vocabulary of english 11, Exercises of English

Download vocabulary of english 11 and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! American Lit Week of 9/25-9/29 Vocabulary- Week 3 NOTE: vocab pages will be due on FRIDAY of each week. 9/25: MONDAY: Your job today is to write your own sentences for each of the words below. Make sure that your sentences are specific enough to show your understanding of the word’s meaning. Callous (adj) showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others. His callous comments about the tragedy reported on TV made me really angry. Your Sent: Slow walkers are so callous towards the people in the hallways. Equanimity (n) mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation. She accepted the bad news with great equanimity and began planning how to deal with the information Your Sent: He accepted his bad test grade with great equanimity and began thinking of how he can improve his grade. Fortitude (n) Courage in the midst of pain or adversity/difficulty He managed his long illness with great fortitude with the support of his friends and family. Your Sent: She managed her leg injury with great fortitude with the support of everyone around her. Perception (n) The state of processing something through the senses Sometimes your perception of a situation is impacted by the emotions you’re feeling at the time. Your Sent: If we change our own perceptions about the world, we can have a different mind about it. 9/26 TUESDAY: sentence application. Which word fits with each of the following sentences? Please note that last week’s words are also here! PREVIOUS WORDS: Abate contemplate vacillate compulsory Profound endure Elusive euphemism SENTENCE WORD that Fits I ______________(d) for a long time about whether or not to chop off my hair vacillate My __ of broccoli is that it is a nasty, fuzzy vegetable with no redeeming value perception Your __ comments to him about “sucking it up” while he was upset were just rude. callous The team’s ___ was obvious as they continued to battle back against a 30-13 deficit. Fortitude Let me __ on my answer for a bit before I decide if it’s really worth the risk. contemplate Sleep was ___ for him last night as he struggled to get comfortable & drift off. elusive Once the child’s tears began to __, I could finally ask what was wrong. abate She showed great __ by pushing through her anxiety to take that first step forward to look over into the ravine. Equanimity 9/27 WEDNESDAY: Take a little GOOGLE dive and find a picture that best reflects the meaning of each word. Please fit the word to the box! Callous (adj) Equanimity (n) Fortitude (n) Perception (n) 9/28 THURSDAY: Respond to each of the questions which use our new vocabulary words, in a complete sentence that reflects your understanding of the underlined vocabulary word. What is something CALLOUS that you heard someone say lately? When is a time that you have acted with EQUANIMITY when life was tough When have you / your friend had to show FORTITUDE to get through a difficult situation What is your PERCEPTION so far of the story that we are reading, “On the Rainy River”? A callous comment I heard lately was “Why would you miss school just because your pet died?” When I was a kid, I acted with equanimity when I got stitches on my left leg. My friend’s cat showed fortitude when fighting a street dog. My perception of Tim O’Brien changed after reading “On the Rainy River”. 9/29 FRIDAY: Choose any TWO words from this week, and any THREE words from the word bank below, then write a piece for me about either what you ARE going to do this weekend (rated PG) or what you’d LIKE to do. WORD BANK Euphemism endure profound elusive contemplate abate compulsory vacillate I’m contemplating on whether I want to stay home or go shopping. Though, going outside was very elusive and my social battery needs to endure all the walking. I need to act with equanimity when I go through ways to fix my bad grade. At the mall, those slow walkers are so callous about the people who want to quickly go to the store. I just want to buy some pants!