1. Vocabulary Notes: We are going to learn some wordy words here – so Get Ready For IT!
Prep:
Take out a sheet of paper!
Write your MLA heading (top left) and title your notes: “Vocab Notes 1”
Draw a line down the center of your paper
On the left, number your paper 1-20
On the right, write “Student Definitions”
Student Name
Teacher Name
Eng II
January 4, 2011
Vocab Notes 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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11.
Student Definitions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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11.

2. Vocabulary Notes Note-taking: Purpose:
You are about to see sentences and pictures of vocabulary words.
As we look at each word, on the right side of your paper, write “Student Definitions” and then what YOU think the word means.
On the back of your paper, write “Dictionary Definitions” for when you confirm your definitions from the dictionary (in groups)
Purpose:
You will use these definitions to create a vocabulary game in groups. You will be tested on these words in three weeks, so be sure to take good notes! You’ll need them for your group, game, and study guide.

3. Vocabulary Notes End Result: The end result should look like this:
Student Name
Teacher Name
Eng II
January 3, 2011
Vocab Notes 1
1. Adulterate 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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11.
Student Definitions
1. To mess up or make dirty. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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Grading: Your notes are your exit ticket, so be sure to set them up correctly.
Any questions?

4. Vocabulary in Pictures
Unit 1

5. Adulterate Pollution adulterates the air.

6. Adulterate It also adulterates the water.

7. Ambidextrous Children often begin life ambidextrous until they find their dominant hand.

8. Ambidextrous There have been a handful of ambidextrous baseball players throughout history.

9. Ambidextrous If the Statue of Liberty was ambidextrous, she could welcome twice as many visitors to America.

10. Augment Here is Barry Bonds before augmentation.

11. Augment And Barry after being augmented. Yikes!

12. Deploy Once troops are deployed for battle, they must move quickly.

13. Deploy She was pretty terrified to find that her parachute would not deploy!

14. Bereft Wars have left many parents bereft of their children.

15. Bereft Her room was stark and bereft of color.

16. Dour The old wrestler, “Hairy Houdini,” had a mean and dour disposition.

17. Dour Some mimes are happy but others are glum and dour.

18. Fortitude The Katrina victims showed tremendous fortitude in the wake of loss and destruction.

19. Fortitude Cross-country runners require much fortitude if they are to endure the training.

20. Gape This baby is gaping in awe and wonder at all these crazy talking monkeys. Many creatures gape --

21. Gape Look at this old man gape!

22. Gape Look at this bird gape!

23. Gape Look at this hippopotamus gape!

24. Gape Look at this snake-gape!

25. Gape Turtle gape!!!!

26. Gibe Soccer hooligans are famous for gibing the opposing team.

27. Gibe SNL is full of political gibes.

28. Guise The crafty wolf goes around in the guise of a sheep.

29. Guise The members of Gnarls Barkley are dressed in the guise of Napoleon and Pedro.

30. Insidious Their insidious plan to pickpocket backfired on the couple.

31. Insidious The insidious alliance between Al Qaeda and corrupt governments must stop!

32. Intimation The man had no intimation of his impending doom.

33. Intimation Not the slightest intimation of any attraction was evident to their friends. They were very secretive.

34. Opulent Some people are wealthy enough to live in opulent mansions.

35. Opulent I LOVE that commercial where the Russian says: “Opulence
Opulent I LOVE that commercial where the Russian says: “Opulence! I has it.”

36. Pliable Advances in technology have enabled us to create materials that are extremely pliable.

37. Pliable The girl was so pliable I was certain she was born with no bones.

38. Reiterate The teacher reiterated the concept of internal conflict numerous times and still the students did not understand.

39. These ideas are constantly reiterated in Nazi propaganda posters.
In Nazi Germany, there was a constant emphasis on the positive characteristics of the Aryan race (left), and the unhealthy negative of the Jews (right).
These ideas are constantly reiterated in Nazi propaganda posters.

40. Stolid Dr. Spock and the other Vulcans are typically very unemotional and stolid creatures.

41. Stolid Clint Eastwood is very good at playing a cold and stolid character.

42. Tentative Here is a tentative plan for rebuilding the World Trade Center.

43. Tentative He very tentatively defused the bomb.

44. Unkempt The man’s hair, and really his entire appearance was rather unkempt.

45. Unkempt Apparently, the unkempt look is very “in” right now.

46. Verbatim At his inauguration ceremony, President Bush repeated the judge’s words verbatim.

47. Verbatim When casting spells, Hermione is very good at reciting her spellbook verbatim (unlike Neville).

48. Warily Warily we climbed the mountain; any wrong move would mean certain death.

49. Warily The students listened warily to Professor Snape’s advice, unsure if they could trust him.