Vocabulary Lessons 4-6

Our Final Vocabulary Stories for this semester will be lessons 4-5-6.

Lesson 4 story is due TUESDAY 11-11-4
Quiz Lesson 4 (Multiple Choice) Friday 11-14-14

Lesson 5 Story is due Monday 11-17-14
Quiz...Friday 11-21

Lesson 6 Story is due Monday 11-24
Quiz Friday 12-5 (YES...After Break...two short weeks = 1 lesson)

ALL Stories MUST:
Be in STORY FORMAT
Have a title that is 3-5 words and matches CONTENT of story
Be a length of 500-1000 words (include word count in parenthesis after last word
UNDERLINE or BOLD the vocabulary word as it is used.
Use 15 of the 20 words from the unit
Adhere to the topics (see below)
Be appropriate for school


BONUS: Include an illustration (not a computer derived image ...for example from a search of Google Images...the illustration must be of YOUR CREATIVITY and relate to/enhance story)

Lesson 4 Story Topic OPTIONS...PICK ONE:
1. Use one of the idioms found on the Idioms and Phrases Website. Use that idiom for inspiration to create your story. HIGHLIGHT the idiom as you type it so it is evident to the reader.

2. Create an idiom of your own...highlight it...and write a story that includes that idiom.

3. Irony is defined as the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. Include irony in your story in at least two places. Highlight the irony so your reader understands that you understand irony.

Lesson 5 Story Topic Options...pick one:
1. Use an IDIOM (not the same as last week) from Idiom Site. Highlight the idiom so it is evident to the reader. Use the idiom as inspiration for your story.

2. Satire is defined by Dictionary.com as the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. Include satire in a story you write. Highlight the satire so the reader knows you understand the concept of satire.

Lesson 6 Story Topic Options...Pick One:
1. Imagine you were given the opportunity to travel through time and visit a person in a past era. All you have to do is apply for the opportunity and get accepted! Where would you go? What era would you visit? What historical person would you wish to meet? Write a story that you would include in your application. Explain to the reader where you want to go, whom you wish to meet, why you wish to meet the person, and what you wish to get from the experience.
2. Imagine you had a superpower, and it was just available to you for a 24 hour period. What would the superpower be and what would you do with the power for the 24 hour time span?
3. Imagine you had the opportunity to meet ONE of the characters we read about this semester at Starbucks after school. This would be your opportunity to talk to this person about anything that you have on your mind. What questions would you ask this character? What insight would you like to get from this character? How would your life benefit from meeting this character as opposed to any of the others?

Our FINAL TEST on these words will be part of the SEMESTER EXAM