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.
- _______ (Be prepared to explain why for 1-4.)
- ______
- ______
- ______
- cool: good :: dig : ______ (2)
- hopeful : bleak :: proud : _____
- Most religions promise eternal ______ in something like Heaven.
- A person who doesn’t like to ______ to the group is often looked at as an outsider.
- Explain what the expression “Ignorance is bliss” means.
- Is the expression “Ignorance is bliss” a motto? Why/not?
- 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
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What are the connotations of the word “outsider”? -
What does it mean to say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”?
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What does the year 1967 make you think of?
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