Saturday, September 26, 2009

HW 9/25

This homework has three steps:

1. Highlight context clues in the sentence completions section of your vocabulary packet.

2. Come up with a telling phrase for each of the words. Use the vocabulary word in the phrase. Write these phrases in your notebooks. EX: Right to comandeer, cumbersome shopping bags, frustrating deadlock, scattered debris, liquid diffused.

3. Write a sentence about power and control for each word. Sentences can be funny, but they have to make sense. Highlight your telling phrases. Write these sentences in your notebook. Ex: The police officer commandeered my car because he needed a vehicle to catch a crook.