1. WORD OF THE WEEK

2. DEFINITION Definitions are typically found in the dictionary Student dictionaries are located on your tables Students are to read ALL of the definitions in the dictionary and then write the definition in their binders IN THEIR OWN WORDS

3. DEFINITION Using the dictionaries on your desk, look up the definition to SYCOPHANT A person who tries to be a teacher’s pet (suck- up).

4. PART OF SPEECH – Noun (person, place, thing, idea) – Verb (action word…what is the “doing”) – Pronoun (replaces a noun…I, you, he, me) – Adjective (describes a noun) – Adverb (describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb) – Preposition (links nouns/pronouns to phrases) – Conjunction (links sentences together…and, but, or) – Interjection (a word added to show emotion)

5. PART OF SPEECH Using the dictionaries on your desk, determine which part of speech SYCOPHANT would fall into. NOUN

6. SYLLABICATION How does this word break into syllables? Break the word into syllables…don’t just tell us the number of syllables.

7. SYLLABICATION Using the dictionaries on your desk, determine how to break SYCOPHANT into syllables. Sy-co-phant

8. SYNONYM AND ANTONYM Synonym – Show a relationship that is similar Joyful/glad Scared/terrified Antonym – Show a relationship that is opposite In/out Up/down

9. SYNONYM AND ANTONYM Using the thesauruses on your table, find at least three synonyms and three antonyms for SYCOPHANT.

10. ANALOGY An analogy is a type of word problem. GRACEFUL : CLUMSY :: late : _________ Your objective is to find a word that correctly completes the second pair. We read this as GRACEFUL is to CLUMSY as late is to blank

11. ANALOGY Word Pairs can be: – AntonymsGraceful : Clumsy – SynonymsWork : Labor – DescriptiveBlue : Sky – Parts to wholeArm : Body – Item to categoryMilk : Beverage

12. ANALOGY Choose one of the five formats and write an ANALOGY for SYCOPHANT.

13. COMPLETE SENTENCE Students will write a sentence using the Word of the Week in such a way as the reader understanding the meaning of the word. Example: Megan was a sycophant. Example: Meagan was such a sycophant that everyone knew she was trying to get on the teacher’s good side. Don’t do! DO!