Vocab Quiz TOMORROW!

First Vocab Quiz on Unit 1 is tomorrow! Remember, these are the following dates for vocab quizzes (I will not be posting a reminder every week, so mark your calendars!)

1st Quarter

Aug 29: Unit 1

Sep 12: Unit 2

Sep 26: Unit 3 (Combo of 1, 2, 3)

Oct 10: Unit 4

2nd Quarter

Oct 24: Unit 5

Nov 7: Unit 6 (Combo of 4, 5, 6)

Nov 21: Unit 7

Dec 12: Unit 8

Freshmen Vocab Resource

To get further practice for  your vocabulary or to access the vocab list at home, check out this awesome textbook-sponsored website! There are games for you to play, practice test questions, and other activities that you can practice using your vocab words to become more familiar with the terms before your quizzes every other Friday. To see all the dates of vocab quizzes for the semester, please click “Read More” below.

Vocabulary Quiz Dates (Subject to Change)

1st Quarter

Aug 29

Sep 12

Sep 26

Oct 10

2nd Quarter

Oct 24

Nov 7

Nov 21

Dec 12

English 3 Honors: FREE RICE DUE FRIDAY!

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Free Rice Vocabulary Learning

Please create an account on Free Rice. To learn more about how Free Rice defines themselves, please read after the jump.  http://freerice.com/content-group/mrs-hecks-english-classes

Each quarter, you will receive TWO MAJOR grades for your individual work on Free Rice. You can complete this online at the website or from a mobile app. Please be sure that your work is recorded on your account within the class group, "Mrs. Heck's English Classes." If you are one of the top-five-earning students in your class, you will get BONUS extra credit! :D Join up to start earning points each quarter!

Revolutionary Vocab

I want us to try something totally different than your previous experience with vocab. Each of you will always be reading an individual text. While you read, I want you to find at least one delicious new vocabulary word that you didn't know even know existed before your reading. Then, I want you to create some form of presentation that you can share your wonderful new vocab word with the rest of your class. This will be how you are graded rather than by icky vocab quizzes that don't really help you permanently learn the words anyway.

After the jump are a few options and examples I have found for you or created myself! I hope you enjoy!

Find your Vocab Words!

After too many photographs on phones to cheat, here are your words for you to define!

inert
circumvent
clandestine
acquit
deprecate
barrister
adulation
culinary
bawdy
chastise
jocose
myriad
latent
pernicious
frugal

Study for Voc 9 Quiz!

word	syn	ant
pique	hype	ignore/stifle
linguistics	study of language/Language Arts	"slang" no antonym
plebian	commoner	high class/noble
precocious	early development/prodigy	mentally challenged/slow/average
predatory	bully/hunter/top of the food chain	prey
prowess	skilled/skillz	mediocre/useless
pugnacious	eager to fight/aggressive/rowdy	calm/docile/peaceful/passive
purloin	thieve	own/give
quixotic	idealistic	realistic/practical/cynical
rabble	mob	single
rabid	fanatical/obsessed	calm/stagnant
raconteur	storyteller/	sometimes a lawyer/lecturer
cognizant	knowledgeable	not informed/negligent/ignorant
febrile	feverish/pyrexia	healthy/well
apostasy	unfaithful--> loss of faith/disillusioned	faithful/believer

Vocab 1-8 Midterm Study List

To study for your midterm, click after the jump to get vocab lists 1-8 below.

Friday Dueday

Seniors: Remember your final Letter of Intent is due, typed/printed/emailed tomorrow. This is a key element to your Senior Project!

Juniors: 18 Notecards will be due by the end of the period tomorrow. Work hard if you need to tonight, because we will only have 40ish minutes tomorrow! Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to take notes in class.

All: Vocab Quiz FIRST THING tomorrow.
LIST 3 VOCAB

1.          insouciant / not concerned; free from care

2.          static / without force or movement; stationary

3.          stipulate/ to specify a required part of an agreement

4.          zeitgeist/the general spirit of the time

5.          proliferate/to grow or reproduce rapidly

6.          tenet/a belief or principle held to be true

7.          ruminate/to think deeply or repeatedly

8.          vigilant/alert at all times

9.          dissident/someone who disagrees

10.     petulant/rude in speech or behavior; peevish

11.     derivative/not the original; coming from another source

12.     accolade/an award or honor

13.     demur/to disapprove or to take exception

14.     limpid/transparent; clear

15.     invidious/tending to cause discontent, harm, or resentment; offensively unfair

Test your Vocab Knowledge!

Test your number of words! http://testyourvocab.com This is a fun way to see how many words you actually know or could possibly know! :) Know if you read lots of books and texts, you have a greater vocabulary!

My total vocabulary size is estimated to be:

28,100

words

This is the estimated number of entries in a standard dictionary for which you know at least one definition.

This number does not include word derivations (e.g. "quickly," derived from "quick," does not count as a separate word). And while it does count compound words (like "air conditioning"), it does not include phrases or expressions (like "food for thought").

Thanks for taking the test! Based on over 200,000 participations so far, we've got some initial statistics already. Most Native English adult speakers who have taken the test fall in the range 20,000–35,000 words.Click here for a full breakdown by age (opens in new tab/window).

And for foreign learners of English, we've found that the most common vocabulary size is from 2,500–9,000words. Click here for the full distribution (opens in new tab/window).

However, we still need more data for complete analysis by age or education level, especially for participants under 15.

So please share this test, via sites like Facebook
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Over the coming months, we will continue to update our statistics as more data comes in. To save your personal result, you can bookmark this page with your result using the link that appears directly below your result.

Also, if you're interested in the English language and words, take a look at the books to your right. Or for information on how our calculation is performed and how the test was put together, please go on to our nitty-gritty details page.

Vocab Week One

Vocab Week One

august--marked by grandeur and awe
ancillary--subsidiary; providing assistance
semblance--an outward likeness in form or appearance
autodidact--a self-taught person
asinine--exhibiting poor judgment or intelligence
albeit--although; even though
conduit--a means by which something is transmitted
philatelist--one who collects stamps
indefatigable--tireless; incapable of being fatigued
martyr--one who suffers or sacrifices for a cause
indiscretion--a minor misdeed
osmosis--a gradual process of absorption of water
picayune--of very little value; trivial
dossier--a file of detailed information on a person or subject
behest--a command or urgent request

Quiz is one week from today--next Friday!

Voc 15 List

Vocab List: AFTER THE JUMP!

Voc 14 List

1.                altercation: a heated argument

2.                lexicon: a dictionary; a specialized vocabulary

3.                hue: a particular shade of a given color

4.                galvanize: to startle into sudden activity

5.                sanction: permission; support

6.                hyperbole: extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally

7.                ominous: threatening; foreboding evil

8.                audacity: rude boldness; nerve

9.                evince: to demonstrate clearly; to prove

10.           implacable: unable to be appeased or pacified

11.           exhort: to urge on with stirring words

12.           incarcerate: to put into prison; to confine

13.           incisive: sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter

14.           expedient: practical; providing an immediate advantage (especially when serving one’s self-interest)

15.           pertinent: having to do with the subject at hand; relevant

Voc 13 List

1.               inert: unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish

2.               circumvent: to get around; to bypass

3.               clandestine: secret

4.               acquit: to find not guilty of a crime

5.               deprecate: to express strong disapproval of

6.               barrister: lawyer

7.               adulation: excessive praise or admiration

8.               culinary: having to do with the kitchen or cooking

9.               bawdy: indecent; humorously obscene

10.         chastise: to punish severely

11.         jocose: joking; humorous

12.         myriad: too numerous to be counted

13.         latent: present, but not active; hidden

14.         pernicious: destructive; deadly

15.         frugal: thrifty; economical in money matters

Voc 12 List

1.         levity: lightness of disposition; lack of seriousness

2.         hoax: a practical joke; a trick

3.         amicable: friendly; peaceable

4.         obstreperous: aggressively boisterous; stubborn and defiant

5.         enraptured: delighted beyond measure

6.         marital: having to do with marriage

7.         bask: to expose oneself to pleasant warmth

8.         genial: friendly; amiable

9.         charlatan: one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others

10.   mundane: commonplace; earthly and not spiritual

11.   fickle: likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason

12.   juggernaut: a terrible destructive or irresistible force

13.   naïve: simple in outlook; not affected or worldly; especially innocent 

Voc 9 List

1.      pique: to cause resentment; to provoke

2.      linguistics: the scientific study of the structure, sounds, and meaning of language

3.      plebian: (n) a commoner; one from the lower class OR

(adj) common or vulgar

4.      precocious: showing early development, especially mental

5.      predatory: inclined to prey on others

6.      prowess: superior skill or ability

7.      pugnacious: eager and ready to fight

8.      purloin: to steal

9.      quixotic: very idealistic; impractical; caught up in romantic notions

10.  rabble: a disorderly crowd, a mob

11.  rabid: raging; fanatical

12.  raconteur: a person skilled at telling stories

13.  cognizant: fully informed; having knowledge of

14.  febrile: pertaining to fever; feverish

15.  apostasy: abandonment of one’s principles, faith or religious beliefs

THIRD PERIOD MIDTERM! SECOND PERIOD TEST!

Friday, third period students will complete a midterm vocabulary examination. Second period will complete the same as a major test grade. Most of the words will be from Vocab List 8:

1. 1    anguish: extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
2. 2.       ethereal: heavenly, fine, delicately beautiful
3. 3.       eulogize: to praise highly, to extol
4. 4.       euphemism: a word or phrase that’s used to make an unpleasant idea sound better
5. 5.       evasive: tending to avoid giving direct answers
6. 6.       industrious: constantly active or occupied
7. 7.       Myriad: a large number, many
8. 8.       quiver: to shake with a trembling motion
9. 9.       Rotund: round
10. 10.  sauntered: to walk around leisurely; to stroll
11. 11.  Subtle: hard to see or understand; elusive
12. 12.  tangent: a line that touches a curve at just one point; or a comment that is off the main topic
13. 13.  tantamount: equal, comparable
14. 14.  temper: bring into balance; moderate
15. 15.  Tyranny: government based on absolute power or cruelty

The rest of the words will come from the following previous Vocab Lists 1-7. Students have received the quizzes back to study for the test on Friday.

Those words come from the following list:

Study for VOCAB QUIZ TOMORROW!!!

Vocab Week One

august--marked by grandeur and awe
ancillary--subsidiary; providing assistance
semblance--an outward likeness in form or appearance
autodidact--a self-taught person
asinine--exhibiting poor judgment or intelligence
albeit--although; even though
conduit--a means by which something is transmitted
philatelist--one who collects stamps
indefatigable--tireless; incapable of being fatigued
martyr--one who suffers or sacrifices for a cause
indiscretion--a minor misdeed
osmosis--a gradual process of absorption of water
picayune--of very little value; trivial
dossier--a file of detailed information on a person or subject
behest--a command or urgent request