8th+Grade+Vocabulary+Boosters

Building a Better Vocabulary: Unit 1 Chapter 1: [Test Date: Monday, October 5, 2015]
 * 1) challenge
 * 2) dependent
 * 3) fertile
 * 4) peculiar
 * 5) preference
 * 6) principal
 * 7) solitary
 * 8) suitable
 * 9) surplus
 * 10) transform


 * //Vocabulary Flash Cards 3/15/15 //**




 * //Vocabulary Study Guide 3/15/15 (36 Words) //**




 * //The Giver: [Cumulative exam (80 words) TBA] //**



<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 1-2
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">ironic (2)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">palpable (3)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">wheedle (5)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">disposition (7)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">transgression (9)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">awed (12
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">technically (13)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">aptitude (15)

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 3-4
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">chastise (20)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">petulantly (22)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">remorse (23)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">conviction (24)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">hasten (27)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">tabulated (28)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">nuisance (30)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">chortled (33)

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 5-6
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">disquieting (34)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">emblem (41)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">reprieve (42)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">relinquish (42)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">exuberant (44)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">infringed (46)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">meticulously (48)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">scrupulously (48)

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 7-8
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">profound (51)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">prestige (53)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">retroactive (54)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">avert (57)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">benign (59)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">indolence (61)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">unanimous (61)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">spontaneously (64)

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 9-10
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">throng (65)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">dismounting (66)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">relish (68)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">integral (70)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">origin (73)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">alcove (74)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">successor (76)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">apprehensively (79)

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 11-12
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">torrent (81)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">glee (82)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">obsolete (84)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">wincing (86)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">commerce (89)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">admonition (89)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">dumbfounded (93)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">wryly (95)

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Chapters 13-14
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">irrationally (99)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">sinuous (100)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">assimilated (104)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">embedded (106)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">agony (109)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">assuage (110)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">ominous (113)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">placidly (114)

<span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Chapters 15-17
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">anguish (118)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">ecstatic (122)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">wisp (125)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">permeated (131)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">injustice (132)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">expertise (134)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">trudged (135)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">glum (136)

<span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Chapters 18-20
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">dejected (139)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">excruciating (140)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">inflict (142)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">afterthought (146)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">wretched (151)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">empowered (153)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">acquire (156)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">solace (161)

<span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Chapters 21-23
 * 1) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">churning (163)
 * 2) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">rueful (164)
 * 3) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">languid (166)
 * 4) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">augmented (168)
 * 5) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">vigilant (169)
 * 6) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">tantalizing (172)
 * 7) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">impeded (176)
 * 8) <span style="color: #a31010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">leaden (177)

<span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Chapter 4:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Culminating Vocabulary Test Unit 1 Chapter 1-4 **
 * 1) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">abundant
 * 2) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">betray
 * 3) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">comparison
 * 4) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">demonstrate
 * 5) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">dispute
 * 6) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">distinct
 * 7) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">exaggerate
 * 8) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">inhabit
 * 9) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">neutral
 * 10) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">reduction


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Culminating Vocabulary Test Friday, December 12, 2014 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Unit 1 Chapters 1-3 **

<span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Unit 1 <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Chapter 1:
 * 1) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">challenge
 * 2) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">dependent
 * 3) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">fertile
 * 4) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">peculiar
 * 5) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">preference
 * 6) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">principal
 * 7) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">solitary
 * 8) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">suitable
 * 9) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">surplus
 * 10) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">transform

<span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Chapter 2:
 * 1) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">analyze
 * 2) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">attitude
 * 3) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">category
 * 4) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">contrast
 * 5) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">critical
 * 6) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">deliberate
 * 7) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">excessive
 * 8) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">fragile
 * 9) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">frustration
 * 10) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">indicate

<span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Chapter 3:
 * 1) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">accompany
 * 2) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">desperate
 * 3) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">determine
 * 4) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">dispose
 * 5) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">evident
 * 6) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">improper
 * 7) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">preserve
 * 8) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">pursue
 * 9) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">rejection
 * 10) <span style="color: #15076d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">restore


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Culminating Vocabulary Test Chapters 1-5 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Monday, December 22, 2014 **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Chapter 4:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">abundant
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">betray
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">comparison
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">demonstrate
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">dispute
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">distinct
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">exaggerate
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">inhabit
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">neutral
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">reduction

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Chapter 5:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">aggravate
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">cease
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">coincide
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">considerable
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">humane
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">intentional
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">interference
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">obnoxious
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">unstable
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">utilize


 * <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">8th Grade Vocabulary: **

<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Students will decide on the vocabulary words for this novel. For every 3 chapters, each student will come up with 5 tier-2 vocabulary words. I will then select 10 words from each section for the vocabulary 'words to own' list each week. Vocabulary tests will be cumulative as always!
 * <span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">T//hings Fall Apart// **<span style="color: #a31111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">(By, Chinua Achebe)