Sophomore Accelerated English
A Separate Peace
Throughout our study of A Separate Peace each of you will be assigned a
vocabulary word to present to the class. Your presentation should go beyond just
the meaning and use of the word. Search for interesting facts about the word, its
etymology, uses of it over time, changes in the word over time, etc. Link your
word to its importance in the novel when appropriate. Each word has a specific
content requirement – see assignment chart on next page.
*Check with your teacher before you present to make sure you are covering all the
required content for your word.
Assessment Criteria
Delivery
Volume is appropriate
Eye Contact is consistent
Content
Pronounced and defined
Etymology clearly explained
Modern use of the word
Link to novel
Required content
Quiz
Organization
Intro. has attention getter
Conc. ends speech with impact
Comments:
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Audience Responsibilities
• Take notes for use on future quizzes, tests, and writing assignments
• Maintain eye contact with the speaker when not taking notes
• Provide nonverbal feedback to indicate that you are listening.
• Ask questions when appropriate
• Participate in the assessment and the ensuing discussion
Vocabulary Presentation
Presentation Guidelines
Goal: Informative – present information so that your
audience understands and remembers.
Time: 5 minutes
Content:
• Define term
• Pronounce term correctly
• Provide etymology of word
• Link the word to its use in the novel
• Teacher required content – see chart
• Link to modern use of the word
• Develop an immediate assessment of your audience’s
understanding of the material you have presented – a short
quiz (written or oral).
Format: Lecture/Discussion
Delivery style: Extemporaneous – speak from brief notes
Material to submit on day of presentation:
• Outline of material being presented including Works Cited
page and assessment used at end of presentation
Self-Assessment and Planning
Do an inventory of the skills and knowledge that you have.
• What skills or knowledge do you need for this assignment?
• Which skills and what knowledge do you already have?
• Which skills and what knowledge do you need to acquire?
• How will you acquire it?
Hour 4
1. Mrs. Wathen
2. Carrie Allen
3. Alex Braun
4. Janay Briggs-Wragg
5. Conor Byrne
6. Eli Cohen
7. Dylan Compton
8. Brett Conard
9. Daryan Fisher
10. Daniel Gaudynski
11. Libby Geboy
12. Samme Gorman
13. Cam Goudreau
14. Amanda Her
15. Ali Johannes
16. Aliyah Kirby
17. Matt Levy
18. Brittany Lyons
19. Sofia Nicolet
20. Jacob Nikolay
21. Melissa Rosenfeld
22. Ben Silverstein
23. Tim Sperl
24. Desmond Steward
25. Libby Suing
26. Ian Webb
27. Alyson Zimmerman
Word
specter
rhetorically
counterattack
chronic
emblem
hypnotism
infinity
abstractedly
catacombed
blitzkrieg
decalogue
idiosyncratic
automaton
emissaries
catapulted
fratricide
dexterity
virtuoso
aphorism
hypocritical
patriarchal
cacophony
choreography
foreboding
incongruity
bellicose
Maginot Line
See Sample Presentation on the last page
Chapter, Page #
Chapter 1 12
Chapter 1 16
Chapter 1 19
Chapter 2 23
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 30
Chapter 3 33
Chapter 3 33
Chapter 3 34
Chapter 5 66
Chapter 6 74
Chapter 6 78
Chapter 6 74
Chapter 6 87
Chapter 7 89
Chapter 7 100
Chapter 7 100
Chapter 8 113
Chapter 8 117
Chapter 8 119
Chapter 9 132
Chapter 9 136
Chapter 10 141
Chapter 12 179
Chapter 13 196
Chapter 13 209
Required Content
Root
Use of language
Prefix (counter-, contra-)
Root
Difference between emblem and symbol
Meaning
Root
Use of language
Meaning
Principle of language
Prefix
Root and Prefix
Prefix
Root
Meaning
Suffix
Root
Principle of language
Meaning
Prefix
Root (include other “arch” words)
Root
Root
Prefix (include other “fore” words)
Prefix – include all “not” prefixes
Root
Allusion
Hour 5
1. Mrs. Wathen
2. Naomi Arenzon
3. Sidney Brod
4. Carley Bruckner
5. Brionne Candie
6. Dima Chichelnitskiy
7. Sam Choice
8. Atiyana Evelyn
9. Ethan Fellows
10. Nolan Grant
11. Riley Grossman
12. Rachel Grove
13. Alex Jensen
14. Ricky Kerns
15. Jailyn King
16. Sam Kirk
17. Carolin Kuerfgen
18. Brandon Levy
19. Amina Maamouri
20. Clare McCullough
21. Cassie Meyers
22. Ian O’Connor
23. Claire Olig
24. Miles Randolph
25. Cameron Rigby
26. Jeremy Rosengarten
27. Quaid Simpson
28. Simone Tekavec
Word
specter
cinch
rhetorically
counterattack
chronic
emblem
hypnotism
infinity
abstractedly
catacombed
blitzkrieg
decalogue
idiosyncratic
automaton
emissaries
catapulted
fratricide
dexterity
virtuoso
aphorism
hypocritical
patriarchal
cacophony
choreography
foreboding
incongruity
bellicose
Maginot Line
Chapter, Page #
Chapter 1 12
Chapter 1 14
Chapter 1 16
Chapter 1 19
Chapter 2 23
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 30
Chapter 3 33
Chapter 3 33
Chapter 3 34
Chapter 5 66
Chapter 6 74
Chapter 6 78
Chapter 6 74
Chapter 6 87
Chapter 7 89
Chapter 7 100
Chapter 7 100
Chapter 8 113
Chapter 8 117
Chapter 8 119
Chapter 9 132
Chapter 9 136
Chapter 10 141
Chapter 12 179
Chapter 13 196
Chapter 13 209
Required Content
Root
Slang
Use of language
Prefix (counter-, contra-)
Root
Difference between emblem and symbol
Meaning
Root
Use of language
Meaning
Principle of language
Prefix
Root and Prefix
Prefix
Root
Meaning
Suffix
Root
Principle of language
Meaning
Prefix
Root (include other “arch” words)
Root
Root
Prefix (include other “fore” words)
Prefix – include all “not” prefixes
Root
Allusion
Hour 7
1. Mrs. Wathen
2. Brian Aronica
3. Talia Brooks
4. Josh Chianelli
5. Mina Fedderly
6. Shante Fosse
7. Sophia Geho
8. Nina Gerard
9. Taylor Hansen
10. Katie Harris
11. Sheila Johnson
12. Aaron Kauer
13. Hannah Keckeisen
14. Dmitriy Kravtsov
15. Cormac Mahalick
16. Allie Marcus
17. Michael Mills
18. Nellie Murphy
19. Rachel Reisner
20. Georgie Schmidt
21. Jacob Teper
22. Ellie Weidner
23. Emani Williams
24. Daniel Zenge
25.
26.
27.
28.
Word
specter
cinch
rhetorically
counterattack
chronic
emblem
hypnotism
infinity
abstractedly
catacombed
blitzkrieg
decalogue
idiosyncratic
automaton
emissaries
catapulted
fratricide
dexterity
virtuoso
aphorism
hypocritical
patriarchal
cacophony
choreography
foreboding
incongruity
bellicose
Maginot Line
Chapter, Page #
Chapter 1 12
Chapter 1 14
Chapter 1 16
Chapter 1 19
Chapter 2 23
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 25
Chapter 2 30
Chapter 3 33
Chapter 3 33
Chapter 3 34
Chapter 5 66
Chapter 6 74
Chapter 6 78
Chapter 6 74
Chapter 6 87
Chapter 7 89
Chapter 7 100
Chapter 7 100
Chapter 8 113
Chapter 8 117
Chapter 8 119
Chapter 9 132
Chapter 9 136
Chapter 10 141
Chapter 12 179
Chapter 13 196
Chapter 13 209
Required Content
Root
Use of language
Prefix (counter-, contra-)
Root
Difference between emblem and symbol
Meaning
Root
Use of language
Meaning
Principle of language
Prefix
Root and Prefix
Prefix
Root
Meaning
Suffix
Root
Principle of language
Meaning
Prefix
Root (include other “arch” words)
Root
Root
Prefix (include other “fore” words)
Prefix – include all “not” prefixes
Root
Allusion
Sample Presentation
Specter – Noun – 1) a ghost, 2) something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence: the specter of a nuclear holocaust 3) a
mental representation of some haunting experience (Example: "It aroused specters from his past")
Etymology
• Early 17th century from French spectre or Latin spectrum
• 1605, from Fr. spectre "an image, figure, ghost" (16c.), from L. spectrum "appearance, vision, apparition" (see spectrum). Spectral is attested from
1815 in the sense of "ghostly" (first recorded in Shelley); 1832 in sense of "of or pertaining to a spectrum."
• bug - from an Old Welsh word meaning 'specter' or 'ghost.' It later became another word for "beetle," some of which resemble a frightful specter
Connection to novel
“I had more money and success and ‘security’ than in the days when specters seemed to go up and down them with me.”
This use of the word corresponds to the meaning of “ghost.” Gene the narrator has the perspective to see the youth of his past as ghosts, whereas
Gene the character would never have used this word to describe his acquaintances and friends. This word appropriately captures the feelings of Gene
about his past and their hold or lack of hold on him.
Language
Characteristics of language relevant to this word: (Language is symbolic, systematic, conventional, learned, changeable; kinds of language)
• connotation – usually negative or neutral.
• not changed in meaning that much over time
Required content – Root
spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective – from the Latin: see, look; sight, appear; behold, examine
Other words – aspect, inspect, perspective,
Modern use of the word
•People
Senator Arlan Specter – Republican Senator from Pennsylvania
Music Producer Phil Specter
• The English language badly needs a new word: "Specterism." The word derives its origin from "Bushism," a word coined by Slate's Jacob
Weisberg, which means an incoherent statement by the most powerful man in the world. What is a "Specterism"? Here's the proposed dictionary
entry:
Specterism n. A threat to stand up to Bush that is never meant to be acted upon and withdrawn at the very first opportunity.
Sources:
http://www.onelook.com/
http://democrats.com/specterism
http://www.dynamicphonics.com/page18.html