Day 1: Flocabulary— “Shakespeare is Hip

Hop”• Glue, staple, hole-punch, or tape a copy of the

lyrics into your notebook. You will need to have a separate notebook or folder for your vocabulary because you will TURN IN your vocabulary work at the end of each unit for a classwork grade!

• Listen and follow along and circle the words you think may be new vocabulary.

• Double-check your list with the following list. Add/highlight the words you need to know.

Flocabulary List— “Shakespeare is Hip

Hop”• Quotidian• Fey• Gay• Pervasive• Douse• Pliable• Neologism• Commendabl

e• Profuse• Abundant• Radiant• Fecund• Forestall• Poach• Fetter

• Figurative• Myriad• Plethora• Sacrosanct• Fabricate• Facile• Fatuous• Perfunctory• Mandatory• Flaccid• Flabbergaste

d• Forage• Licentious• Lewd• Profane• Fortuitous

• Serendipity• Abrogate• Algid• Brumal• Hiemal• Impecuniou

s• Hapless• Hiatus• Gregarious• Inquisitor• Iniquity• Goad• Ingenious• Subsist• Notoriety• Blandish• Flattery• Innocuous

• Neonate• Incessant• Narrate• Flout• Pedagog

ue• Buffet

Day 2: Understand the songAnswer the questions in your vocabulary

notebook

1. What was that song about?2. From whose perspective was it told?3. Were there any lines that you especially

liked?4. What characters were mentioned in the

song?5. What is the timeframe for the song?

When did that action take place?6. What new information about this

event/time period did you gain from the song?

Day 3: Show the Flow• Get out your

lyrics• Match the

synonyms below; do not simply write letters and numbers. USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS

1. Fey A. Limp2. Pliable B. Ignore3. Profuse C. Abundant4. Fecund D. Harmless5. Fetter E. Bendable6. FlaccidF. Fertile7. Abrogate G. Sociable8. Gregarious H. Magical9. Innocuous I. Restrain10.Flout J. Abolish

Day 4: Sentence CompletionCopy the sentence into your notebook. At

each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

Brushing one’s teeth should be a(n) ____ habit.

(A)commendable (B) fey (C) quotidian

(D) laborious (E) algid

Day 5: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

Hip-hop is responsible for a handful of recent ______, bringing forth words like “bling-bling” and “fo-shizzle”.

(A) plethora (B) hiatus (C)iniquities (D) serendipities (E) neologisms

Day 6: Sentence CompletionCopy the sentence into your notebook. At

each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

As the legend goes, Sisyphus was _____ to a giant boulder, which he had to roll up a mountainside over and over again.(A) fettered (B) doused (C) abrogated (D) goaded (E) flouted

Day 7: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

It was surprising that the actress accepted the Oscar in a manner that was so nonchalant and ____.

(A) licentious (B) heimal (C) ingenious

(D) incessant (E) perfunctory

Day 8: Sentence CompletionCopy the sentence into your notebook. At

each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

This rude guy named Stanley was ejected from the stands at the basketball game for taunting the opposing team and making ______ gestures with his hands.(A) fecund (B) lewd (C) sacrosanct (D) pliable (E) profuse

Day 9: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

The fact that I found a rare, 1924 penny in a pair of thrift-store pants is a great example of the recent ____ in my life.(A)neologism (B) hiatus (C)serendipity (D) notoriety

(E) neonate

Day 10: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

The impoverished Favelas outside of Rio de Janerio are among the most _____ urban communities in the world.(A)mandatory (B) flaccid (C) flabbergasted (D) profane

(E) impecunious

Day 11: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

Wild Bill Jones has a remarkable diet; he _____ entirely on berries and bark.

(A)abrogate (B) buffets (C) narrates

(D) subsists (E) goads

Day12: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

It was supposed to be a conversation , but Muhammad was talking so ____ that Willie couldn’t get a single word in edgewise.

(A)brumal (B) haplessly (C)gregariously (D) innocuously

(E) incessantly

Day 13: Sentence Completion

Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any words you do not know.

When I took my date to the county fair, all she wanted to do was play the game where you ____ the plastic gophers with a small rubber ball.(A) buffet (B) douse (C) forestall (D) fabricate (E) poach

Day 14: Reading Comprehension