The Wonderful World of Words– 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know

In this ongoing  class, students will study 5 words per week.  They will learn the pronunciation, the history of the words, how the different parts of the words fit together.  There will be examples and games to play. Students will learn how to use the words in original sentences and stories they create. Each lesson will start with an explanation, then there will be discussions where students can make connections to the words. 

Week of  August 27: adversary, aplomb, apprehensive, aptitude, attentive
Week of Sept. 3 : banish, barricade, bluff, brackish, brandish
Week of Sept. 10: circumference, commotion, concoction, conspicuous, contortion
Week of Sept. 17: counter, cunning, debris, defiance, deft
Week of Sept. 24: destination, diminish, disdain, dismal, dispel
Week of Oct. 1: eavesdrop, egregious, ember, emerge, engross
Week Oct. 8: exasperation, exhilarate, falter, foresight, fragrance
Week of Oct. 15: furtive, grueling, gusto, habitation, hasten
Week of Oct. 22: havoc, headway, ignite, illuminate, impending
Week of Oct. 29: imperious, jabber, jargon, jostle, jut
Week of Nov. 5 : kindle, knoll, luminous, malleable, materialize
Week of Nov. 12: meander, meticulous, misgivings, momentum, monotonous
Fall Break
Week of Nov. 26: multitude, muster, narrate, obscure, ominous
Week of Dec. 3: outlandish, persistent, pertinent, potential, precipice
Week of Dec. 10: pristine, quell, recluse, recuperative, replenish
Week of Dec. 17: repugnant, restitution, sabotage, scarcity, scurry
Winter Break
Week  of Dec. 31: serenity, sociable, somber, specimen, stamina
Week of Jan 7: subside, swagger, swarm, tactic, terse
Week of Jan. 14: translucent, uncanny, unsightly, versatile, vigilant
Week of Jan. 21: vulnerable, waft, waver, weather, zeal