trepidation Daily Activities.notebook
WoW #25 Day #1
trepidation
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Definition
Part of speech
Related forms
3 Synonyms
2 Antonyms
1 Sentence per form
trepidation Daily Activities.notebook
4 words of the week
WoW #25
placed anywhere within the poem
Day 2
acrostic poem
1. Write the word "trepidation" vertically on your paper.
(Be sure to capitalize each letter of the word.)
2. Start each line of the poem with the capital letters you wrote.
3. Each line of the poem should consist of a word or phrase related to the
word of the week.
Trembling with fear
Reticent and shaking. This
Ephemeral life
Passes and
I do not want to grow older. I
Do not want to extricate from childhood bliss,
And yet I know
That I am powerless. An
Ineffable sadness settles
On my heart. And I think
No, I am too afraid to truly live...
trepidation Daily Activities.notebook
trepidation
WoW#25 Day 3
Write out an example of something that is trepidation & a non­
example of something that is trepidation.
DO NOT USE THE WORD IN THE EXAMPLES
Both the example and non­example should be designed to present
situations that have similar features and require your thinking that zeros
in on the meaning of the word trepidation.
Non­example
Example
When Eliza is chased by Haley's
gang she is terrified that she will be
caught. She is even more terrified
of losing her son forever.
Despite these fears, Eliza is filled
with valor and strength as she runs
across the partially frozen Ohio
River. She musters her strength in
order to protect her child.
trepidation Daily Activities.notebook
WoW#25 Day 4
trepidation, trepidatious, trepidatiously
Construct the one Quatrain
in the style of a Shakespearean Sonnet
­Quatrain: a four­line stanza, or a grouping of four lines of verse
­Rhymed Iambic Pentameter (ABAB)
Remember!!!!
With great trepidation I walk the line
And wonder, will my true love meet me there 10 syllables per line
And I long for our hearts to be entwined
With witnesses about seeing us swear