Vocabulary #2 Huck Finn - Skits, Poems OR Flashcards and Pictures Due 3-14(P2) and 3-15(P3 & P8)

P2 and P3 will have quiz on Friday, March 18th

P8's will be on Thursday, March 17 due to PTA meetings 1/2 day Friday. 

All words must be used in skits, poetry and TYPED up for easier reading. Copies will be put in Writer's Folder AFTER graded with Skit Rubrics.


e-mail copies of skits to team members and Mr. Carson before end of day Monday, 3-14-11, to be presented Wednesday, 3-16-11.

All those doing skits have the ability of earning MORE points as these are more intensive and there is clear, immediate proof of correct word usage. Likewise, those drawing illustrations can also earn more points as time-intensive compared to Flashcards with Internet-produced photos of words.

P3

Melodeum (194) chapt – 27—(n) hand-cranked music box

Galluses (n) (chapt 19) = suspenders - elastic shoulder straps that hold up pants 

Astraddle – (v)161 cp 22 –to sit astride (horse riding)

Skaddle (v) – skidaddle – to run away 157 (chpt 22)

Rapscallions (n) – rascals,

Ambuscade (v)—surprise attack (ambush)

Scow-(n) a large flat-bottomed boat with square ends

Ornery  (adj)—cranky, grumpy, irritable 

Reckon (v)- think, believe

Skiff—(n)—small raft

Wigwam—(n)—small house-like structure

Betwixt—(preposition) (adv)– between

Crockery—pottery used for cooking—

The crockery broke after Andrew took it off the stove and put in the freezer...D'oh!

jabbering—(v)—excessive, incoherent, unintelligent “talk” chpt 12 (74)

P2

Palavering (v) (7) pg 40

Ambuscade (v)

Ornery  (adj)

Kin (10) (n)

Dismal (adj)

Victuals (n)

Doxolojer (chpt 25)

Brash (adj)

Gingham (adj)

Ghastly (adv)

skiff (n)

P8 vocab for Thursday, March 17’s quiz

temperance—(n)—moderation, self-control (chapt 31)

meedyevil = Medieval—(adj) –related to the Middle Ages 141 (chpt 20)

hogshead –(n)—a cask of 63 gallon of wine Chapt 9 – beginning

wigwam—(n)—hut  (chapter 12) ( page 75)

leastways—leastwise (adj)—at least 107 (chpt. 27)

tow-heads—(adj)—sandbar, mass of land jutting out from rest of island or mainland (cpt 15) pg 95

aloft—(adj)—hi up in de air—(lofty, out of reach)(chpt. 17 – poem)

harrow—(n) –tool for cultivation

(v) to pulverize and smooth the soil (cpt 28)

*Erysipelas—(n) disease—acute bacterial disease fever + skin inflammation (cpt 28) (205)

jabbering—(v)—excessive, incoherent, unintelligent “talk” chpt 12 (74)

water-fowl—(n) 76—wild duck or goose “

soliloquy—(n) chpt 21 – dramatic monologue where actor speak to herself or himself

drear(y)—(adv) doleful, sad, bloody chpt 17

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius

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