Transcript The Man Who Wrote Messiah

Open Court: Unit 4_Lesson 7
The Man Who Wrote
Messiah
Word Knowledge
Line 1: entertain entertained entertainment
Line 2: lives leaves thieves knives
Line 3: improvising composing producing
setting
Line 4: duchesses clamoring headfirst
accustomed accompanied
S1: Movies are my form of entertainment.
S2: I heard that the police finally caught the jewel
thieves.
S3: Over he weekend, I will go swimming at my
neighbor’s pool.
S4: Clamoring down the hallway, my brother knocked
headfirst into the fog, and began to laugh.
Vocabulary
oratorio: chorus usually based on
biblical scripture. (pg. 400)
patron: financial supporter.
repertory: collection of related music of
(pg. 399)
a composer. (pg.400)
improvising: to make or change a
musical piece while performing it. (pg. 398)
harpsichord: a keyboard instrument,
played like a piano, whose strings are
plucked.(pg. 400)
Spelling: Compound Words
1. terrified
2. geometric
3. deserted
4. embarrassed
5. scissors
6. sergeants
7. stratum
8. strata
9. index
10.indices
11.commercial
12.alligator
13.dissolution
14.chairlift
15.lamppost
16.duchesses
17.clamoring
18.headfirst
19.accustomed
20.accompanied