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Wednesday, 12/7: Vocabulary, Research, Monsters! – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Wednesday, 12/7: Vocabulary, Research, Monsters!

You Better Know: What infamous event in history occurred on this day? In what year?

“Vocabulary 12/7.”
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  1. (2) _____ and ______
  2. _____
  3. “Quick, Bartlett! ______ them with hope!”
  4. “It’s times like these we really need to roll up our sleeves, rally together, and find a _____.”
  5. Everybody has _______(s) that other people might find weird.
  6. Patience with the ways of nature had been ____(ed) in her by her father.
  7. The root of this word means sleep: _____
  8. The prefix of this word means across or through: _____
  9. (2) The prefix of these words means not: _____ (Not instill; that one means “into.”)
  10. *** This word literally means “across to send.” _____

 

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.” p246.

Discuss in your group:

  • What is the purpose of fear?  (Why do we get scared?)
  • Why do we like it sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
  • What are (most) humans scared of?
  • “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (Meaning? Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)

ACT I.