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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1

Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1. Words used in a biographical sketch Words as parts of speech Word connotation/denotation. Fascinating Rhythm: The Life of George Gershwin http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =6BTM07B0U64. . . . hidebound restrictions that school placed on his time and talents

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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1

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  1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Words used in a biographical sketch Words as parts of speech Word connotation/denotation

  2. Fascinating Rhythm: The Life of George Gershwinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BTM07B0U64 • . . .hidebound restrictions that school placed on his time and talents • . . .His parents . . . had a laissez-faire attitude. • . . .His first hit was the somewhat ribald. . . • . . .success seemed a done deal, a fait accompli, it allowed him to escape the hierarchyof the music business • His music became a bellwether for the dramatic changes in American popular music.

  3. George Gershwin, continued • To create an adjunct to his Broadway work, he started writing for the movies. • . . .some in Hollywood thought Gershwin too highbrow or too oblivious to the realities of scoring a movie. • . . .many became not just fans but proselytes of his music. • . . .he had fruitful quasi-partnerships with several others. . .

  4. George Gershwin, continued • . . . complaining of headaches and other symptoms that left him feeling effete. . . • He collapsed during a concert and lay supine on the floor. • [His brother] Ira, grief-stricken, floundered in a morass of self-pity. • An American in Paris featured many Gershwin songs and musical vignettes plus an elaborate, chimerical dance sequence created around Gershwin’s symphonic tone poem.

  5. 1st Seven Words • adjunct • bellwether Seven of you have • caterwaul received a card with • chimerical the definition, • effete pronunciation, and • fait accompli “Example • hidebound sentence.”

  6. Assignment #1 • When you receive a vocabulary card, you are responsible for: • teaching the part of speech • teaching the definition to the class • learning to pronounce the word and teaching it • finding an illustration to help us remember the word • finding a partner to help you, if desired All this should be on a document or power point that you create and send to my inbox or e-mail (Deborah.Wilson@lcps.org).

  7. Example • expound (verb, transitive or intransitive) to explain in detail (ekspaůnd’ ) The students listened attentively as their physics teacher expounded upon the new theory.

  8. 2nd list of seven words • hierarchy • laissez-faire • liturgy • morass • noisome • oblivious • poltroon

  9. 3rd list of six words • proselyte • quasi • raillery • ribald • supine • vignette

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