Travel Vocab Part 2 Day one and two

Travel Vocabulary Part 2
Day 1
New Words:
Pensive Pallid Itinerant Metaphor Repress

The Late Student
Angie stared pensively out the window remembering the horrific day that she was late to her Global Literature class. Although she tried to repress the memory over and over, it kept creeping into her subconscious. It had been a typical day up until the end of lunch. She had thought she could make it to the store and back to buy a bagel. She had done it before and was used to being itinerant over her lunch break. However, this day the line had been out the door for bagels, and she had not made it back in time. Her face went pallid when she got back to school and realized she would miss the amazing beginning of her teacher’s lesson; it was the teacher who referred to her metaphorically as “the star” of the class discussions. She was heartbroken and promised to never miss another second of Global Literature.

Sample sentences: Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:

1. The woman blanched at the sight of potato bugs and her face became ___________.

2. After the funeral, Eric gazed at the lake in a ______________ way.

3. The usually calm man tried to ______________ his anger when the coffee spilled on his lap.

4. An island is a ____________ for a man who lives his whole life alone.

5. The _____________ IHS teacher struggled to make it from campus to campus each day.

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.
6. ____Pensive a. a comparison not using like or as
7. ____Pallid b. faint in color, pale
8. ____Itinerant c. Thoughtful or reflective; often in a melancholy way
9. ____Metaphor d. to hold back, restrain
10. ____Repress e. traveling from place to place

Today’s Grammar Lesson
Commas
A comma may be used between two independent clauses that are joined by coordinating conjunctions such as these: but, or, nor, for, yet, and, so
Examples:
I would like to speak to him, but I do not know what to say.

Our clothes had become dirty, and we had no other garments to wear.



Travel Vocabulary Part 2
Day 2
New Words:
Confluence Imperative Imperialism Picturesque Impoverished

Journeys
“What do you think you are doing?” asked Margot as she jumped out of the way of the sweaty concert fan. Margot felt that it was imperative that she get out of the mosh pit immediately! Margot had never been to a punk rock show before and was not liking what she saw. What had happened to music since she was a girl? It was as if electric guitars were some kind of imperialist army that was invading and taking over concert venues across the nation, forcing people to listen to their screeching wail. This would not do. Her idea of a good time was watching a cello quartet in some picturesque setting like this park. Just then, a confluence of teens rose up around her as the guitarist threw his pick into the audience. “That does it!” she exclaimed.
Margot, impoverished to hear music more to her liking, walked up to the stage and hit the power switch on the extension chord. The entire audience went silent and turned to stare. Margot grinned, sheepishly.
“Sorry guys.”

Sample sentences: Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:

1. Since the country had no resources of their own, they made all their wealth through ______________.

2. A(n) ______________ of Republicans and Democrats joined forces to fight the unjust law.

3. To get into Stanford, it was ________________ that the student had strong vocabulary skills.

4. After the hurricane, the once wealthy family became ___________________.

5. The scene by the lake, with the birds in flight and the sun setting, was _______________.

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.
6. ____Confluence a. indicating authority or command; absolutely necessary
7. ____Imperative b. beautiful, vivid, quaint
8. ____Imperialism c. a flowing together, especially of stream
9. ____Picturesque d. to make poor; to deprive of strength, resources
10. ___Impoverished e. the policy of forming and maintaining and empire through subjugation, usually involving colonies

Today’s Grammar Lesson
Commas
Commas are used between words, phrases, or clauses in a series.
Example:
My favorite foods are pizza, hamburgers, and French fries. (Three nouns in a series)
I took her for walks, read her stories, and made up games for her to play. (Three verb phrases in a series)