VOCABULARY August 19-23

ALLOCATE (VERB)

Distribute for a particular purpose

Each _____________ will be allocated one _____________ to use for the entire year.

ASSIGN (VERB)

To appoint to a particular job, task or organization

I will assign ____________ because I want you to learn about _____________ .

ALLOCATE

ASSIGN

AUGUST 20 CLEAR TARGET:

I will use my knowledge of science fiction and figurative language to make predictions

about a story as we read.

ATTACH (VERB)

Fasten or join one thing to another

Add one related document to another: attaching a document to an e-mail

Please attach your _________ to the _________ before turning it in.

ATTACH

AUTHOR (NOUN)

(Noun) A person who writes a novel, essay, poem, etc; the composer of a literary work

(Verb) To write, to be the composer of, or to create a design for something

____________ is my favorite author.

AUTHOR

ALLEGE (VERB)

Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof

The ____________ alleges that he is not guilty of _______________ .

ALLEGE

AUGUST 21 CLEAR TARGET:

I will make an inference about the story based on what I know by

the end.

AUG. 21 BELLRINGER

Make up one sentence for each vocabulary word (allocate, assign, attach, author, allege)

Remember, you can use any form of the word you want

• Ex: using allegedly instead of allege

AUGUST 22 CLEAR TARGET

I will identify similarities between two literary works created by different authors in different time periods.

AUG. 22 BELLRINGER

Write a paragraph-long story that uses all your vocab words in context

Remember, you can use any form of the word you want

• Ex: using allegedly instead of allege

AUGUST 23 CLEAR TARGET

I will use my knowledge of figurative language to analyze a poem and

compare it to a short story with similar themes.