VOCAB · WEEK 11
Who: All periods
Directions:
- Use any of the 10 words from the 2 lists found below
- Include a) definition and b) part of speech — place both in parenthesis
Length: Varies
November
- aggregate – to gather; accumulate
- astute – clever; perceptive
- bombastic – using inflated language
- craven – cowardly
- diffidence – shyness
- equivocal – ambiguous
- fastidious – hard to please
- gouge – to overcharge
- immutable – unchangeable
- quiescent – dormant; at rest; temporarily inactiv
November 1
- autonomous – self-governing; independent
- brevity – shortness in length or time
- candor – honesty
- depravity- corruption
- discordant – not harmonious; conflicting
- enervate – to weaken
- extricate – to release with difficulty
- gravity- seriousness
- mendacious – habitually dishonest
- pristine – unspoiled
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Categories: VOCAB · WEEK 10
Who: Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, & 7
Directions:
- Use any 10 words from the 2 lists (20 words) found below
- Include a) definition and b) part of speech — place both in parenthesis
Length: Varies
October 21
- arbitrary – randomly chosen
- belie – to give a false impression
- cryptic- secret or hidden in some way
- eclectic – composed of elements drawn from different sources
- fallacious – false, misleading; illogical
- impervious – incapable of being damaged or distressed
- irascible – easily angered
- negate – to cancel; deny; nullify
- reprobate – devoid of a sense of decency
- shard – fragment, generally of pottery
October 27 — NOTE: the Oct 27 word list will be the Nov 4th vocab quiz
- ambiguous – unclear; having more than one meaning
- conundrum – riddle; difficult problem
- disseminate – distribute; spread; scatter
- equanimity – calmness; composure
- facetious – joking (often inappropriately); humorous
- grandiloquent – to use high-sounding language, bombastic
- inadvertently – unintentionally, not on purpose
- morose – ill-humored; sullen; gloomy
- obviate – to make unnecessary; to get rid of
- salubrious – healthful
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Categories: VOCAB · WEEK 9
