Vocabulary Unit 2: #1-10 due Tuesday, August 27th. #11-20 due Thursday, August 29th.

#1-10
ameliorate
aplomb
bombastic
callow
drivel
epitome
exhort
Ex officio
infringe
ingratiate

#11-20
interloper
intrinsic
inveigh
lassitude
millennium
occult
permeate
precipitate
stringent
surmise

Type draft # 3 of your myth due Wednesday, August 21 (must be typed)

Dialogue:
1. Each piece of dialogue begins with a capital letter
2. all interrupted dialogue begins with a lowercase letter when it begins again
3. speakers are identified the first time each speaks to identify the pattern
4. a comma (or question mark if applicable) separates the speaker from the quotation where needed
5. all punctuation is inside the closing quotation marks
6. every time the speaker changes a new indented paragraph begins

Action/description

sight
sound
taste
touch
smell

Type draft #2 of your myth

Rules for dialogue:

Each piece of dialogue begins with a capital letter

all interrupted dialogue begins with a lowercase letter when it begins again

speakers are identified the first time each speaks to identify the pattern

a comma (or question mark if applicable) separates the speaker from the quotation where needed

all punctuation is inside the closing quotation marks

every time the speaker changes a new indented paragraph begins

Rules for thoughts:

USE ITALICS!

Rules for action/description:

Use the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)

Journal 2: Rough Draft of myth

Must be 1 page long!

HOW TO “SHOW,” NOT “TELL”

1.     Use descriptive details.  (Think: 5 senses--Ask yourself: What do I and/or my characters see, hear, smell, taste, feel? How can I paint a picture inside readers’ heads?)
     
2.     Use action.  (Think: strong verbs. Ask yourself: What are people doing?)
     
3.     Use dialogue and character thoughts. (Ask yourself: What are people saying?  What’s my main character thinking?

Journal 1: Native American Culture

Read  “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” by Caduto and Bruchac pg 22-23  
“When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Erdoes and Ortiz pg 24-25
“Navajo” Matthews pg 26-27
“The Iroquois Constitution” Parker pg 28-29

1 page journal with 3 QUOTES MINIMUM!

JOURNAL:
What tone do the authors have in respect to nature? How do the stories reflect the heritage, traditions, attitudes and beliefs?  How can you tell (use information from the text)?

Vocabulary Format

Aberration (noun):  synonym: deviation
                                antonym: conformity
                          definition:(1) a defect of focus such as a blurred image
                                          (2) a deviation from what is normal
sentence: The scientist looked at the aberration in the laboratory's test results after conducting the experiment.




List the word.  (Part of Speech):  Synonym:
                                                   Antonym:
                                                   Definition: (1) (2)
Sentence:

Vocabulary Unit 1 #1-10 Due Thursday, August 8th. #11-20 Due Tuesday, August 13th.

# 1-10 Approbation assuage coalition decadence elicit expostulate hackneyed

Hiatus innuendo intercede

# 11-20 jaded lurid meritorious petulant prerogative

Provincial simulate transcend umbrage unctuous

Pronoun Reference Quiz

Take the following quiz and write the number, for the answers you got CORRECT, in your NOTES NOTEBOOK!

http://www.cwu.edu/learning-commons/pronoun-reference-quiz