Transcript Vocabulary Word

Grammar Rule of the Week
Capitalize names of
people, titles used in front
of a person’s name, places,
days, months, holidays,
and special events.
Vocabulary Word:
Altercation (n)—a noisy dispute
Sentence Correction:
The altercation on friday
between joe and sam was
recorded on cell phones and
posted on the internet over the
labor day weekend.
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Aborigine (n)—an original
inhabitant
Sentence Correction:
The aborigines of north
america celebrated
thanksgiving with the
pilgrims.
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Amalgam (n)—a mixture of
different elements
Sentence Correction:
The amalgam of students
at mt. tabor is a good
picture of diversity.
Explain how this picture demonstrates the EXTERNAL
CONFLICT (Man vs Nature). Give specific details from
the picture.
Journal #1: Write two good paragraphs in formal
writing (No contractions!)
Begin your entry with, “If we had gone a different
way…” and tell the story of this picture.
Grammar Rule of the Week
Capitalize names of nationalities,
languages, direction words
referring to parts of the country,
school subjects named after a
country or followed by a Roman
numeral, and the first and all
important words in titles of
books.
Vocabulary Word:
Ambrosial (adj)—delicious; fragrant;
divine
Sentence Correction:
According to the cookbook,
the food of greece, the food
in southern greece is
ambrosial.
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Ambulatory (adj)—able to walk or
move
Sentence Correction:
The french patient was
ambulatory after the
surgery; he fell in love with
the american nurse.
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Apex (n)—highest point, summit
Sentence Correction:
The apex of the book around
the world in eighty days was
when phileas fogg almost
lost his bet.
Explain how this picture demonstrates
INTERNAL CONFLICT (Man vs Self). Give
specific details from the picture to support your
answer.
Grammar Rule of the Week
Use apostrophes to show
ownership, form
contractions, and in
place of omitted
numbers in a year.
Vocabulary Word:
Bedlam (n)—uproar; confusion
Sentence Correction:
The teachers class was
bedlam; it took five
administrators to control
it.
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Bellicose (adj)—warlike; quarrelsome
Sentence Correction:
The students bellicose
behavior made the teacher
send him out of class.
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Bona fide (adj) – made in good faith;
genuine
Sentence Correction:
The teenagers offer to wash the
dishes was a bona fide one,
even though he didnt follow
through on it.
Identify the flashbacks in the following scene and
what effect they have on the viewer.
Journal #2:
Write two good paragraphs in formal writing
(No contractions!)
Grammar Rule of the Week
Fragments may lack a
subject, verb, or both, or
may be punctuated
incorrectly to form an
incomplete thought.
Vocabulary Word:
Brouhaha (n)—hubbub; uproar;
furor
Sentence Correction:
Creating a brouhaha in
class.
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Buffoon (n)—a clown, comedian, or
laughable person
Sentence Correction:
The buffoon in first
period.
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Cacophonous (adj)—harshsounding or confused-sounding
Sentence Correction:
The cacophonous music
was coming from.
Explain how the following video clip from the 1975
JAWS movie shows FORESHADOWING. Give specific
details from the clip.
Grammar Rule of the Week
A run-on sentence is two or
more complete sentences
written as though they were
one sentence; a comma splice
is a type of run-on with only a
comma separating the two
sentences.
Vocabulary Word:
Circumvent (v)—to avoid by going
around; to encircle; to outwit
Sentence Correction:
Many people believe that
you cannot circumvent
your fate, others believe
that you have no fate.
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Cogitate (v)—to ponder or think
intently
Sentence Correction:
The teacher encouraged the
students to cogitate about the
question many students
answered quickly.
Vocabulary Word:
Comatose (adj)—unconscious;
inactive
Sentence Correction:
After the surgery, Tom was
comatose, he was moved
to intensive care.
Explain how the following video clips demonstrate
different MOODS. Give specific details from the clips.
Divide your box like this:
Original Mary Poppins Trailer
Remix Mary Poppins Trailer
Journal #3:
Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No
contractions!)
Grammar Rule of the Week
• Use commas to separate three or
more items in a series, two or
more adjectives before a noun, or
to separate parts of a date.
Vocabulary Word
Cryptic (adj)—secret;
mysterious
Sentence Correction:
The cryptic message was
received with worry
confusion and anticipation.
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Debonair (adj)—charming,
light-hearted
Sentence Correction:
Handsome charming John is
considered to be debonair by
the girls in his class.
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Demagogue (n)—leader who
promises things to people to gain
power
Sentence Correction:
The demagogue Hitler took
power on January 30 1933 in
germany.
Explain the symbolism of one part of
the Great Seal the back of the dollar
bill.
The Eye
The
Pyramid—
13 levels,
unfinished
1776
Grammar Rule of the Week
Use commas to set off a noun
in a direct address, set off
appositives and non-essential
clauses, and after an
introductory adverb clause.
Vocabulary Word:
Disheveled (adj)--untidy
Sentence Correction:
When you are living in
my house a disheveled
room is not allowed.
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Doggerel (n)—loose,
irregular verse; bad poetry
Sentence Correction:
The book of doggerel poems
written by terrible poets is
not read by many people.
Vocabulary Word:
Dulcet (adj)—sweet;
melodious, soothing
Sentence Correction:
Sally is warm milk or soft
music more dulcet before
trying to sleep?
Describe the setting (time and place) in this
picture, giving specific details to support your
description.
Journal #4:
Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No
contractions!), finishing the story…
Begin your story with, “A hand reached out of the mist, startling her….”
Grammar Rule of the Week
Use a singular verb
with a singular subject
and a plural verb with
a plural subject.
Vocabulary Word:
Egregious (adj)—flagrant;
out of the ordinary
Sentence Correction:
The boys wants to
confess to the
egregious mistake.
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Emaciated (adj)—painfully
thin; wasted
Sentence Correction:
The class are shocked at the
pictures of the emaciated children
in Africa, they decides to raise
money for them.
Vocabulary Word:
Exodus (n)—a mass departure
Sentence Correction:
The roaches is running
from behind the
refrigerator in an exodus.
Explain how this picture demonstrates an
ALLUSION.
Grammar Rule of the Week
Subjects joined by and
take a plural verb.
Singular subjects joined
by or or nor take singular
verbs.
Vocabulary Word:
Expletive (n)—an obscenity;
offensive language
Sentence Correction:
Susie and Sally uses an
expletive towards their
teacher, they was suspended
for the infraction.
Vocabulary Word:
Expunge (v)—to strike out; to
erase; to remove
Sentence Correction:
Neither the teacher nor the
administrator agree to
expunge the zero given for
cheating.
Vocabulary Word:
Fiasco (n)—a failure
Sentence Correction:
The players and the
fans agrees that the
game was a fiasco.
Explain how this pictures shows an IDIOM and
what it means.
Journal #5:
Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No
contractions!), finishing the story…
Begin your story with, “A hand reached out of the mist, startling her….”