Vocabulary1-wordproposals

Word of the Week is new to RHS this year. We are grateful to Mrs. Swinehart for choosing a number of our class vocabulary words for WoW already...but we're still hungry for more!


 * What You Can Do:**

Pick a few words from the Vocab exam //that you didn't know// -- and which haven't already been WoWs. (See the "Eligibility" paragraph, below, to determine how many you want to do.) If you don't remember which ones you missed on the exam (that's not a good sign! be aware of your strengths and weaknesses!), see me Monday after Spring Break and we can review your exam together.

For each word, you need to do three things:


 * 1) look up the definition (and cite the source you found)
 * 2) find two sentences online that use it properly and with a clear context clue in the sentence (and cite where you found each)
 * 3) write a sentence -- one will do -- to try to sell this word to Mrs. Swinehart as a great choice for a future Word of the Week. Be convincing and specific!

When you are done, email me your clear and well-formatted and fully cited items. I will make sure Mrs. Swinehart gets them. If your proposal is accepted -- that is, if your word is chosen, thanks to your submission -- that can only be good for you too, although I'm not committing to //further// XC for "winners".


 * Eligibility for Salutary Credit:**

If you earned a grade in the "C" family (C+, C, C-), you can do two words to get some credit tacked onto your Vocab exam. If you earned a grade in the "D" family, you can do three. If your grade is below that, you can do four. Anyone can do as many as he or she wants, in fact, but extra credit is only available to those who fit these categories. If your proposals are sufficient and complete, you can earn up to two points for each proposed word (i.e., 8 points if you do 4).