As a reminder your synopsis of the first three chapters of Richard Kim's Lost Names is due tomorrow. We'll review this material in class and you will receive chapter 4 entitled Lost Names for homework. This reading is due Wednesday. This is thirty pages, so plan accordingly.
In class you will also have a vocabulary handout. (See copy below) As well, we are looking at some slides to give you a better sense of the historical setting. Unfortunately, I cannot get them up on the blog; so if you are absent, bring in your thumb drive and I'll copy them for you.
Lost Names vocabulary QUIZ FRIDAY
You should know the definition and be able to comfortably use the word in a sentence that clear demonstrates you understand the word. See examples below.
Please make flashcards to help yourself study!
1. to bewilder (verb)- confused, disoriented. (I am feeling bewildered and have no idea where I am going.)
2. to gyrate (verb)- to more in a spiral. (In the merry-go-round we felt like tops, gyrating until we toppled over in laughter.)
3. dingy (adjective)- darken with smoke or grime, shabby.(Not having been dusted for months the knick knacks on the cupboard were dingy with an oily dust.)
4. khaki (noun)- a heavy cloth uniform of light brown (The teachers at the school wore khaki that resembled military uniforms.)
5. pandemonium (noun)- a very noisy place (The wild things yelled and danced under the moonlight, creating pandemonium under the night sky.)
6. azure (noun)- a light purplish blue (The azure of her eyes reflected the soft blue of her gown.)
7. to feign (verb)- to pretend, to imitate to deceive (Opossums are known to feign death when a predator is around.)
8. camaraderie (noun)- goodwill and lighthearted rapport among friends. (Their camaraderie was evident in the way they spent hours chatting about nothing.)
9. enigmatic (adjective)- puzzling, confusing (From her enigmatic expression, I could not tell whether she was angry or merely amused with my behavior.)
10 dexterity (adjective)- skill and grace with physical movement or mental cleverness. (Odysseus was known for his dexterity as exemplified with his outwitting the Cyclops.
11. naïve (adjective)- lacking worldly experience (Hansel and Gretel were two naïve children who unwittingly fell prey to the witch in the candied cottage in the woods.)
12. demure (adjective)- modest, reserved, shy (She looked too demure to ever do such a bold thing.)
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