Do Now- Monday, October 16, 2017

Instructions: Complete the activities on pages 88 and 89 of the

Elements of Literature Book.
Do Now- Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Instructions: If the word (or a form of the word) in bold fits in a sentence in the group below it, write
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
the word in the blank. If none of the words fit, mark E. (You may mark more than one answer
choice.)
9. assiduous 11. adamant
a) The _____ look she gave me suggested she was a) The doctor was _____ that there was
hiding something. nothing wrong with Freds health.
b) The hotel staff are _____ in attending to the b) Ryans _____ refusal convinced us that he
comfort of guests. was unlikely to change his mind.
c) An _____ search failed to turn up my missing c) It was _____ to me that we were wasting
homework. out time trying to start the car.
10. endow 12. perverse
a) A good writer can take a word and _____ it with a) Increasingly _____ weather caused us to
meaning. postpone our sailing trip.
b) Sonia used her vast fortune to _____ a number b) Jiang is so _____ he cannot agree to
of local colleges. anything we suggest.
c) Taylor frequently ____ back and forth because c) It is _____ to let criminals profit from books
she was so indecisive. in which they write about their crimes.
Do Now- Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Instructions: If the word (or a form of the word) in bold fits in a sentence in the group below it, write
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
the word in the blank. If none of the words fit, mark E. (You may mark more than one answer
choice.)
15. altercation
13. clique a) Road construction caused a traffic ___ that
a) I could hear the ____ of the pool balls coming stretched for over two miles.
from the next room.
b) The ____ arose over a dispute as to who
b) The government was led by a small ____ of
was responsible for the damage.
presidential advisers.
c) A feeling of ___ swept over Miska when she
c) The _____ grew rapidly and soon numbered in
the hundreds of thousands.
realized she was alone.

16. chary
14. adulation a) _____ investors are not rushing to buy this
a) Shouts of ____ came from the crowd when the latest stock.
band appeared on stage. b) Whitney is ____ about eating at that
b) Poets of the 1800s received the same ____ the restaurant because a group of its customers
movie stars get today. once complained of food poisoning.
c) Charles Dickens basked in the ____ of his c) Let us be ____ of criticizing the proposal until
American audiences. we have examined it.
Do Now- Thursday, October 19, 2017
Instructions: Select the sentence(s) that suggests the numbered bold vocabulary word. If none of the
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
sentences fit the word, mark E. (You may mark more than one answer choice.)
17. clique
a) Jeremy and Lauren liked each other from the
start and have remained fast friends.
b) To join the club you must be sponsored by two
active members.
c) The cave was dark and damp.
18. annals
a) The rock bands concert was sold out last night.
b) I looked in the library to find that novel you told
me about.
c) The records of baseballs National League go
back to 1876.
19. accolade
a) He slapped me on the back and said, Well
done, Carlos. Im proud of you.
b) The Pulitzer Prize is journalisms highest
honor.
c) Cobbs play received a rave review from the
New York Timess drama critic.
20. tutelage
a) I received flying lessons from a former navy
test pilot.
b) He gave credit for his fine education to his
devoted English teacher.
c) Meg yelled after me as I left, Dont forget the
rehearsal tonight!
Do Now- Friday, October 20, 2017
Instructions: Select the sentence(s) that suggests the numbered bold vocabulary word. If none of the
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
sentences fit the word, mark E. (You may mark more than one answer choice.)

21. pantheon 23. adamant

a) Jane Austen is arguably one of the most
esteemed novelists in English literature.
b) Alain was pleased when he was named Employee
of the Month.
c) Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali are two of the
greatest names in boxing.
22. decrepit
a) The bus was so old we were sure it would break
down before going far.
b) He took one look at the sofa and said Id be lucky
to get ten dollars for it.
c) We were unsure whether to have our old
refrigerator fixed and pay a huge repair bill, or to
get a new one.
a) Breaking up boulders with sledgehammers
was hard, unpleasant work.
b) The algebra course was so hard that at
times I felt like dropping it.
c) She looked me squarely in the eye and said,
Absolutely not!
24. perverse
a) Whenever we said we like something, Suzie
spoke out against it.
b) It seemed odd that a former Ku Klux
Klansman was made a federal judge.
c) You dont like flowers! I exclaimed. How
can you not like flowers?