Vocabulary
The Great Gatsby
Cycle 3
English II
Cycle 2 Timeline
• Day 1 (Thursday Jan 26, 2011)
• You will receive 10 new words from The Great
Gatsby
• Homework will be assigned and due Monday
• Day 2 (Wednesday Feb 2, 2011)
• You will have a review session in class
Continue to study with note cards
• Day 3 (Feb 3, 2011)
• You will have a quiz
• Notecards will be checked
Vocabulary
Cycle 3-
• toil: (n) hard and continuous work
• ; (v) to engage in hard and
continuous work
• fortnight: (n) the space of
fourteen nights and days; two
weeks.
• Gaudy: (adj) brilliantly or
excessively showy
• Contemptuous: (adj) showing
or expressing disdain; scornful
• Credulity: (n) willingness to
believe or trust too readily, esp.
without proper or adequate
evidence; gullibility.
• Provocation: (n) something that
incites, instigates, angers, or
irritates.
• Corpulent: (adj) large or bulky of
body; stout; fat
• Swoon: (v) to faint; lose
consciousness.
• (n) a faint or fainting fit.
• scamper: (v) to run or go hastily
or quickly.
• (n); a quick run
• gayety: (n) the state of being
cheerful or
• showiness; finery:
Practice!
• In predetermined pairs you will create
sentences that demonstrate your
understanding of the word’s part of speech
and definition.
• You will be given 10 minutes and then your
pair will present your work to the class!
Homework
• Now that you’ve practice using this words in pairs, you are ready to start using
these words on your own!
• Create sentences for EACH of the vocabulary words (if there are 2 parts of speech
then one for each) that demonstrate your understanding of its part of speech and
definition.
• Make sure to have your name, date, period and homework topic on the sheet.
• For Example:
• John Marshall
• Jan 31, 2011
• Period 6AB
• The Great Gatsby Vocab Cycle 3- Sentences
• This is DUE Monday Jan 31, 2011
Quick Reminders
• Make sure you copied EVERYTHING down
correctly!
• It is YOUR responsibility to keep up with your
homework and study these words
• Spelling counts on the quiz!
Good Luck