Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Most of them have been taken from your textbook; some words/terms may not be typical vocabulary words (for example, names of places or allusions to famous things); nevertheless, you should know them.
- Look up the definitions and parts of speech of each word. Write both in your notebook. (You must handwrite this assignment; not type, or cut and paste).
- For each of the words, find an excellent context sentence by googling the Internet (always cite your source within parentheses after the sentence--the name of the website).
- In addition, create an excellent context sentence of your own. (Try to make a personal connection to your own life or the life of someone you know when you use the word. If you do this, you will remember the word better.)
- Clearly label the "googled" sentence and your "own" sentence: "I" for Internet sentence; "My" for the sentence that you create.
- Look up four synonyms and four antonyms for each word; simply list them.
- Highlight the vocabulary word in each sentence.
- All of this work should be written on loose-leaf paper in your binder, so that it can be turned in for a grade.
- Include MLA heading on top left side of first page only.
- Include header (last name and page number) at top right side of each page (including the backs of handwritten pages).
Please note that some words may not have synonyms or antonyms (Cape Cod, for example). If a word has multiple definitions (many will), choose any definition. If a word can be used as more than one part of speech, choose any part of speech.
Please highlight your name in the heading. Thank you.
- sally
- salutation
- sanction
- savant
- scant
- schism
- scorn
- seamless
- secede
- seclusion
- sect
- sedentary
- sententious
- serene
- serpentine
- shackle
- shibboleth
- shrewd
- skirmish
- skittish
- slake
- sophomoric
- sordid
- sovereign
- spate
- specious
- specter
- spectrum
- spurn
- stalwart
