Tuesday, July 20, 2010

About the Vocabulary

Mrs. Fletcher, I have a question about the vocabulary in the notebook. If we can't find words in our reading, do we look for it elsewhere? This is the last thing I need to do, so I am eager to finish this up. Thank you!
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  1. AFletcherJuly 20, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    Here's the excerpt from the summer homework packet:

    "In your notebooks, write definitions and notes to help you remember where you encountered the word, how the word is used, what it might mean in context, and how you might use it. Some of the words may not be in your reading; they may be words or ideas that I want you to investigate. A simple dictionary definition will not serve here."

    An example is "bread and circuses." That is nowhere in your reading (I don't think). But I want you to know the phrase, how to use it, and how it applies to our summer work together.

    Here's a passage from an article posted on the Montreal Gazette 11 hours ago:

    "But never underestimate the public's appetite for bread and circuses, especially in the summer when television's usually banal offerings achieve a new low."

    When you read that phrase, from here to eternity, I want you to know what it means.

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  2. AFletcherJuly 20, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    I might start at Wikipedia for this one.

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  3. AFletcherJuly 20, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    Links to Wikipedia and to the Handbook of Rhetorical Devices appear on the left hand side of the screen.

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