Transcript English 1 Weekly Vocab

English 1 Weekly Vocab
Week 1 – Define the following terms
Use Webster.com or Webster app & use the first definition.
▪ commemorate
▪ immortality
▪ eulogy
▪ Quarry: one that is sought
or pursued
▪ predator
▪ sustenance
▪ dire
▪ vital
▪ epitaph
▪ longevity
Week 1 – Match each term to its definition
1.
commemorate
A. to do something special in order to remember and honor
2.
eulogy
B. extremely important
3.
predator
C. the quality or state of someone or something that will never die or be forgotten
4.
sustenance
D. a speech that praises someone who has died
5.
dire
E. something written or said in memory of a dead person
6.
immortality
F.
7.
quarry
G. one that preys, destroys, or devours
8.
vital
H. one that is sought or pursued
9.
epitaph
I.
something that keeps someone or something alive
J.
the length of time that something or someone lasts or continues
10. longevity
very bad : causing great fear or worry
Select the letter of the answer that
best completes each sentence.
1. A eulogy probably would not contain ______.
4. You could commemorate someone by ______.
a. stories about good things the person had done died
b. an excerpt from a poem the person had written
c. a detailed description of how the person
d. reasons why the person will be remembered
a. ignoring all of the person’s faults b. taking the person out
for lunch
c. telling the person why you like him or her
d. dedicating a building in the person’s honor
2. An example of sustenance is ______.
a. a bouquet of flowers
b. a loaf of bread
c. movies on videotape
d. toothpaste
3. A person’s epitaph would probably contain ______.
a. the person’s street address
b. photographs from a recent vacation
c. the person’s baseball card collection
d. the person’s birth date
5. A predator would probably not be very successful if it
______.
a. was much weaker than its prey
b. could move very fast
c. was able to hide itself and remain very still
d. had large and powerful jaws
commemorate
eulogy
predator
sustenance
dire
immortality
quarry
vital
epitaph
Longevity
to do something special in order to remember and
honor
a speech that praises someone who has died
one that preys, destroys, or devours
something that keeps someone or something alive
very bad : causing great fear or worry
the quality or state of someone or something that will
never die or be forgotten
one that is sought or pursued
extremely important
something written or said in memory of a dead person
the length of time that something or someone lasts or
continues
Week 2 – Prefixes & Suffixes
Write the prefix/suffix & draw a picture to describe it.
▪ Im-:not, in, within, into
▪ Pre-:before
▪ dis-/non-/im-/in-/ir-/un-: not
▪ Post-:after
▪ -ous: having, full of, identified
by
▪ Mid-:Middle, during
▪ Ex-: beyond, away from,
without
▪ -ist: a doer or follower of
something
▪ -able/-ible: able, capable of
▪ Circu-, Circum-: Around
▪ Trans-: Across or beyond
▪ Sub-:under
▪ Inter-:among or between
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Write an example with
definition using 5 of
the prefixes &
suffixes.
For Example:
Gracious: very polite in a way that shows respect.
Use the grammar lesson
from Tuesday and 8
examples from the vocab
words to write a story
entitled, "The Not!"
Videre – to see
Mille - Latin
Crux - Latin
Hydr, hydro – Greek
Viv, vit, vita - Latin
dic/dict - Latin
claim/clam - Latin
Spir - Latin
cede, ceed, cess - Latin
Week 3 – Greek & Latin Roots
Define the following root words
▪ Videre - Latin
▪ dic/dict - Latin
▪ Mille - Latin
▪ claim/clam - Latin
▪ Crux - Latin
▪ Spir - Latin
▪ Hydr, hydro – Greek
▪ cede, ceed, cess - Latin
▪ Viv, vit, vita - Latin
https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html
http://www.myvocabulary.com/dir-root-root_master#D
http://www.macroevolution.net/root-worddictionary.html#.UvownfldVFM
Write a word
using each of the
root words.
Define each
word.
In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
Mitty is both a hero and a victim.
Do you agree with this opinion?
Give a suitable reason for your
answer.
This is a SHORT ANSWER QUESTION. Keep it to a few
short, yet complete senctences.
Week 4- Word Families
A word family is made up of words that have a common origin or root.
Many words in the English language trace their roots to Greek or Latin.
The vocabulary words in this lesson belong to two Latin word families—
claudere, meaning “to close,” and strictus, meaning “to bind.”
All of the vocabulary words are related to the theme of facing
limitations.
cloister
enclosure
preclude
strain
close
exclude
restrict
stricture
constricting
exclusion