What is your favorite genre of television shows and why?

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Unit 1

1. What is your favorite genre of television shows
   and why?
2. Pick one of your friends, family, or someone you
   know and explain how they fit the archetype of a
   hero.
3. Write a thesis statement following the frame PHS
   should give students two lunches because

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Unit 1
tone theme rhetoric

• Answer the following questions based on
  vocabulary word usage.
• Best Cheap Summer Vacations
• Due to the economy's fickle nature, destinations
  that were bargains last year may not be so now.
  Regardless, here are some great places you can
  visit this summer without breaking the bank.
• Myrtle Beach
• Why go Summertime is the most popularand most
  expensivetime to visit Myrtle Beach. But you can
  save considerable money if you find a place stay
  off the main stretch of sand. Ditch the Grand
  Strand area in favor of a campsite. The stretches
  of clean public beach (free and fun) and the
  large number of family-friendly attractions will
  make the bargain-hunting worth it.
• What is the author trying to point about Myrtle
  Beach? Pick two words in the description of Why
  go that showed you that point and explain how
  they showed this to you.

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Unit 1
innuendos symbol archetypes genres tone

• Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary
  words.
• For a teenager, a parent is a ______ representing
  everything they do not want to become. Nothing
  is more mortifying than a parent. Unless that is
  a parent in a costume waving to you as you pass
  by with your friends on the school bus. That
  would make Dale Price a top candidate to be the
  most embarrassing dad in America. He has spent
  the past school year setting a comedic ______ by
  waving at his high school sons bus every day
  while dressed in costumes. His outfits reach all
  ______ from make-believe characters to typical
  Halloween costumes. The ones that were voted
  favorite were ______ depicting standard pirates,
  nurses, and super-heroes. However, his son
  described the experience as horrifying and
  downright embarrassing. Some outfits even
  displayed ______ such as the time Mr. Price
  appeared as a blushing bride.

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Unit 1
theme narration first person point of
view rhetoric tone
Animals are used in circus shows around the
world. Some people say this abuse of animals
while others say animals are treated kindly and
make kids laugh. Use the vocabulary listed
above to explain how animals should or should not
be used in circuses.
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Unit 2
proposition inference intrepid obscure literal
language

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• 1. Morris appears confused by this ______
  behavior of the boy walking around with a
  trashcan lid on his head.
• 2. Her dream was to be ___________ like the
  veteran firefighter, running in to help victims
  without worrying about herself.
• 3. Mr. Prices wife made the ______ that they get
  a babysitter so they could go on a date.
• 4. When I walked into the room and saw that there
  were pictures of music stars covering every inch
  of his walls, I drew an ________ that he liked
  music.
• 5. She said this is a box and handed him a
  cardboard box. She was using __________.

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Unit 2
proposition inference intrepid obscure literal
language

• Aly Raisman is an 18-year-old two-time gold
  medalist. The U.S. gymnastics star made to her
  friends a _________ of other plans when in London
  for the Olympics. She accidentally sent her plans
  out to her 380,000 followers, telling everyone
  that she was going clubbing. The message was not
  _______ at all meant for only friends.
• Nothing wrong with this, right? Raisman is
  guilty of nothing more than bad tweeting skills.
  She's 18 -- legal drinking age in England -- and
  going to a club. The news reporters might come to
  the _________ that there's nothing to worry about
  at all!
• But being 18, Aly is not experienced. If she
  was, she'd know that it's always the cover-up,
  never the crime, that brings you down. In this
  case, she could have left the tweet, had her
  American fans nodding in solidarity and used the,
  "Uh, I just won two gold medals" excuse with her
  parents. Instead, she quickly deleted the tweet
  and said she was going to sleep. Using _______
  to talk about putting her head on her pillow and
  falling asleep. She didnt want anyone thinking
  she was doing differently! She clearly was
  ________ of what her parents might say!

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Unit 2

1. When I look at my coffee cup, it has a
   connotation of energy. Explain how it has that
   meaning.
2. Describe the context of what we have studied
   about how Native Americans have been seen by
   society.
3. His laughter is like a dying cow. Explain what
   this figurative language makes us think of how he
   laughs.

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Unit 2
structure context denotation obscure
This soldier came home from the war and has had
an undying spirit in attempts to overcome his
injuries. As a result, a charity group has built
him and his family a home to make a new life in.
Use the vocabulary listed above to explain how
this might help in his attempt to have a new life.
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Unit 3
acquisitive banal belabor congeal encomium

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• We wont ______ the shortcomings of the QHHS
  football team since we know theyre going to lose
  this season anyway.
• To make snow pudding, add the sugar and lemon
  juice, then stir until the mixture begins to
  ______.
• The movie Our Next President, is a two hour
  ______ to former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin,
  tracking her rise to fame.
• McDonalds has been particularly ______ in the
  past couple of months, spending close to 1
  billion to attract new customers.
• Facebook has become the new center for ______
  gossip, useless trivia, and foolish videos.

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Unit 3
arrogate carping coherent emulate eschew

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• Over the past decade, the piece of soldiering
  that received the most ______ was the uniforms
  black beret.
• In 1992 Colorado landowners voted to remove from
  their state government the power to tax and
  instead ______ that power to themselves.
• Last week a pair of naked hikers got lost and
  authorities questioned why they ______ not only
  clothes but also GPS devices.
• After the crash the pilot was ______ but he was
  still sent for further medical evaluation.
• The Lakers just a year ago achieved what the Heat
  now hope to ______.

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Unit 3
encomium belabor arrogate emulate

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• The little boy in the picture is what is called a
  street child, which is a child who lives in the
  streets. Explain how this may happen in America
  using the words above.

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Unit 3
banal coherent acquisitive carping

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• Outside of the Antelope Valley, there is
  wildlife. Using the words above, argue why people
  need to leave the desert so they can see animals
  and not be desert rats.

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Unit 4

• What are three things an insatiable person would
  consume?
• How would an intransigent parent respond to your
  request to borrow the car?
• How would you make Palmdale High tenable during a
  war?
• What are three things an invidious politician
  would say?
• What are three actions a secret reconnaissance
  would need?
• How would a murderer substantiate their
  innocence?
• Why are some students taciturn?

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Unit 4
germane largesse temporize tenable taciturn

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• The runner had a _______, always donating shoes
  to shelters and raising money for charities.
• The boy was ______ in the classroom, sitting in
  the back, doing his work, but never saying
  anything.
• The lecture about stealing seemed ______ when the
  little boy was caught eating the cookies in the
  store without paying for them first.
• When the mother asked her son who he wanted to
  live with, her or his father, he began to ______
  by offering to clean her car.
• The little boy was _________ by the older her
  brother when the bully tried to pick on him.

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Unit 4
intransigent germane invidious substantiate

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• The picture is very simple and to the point. How
  does it still create a strong argument about
  child abuse though with the way the little boys
  face is in the dark shadow?

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Unit 4
insatiable reconnaissance temporize substantiate
largesse

• A research report was completed. At the ______
  of the report, it was found that nine out of 10
  Miami restaurant workers do not have access to
  paid sick days and nearly 50 percent of these
  workers have gone to work sick. These were among
  the key findings in a report released Wednesday
  by the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Miami
  and the Miami-Dade Coalition for Healthy Families
  and Workplaces. This report served to _________
  claims that workers arent being taken care of by
  employers. Employees who came to work sick cited
  fear of retribution, feeling uncomfortable asking
  for time off and the lack of any system to find
  someone to replace them. It appears their bosses
  demands are _________. But at the same time they
  are posing a public safety risk, cooking and
  serving food while sick.
• The study was based on a survey of 200 restaurant
  workers in Miami. The Miami restaurant industry
  employs 72,700 workers and is the third largest
  industry in the Miami-Dade region. Only 8.8
  percent of employees surveyed received full or
  partial health insurance coverage. The release of
  the report is part of an effort by Restaurant
  Opportunities Center to urge employers to provide
  health insurance and paid sick days for its
  workers. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara
  Jordan attended the press conference and spoke
  about the need to pass county-wide legislation to
  require paid sick days. When she was asked when
  this would begin, she began to __________ ,
  talking about other bills that needed to pass.
  With this in mind, it would be nice if the
  government was more ______ and provided funding
  for such through donations.

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Unit 5
celerity devious incendiary

• Answer the following questions based on
  vocabulary word usage.
• The documentary Wal-Mart The High Cost of Low
  Price premiered last month and is the latest in
  a steady stream of public commentary on how the
  company is bad for America. Even internal
  documents show that even Wal-Marts own analysts
  recognize they risk damage to their overall
  reputation should they continue such practices as
  lower wages and defunct healthcare. They also
  take advantage of overseas sweatshops and
  exporting American jobs which create ever-cheaper
  products. Ultimately we pick up the price tag
  while Wal-Mart picks up billions of profits.
• What is the authors message?

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Unit 5
halcyon gambit avid

• Answer the following questions based on
  vocabulary word usage.
• The documentary Wal-Mart The High Cost of Low
  Price premiered last month and is the latest in
  a steady stream of public commentary on how the
  company is bad for America. Even internal
  documents show that even Wal-Marts own analysts
  recognize they risk damage to their overall
  reputation should they continue such practices as
  lower wages and defunct healthcare. They also
  take advantage of overseas sweatshops and
  exporting American jobs which create ever-cheaper
  products. Ultimately we pick up the price tag
  while Wal-Mart picks up billions of profits.
• Which statement would this author agree with?

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Unit 5
histrionics accosts animadversion

• Answer the following questions based on
  vocabulary word usage.
• The documentary Wal-Mart The High Cost of Low
  Price premiered last month and is the latest in
  a steady stream of public commentary on how the
  company is bad for America. Even internal
  documents show that even Wal-Marts own analysts
  recognize they risk damage to their overall
  reputation should they continue such practices as
  lower wages and defunct healthcare. They also
  take advantage of overseas sweatshops and
  exporting American jobs which create ever-cheaper
  products. Ultimately we pick up the price tag
  while Wal-Mart picks up billions of profits.
• Which persuasive appeal matches the authors
  tone?

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Unit 5

• What is something that might taste brackish and
  what ingredient makes it taste like this?
• Explain why you do or why do not you think that
  money makes people avid?
• Would betting all your money on the first move of
  a game be a gambit? Explain why/why not.
• What car do you think offers the best celerity
  and why should I buy this car for you as a reward
  for improving your reading?
• What is the thing that makes you halcyon in life?
• What should the punishment be for someone whos
  incendiary tendencies causes a family to lose
  their home?

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Unit 6
maelstrom overt pejorative
suppliant talisman

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.

1. Fox News must fire their anchor after his
______ racism. 2. Mike Leach is a Texas football
coach who lost his job last year in a legal and
media ______. 3. Many servants ask _______ that
people treat them with respect, saying please and
thank you. 4. The boxer always kisses his ______
before a match. 5. Using the offensive term
anchor baby is ______.
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Unit 6
propriety summarily undulate pejorative

• Family Building Blocks is hosting its Riverfront
  Family Fest at Salems Riverfront Park on
  Saturday so families can learn and be entertained
  together and outdoors for free. The big draw is
  having 1,500 parents and children come down and
  have fun on the riverfront. Parents rejoice in
  their children, being outdoors in the sunshine
  and having fun together, said Sue Miller, FBBs
  executive director. Everything is free, food and
  entertainment. We want all families to be able to
  participate in this. Family Building Blocks is
  an early childhood program for families with
  children age 5 and younger. This is the third
  year the agency has hosted Family Fest. There
  will be dancing, music, stories, crafts, face
  painting, treats, helicopter landings and fire
  truck displays. In addition , the event will
  offer parents and caregivers information on
  helmet safety, health and hygiene, nutrition,
  animal safety, fire safety, and sun safety.
  People want to support families with young
  children. We all live in this community
  together, Miller said. The event also will help
  foster each childs excitement for reading.
  Literature is a big focus. Well have a cake
  walk, but instead of a cake, you win a book,
  Miller said.
• How does the author show that Family Building
  Blocks is about more than just throwing parties
  for the community? Use the vocabulary words
  listed in your answer.

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Unit 6
myopic sacrilege undulate overt

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• I have been trying to get my parents to move to
  Seattle (right) with me and away from LA (left).
  Using your vocabulary listed above, write a
  paragraph persuading them to move so I can one
  day get out of the Antelope Valley.

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Unit 6
maelstrom pejorative undulate talisman

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• Using your vocabulary listed above, explain how I
  have shown in my attempt to record kids opening
  presents at a party why improving reading is so
  important when it comes to real life situations
  of using the directions before using something.

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Unit 7
articulate credence decrying distraught evince
exhumation

• Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary
  words.
• Cigarette makers must now add large, graphic
  warning labels depicting diseased lungs, a man
  exhaling smoke through a hole in his neck, and a
  ______ mother at a gravestone. The supersize
  labels are the highest-profile part of an
  intensified war on tobacco by the federal
  government in a continuing effort to ______ the
  risks of smoking. The FDA hopes the labels will
  help give ______ to the fact that smoking ranks
  as the leading cause preventable and premature
  death in the U.S and ______ people to quit. Many
  other countries also have graphic warnings though
  they are far more explicit than those the U.S.
  chose. In 2009 tobacco companies sued the FDA
  ______ that the graphic-labeling rule violated
  their rights to free speech. One image that was
  not chosen for the labels depicts the ______ of a
  dead body.

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Unit 7
cavort dissemble eulogy feckless evince

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• The babysitter showed she was __________ when she
  lost the child she was babysitting.
• At the graduation, the principal gave a _________
  for the English student who had improved in
  reading the most.
• Despite the movie stars efforts to ________, we
  recognized her as she sat and ate at the
  restaurant.
• The answer was _________, printed neatly.
• When my son eats cookies, he tends to _______
  around the house with a smile on his face.

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Unit 7

1. Describe a scene in a movie that you saw in which
   there was a character was distraught?
2. What is a problem with children in schools that
   you decry?
3. What is a credence that you think you always have
   and why?
4. You HAVE to offer a eulogy. Its either that or
   starve to death while someone is singing a song
   you hate for the rest of your life, every minute
   of the day. If you had to offer a eulogy about
   something we have read/learned, what would it be?
5. What is an exercise or chore that youve done in
   the past that has left you feckless? Would you do
   it again? Why/why not?

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Unit 7
articulate cavort dissemble exhume

• Answer the following questions based on
  vocabulary word usage.
• You have been selected to go up against the
  person you dislike most. One of you will be
  awarded five tickets to the concert of your
  favorite artist and be given a helicopter flight
  to Hawaii for the weekend. You both will be in a
  reading contest. The reader who outperforms the
  other will win, and the other will be trapped in
  a room with Mrs. Forbes, reading the most boring
  passage about how students should clean toilets
  for fun.
• Develop a plan using three examples of how you
  will ensure that you outperform your adversary.
  Use the vocabulary listed above to do so.

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Unit 8
murky nefarious propinquity utopian verdant

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• Unlike other minimalist homes, Smiths condo
  boasts splashes of color courtesy of the ______
  vines running to the ceiling.
• Glen Davis future with the Boston Celtics is
  ______ but he hopes theyll retain him on the
  roster.
• The truth is that there is no ______ society and
  even the most prosperous nations experience
  social problems.
• We need to minimize any potential health risks
  from contamination due to the ______ of a
  landfill site.
• I didnt hear any talk of ______ plots by
  Democrats to alter election results by allowing
  fraudulent voting.

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Unit 8
piquant primordial unwonted verbiage viscous

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• The parents convinced the other children to
  repeat the bus drivers demeaning ______ so that
  they could sue him for bullying.
• Meet Sinny, one of roughly 200 people in the
  world who have a rare genetic condition called
  ______ dwarfism.
• The Miami restaurants best dish contains a light
  sauce that is not spicy-hot, but rather ______,
  giving the slightly chewy octopus great flavor.
• In an order to ward off any ______ incidents,
  police patrolled the Staples Center both before,
  during, and after the game.
• There are tiny rocks in ear canals, known as
  otoliths, that are suspended in ______ fluid
  and help us keep our balance.

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Unit 8
murky nefarious piquant viscous verbiage

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• How might this be a visual representation of what
  we have addressed with witch hunts both during
  modern times and in The Crucible?

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Unit 8
piquant primordial unwonted verbiage viscous
Using the vocabulary above, develop a plan for
second semester of how you will close your junior
year with a smile on your future because you are
that much closer to your futures.
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Unit 9

• What might cause a limb to atrophy?
• What sports or activities would be beneficial to
  a frenetic person?
• How would a brother and sister who have reached a
  concord act toward each other?
• What is the most important grouse of teenagers
  when it comes to school?
• What would a kitchen in disarray look like?
• What are three things the consummate basketball
  player would do right before a game?

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Unit 9
Complete the following lines in this song, making
it better by using vocabulary words
?. grouse flotsam bastion disarray exigency
"The New Year"So this is the new year.And i
don't feel any different.The clanking of
crystalExplosions off in the distance (in the
distance).So this is the new yearAnd I have no
______ to live inInstead there are ______
looking for a placeFor problems with easy
solutionsSo everybody put your best suit or
dress onLet's make believe that we are wealthy
for just this onceLighting firecrackers off on
the front lawnAs thirty dialogs bleed into one,
creating a __________I just need to ________ I
wish the world was flat like the old daysThen i
could travel just by folding a mapNo more
airplanes, or speed trains, or freewaysThere'd
be no distance, chaos, or _______ that could hold
us back.There'd be no distance that could hold
us back x2
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Unit 9
atrophy concord glean frenetic

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• Explain how these two women originally were going
  to get into a cat fight but then realized they
  were dress to nice to fight so instead they went
  to a club after reading some amazing stories
  together in English class.

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Unit 9
bastion consummate disarray glean
BECHAR, Algeria - Snow fell Tuesday in the Sahara
Desert in western Algeria. A 24-hour cold spell
brought snow and rain to the region. Strong wind
blew the snow across roads and buildings in the
province of Bechar. Meteorologists predicted a
return of good weather Wednesday. People who
live in the region said the snow was good for the
palm trees because it killed parasites. Bechar
is located in the northern Sahara, about 36 miles
south of the Moroccan border. Using the
vocabulary listed above, explain how this news
story may demonstrate that global warming may in
fact be true.
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Unit 10
incarcerate nettle ludicrous jocular

• Answer the following questions based on
  vocabulary word usage.
• LeBron James sure didn't do himself any favors on
  Sunday night with his little personalized message
  to all his haters. I'm going to continue to
  live the way I want to live. He's not listening
  to them. They're beneath him. It might not be
  the right thing to say when you're in LeBron's
  position, trying to win back a nation of fans who
  turned against you a year ago. LeBron has been
  public enemy No. 1 in pro sports since he made
  his "Decision" to migrate south last July. It's a
  little outrageous. So LeBron left Ohio for South
  Florida. Won't we ever get over it? Can't we ever
  get back to appreciating him as one of the
  world's most talented athletes? How much longer
  must we villainize someone who did nothing
  illegal and never meant to offend a soul?
• What is the authors message?

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Unit 10
incumbent mordant stratagem

• Answer the following questions using the
  vocabulary listed above.
• LeBron James sure didn't do himself any favors on
  Sunday night with his little personalized message
  to all his haters. I'm going to continue to
  live the way I want to live. He's not listening
  to them. They're beneath him. It might not be
  the right thing to say when you're in LeBron's
  position, trying to win back a nation of fans who
  turned against you a year ago. LeBron has been
  public enemy No. 1 in pro sports since he made
  his "Decision" to migrate south last July. It's a
  little outrageous. So LeBron left Ohio for South
  Florida. Won't we ever get over it? Can't we ever
  get back to appreciating him as one of the
  world's most talented athletes? How much longer
  must we villainize someone who did nothing
  illegal and never meant to offend a soul?
• By referencing that LeBron did nothing illegal,
  what is the author suggesting about the audience?

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Unit 10
pecuniary pusillanimous recumbent incarcerate

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• I found the boy ____________ on the grass, fast
  asleep.
• The little girl was ___________ she would do
  awful things like spit on babies!
• My ____________ background was of no money.
• The man was __________d after being found
  intoxicated while driving.

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Unit 10

1. What is a way you could develop a stratagem for
   your household where you never had to do chores
   again?
2. What is a pet peeve that nettles you the most?
3. What weather is mordant to you and why?
4. What do you find the most ludicrous thing your
   best friend does?
5. What do you think should be incumbent to starting
   every morning off right?

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Unit 11
acuity enervate hallow delineate figment gar
ner

• Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary
  words.
• Norovirus is the most common cause of food
  poisoning. After experiencing it, I set to work
  to ______ some information about common causes of
  food poisoning, and I will now _______ that
  information. The Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention estimates that 200,000 Americans
  contract food poisoning every day. But Philip
  Tierno, Ph.D., who I will _______ by noting his
  title of microbiologist at New York University
  medical center and author of The Secret Life of
  Germs, believes the actual number is closer to
  800,000. And in 4 of 5 of food poisoning cases,
  the attack happens at homeright (on the plate)
  under your nose. Often, food poisoning will
  _______ the person because of the illnesses the
  body suffers, and the person feels disoriented,
  lacking ______. "Everyone in this country will
  have at least one incident of sickness this year
  attributable to a foodborne virus, bacteria, or
  toxin," Tierno told Mens Health. Except that
  most of us won't know what hit us because we may
  think our nausea is just a ______ of our
  imagination.

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Unit 11
depraved fecund esoteric fiat

• Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary
  words.
• Too many cigarette advertisements are
  ________, glossing over the effects cigarette
  smoke can have on a persons health. In a
  dramatic bid to get more Americans to quit
  smoking, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  asserted a ______ in regards to helping America
  see the issues that are evident from smoking.
  The FDA on Tuesday released nine graphic warning
  labels that will appear on all packs of
  cigarettes by no later than September 2012. The
  images are not meant to be _____ but widespread
  for many consumers to see frequently. One image
  shows a man's face and a lighted cigarette in his
  hand, with smoke escaping from a hole in his neck
  -- the result of a tracheotomy. The caption reads
  "Cigarettes are addictive." Another image shows a
  mother holding a baby as smoke swirls about them,
  with the warning "Tobacco smoke can harm your
  children. The hopes are that these images will
  be _____, eliciting a rejection of smoking so as
  to protect oneself from these complications.

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Unit 11
depraved fecund esoteric fiat

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• Reviewing the income salary chart above about
  different jobs with Starbucks, what can you tell
  about who makes the most money?

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Unit 11
acuity enervate figment garner

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• Make an argument about how this picture makes it
  seem like living at this locationwhere it is
  described as windydoesnt seem so bad.

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Unit 12
idiosyncrasy sophistry ubiquitous ignominy reput
ed

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• Some would say the singers __________, her pink
  hair, made her famous.
• The physician was ______ as one of the top in his
  field.
• After careful analysis, it was clear the
  politicians argument was nothing more than
  _______.
• In Kentucky, no matter where we drove, we found
  that the humidity was _____.
• The girl felt _____ after the picture of her
  embarrassing moment was posted on Facebook.

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Unit 12
mundane nuance overweening penchant sumptuous

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• He looked and her and felt _____ right away it
  was lust at first sight.
• The teenager was ______, never thinking about
  more than just text messaging and watching TV.
• The latest Wii was ________ on sale, we could
  only find it for six hundred dollars!!!
• The model walked in only talking to a few people
  and we could all tell he was ______ immediately.
• There was a _____ in the weather instead of just
  being hot, it was windy and hot.

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Unit 12
idiosyncrasy sophistry ubiquitous ignominy reput
ed

• HOUSTON Looking for a furry friend? Look no
  further than the Houston SPCA. This weekend
  (August 10-12), the shelter is offering 4
  adoptions for all cats and dogs 4 months of age
  or older!
• The special, which does not include dogs in the
  Spot Peabody Room, is a great deal.
• Normally, adoption fees range from 65 to 150,
  and the adoption package is valued at over 400.
  It includes an initial health evaluation,
  vaccinations, spay or neuter surgery, deworming,
  microchipping, heartworm testing for dogs over 6
  months, a complimentary overall wellness exam
  from VCA Animal Hospitals and a free bag of Hills
  Science Diet pet food not to mention, a friend
  for life!
• If you would like to give a deserving animal a
  second chance at happiness, head down to the
  SPCA, located at 900 Portway Drive in Houston.
  The shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
  Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
  Saturday and Sunday.
• Choose the adoption option and save a life today!
• Using the vocabulary listed above, write a note
  to your family convincing them that they should
  adopt a new pet for you!!!

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Unit 12

• 1. What do you consider to be mundane and boring?
• 2. Describe how you have a nuance in your
  personality from the person you are closest to.
• 3. What is the most overweening statement someone
  has ever said to you?
• 4. What in someones personality do you find to
  be a penchant?
• 5. What would you do for others if you were
  sumptuous ?

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Unit 13

• Answer the following questions, demonstrating
  that you have an understanding of the vocab.
  word.
• What would cause a movie to be inane in quality
  for you?
• What might a person who is agnostic think about
  someone forcing them to say a prayer before
  eating?
• What happens to someone who has a complicity in a
  robbery if they are prosecuted?
• What would a house that is derelict look like?
• How could someone counteract a diatribe without
  resorting to violence?

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Unit 13

• Answer the following questions, demonstrating
  that you have an understanding of the vocab.
  word.
• What might cause someone to create a effigy?
• What are characteristics or things someone does
  who has equity if they walk in on a fight?
• Describe an effigy of a villain in a movie.
• What would someone who receives an indictment do
  if he or she is innocent?
• Why does it help a student to be indubitable?

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Unit 13

• Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary
  words.
• The importance of Monday Night Football to the
  ESPN empire became evident last September when
  ESPN renewed its contract with the National
  Football League for the program for 15.2 billion
  through 2021.
• Viewers _______ the importance of Monday Night
  Football last year. According to Nielsen data,
  general viewership for the program dropped almost
  10 percent in 2011 to an average of 13.3 million
  viewers, after record viewership of 14.7 million
  in 2010 and 14.4 million in 2009.
• The importance of football fans is
  not___________. All of our ad campaigns are
  designed to drive interest and viewership., said
  Carol Kruse, ESPNs senior vice president for
  marketing. Fans are no longer ___________.
• With the new advertising, ESPN is changing its
  focus to whats unique and ownable about Monday
  Night Football. Monday is the end of the
  football week. Were focusing more on football,
  the impact of Monday Night Football on fans,
  standings, fantasy football, the sport over all,
  Ms. Kruse said.

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Unit 13
diatribe effigy complicity indictment abject

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• The driver of the get away car was considered to
  have _________ with the crime.
• I had to listen to my moms _______ after she
  found out I snuck out.
• I drew a ________ of the guy who stole my
  girlfriend.
• I felt ________ after my coach told me I was slow
  in front of the whole team.
• The judge offered an ___________ of the defendant
  of first degree murder.

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Unit 14
intermittent testy plenary moot

• Answer the question using one of the vocab. words
  in your answer.
• Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of
  the worst spate of extinctions in millions of
  years due to threats such as climate change and
  over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was
  running short to counter hazards such as a
  collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen
  "dead zones," according to the study led by the
  International Programme on the State of the Ocean
  (IPSO). "We now face losing marine species and
  entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs,
  within a single generation," according to the
  study by 27 experts to be presented to the United
  Nations. "Unless action is taken now, the
  consequences of our activities are at a high risk
  of causing, through the combined effects of
  climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and
  habitat loss, the next globally significant
  extinction event in the ocean," it said.
• 1. What is the authors argument?

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Unit 14
motif perspicacity surveillance sylvan

• Answer the question using one of the vocab. words
  in your answer.
• Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of
  the worst spate of extinctions in millions of
  years due to threats such as climate change and
  over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was
  running short to counter hazards such as a
  collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen
  "dead zones," according to the study led by the
  International Programme on the State of the Ocean
  (IPSO). "We now face losing marine species and
  entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs,
  within a single generation," according to the
  study by 27 experts to be presented to the United
  Nations. "Unless action is taken now, the
  consequences of our activities are at a high risk
  of causing, through the combined effects of
  climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and
  habitat loss, the next globally significant
  extinction event in the ocean," it said.
• 2. What is the authors purpose for using the
  words in blue? What effect is she attempting to
  have on her audience by doing so?

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Unit 14
neophyte travesty intermittent

• Answer the question using the vocab words listed
  above in your answer.
• Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the
  worst spate of extinctions in millions of years
  due to threats such as climate change and
  over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was
  running short to counter hazards such as a
  collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen
  "dead zones," according to the study led by the
  International Programme on the State of the Ocean
  (IPSO). "We now face losing marine species and
  entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs,
  within a single generation," according to the
  study by 27 experts to be presented to the United
  Nations. "Unless action is taken now, the
  consequences of our activities are at a high risk
  of causing, through the combined effects of
  climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and
  habitat loss, the next globally significant
  extinction event in the ocean," it said.
• What does the author assume about her audiences
  background based on the way her argument is set
  up?

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Unit 14
moot testy plenary

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• What does this comic seem to suggest to its
  audience about people who are critical? Do you
  agree/disagree and why?

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List 15
ephemeral bestial effrontery allay embellish
1. The man was ______, hitting his son with much
force. 2. She wanted to ______ the room with
curtains on the windows. 3. The vacation spot was
______ we wished it had lasted longer! 4. The
mother tried to ______ her crying baby. 5. The
boxer carried himself with an ______, walking in
like he owned the room.
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convivial bestial felicitous ephemeral
List 15
Prosecutors in Summit County, Oh., have filed an
aggravated murder charge against a man accused of
acting ________ by fatally shooting his wife as
she lay in a hospital bed. The charges came after
the results of an autopsy performed on Barbara
Wise, 65, who died Sunday following Saturdays
alleged shooting. John Wise, 66, was initially
charged with attempted aggravated murder. While
his wife lay incapacitated at Akron General
Medical Centers Intensive Care Unit, Wise
allegedly entered the hospital through the main
entrance, keeping a handgun concealed. Police say
no one else was in the room when Wise allegedly
fired the shot into his wifes head. He
surrendered to security without a struggle
immediately after, saying her suffering with her
disease had not been _________. The couple were
married for 45 years. Wises attorney, Paul
Adamson, says his client acted out of love.
Forty-five years of marriage, blessed to be
deeply in love with his wife throughout those 45
years, always being happy and _____ with each
other. I am absolutely confident that everything
that hes ever done for his wife has been done
out of deep love, including the events that just
recently transpired, said Adamson in court
Wednesday. In his first court appearance on
Tuesday, Wise appeared confused about the initial
attempted murder charge, asking the judge, Is
she not dead? Clearly, his choice that day was
not __________.
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coterie counterpart demur convivial
List 15

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• This is really quite embarrassing, but you did
  it. You caught me stealing books from the library
  last night. Now, you face the choice. Do you rat
  me out or do you remain silent? Explain what
  your next step will be.

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List 15

• If you could embellish yourself for one event,
  what would it be and how would you prepare
  yourself?
• 2. What bad habit do you find to be the most
  bestial?
• 3. What makes you prideful where you are not
  having effrontery at all?
• 4. What place allays you when you get all wound
  up?
• 5. What was an experience that was ephemeral but
  it still remained one the most meaningful you can
  remember?

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Unit 16
misanthrope furtive illusory

• Complete the following paragraph using
  vocabulary words.
• Brazilian journalists who flew to London for
  the Champions League final were struck by the
  importance given in the English press to the
  recent scandals surrounding FIFA. They thought
  all of the attention was a waste, and the story
  is not playing anything like as big back home.
  European cynics might argue that this has
  something to do with a certain South American
  tolerance of _____ customs. South American
  cynics, meanwhile, put the whole frenzy down to
  an infantile English reaction at not being
  awarded the 2018 World Cup. But the fault line
  goes deeper. A few months ago in Rio, Uruguay
  coach Oscar Washington Tabarez gave a lecture to
  Brazilian coaches. Tabarez is not considered a
  ________ in the world of soccer instead an
  academic, a teacher by trade (nicknamed "El
  Maestro" for this very reason), and he could not
  resist some historical context. He stopped off
  briefly at the 1966 World Cup, held in England
  while FIFA was presided by an Englishman, Stanley
  Rous. That tournament, he said, had been a _____
  conspiracy against the South American teams.
  Tabarez is certainly no demagogue, no
  flaming-eyed nationalist. But he believes that
  the tournament was set up to exclude the South
  Americans.

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Unit 16
garish indigent inordinate jettison raiment

• Complete the following paragraph
  using the vocabulary words listed above.
• Charlotte Sheffield joined nearly three
  dozen other former Miss USAs on June 18 to
  celebrate the contests 60th anniversary. The
  pageant, now owned by Donald Trump and known what
  some say are _______ swimsuits that are racier
  than previous, has kept the focus firmly on the
  beauty part of pageantry since its inception in
  Long Beach, California in 1952. The Miss America
  contest, on the other hand, prides itself on its
  talent competitionan element missing from the
  Miss USA because it was considered ______ to
  beauty. Meanwhile, the other formers, as
  theyre called, who range in age from their 70s
  to their 20s, talked about old pageant scandals
  and discussed the _______ and unique pressures of
  being considered outrageously beautifuland then
  having to live up to the title decades later.
  Others feel they still have to prove that they
  have brains too, while some wonder whether
  theyve been courted for themselves or because
  men want the bragging rights that come with
  dating a former Miss USA. All admit that the good
  fortune they experienced afterwards left them
  anything but ______. Ironically, theres the
  other thing mentioned that these women have in
  common besides their exceptional looks each of
  them survived a year of wearing the glittering,
  metal crown which was heavy enough to press
  grooves into its wearers head even through a 
  bouffant while wearing extravagant _______.

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Unit 16
misanthrope furtive illusory pertinacious

1. The girl scout was ________ with her cookie sale,
   trying to get me to buy them all!
2. My son snuck the cookies out of the pantry
   ______ly I didnt even know!
3. The villain was _________ he thought everyone
   was worthless ?
4. The directions to pay the bill were ________
   they had me thinking I need to pay twice as much!

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Unit 16

1. What celebrity/singer do you think is garish?
2. In your opinion, what is inordinate in a specific
   exercise or sport?
3. What is your favorite piece of raiment and why?
4. How do you think we should help indigent
   children?
5. If you could jettison one problem for PHS
   students, what would it be?

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Unit 17
allege juggernaut conciliate echelon fatuous

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• The Marines were the strongest ______ of the
  different groups present.
• The class clown had a ______ grin on his face
  after his practical joke.
• After weeks of therapy, the psychologist was able
  to ________ of his patient.
• The officer was known to ______ peoples guilt
  without proof.
• The monster truck was the ______ of the event.

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Unit 17
arrant badinage countermand exacerbate irrefuta
ble

• Complete the following sentences using vocabulary
  words.
• The basketball player was _____ he made rude
  comments to the player and didnt care.
• Landing on a hurt ankle while running will
  _______ the injury.
• The case the prosecution made against the murder
  was _________.
• The couple held a _______ while they waited for
  the film to start.
• The general shouted a ______ to his troops to
  stop the drill they had started.

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Unit 17
arrant badinage countermand exacerbate irrefuta
ble

• Los Angeles beaches may almost be as much of an
  icon as Disneyland or the Hollywood sign. With
  almost two dozen beaches in Los Angeles County to
  choose from, you may have a hard time picking one
  or two to visit during your vacation.
• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• What is your favorite beach and what makes it so
  special? If youve never been to the beach, what
  would you bring to the beach and what would you
  want to do?

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Unit 17
allege juggernaut conciliate echelon fatuous

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• If you could pack a box full of anything for
  children, things they needwhether it be an
  emotion or a physical thing. What would you pack
  and why?

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Unit 18

• Answer the following questions, demonstrating
  that you have an understanding of the vocab.
  word.
• Why might a student be lackadaisical in a class?
• What are some different events where people say a
  litany?
• Why would make a date macabre?
• If you were on a deserted island by yourself and
  there was a paucity of food, how would you
  survive?
• What are four different ways to portend an island
  that there will be a flood?

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Unit 18

• Answer the following questions, demonstrating
  that you have an understanding of the vocab.
  word.
• How could we rebuild PHS if it were razed?
• Why might a witness recant her testimony at a
  murder trial?
• Describe the steps in which a little girl could
  saturate a piece of bread with Kool-Aid?
• What are five possessions that you could slough
  if needed?
• Describe a way to help an old man who was
  saturnine?

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Unit 18
slough saturnine saturate recant

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• What are your end of the year tips for me in
  preparing for my summer? Pretend I am a
  millionaire, where should I go on vacation?

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Unit 18
lackadaisical litany macabre paucity portend

• Answer the question using vocabulary words.
• YEAH! Its almost here ?!!! What are you going to
  do the summer before your senior year???