Wednesday, 8/26: Adjectives, Vocab, “Delinquent” + More

Opening Act: “Unpack Your Adjectives.”

I will be checking Vocabulary Show Me You Know sentences.
“Warm Up, 8/26/15.” Copy the analogies only. You may use words more than once.
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  1. _______ (Be prepared to explain why for 1-4.)
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. cool: good :: dig : ______ (2)
  6. hopeful : bleak :: proud : _____
  7. Most religions promise eternal ______ in something like Heaven.
  8. A person who doesn’t like to ______ to the group is often looked at as an outsider.
  9. Explain what the expression “Ignorance is bliss” means.
  10. Is the expression “Ignorance is bliss” a motto? Why/not?
  11. Based on the video, write a definition of what an adjective is/does:  “An adjective is a word that…”

 

Delinquent” by Langston Hughes

The Outsiders by S E Hinton

  • What are the connotations of the word “outsider”?

  • What does it mean to say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”?

  • What does the year 1967 make you think of?

 

Paul Newman?

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