Of Mice and Men Vocabulary #1-5 Add the following five words and their definitions to the “Word Wizardy” section of your composition books. Each word is found in the classroom novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. As we read the novel, note the page number in your composition book when one of the words is used.

Instruction Slide #2 Each word has a small task associated with it. These assignments should be on another piece of paper ready to be handed in on the due date given. After 25 words are given, there will be a spelling/vocabulary quiz.

mottle synonyms: blotchyblotchy, blotched, spotted, spotty, speckled,spottedspottyspeckled streaked, streaky, marbledstreakymarbled verb past tense: mottled; past participle: mottled mark with spots or smears of color. "the cow's coat was light red mottled with white"

A mottled tree - lovely

mottle Mottle the word “mottle”

recumbent 1- adjective (especially of a person or human figure) lying down. "recumbent statues" He stepped over Sadie's recumbent body.

Recumbent synonyms synonyms: lyinglying, flat, horizontal, stretched out, sprawled (out), reclining, prone, prostrate, supine; lying downflathorizontal proneprostratesupine "he stepped over Sadie's recumbent body" antonyms:upright

Recumbent Recumbent – as in a recumbent bicycle

recumbent Make the word “recumbent” recumbent. Get it?

stilted

Adjective Stiff and self-conscious or unnatural We made stilted conversation. Synonyms: strained, forced, stiff, awkward, wooded, unnatural Antonyms: natural, effortless Examples: standing on stilts; villages of stilted houses

Stilted Draw an illustration of something that is “stilted” Draw an illustration of something that is “stilted”

Morose Morose means gloomy or in a bad mood, so whenever the adverb morosely describes your actions, you're not feeling very cheerful. There is an element of crankiness in the word morosely, which you can even see it its Latin root, morosus, which means "peevish".

Morose

Change morose into an adverb (add ly) and briefly detail a time you have felt morose.

Resignedly “I don’t want to spend what time I have left fighting a battle that I certainly will lose,” Lillian says resignedly. If you are resigned to something – you are just going to accept it – even though you might not want to. What part of speech is the word “resignedly?” hint: notice the “ly” ending

Resignedly Briefly detail the last household chore you resignedly performed.