Spelling & Vocabulary for Rascal, Week 3

Spelling: Commonly Misspelled Words

1.     a lot

2.     because

3.     friend

4.     loose

5.     lose

6.     different

7.     quiet

8.     describe

9.     already

10. remember

11. doesn’t

12. similar

13. probably

14. instead

15. library

16. fourth

17. forty

18. ninety

19. women

20. surprise

Vocabulary:

1.  affluent:  (adj.) having plenty of money and the things money can buy

2.  armistice: (n.) a pause in fighting brought about by an agreement between the two sides

3.  decipher: (v.) to make out the meaning; decode

4.  nostalgic: (adj.) longing for something in the past

5.  raucous: (adj.) being harsh and unpleasant; behaving in a rough and noisy way

6.  tormentor: (n.)  someone who causes suffering, worry, distress, or trouble

7.  tyranny: (n.) harsh, cruel and severe government

8.  vociferous: (adj.) making a loud, noisy outcry

IRA Compare & Contrast: Character & You (due Friday)

            Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast a character in your book to yourself.  In what ways are you alike?  How are you different from each other?  Consider including how you would react to events in the story compared to how the character actually reacts.
            Using the information from your Venn diagram, write a paragraph (or more) to compare and contrast the character and you.