Today we added four words to the crucible vocab list. Words one through three were listed in the previous post. The next four are listed at the bottom of this post. I suggest you go online and find other sentences that use the words. Google: define pretense; then you can also hit the news button at the top of the search and it will show you how the word has been used in the news lately. This is good preparation for the test.
We also started Act Two. We made it through to where John Proctor could not remember one of the commandments.
Your homework is to catch up and keep up on the study guide for the play. You should have everything done through the first act, and start on the second act. Remember, this will be a graded assignment due when we have finished the play. You must write using complete sentences. Make sure you include who speaks the line, paraphrase the line, and tell what the quote reveals about the character who spoke it. This is for all quotes that are in the packet.
vocab words:
4. pretense: noun
An act or appearance that looks real but is fake
With each of his mother’s demands for better effort at school, Chris nodded with agreement. Of course, this was only pretense—he planned to slack off just as much as he always had.
5.prodigious: adjective
very big; immense; very impressive
There was a prodigious stench in the school bus full of sweaty football players.
6. base: adjective
not honest or good; immoral; improper
The content of the music video was considered so base by parents that they demanded it not be shown at the assembly.
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