This Week's ELA: 3/8

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #9 flect/flex and frail/fract/frag

*Spelling choice activity due Thursday (if you made below 100% on Monday’s test).

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on FRIDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

flect/flex = ________________________________ frail/fract/frag = ___________________________________

1.             flexible (adj.) capable of bending without breaking

2.             reflect (v.) to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back

3.             deflect (v.) to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

4.             circumflex (n.) to bend around or curve

5.             flexor (n.) a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg

6.             inflection (n.) the bending of a person’s voice so that it does not sound boring or within only one tone; making one’s voice go up and down

7.             reflection (n.) the image a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back

8.             inflexible (adj.) not capable of being bent without breaking

9.             reflex angle (n.)  an angle that is great than 180⁰ because the angle bent beyond a straight line

10.         retroflex (n.)  bent or turned backward

11.         fragile (adj.) so delicate that it could break easily; easily damaged

12.         fragment (n.) an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence

13.         fragmented (adj.) describes something that is broken into pieces

14.         suffrage (n.) to break into an issue; to vote

15.         refract (v.) to bend light so that it looks like it is broken

16.         fraction (n.) a part of a whole; a broken piece of something that is no longer whole

17.         infraction (n.) a broken rule; a violation

18.         fractals (n.) the type of geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of the design

19.         fracture (n.) a break in a body part

20.          frail (adj.) being easily broken or destroyed

**You are NOT required to complete a WOW this week, but you may complete one for extra credit.**

VOCABULARY: The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 (#2)

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through THURSDAY for your test on FRIDAY.

1.             gigantic (adj.) - so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

2.             tease (v.) – to mock or make fun of playfully

3.             orbit (v.)  - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

4.             grind (v.) – to press or grind with a crushing noise

5.             embarrassing (adj.)  - causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

6.             accent (n.)  - distinctive manner of oral expression

7.             peon (n.)   - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

8.             disgust (adj.) - strong feelings of dislike

9.             mourning (n.)   - state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

10.         confess (v.)  - to admit (to a wrongdoing)

11.         tolerate (v.)  - to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

12.         execute (v.)  - to kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

*DITB #14 is due Friday.