Unit+2+Vocabulary

Directions: (You will have points taken off your homework for directions not followed.)
 * Week 1 is __homework__ **
 * Due Monday-Tuesday, October 22-23 **
 * Write neatly.
 * Copy the words, definitions, and sample sentences through your warm-ups and keep a running list. Number the words. Keep them in chart form.
 * Also figure out the parts of speech during warm-up time.
 * On your own, use each word correctly in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word. Write the sentences under the chart. Number the sentences, and underline the vocabulary words in them.

ALL WORK is to be handwritten. No copies, print-outs, or photographs of work are allowed. The physical act of writing it out helps your brain to remember it better.


 * || ** Word ** || ** Part of Speech ** || ** Definition ** || ** Sample Sentence **
 * (All sentences from this week’s words come from //A Lesson Before Dying//.) ** ||
 * 1 || Antebellum ||  || belonging or relating to the time before the Civil War || “I stopped at the side gate to Henri Pichot’s large white and gray **__antebellum__** house” (Gaines 17) ||
 * 2 || Caste ||  || the class and rank or position of somebody in a society, according to birth, occupation, or some other criterion || “My aunt knew how to make you feel that she was of a lower __**caste**__ and you were being too kind to her” (Gaines 115). ||
 * 3 || Commitment ||  || responsibility, obligation || “’We’re teachers, and we have a __**commitment**__.’ ‘You hit the nail on the head there, lady – __**commitment**__. __**Commitment**__ to what – to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?’” (Gaines 29). ||
 * 4 || Modicum ||  || a small amount, especially of something abstract such as a quality || “’Do you see a __**modicum**__ of intelligence? Do you see anyone here who could plan a murder, a robbery, can plan – can plan – can plan anything?’” (Gaines 7). ||
 * 5 || Mulatto ||  || an offensive term for somebody who has both black and white ancestors || “I knew that like so many of the **__mulattos__** in this part of the state, they did bricklaying or carpentry, and possibly some housepainting” (Gaines 201). ||
 * 6 || Obligation ||  || gratitude owed in return for something given, duty || “’Do you know what ‘**__obligation’__** means?’ He didn’t answer. But he kept looking at me. ‘No matter how bad off [you] are,’ I said, ‘…you still owe something…to your godmother’” (Gaines 139). ||
 * 7 || Pastoral ||  || presenting an idealized image of rural life and nature || “She looked around the room. ‘I love it. Rustic.’ ‘It’s rustic, all right. Probably the most rustic place you will ever visit.’ ‘__**Pastoral**__,’ she said…’I like it,’ she said. ‘Try staying here about a year’” (Gaines 104). ||
 * 8 || Quarter ||  || an area in a town of a particular type or inhabited by a particular group of people || “She had gone to the window, and she was looking across the vegetable garden toward the church up the __**quarter**__” (Gaines 104). ||