Agenda:
1) Collect AOW #7
2) Mrs. Karney will show you how to chart the text. We will look at the paragraphs that we chunked together to see what the author is SAYING and DOING.
3) Groups will complete poster on the article we read yesterday about teens,friends, and bad decisions.
Your poster will look like this
This handout will help you to describe what the author is doing in each group of paragraphs.
Verbs to Explain Author's Choices
VOCABULARY TO KNOW
Words to Know (Please note the changes from the original chart) Sorry!
bleak bare, desolate, and often windswept:
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without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary:
aghast struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror:
They stood aghast at the sight of the plane crashing.
exploit
to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account:
to exploit a business opportunity.
to use selfishly for one's own ends:
employers who exploit their workers.
to advance or further through exploitation; promote:
falter
He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances.
to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way:
Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.
a dogged worker.
grimace-a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval,pain, etc.
to make grimaces.
menace-something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
Air pollution is a menace to health.
2.
a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful:
When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.
3.
an extremely annoying person.
conform-to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to):
to conform to rules.
2.
to act in accord with the prevailing standards, attitudes, practices, etc.,of society or a group:
One has to conform in order to succeed in this company.
leery-.
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
I'm leery ofto act in accord with the prevailing standards, attitudes, practices, etc.,of society or a group: his financial advice.
stupor suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
He lay there in a drunken stupor.
delirious-
.wild with excitement, enthusiasm, etc.:
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:She was delirious with joy at the news.
cocky-arrogant; pertly self-assertive; conceited:
He walked in with a cocky air.
acquitted-to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still thinkshe's guilty.
divert-to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
contemptuous-showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
stifle-to quell, crush, or end by force:
to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
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to suppress, curb, or withhold:
to stifle a yawn.
TO DO
Study your vocabulary words as much as you can.
USE THIS QUIZLET TO STUDY
