SUPERMAN AND ME VOCABULARYDiscussion Questions

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON A SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER.

WRITE THE NUMBER AND THE VOCABULARY WORD BEFORE

YOUR RESPONSE.

1. VILLAIN

• What famous villain do you actually like?

2. PLOT

• What do you think the expression “the plot thickens” means?

3. SURPLUS

• Name one thing that you would want to have a surplus of, and one thing that you would not want to have a surplus of.

4. AVID

• What does it mean to be an avid reader?

5. ASSASSINATION

• Who are some famous people who have been assassinated?

6. GENETICS

• Would you want to eat genetically-modified produce (corn that has been engineered to be sweeter)?

7. DIALOGUE

• Write a dialogue between yourself and a parent or grandparent about a time you got into trouble. (Each character needs to say at least two things.)

8. NARRATIVE

• Give seven examples of things that include narratives (for example, movies).

9. RESERVATION

• Make a list of everything that you know about Native American reservations.

10. PRODIGY

• If you had a choice in the matter, would you want to be a child prodigy (in music, sports, math, etc.)? Why or why not?

11. THIRD-PERSON

• Write a sentence about yourself in third-person, using one of the following components: 1) a snowman, 2) a dinosaur, or 3) Mars.

12. MODEST

• Do you think that high school girls have an obligation to dress modestly? Why or why not? Why don’t we use the word “modest” when we talk about boys’ clothes?

13. RIDICULE

• How might a person feel when he or she is ridiculed?

14. SUBVERT

• Do you ever subvert your parents’ authority? How?

15. MONOSYLLABIC

• List 10 monosyllabic words. (Do not use any from the comic below.)

16. SUBMISSIVE

• Would you rather have a dog that is submissive or independent?

17. PITY

• Whom do you pity most in the world?

18. ARROGANT

• Does it both you when people are arrogant? Why or why not?

19. POWWOW

• Would you want to attend a powwow? Why or why not?

20. SULLEN

• Describe what it looks like if a person is acting sullen.