1st Quarter- Have a seat and open up to the daily word section of your binder.

Daily Word

8/26/13 Daily Word #1

The victim was not able to break the strong grapple the thief had on her purse.

1. Copy the sentence as it appears above.

2. Identify what part of speech the word is being used as (ex. noun (person, place thing, or idea), verb (action word), adjective (describes a noun), or adverb (describes a verb).

3. Predict the definition of the underlined word.

4. List context clues you used to determine the word’s meaning.

8/27/13 Daily Word #2

He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.

1. Copy the sentence as it appears above.

2. Identify what part of speech the word is being used as (ex. noun (person, place thing, or idea), verb (action word), adjective (describes a noun), or adverb (describes a verb).

3. Predict the definition of the underlined word.

4. List context clues you used to determine the word’s meaning.

8/28/13 Daily Word #3

When the teacher was absent, there was anarchy in the classroom.

1. Copy the sentence as it appears above.

2. Identify what part of speech the word is being used as (ex. noun (person, place thing, or idea), verb (action word), adjective (describes a noun), or adverb (describes a verb).

3. Predict the definition of the underlined word.

4. List context clues you used to determine the word’s meaning.

8/29/13 Daily Word #4

Detroit is an infamous city for crime and poverty.

1. Copy the sentence as it appears above.

2. Identify what part of speech the word is being used as (ex. noun (person, place thing, or idea), verb (action word), adjective (describes a noun), or adverb (describes a verb).

3. Predict the definition of the underlined word.

4. List context clues you used to determine the word’s meaning.

9/3/13 Daily Word #5 The immigrants found it hard to

assimilate to American society.

1. Copy the sentence as it appears above.

2. Identify what part of speech the word is being used as (ex. noun (person, place thing, or idea), verb (action word), adjective (describes a noun), or adverb (describes a verb).

3. Predict the definition of the underlined word.

4. List context clues you used to determine the word’s meaning.

9/4/13 Daily Word #6 The pungent odor in the room caused

the teacher to open the windows.

1. Copy the sentence as it appears above.

2. Identify what part of speech the word is being used as (ex. noun (person, place thing, or idea), verb (action word), adjective (describes a noun), or adverb (describes a verb).

3. Predict the definition of the underlined word.

4. List context clues you used to determine the word’s meaning.