This Week's ELA: spec and dict

1/12/15        Week 3.2

Greek and Latin word parts #2: spec and dict  

spec = __________________________________________     dict = __________________________________________

Monday: Copy your spelling words into your agenda in ABC order.  Match the spelling word to its vocabulary meaning.

**If you made less than an 85 on either of last week’s tests, you are required to complete a spelling/vocabulary choice this week (due Thursday). Try to choose an activity you have not done recently. 

1.       spectacles                   _______ to look at carefully in search of flaws

2.       inspect                         _______ the active of looking into one’s own thoughts/feelings

3.       respect                         _______ one way of looking at things

4.       spectator                     _______ to look up to someone; to show honor

5.       perspective                _______ looking back at past things

6.       introspection             _______ something displayed for the public to see

7.       speculate                    _______ glasses to help someone see better

8.       circumspect               _______ a person who watches something, like a sporting event

9.       retrospective             _______ to look at and think about from different points of view

10.   spectacle                     _______ careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious;

                                                          aware of consequences

11.   dictator                        _______ what is written down as someone says it

12.    predict                         _______ to speak against; to say the opposite

13.   verdict                         _______ a leader who speaks and rules with total power

14.   contradict                   _______ a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

15.   dictionary                   _______ a judge’s ruling or statement

16.   indictment                 _______ public words issued by an official that explain a law or command

17.   diction                          _______ to say what will happen before it occurs

18.   edict                              _______ the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

19.      dictum                         _______ the way in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken)

20.   dictation                      _______ formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person

with a crime

            Your first WOW (Word of the Week) is due on Wednesday, 1/14!

            This month’s genre is biography/autobiography.  Your project is due no later than 1/30.  Don’t forget about the optional extra credit WWII novel study project, also due no later than 1/30.