Q4, W3, #1: MANDATORY VOCAB STORY

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:

SEM2 Q4 W2 #1: MANDATORY VOCAB STORY

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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SEM2 Q4 #1: VISUAL VOCAB STORY — MANDATORY ENTRY

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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SEM 2, W4, #2: MANDATORY VOCAB STORY

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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SEM 1, W3, #1: MANDATORY VOCAB STORY

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:

• 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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SEM2, W2, #2: MANDATORY VOCAB STORY

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)

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Image 3 (link:  http://tinyurl.com/bsbl6b)

SEM2, W1, #1: VISUAL VOCAB STORY

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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W11, #2: VISUAL VOCAB STORY

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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W10, #9: VISUAL VOCAB STORY

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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W9, #1: VISUAL VOCAB STORY

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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