Davis' Oasis

This is a PDF. It is a scan and cannot be edited. It has handwritten underlines that aren't as neat as I'd have preferred. This is a comprehensive list of vocabulary employed in Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde. I'm offering it cheap because I had a TA spend a week creating it and I lost the original file before I could edit it and spruce it up. There are a few alterations I would've made. 150+ words, 7 pages. This list contains the words that are on my two crossword puzzles for Jekyll

1 of 2 crosswords I'm offering for Guy de Maupassant's amazing story. 15 words in 1 of 2 different configurations for practicing the same words in two different ways. The other is entitled: "The Necklace" Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle A.

This consists of 2 pages: A word search + an answer key. These are the words and clues included: DETERIORATION / Worsening; decline OBSCURE / (as verb) to hide MOTIVATION / The reason for doing something INTROSPECTIVE / Self-examining REFUTE / To prove wrong using evidence CATCALLS / Whistles or jeers to express disapproval REGRESSION / A return to a less advanced stage INVARIABLY / Without variation HYPOTHESIS / A theory to be proven VERIFIED / Confirmed CEREBRAL / Relating to the brain SEMANTI

This is meant to be a dictation test that can be rewritten with words in different orders for retakes. The idea is for students to get the words written down quickly after you've said them each 2-3 times so you can do other things while they take the time to match them. To grade, I suggest going through the spellings first, weighting them less than the correct definitions. I usually do 1 point/spelling and 2 points/definition for a total of 60 pts. Then you can fold your paper and set your colum

These are 20 words from Chapters 5 & 6 of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The words are as follows: belligerently / aggressively complacently / comfortably (often in a lazy or overconfident way) confided / told personal secrets to conscious / aware; responding to one’s surroundings craftily / in a clever or tricky way dutifully / faithfully gingham / a type of cotton fabric haunches / back legs (hindquarters) monotonous / sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone mottled / marked with spots

This is a crossword puzzle + answer key (2 pages). In another of my product listings, there's a different crossword with the same words and word bank at the bottom. In this listing, there's no word bank, so I personally would use this after students have had more encounters with the words. You're welcome to white-out my small typed name below the puzzle if you wish. A pdf of the list of the following list of words is a free download elsewhere in my store: “The Interlopers” 20 Word Vocabulary Li

12 Words from Mary Rowlandson’s Captivity Narrative:afflictions / pains or hardships bewitching / enticing; irresistible decrepit / worn out or ruined because of age or neglect disconsolate / without consolation or comfort doleful / sorrowful entreated / asked sincerely; begged lamentable / regrettable; distressing melancholy / gloomy; depressing plunder / things stolen (especially in time of war) savory / appetizing or tasty tedious / tiring; dreary wearisome / exhausting I have at least four p

These are ten words from Alice Walker's "Everyday Use." Here are the words:RIFLING - Searching in a rough or quick manner DOCTRINES - Principles; teachings OPPRESS - To keep down by unjust use of power COWERING - Drawing back or huddling in fear FURTIVE - Attempting to avoid notice SIDLE - To move sideways, especially in a shy way DINGY - Gloomy, shabby, or dirty TOTTERING - Moving unsteadily, as if about to fall ALCOVE - A recessed cut-out in a room’s wall HOMELY - Lacking in physical beauty or

These are 20 words from Chapters 3 & 4 of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The words are as follows: aloof / distant physically or emotionally appraised / looked over; made a judgment about averted / to turn away (usu. eyes or thoughts) bleated / cried like a sheep, cow, or goat crestfallen / disappointed or humiliated derision / mocking scorn; ridicule disarming / charming in a way that tends to ease suspicion or hostility entranced / in a state of fascination or wonder euchre / a two to

These are the fifteen words taken from Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter":business / an immediate task or objective; personal concern; enterprise commit / to entrust; to carry into action deliberately congealed / changed to a fluid or a solid; made rigid or immobile connoisseur / an expert exasperate / to irritate or enrage gelatinous / viscous or jelly-like luxuriate / to thrive or revel in nausea / extreme disgust; a stomach distress with the urge to vomit nip / a small quantity of liquor pu

These words go with my dictation vocab test and two crossword puzzles (1 with a word bank and 1 without one) for my TWENTY word set of vocab from Saki's "The Interlopers." “The Interlopers” 20 Word Vocabulary List pinioned pinned compact an agreement between 2 parties affrays fights or disturbances of the peace unstrung unstable or nervous pious showing religious devotion retorted replied sharply reconciliation a friendly end to a quarrel condolences expressions of sympathy muster to gather for

I had one particular sophomore Honors English class I taught do a timed write in response to one of two anti-war prompts I gave them. They were to write about the degree to which they agreed with the prompt. I was surprised that they almost unanimously agree with the anti-war prompts, so I wrote a "rebuttal" of sorts: my personal response to one of the prompts. Then I had them look for and point out devices/elements of my essay (allusion, parallel structure, rhetorical question, transitions, hoo