Vocab Words
To analyze or develop in detail; to explain thoroughly
What is to "explicate"?
A story in which a boy immigrated from Haiti when he was young
What is "Bonne Anne"?
A word from standard RL.2.6: "A feeling of excitement or anxiety about what will happen."
What is suspense?
If you turn this in late, you will get -10% deducted
What are Achieve articles?
Francois Duvalier, or "Papa Doc," ruled this country for decades.
What is Haiti?
Another word for "furthermore"
What is "moreover"?
An article about items immigrants bring when immigrating to the U.S.
What is "What to Bring"?
A word from multiple standards, it refers to something that is not plainly said, rather, you have to infer. It is not said "straight-up."
What is "implicit"?
For these, Ms. Franceski will take the first-try grade, or the stretch article grade, whichever is higher.
What are Achieve articles?
A very important symbol in the Haida culture in Canada, as well as in other indigenous cultures in the U.S.
What is the symbol of the salmon?
Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind; stubborn
What is "adamant?"
A story about a talisman that grants the person who has it three wishes. Theme of this work is "be careful what you wish for."
What is "The Monkey's Paw"?
The opposite of implicit
A place where students keep all of the warm-ups so they can access them easily on the warm-up journal quiz.
What is a (warm-up) journal?
What is an appositive phrase?
The state of being subject to unjust treatment or control; being held down
What is "oppression"?
A poem by Sherman Alexie that talks about the Grand Colee Dam and the damage it has inflicted on his indigenous population.
What is "Powwow at the End of the World"?
The three categories on the FSA writing rubric
What are (1) Purpose, Focus, and Organization (2) Evidence and Elaboration and (3) Conventions & Grammar ?
We have one of these once a quarter
What is a warm-up journal quiz?
For, And, Nor, But, Yet, Or, So
What are coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)?
The tendency to believe things too readily; being gullible.
What is "credulity"/"credulous"?
A story about a 14-year-old boy who craves independence, so he builds a fort outside and doesn't come back in the house all summer.
What is "Golden Glass"?
The opposite of literal language
What is figurative language?
This is the activity that you start doing as soon as you enter the classroom everyday.
What is the warm-up?
Port-au-Prince
What is the capital of Haiti?