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CLASSROOM  VOCABULARY

The House on Mango Street - Vocabulary

Part One	Part Two	Part Three	Part  Four	Part Five	Part Six	Part Seven	Part Eight	Part Nine
broom (n.)	grab (v.)	simple (adj.)	cute (adj.)	turn into (v.)	shame(n.)	mean (adj.)	settle (v.)	fever (n.)
even so (adv.)	skinny (adj.)	alley (n.)	puffy (adj.)	make fun of (v.)	surgeon (n.)	hysterical (adj.)	tame (adj.)	sense (v.)
brick (n.)	chip in (v.)	automatically (adv.)	trade (v.)	authority (n.)	notify (v.)	bitter (adj.)	lay (v.)	complain (v.)
swollen (adj.)	crooked (adj.)	siren (n.)	keep on (v.)	spread (v.)	shrug (v.)	strict (adj.)	cruel (adj.)	selfish (adj.)
ordinary (adj.)	tug (v.)	take off (v.)	scar (n.)	make up (v.)	deal (v.)	dip (v.)	rub (v.)	undo (v.)
rob (v.)	find out (v.)	blur (n.)	invisible (adj.)	disgusted (adj.)	sigh (n.)	mood (n.)	take over (v.)	trudge (v.)
peel (v.)	ahead (adv.)	get to (v.)	jealous (adj.)	show up (v.)	mold (n.)	bleed (v.)	suppose (v.)	ache (v.)
slippery (adj.)	take turns (v.)	blink (v.)	strut (v.)	lie (v.)	leap (v.)	lean (v.)	fist (n.)	pack (v.)
plenty (n.)	load (n.)	not know better	dizzy (adj.)	shift (n.)	prove (v.)	nosy (adj.)	grin (v.)	dropout (n.)
pick (v.)	right away (adv.)	fault (n.)	appreciate (v.)	crumple (v.)	grip (n.)	raise (v.)	save (v.)
turn out (v.)	giggle (n.)	fault (n.)	shy (adj.)	evil (adj.)	belong (v.)	fold (v.)	lie (v.)
since (conjunct.)	punch (v.)	dangle (v.)	faint (v.)	disease (n.)	ferocious (adj.)	be through	will (v.)
sob (v.)	aisle (n.)	spit (v.)	ashamed (adj.)	limp (adj.)	droop (v.)	stare (v.)	sour (adj.)
forgive (v.)	notice (v.)	spit (v.)	drag (v.)	imitate (v.)	concrete (n.)		tip (v.)
inherit (v.)	float (v.)	spit (v.)	show off (v.)	palm (n.)
	slant (v.)	give up (v.)		hug (v.)
		imagine (v.)
		wise (adj.)tough (adj.)

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

How does hatred affect human life?

World War 2 The Holocaust a call-up S.S. Gestapo a pogrom (s) Eleanor Roosevelt Winston Churchill Mussolini D-Day ante: before anti: against contra: against hemi: half poly: many pre: before syn: with, together uni: one

superfluous(ness) obstinate (acy) headstrong melancholy gaudy (iness) conceited (-ed) ludicrous (ness) ingenious (uity) absurd (ity) long-winded (ness) pedantic tidy(iness) indignant (ation) petrified remote inquisitive (ness) exquisite( tiveness) dismayed (-ed) cheerful (ness) catty-(iness) fortunate (fortune) vague (ness) pious (piety) tragic (tragedy) rowdy (iness) staid significant ( ce)

to applaud(ed)   /id/ to loathe(d) to transform(ed)  to bicker(ed) to devour(ed) to emigrate(d)  /id/ to pester(ed) to procure(d) to confide in (d) /id/ to scamper(ed) /d/ to tumble (d) to astonish(ed) to be keyed up to be dead beat to have a row with someone my world has turned upside down to call up people right and left to catch a glimpse of to be seething with rage ‘the umpteenth time’ to be spic and pan to have a dust-up

-venom -discord a fragment(s) a ration(s) a reprimand(s) -helter skelter - tumult a rendezvous a barrage -resistance a row a siege a fatalist an optician an oculist

Related Activities

historical time line
vocabulary maps
crossword puzzles
attribute webs
story maps
sociograms
interviews
journal entries
prefixes, suffixes and roots, synonyms, antonyms
essays
videotapes
audiotapes

The Zodiac

    The zodiac is a band of constellations.  Each constellation is a group of stars. There are twelve constellations in the zodiac.  Many of the constellations of the zodiac were named for animals.  The word 'zodiac' comes from the Greek word 'zoin' meaning animal.  Astrology is the belief that the movements of the stars, planets, moon, and sun influence human beings.

    In this unit, we are focusing on adjectives which describe human qualities. You were given the noun forms of all of these words.  We used the following suffixes to form the nouns :

-ce, -ity, -ness,- ion, -cy, -dom

Make up crossword puzzles, riddles, analogies, vocabutoons, or play charades!

SCORPIO	SAGITTARIUS	CAPRICORN
COURAGEOUS	RESPONSIBLE	PRACTICAL
SELF-SUFFICIENT	IMAGINATIVE	STABLE
INTENSE	CLEVER	DISCIPLINED
SECRETIVE	FEARLESS	SHY
CONFIDENT	CHEERFUL	CONSERVATIVE
AMBITIOUS	EXCITING	SNOBBISH
JEALOUS	PESSIMISTIC	TOUGH
SUPERIOR	FRIENDLY	DILIGENT
BRUTAL	BLUNT	SERIOUS

AQUARIUS	PISCES	ARIES
CURIOUS	GREEDY	COMBATIVE
UNCONVENTIONAL	TIMID	OPTIMISTIC
ECCENTRIC	TRANQUIL	SYMPATHETIC
LOYAL	TENDER	GENEROUS
CRITICAL	ALTRUISTIC	BRASH
CREATIVE	SELFISH	ENTHUSIASTIC
WISE	INDIFFERENT	AGGRESSIVE
ALOOF	FRANK	AMBITIOUS
UNPREDICTABLE INDEPENDENT	ENVIOUS	ENERGETIC DECISIVE
		IMPATIENT

TAURUS	GEMINI	CANCER
STINGY	RESTLESS	FASCINATING
OBESE	WITTY	OPTIMISTIC
DELIBERATE	DELICATE	COMPATIBLE
SERENE	FICKLE	DOMESTIC
GENEROUS	MONOTONOUS	PASSIONATE
STUBBORN	MALICIOUS	HUMOROUS
DETERMINED	MUNDANE	MELANCHOLY
STRONG	COMPETITIVE	IMPULSIVE
	CHARMING	TENACIOUS
		SENSITIVE

LEO	VIRGO	LIBRA
DIGNIFIED	PERFECT	GRACIOUS
PROUD	METICULOUS	HARMONIOUS
EGOTISTICAL	INEFFICIENT	INDECISIVE
DOMINEERING	ANXIOUS	LOGICAL
MATERIALISTIC	DEPENDABLE	FAIR
VAIN	GENTLE	SENSIBLE
HONEST	COMPASSIONATE	CRANKY
BOSSY	NERVOUS	EXTRAVAGANT

"A Beautiful Mind" ( Movie)	After taking the multiple intelligence test,
	what is/are your strongest intelligence(s)?
to modify                         mortal, immortal
to decipher                     a breakthrough	What is John Nash's strongest intelligence?
prodigal                           latitude, longitude
to stun                             to triumph fascism                            awkward	Which is his weakest intelligence ? How does he work at it, and how does it help him to get better?
a flaw                               a genius
a mathematician  a hangover
fortune favors the brave
to give the cold shoulder	Use these idioms today.
to lose track of time to break the ice
in a heartbeat
You can lead someone to the water but you cannot make him/her drink it.
Samuel Morse	Research these important historical figures.
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
General MacArthur

"My Husband, the Outsider" ( Reading) persistent  reluctant undaunted  to convince  to snicker  incompatible  an uproar  to hound  to lose face panacea to opt to step up mother tongue

Woody Guthrie "This Land is your Land" a folk song to roam to ramble to stroll to chant sparkling endless optimistic, optimism pessimistic, pessimism a drought possessions, to possess, possessive contemporaries distinguished No Trespassing The Great Depression The Dust Bowl Te Technoland hypnotic, sampler technology, a melody,  a feeling of frustration, to find inspiration, the challenges of his time

The Causes of the Civil War	The Road to Freedom
to abolish an abolitionist(s) to sue a tariff(s) to secede -slavery -freedom a battle(s) federal to fan the political fires	the defeat to segregate to desegregate to prohibit -discrimination the civil rights movement the thirteenth amendment affirmative-action policies Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks

HONORING TWO GREAT PRESIDENTS – 

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

critical

to declare

to endure

to honor

sacrifice

ideals

opposition

to surrender

unanimously

revolutionary

to rebel

a legal holiday

a self-made man

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Dear Students,

     We worked on the meanings of the vocabulary words on this page.  If you need to check the meanings of any words, you may go to :

http:// www.dictionary.com

http:// The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

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