Vocabulary Quiz

Pick TEN of the following words and write a well-developed, engaging and grammatically correct sentence.

2 marks each - 1 for correct use of the word. 1 for the quality of the sentence (if it sounds/looks like a grade five student wrote it, it will score a zero...)

• predicament
• emphatic 
• apprehensively 
• sophisticated 
• admonitions
• incredulous 
• dissent  
• malicious 
• aggravated 
• undignified 
• unconscionable
• remorse 
• dissuade
• impasse
• disowned
• dilemma 

Rubrics for Utopia Project

- A map/drawing/series of images of your utopia is required - this must be made by students... not just an image of the internet. 20 marks https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2_H3hKK6a0zMFF0eGZVaG1HUlk 
- A 5 minute slideshow presentation - that presents the name, ideals and goals of your utopia. In class, we will focus in one certain questions everyday. Your answers to these questions must be directly or indirectly put forward in your slideshow. All members of the group must speak. (I will introduce you to slideshow platforms). 36 marks https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2_H3hKK6a0zanE5TzRIS3k1aEE 
- A one page summary/manifesto. If you put this up beside your map, anyone to reading it will understand the mission of your utopia. 24 marks (6 point scale times 4) http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade10/en/07_rubric.pdf

Chapter 10 - Love, Marriage, Murder, Suicide

1) Quiz - your homework was to read Chapter 10 of The Chrysalids. Here is a wee closed book quiz to make sure you did.

• The marriage of Anne to a "norm" is the central theme of this chapter. What arguments to the members of the group use to try and stop Anne from marrying Alan? Do you think they are valid? Why or why not?  (4 marks)
• What does uncle Axel suggest as a solution to the problem of Anne and Alan? Why can't David go along with it?  (2 marks)

2) Discussion Questions - The Group - discuss in pairs and then share ideas in whole class discussion.

"The Group" is extremely important for its members and when one of them breaks away it is a traumatic 

event. 

•  What is the group and what does it do?  

•  How do the members take care of each other?  

•  What responsibilities do the members have?  

•  What makes this group special?  

•  Is there any rivalry?  

•  Where does David fit in?  

3) Read Aloud - Chapter 11

4) Vocabulary - this book is filled with crazy-making, vocabulary-expanding words. 

Find the most obvious and suitable definition for the following words. You can BYOD (bring your own device) and use your smart phone to use a dictionary app or an online dictionary, like dictionary.com. I also have the ipods (ask Mr. Kochanuk for them - they are currently locked in his cupboard).

Be prepared to discuss the words tomorrow.

germinate -  valiantly -  predicament - 

emphatic -  apprehensively -  conventions -  affirmation 

perturbed  tediously - unrelieved 

- virtue - credible - creditable - sophisticated -

timorously admonitions -  meticulousness - implacable

incredulous - placid - dissent - 

malicious -  aggravated -  undignified -  unconscionable

omnipotent - echelon ambitious -  to flounder -  gravitated -  

lugubriously -  to ponder - expiated -  remorse - abnegations - dissuade - impasse -  disowned -  dilemma -  emphatically 

5) If time, Utopia work, Chapter Questions...