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Vocabulary

Biography vs. Autobiography

View the video tribute on Nelson Mandela in the Videos of the Day!

1. Take notes on what you see and hear.
2. Read the Autobiography, "from Long Walk to Freedom" and answer questions #1c, 1d, and 3. Online Autobiography
   
3. Piece together the information you have gathered and prepare a short (150 word paragraph) on Nelson Mandela's impact on the South African Nation.

Note Mandela's effect in prison and if he stays true to his commitment in his life pursuit of the abolition of Apartheid, and search for democracy in South Africa.

Persuassion Map

ESL Vocabulary

Choose one or more of these to practice as a warm up!

Visual Vocabulary:
Picture Word Quiz!

General Level:
Vocabulary

Advanced Level:
Test your Language Skills!

ASSIGNMENT!

Gumption>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Look at the Top 10 List, and create a top 10 list of your own using 10 words with definitions!

Harrison Bergeron English 10 Task

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1. Create a new Glog.

2. Refer to the short story. Your task is to create a web page for the Handicapper General.

3. Include the following using texts, images, and videos: a profile of the Handicapper General, the rules of society (give examples of some handicaps given in the story), the role of the H-G Men in society, the announcement (p. 61) of the dangerous criminal - Harrison Bergeron, the title of the story and author.

4. You may also include the short story trailer featured in the Videos of the Day!

SAT Vocab 3

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SAT Vocab 3

Match the correct word with the definition.
Name:

WORD LIST:
a. exodus b. renegade c. retribution d. scourge e. taciturn f. hurtle
g. agnostic h. caustic i. terse j. uncanny

1. A person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune
   
2. to move or to fling swiftly and with great force
3. not fond of talking; usually silent
4. weird; strange; so keen or acute as to seem bizarre
5. one who deserts one side in favor of another; traitor; outlaw
6. biting; stingingly sharp or sarcastic
7. brief and to the point
8. something justly deserved, especially a punishment
9. one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
10. mass departure or emigration