This Week's ELA: Spec and Dict

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 act 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

IRA: Reading Comprehension Strategy: Summarizing

Summarizing is how we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their bare essentials: the gist, the key ideas, or the main points that are worth noting and remembering.  (Webster's calls a summary the “general idea in brief form.”)

This week, you are going to summarize your nightly reading (Mon., Tues., Wed., and Thurs.).  It’s easier than it sounds.  Your heading will include Summary Sentences for Book Title.  Begin by writing down the chapter number and title.  Read the chapter.  At the end, write down a sentence or two that tells what happened in that chapter.  Think about the literary elements you know. 

Now write down the next chapter number and title.  Read the chapter.  Write your summary of what happened.  Continue in this manner all week.  You will basically be retelling the story in your own words.