Flocabulary

1. Flocabulary Adventures of Carlito

2. Day 1: Adventures of Carlito • Glue, staple, hole-punch, or tape a copy of the lyrics into your notebook. You will need to have a separate binder section for your vocabulary because you will TURN IN your vocabulary work at the end of each unit for a class work grade! • Listen and follow along and circle the words you think may be new vocabulary. • Double-check your list with the following list. Add/highlight the words you need to know.

3. Check your word list… fortify trek circumspect dictate amble prudent diminutive scurrilous nefarious goad inimical petulance lachrymose malevolent repudiate obsequious malicious accede laud truculent accommodating sycophant pugnacious poised officious belligerent masticate abide accost spurious punctilious invective abate propriety timorous abase laceration altercation mediate arbitrator restitution retaliation retribution umbrage upbraid berate atone benevolent bereft concede

4. Day 2: Understand the SongAnswer the questions in your notebook 1. What was that song about? 2. From whose perspective was it told? 3. Were there any lines that you especially liked? 4. What characters were mentioned in the song? 5. What is the timeframe for the song? When did that action take place? 6. What new information about this event/time period did you gain from the song?

5. Day 3: Show the Flow • Get out your lyrics • Match the synonyms below; do not simply write letters and numbers. USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS • Goad _____ a. Hostile • Amble _____ b. Scold • Inimical _____ c. Truculent • Pugnacious _____ d. Chew • Timorous _____ e. Provoke • Nefarious _____ f. Evil • Masticate _____ g. Kind • Altercation _____ h. Confrontation • Upbraid _____ i. Stroll • Benevolent j. fearful

6. Day 4: Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. My dog is so well trained, she ___________ fetches my slippers every time I whistle. • Indignantly • Obsequiously • Often • Aggressively • Ostentatiously

7. Day 5: Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. “Nothing irritates me more in the classroom than a ______________,” Ms. Elliott exclaimed. “They’re always complimenting my hair to get better grades.” • Arbitrator • Sycophant • Invective • Laceration • petulance

8. Day 6: Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. Stacey D. was __________, and never listened to her iPod in study hall because the sign strictly forbade it. • Hypocritical • Pugnacious • Officious • Scurrilous • Punctilious

9. Day 7 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. Some comedians make their living on ______ jokes, but in my opinion, a funny person can keep it clean and still get laughs. • Truculent • Accommodating • Scurrilous • Benevolent • Timorous

10. Day 8 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. • Of all of the Batman characters, the ____________ Penguin comes to mind as the most haunting. • Benevolent • Bereft • Accommodating • Spurious • Nefarious

11. Day 9 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. The ball was going, going, and then, diving into a pine tree at the fence, Sheena came up with it, her arms covered in_____________ from the sharp needles. • Lacerations • Invectives • Altercations • Propriety • Retaliation

12. Day 10 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. There seems to be some ___________ on Billy’s part ever since Zhuyan stole his girlfriend; he scowls at Z. every time he passes him in the hall. • Accede • Poise • Umbrage • Fortify • Amble

13. Day 11 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. My father ______________ the dog for stealing a piece of turkey from the table. • Conceded • Abated • Abided • Upbraided • fortified

14. Day 12 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. • The _________ old magician smiled down at the small boy as he shared the secrets of his best card trick. • Petulant • Malevolent • Benevolent • Prudent • bereft

15. Day 13 – Sentence Completion • Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know. A raid by hungry brown bears on a recent camping trip left me ________ of food. • Truculent • Timorous • Nefarious • Bereft • poised

16. Day 14 – Reading Comprehension • Please get a reading comprehension worksheet from the front of the room. • Read the directions carefully and then complete the worksheet.

17. SAT Word Wall Time! Angelica: fortify, dictate, diminutive, goad, lachrymose Mubashar: obsequious, laud, sycophant, officious, abide Nick: punctilious, propriety, amble, scurrilous, inimical Carlos: trek, malevolent, malicious, truculent, pugnacious Tial: belligerent, accost, invective, timorous, circumspect Luis: prudent, nefarious, petulance, repudiate, accede Jay Rose: accommodating, poised, masticate spurious, abate Napoleon: abase, laceration, altercation, mediate, arbitrator