Day 1 Flocabulary Shakespeare is Hip Hop Glue

Day 1: Flocabulary— “Shakespeare is Hip Hop” • Glue, staple, hole-punch, or tape a copy of the lyrics into your notebook. You will need to have a separate notebook or folder for your vocabulary because you will TURN IN your vocabulary work at the end of each unit for a classwork grade! • Listen and follow along and circle the words you think may be new vocabulary. • Double-check your list with the following list. Add/highlight the words you need to know.

Flocabulary List— “Shakespeare is Hip Hop” • • • • Quotidian Fey Gay Pervasive Douse Pliable Neologism Commendable Profuse Abundant Radiant Fecund Forestall Poach Fetter • Figurative • Myriad • Plethora • Sacrosanct • Fabricate • Facile • Fatuous • Perfunctory • Mandatory • Flaccid • Flabbergasted • Forage • Licentious • Lewd • Profane • Fortuitous • Serendipity • Abrogate • Algid • Brumal • Hiemal • Impecunious • Hapless • Hiatus • Gregarious • Inquisitor • Iniquity • Goad • Ingenious • Subsist • Notoriety • Blandish • Flattery • Innocuous • Neonate • Incessant • Narrate • Flout • Pedagogue • Buffet

Day 2: Understand the song Answer the questions in your vocabulary notebook 1. What was that song about? 2. From whose perspective was it told? 3. Were there any lines that you especially liked? 4. What characters were mentioned in the song? 5. What is the timeframe for the song? When did that action take place? 6. What new information about this event/time period did you gain from the song?

Day 3: Show the Flow • Get out your lyrics • Match the synonyms below; do not simply write letters and numbers. USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS 1. Fey 2. Pliable 3. Profuse 4. Fecund 5. Fetter 6. Flaccid 7. Abrogate 8. Gregarious 9. Innocuous 10. Flout A. Limp B. Ignore C. Abundant D. Harmless E. Bendable F. Fertile G. Sociable H. Magical I. Restrain J. Abolish

Day 4: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. Brushing one’s teeth should be a(n) ____ habit. (A)commendable (B) fey (C) quotidian (D) fatuous (E) algid

Day 5: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. Hip-hop is responsible for a handful of recent ______, bringing forth words like “bling-bling” and “fo-shizzle”. (A) plethora (B) hiatus (C)iniquities (D) serendipities (E) neologisms

Day 6: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. As the legend goes, Sisyphus was _____ to a giant boulder, which he had to roll up a mountainside over and over again. (A) fettered (B) doused (C) abrogated (D) goaded (E) flouted

Day 7: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. It was surprising that the actress accepted the Oscar in a manner that was so nonchalant and ____. (A) licentious (B) heimal (C) ingenious (D) incessant (E) perfunctory

Day 8: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. This rude guy named Stanley was ejected from the stands at the basketball game for taunting the opposing team and making ______ gestures with his hands. (A) fecund (B) lewd (C) sacrosanct (D) pliable (E) profuse

Day 9: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. The fact that I found a rare, 1924 penny in a pair of thrift-store pants is a great example of the recent ____ in my life. (A)neologism (B) hiatus (C)serendipity (D) notoriety (E) neonate

Day 10: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. The impoverished Favelas outside of Rio de Janerio are among the most _____ urban communities in the world. (A)mandatory (B) flaccid (C) flabbergasted (D) profane (E) impecunious

Day 11: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. Wild Bill Jones has a remarkable diet; he _____ entirely on berries and bark. (A) abrogate (B) buffets (C) narrates (D) subsists (E) goads

Day 12: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. It was supposed to be a conversation , but Muhammad was talking so ____ that Willie couldn’t get a single word in edgewise. (A) brumal (B) haplessly (C)gregariously (D) innocuously (E) incessantly

Day 13: Sentence Completion Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. When I took my date to the county fair, all she wanted to do was play the game where you ____ the plastic gophers with a small rubber ball. (A) buffet (B) douse (C) forestall (D) fabricate (E) poach

Day 14: Reading Comprehension • Pick up a reading comprehension ½ sheet at the front of the room. • Glue, staple, or tape it into your daily vocabulary work. • Read answer the questions on the ½ sheet. Don’t forget: the test is TOMORROW-INCLUDING SPELLING! You’ll also turn in your vocabulary notebooks/daily work.

Quiz DAY! • Look over your words and definitions • Get your daily work ready to turn in to the IN box.