Thursday, December 22, 2016

Due January 11, 2017 (Resume)

Our Christmas Break assignment is one that I know you will enjoy.
You are to create a resume for yourself. Please remember that you might want to ask your parents for their advice and their personal preference in template styles.

Here is a sample to give you an idea of a how to compose YOUR resume.

Pablo L.Cortez

The Woodlands,Texas

PLC@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Northwoods Catholic School

Trace Creek Academy

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Tuesday Tamales Matthew 25:34 11 years old - to present

Proprietor - marketing, customer service

• Gaudete Luke 1:43-45 10 -14 years old

Rosary Artisan

• ReUsables Mark 2:21 9 -10 years old

Hand crafted, Earth-friendly gift bags

• Animal Crackers Genesis 1:26 8 -19 years old

Pet-sitter, Dog walker

PUBLIC SPEAKING and THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE

• Northwoods Catholic School Poetry Contest Participant

Finalist and Honorable Mention

• Great Day in Bethlehem

• Godspell

• Acorns to Oaks

• Sermon on the Mound

ORGANIZATIONS and COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Catholic Institute of Apologetics (founder)

• Knights of Columbus Columbian Squire (trail blazer & initiator @ St. Anthony of Padua)

• Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Altar Server

• Immaculate Heart of Mary Student Teacher

• Kindermusik - Bringing Babies & Senior Citizens Together

• Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Parishioner

HOBBIES

Hobbies include traveling, reading, biking, football, basketball, climbing

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Youngest sibling, Uncle, and Master to three dogs.

Enjoy the process. This assignment is all about YOU.
No dress-ups, openers, or decorations are required. No KWO. You do not have to submit your rough draft.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Due December 21 (Letter)

• Write a letter to someone you love or someone who is special to you.

• Your letter must be to a real person.

• If you mail (or personally deliver) your letter, you will receive 5 extra credit points.
A parent must verify via text to me.

JV: Your letter must be @ least 2 paragraphs.
Varsity: Your letter must be @ least 3 paragraphs.
New Peeps (Talia & Noah): @ least 2 paragraphs

The required Dress-ups, Openers, and Decorations must be indicated in each paragraph. Indicate one of each per paragraph, please.

Combined BNotes (brainstorming notes) & KWO, Rough Draft, and Checklist are required as always.

Be sure to use a proper letter writing format. Please check the guidelines below for help.

No Banned Words (see side bar for the list)
No Contractions
Vocabulary Words that are used properly & highlighted are worth 1 extra credit point each.

JV: Varsity: New Peeps (Talia & Noah)
All Dress-Ups All Dress-Ups ly word (bold and underline it)
#2 #2 use Quality Adjectives
#3 #3 use Strong Verbs
vss vss No Banned Words
allit No Contractions
sim

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Personal letters, also known as friendly letters, and social notes normally have five parts.

1. The Heading. This is where you write the date. It can also include the return address.

Skip a line after the heading.

2. The Greeting. The greeting always ends with a comma.

Dear Uncle David,

3. The body. Also known as the main text. This includes the message you want to write.

Normally in a friendly letter, the beginning of paragraphs is indented.

If it is not indented, be sure to skip a space between paragraphs.

Skip a line after the greeting. AND Skip a line before the close.

4. The complimentary close. This short expression is always a few words on a single line. It ends in a comma. Skip one to three spaces (two is usual) for the signature line.

5. The signature line. Type or print your name.

Postscript. Although there is no postscript in our example above, it is quite common.
If your letter contains a postscript, begin it with P.S.
Skip a line after the signature line to begin the postscript.

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Remember to combine your brainstorming notes (BNotes) and KWO -- just like we did in class. It looked something like this:

Letter to GRANDMOM

Aug. - Nov. trip 6000 miles

Desmond Astros

Homeschool updates

Speech & Debate P & C Duo

Dogsittting adventures w/ Simba

Stuffy sick better

Nativity Ninja Night

Neighborhood Decorations &Contest

Max Birthday Bucca

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Remember that JV should write 2 paragraphs. Varsity should write 3 paragraphs.

Your combined BNotes and KWO should help you create those paragraphs.

Obviously we need to pick and choose for our paragraphs. We can eliminate certain writing points or we can combine some. We can also add details.

Your combined BNotes and KWO might now look something like this:

Letter to GRANDMOM

P1)

Aug. - Nov. trip 6000 miles

TX, Mississippi, TN, NC, NCFCA intensive, VA, PA, VT, B&B, IN,

Speech & Debate P & C Duo

P2)

Dogsittting adventures w/ Simba

Stuffy sick better

P3)

Nativity Ninja Night

Neighborhood Decorations &Contest

~~Max Birthday Bucca~~

~~Desmond Astros~~

~~Homeschool updates~~

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Due December 14 (Proverbs or Psalms Quote & Vocabulary)

1) Vocabulary words should be:

a) alphabetized

b) defined

c) labeled with part of speech and

d) used correctly in a sentence

There are 15 words, we reviewed them in class, and they are all from our book, "The Incredible Journey."

Our Vocabulary Test will be on December 21. If you are absent from class, you may take the test in January. The make-up test will be January 11, 2017 from 3:15 to 4:00 (after our regular class time).
THE VOCABULARY WORDS ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT SIDEBAR.

2) The essay assignment was described in class. Parents, please text me if you have any questions.

Choose a quote from Proverbs or Psalms in the Bible. If you need suggestions, here are some examples: PROVERBS PSALMS
You are not limited to these examples. You may choose anything from Proverbs or Psalms.

Find something you like. If you do not understand it or its context, ask your parents for help. Pray over it, use your imagination, and let that quote inspire a story.

If you prefer research over creative writing, you may use a factual style approach and do an exegesis essay.

The process of exegesis involves 1) observation: what does the passage say?
2) interpretation: what does the passage mean? 3) correlation: how does the passage relate to the rest of the Bible? and 4) application: how should this passage affect my life?

IEW STEPS TO A GREAT ESSAY

1) WRITE YOUR KWO first.

2) Talk through your KWO and then . . . .

3) Write your first Rough Draft.

4) Continue to perfect your essay, until you have a Final Draft with which you are satisfied.

5) PROOF . . . PROOF . . . PROOF it. :-)

These are the required Dress Ups and Openers for each paragraph. Writing one paragraph is absolutely fine. You can tell a GREAT story in one paragraph. You could write an excellent research essay in one paragraph. IF you write more than one paragraph, you must include (and indicate) all required Dress Ups and Openers in EACH paragraph.

Varsity Students JV Students
DRESS-UPS: DRESS-UPS:
w/w w/w
ly ly
bc bc
QA QA
SV SV
www.aisa www.asia
OPENERS: #2 and #3 and (vss)

WHAT GETS TURNED IN?
Final Copy
Rough Draft
KWO
Checklist
Remember to staple it all together! Starting next week (Dec. 14) 5 points off if papers are loose. Paper clips do not count as a staples. :(
Maybe you could ask Santa for a small stapler to bring to class.

Checklist link here. There is also a link to the checklist template on the right side bar. ---->

No banned words! They are listed on the right sidebar ------>

No contractions! Apostrophes are AOK when used to make a word possessive.

If your essay does not contain the actual quote, please note it on the checklist or in some other prominent place. I want to know your "starting off point." I want to know what your inspiration was for your essay. !Muy importante!

Thank you, Joshua and Max for helping classmates with staples this week! You guys get our "Knights in Shining Armor Award."

JOSHUA and MAX

Quotes from the Book of Psalms

(Psalm 119:105) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

(Psalm 139:13) For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

This is quote from a pslam that describes how God has always known us, planned for us, and loved us. The speaker is David.

(Psalm 103:1) Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

(Psalm 127:3) Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.

(Psalm 23:1) The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not not want.

(Psalm 27:1) The LORD is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear?

This is quote that describes how we have nothing to fear because God is our Lord.

(Psalm 24:1) The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

(Psalm 51:12) Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

(Psalm 23: 4) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

(Psalm 27:14) Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

(Psalm 55:22a) Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you.

(Psalm 18: 2) God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.

(Psalm 34:18) The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

(Pslam 107: 1) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

(Psalm 33:6) By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

(Psalm 150:6) Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

(Psalm 34:4) I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

(Psalm 118:22) The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

This might be a good quote to use if you are planning a more exegetical type of essay (rather than a creative essay).

You could explore how this is a foreshadowing of Christ. The "cornerstone" is also mentioned in Isaiah 28:16, which is a book filled with prophecy. http://www.usccb.org/bible/is/28:16#29028016

If you decide to do this kind of research essay, be sure to show the continuity through the New Testament. Remember that the Old Testament is a revelation of the New Testament and the New Testament is a fulfilling of the Old Testament http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201402/what-relationship-between-old-and-new-testaments-28454

Here are some NT verses that are connected to Pslam 118:22 . . . .

Ephesians 2:20 http://www.usccb.org/bible/ephesians/2

Matthew 21:42 http://www.usccb.org/bible/mt/21:42#48021042

1Peter 2: 7 http://www.usccb.org/bible/1peter/2

Acts 4:11 http://www.usccb.org/bible/acts/4:11#52004011

Romans 9:33 http://www.usccb.org/bible/rom/9:33#53009033

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Due December 7 (Encyclopedia Essay)

Everyone chose a page from my Childcraft Book.

Your assignment is to:
1) Read your page (discuss it with your parent, if you need help understanding it).
2) Create a KWO.
3) Put the book aside.
4) Write rough copy using your KWO.
5) Check, and rewrite or retype as many times as needed.
6) Proof your final copy one more time. :)

--> The essay may include less information than your original page.

--> The essay may contain more information.

--> Your Childcraft page is simply your beginning resource.

--> The essay must be factual. If you add more facts, include your source(s).

--> Use no banned words! Our banned words are listed on the right side bar.

Varsity Students JV Students
DRESS-UPS: DRESS-UPS:
w/w w/w
ly ly
bc bc
QA QA
SV SV
www.aisa www.asia
OPENERS: #2 and #3

EVERYONE! Remember to staple together and submit:
Final Copy
Rough Draft
KWO
Checklist

Checklist link here. There is also a link to the checklist template on the right side bar.

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OPENERS

(1) Because (bc)

(2) Prepositional (prep)

(3) ly adverb (ly)

(4) ing

(5) www asia

(6) very short sentence (vss)

(7) ed

Examples

(1) Because the forecast called for rain, I took my umbrella.

(2) Under the leafy branches of an old oak tree, we found the perfect place for our picnic.

(3) Silently, the cat stalked its prey.

(4) Embracing his mom, the boy told her he was happy she was home.

(5) When the clock struck twelve, the carriage turned back into a pumpkin.

(5) While the teacher taught the lesson, the students remained attentive.

(5) Where there is smoke, there is fire.

(5) As the campfire was lit, the children ran to find the marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.

(5) Since the last rehearsal, the understudy has been perfecting his lines just in case he has to take the stage.

(5) If anyone knocks on the door, be sure to call a parent to answer it.

(5) Although the Bible was the more difficult King James version, the little boy read it every day.

(6) Never swim alone.

(7) Excited about attending Mass, the child bounded out of bed on Sunday morning.

M3 EXAMPLES

(M3-adj) The rolling, tumbling, cascading river took him, and he worked hard to stay afloat. (This could also be indicated as M3-ing)

(M3-adj) The sky was a beautiful, bright, blue dome dotted with fluffy white clouds.

(This could also be indicated as an ALLIT)

(M3-ing) Standing, balancing, and grinning, my ten month old brother gleefully reached for my outstretched hands.

(M3-ly) My dance teacher told me to move gracefully, confidently, and joyfully.

(M3-vb) He walked across the bridge, looked out over the edge, and smiled with happiness.

(M3-n) The boys visited shelters, orphanages, and retirement homes in their mission to bring Christmas joy to those who might be lonely.

(M3-n) She won the accolades of her peers, the admiration of her siblings, and the approval of her parents when her book hit the bestseller list. (noun phrases)

(M3 intj) And just like that . . . pow, zap, bang, she disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

(M3 vss) Rain pounded on the windows. Thunder violently boomed and crashed. Lightning streaked the sky.

OWLs

• Anaphora: Repeats a word or phrase at the start of every line or passage. (I Have a Dream - MLK)

• Anthimeria: Uses one part of speech in place of another. BEWARE! It can easily become silly and is often overused.

• Antiphrasis: uses a word with an opposite meaning for ironic or humorous effect. "We named our chihuahua Goliath."

• Appositive: places a noun or noun phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes.

• Chiasmus: reverses of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases or sentences. A chiasmus reverses grammatical structure, not necessarily w/ the exact same words.

* Antimetabole: reverses the EXACT SAME words in the sentence

• Epanalepsis: repeats a similar grouping of words at the beginning of a sentence and at the end. The repeated words act as "bookends.

• Epistrophe (AKA: Epiphora): repeats ending words (Gettysburg Address)

• Epizeuxis: repeats one word for emphasis

• Hyperbole: greatly exaggerates something for emphasis

• Metanoia: corrects or qualifies a statement to strengthen it or soften it in some way.

• Personification: is figurative.

It projects characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature. Personification is figurative.

• Anthropomorphism is literal.

With anthropomorphism the non-human entities actually do human things. (Thomas the Tank Engine, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit)

Thomas Pain - Common Man Quote

“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated”

https://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/

What is IEW's Excellence in Writing?

Excellence in Writing successfully equips students with tools to significantly improve their writing skills. Its methods not only build written and oral communication skills, but also improve critical thinking.

Excellence in Writing methods can also be used across the curriculum to reinforce content area. Students learn to write as they write to learn. With diligent and consistent effort there is a wonderful transformation from immature or even reluctant writers to competent, confident communicators. It is possible to teach students with very high writing aptitude alongside those with undeveloped writing aptitude, and the system works magnificently at both ends of that spectrum.

Lessons in our class are carefully planned to be steps toward more sophisticated writing. Lessons build from week to week and each lesson is prepared with differing levels of challenge in order to accommodate expertise levels.

The Story Sequence Chart

This outline format is different from the ones you have learned so far. In Units I & II you took notes for each sentence in the source text, and in Unit IV you took notes from facts. In Unit III, you will use The Story Sequence Chart to ask yourself questions about the story. Put the answers in a three paragraph outline format.

Section I introduces the reader to the main characters and setting. Stories usually begin by introducing their readers to the time and place of the story. This is called the setting. Also at their beginnings, stories must introduce their readers to the main people (or animals) of the story- the characters.

Section II contains the conflict and plot. For a story to be interesting, it must move into the next crucial element – theconflict. This is the problem, want or need of the main character(s). Stories without some sort of problem to overcome, or need to be met, are not very interesting. Most of the action of the story is simply how the conflict is dealt with- what the characters do, say, think or feel with respect to the conflict. This is the plot.

Section III concludes with the climax, resolution and theme and this is usually the most interesting part of the story. If there is a conflict or a problem, there must be a way to solve it! We call the event that leads to the problem being solved the climax. Then come the results. The resolution shows what happens after the climax. By the end of the story, the characters and the reader have learned a lesson. What is the last line of a fable always named? Yes, the moral. Another word for moral is the theme of the story.

Here is the chart about the sequence of stories:

The Story Sequence Chart

Who is in the story?

What are they like?

Where did they live, go?

When did they live?

What was their situation?

II.

What was the problem?

-happened?

-did they think?

-did they say?

-did they do?
III.

Climax

How was the problem solved?

What was the moral or message?
*Title Repeats Key Words of Last Sentence

A parent review from Curriculum Choice

Writing with Their Own Voice

It has always been important to me to have my children develop their own voice in their writing, to have the paper sound like it is from their own thoughts and reasoning. IEW has helped my boys use the IEW tools in a way that makes writing in their own words easier. At first the checklists provided with the lessons seemed cumbersome and awkward. They did not enjoy all the “box checking.” For instance, as the sentence openers are introduced they had to go back and rewrite a lot of their sentences to make sure they had used each sentence opener tool. At first, the editing process was tedious and we all loathed that time of the week when we would review the writing and the checklist together. Progressively, each time we used the sentence opener tools in our writing, it became more natural. Now as the boys write an essay they can easily insert the sentence openers as they go along, they are on their mind. By incorporating the various style tools taught in the program, they have found their writing voice.

Literature Component of Class

Books We Have Read Through the Years:

The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford

The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck (short story)

Kisses from Kate (excerpts), by Katie Davis

The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt

Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan

The Ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry (short story)

The Secret Garden, by Francis Hodgeson Burnett

The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster

The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe

The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks

The Magician's Nephew, By C.S. Lewis

The Giver, by Lois Lowry

Holes, by Louis Sachar

Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (4-14)

~~~> Qs for Wrinkle in Time

~~~> Lagniappe for A Wrinkle in Time

The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare

Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyberthieves, by Regina Doman

Caldecott Winners

2018: Wolf in the Snow, by Matthew Cordell (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan)
2017: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)
2016: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown/Hachette)
2015: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)
2014: Locomotive by Brian Floca (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
2013: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)
2012: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.)
2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead (Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)
2010: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown and Company)
2009: The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company)
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)
2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua/Hyperion)
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
2001: So You Want to Be President?, illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel Books)
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Viking)
1999: Snowflake Bentley, illustrated by Mary Azarian, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)
1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
1997: Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
1995: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
1994: Grandfather's Journey, illustrated by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)
1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)
1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
1991: Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)
1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel)
1989: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf)
1988: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel)
1987: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)
1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)
1983: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown; original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
1980: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking)
1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury)
1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial)
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)
1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking)
1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)
1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)
1972: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)
1971: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)
1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books)
1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)
1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt)

1966: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)
1965: May I Bring a Friend?, illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)
1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
1962: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)
1960: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)
1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1957: A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry (Harper)
1956: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff) (Harcourt)
1955: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
1952: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner)
1950: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner)
1949: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
1948: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
1947: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
1946: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
1945: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field (Macmillan)
1944: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt)
1943: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)
1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1941: They Were Strong and Good , by Robert Lawson (Viking)
1940: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday)
1939: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday)
1938: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott)

Vocabulary List 2018-19

accosted - boldly addressed or confronted

accounts - reasons

adroitly - skillfully and nimbly

affronted - offended, embarrassed

blithely - in a joyous, merry manner

buck - a male deer

capital - serious, punishable by death

carefree - without anxiety or worry

champion - first among contestants

composedly - calmly

convivial - fond of feasting and merry company

dauntless - without fear

despoiled -

displaced - lacking a home; removed from proper place

earnestly -

expertise - expert skill or knowledge

famished - extremely hungry

fanciful - led by imagination & feeling not reason

glades - open spaces in a forest

hastened - hurried; moved with haste

hot-blooded - excitable and quick to act

impulsively - quickly and rashly

insatiable -

lavishly - lavishly

narrowly - with little room to spare

opponent - person on the opposing side

oppression -

plundered -

rambled - wandered in a leisurely manner

readily - quickly and easily

reigned - ruled with sole authority

reserved - saved for future use

retorted - replied in similar manner

seethed - burned with anger

shoddy - of poor quality

succor -

taunted - ridiculed, made fun of

top-notch - outstanding; superior

toppled - fell or tumbled down

vendetta - a vengeful blood feud

vowed -

wager - bet

wrath - fierce anger

yeomen -

2016-17 Vocabulary List

2016 (set of 15 words)

peculiar

irrepressible

adjacent

somber

famished

idly

vigorously

bewildered

derision

malicious

engrossed

wistfully

fastidiously

debonair

briskly

2017 (second set of 15 words)

jovial

disparaging

rambunctious

colander

gnarled

rebuked (verb)

nonchalant

docile

conscientious

unprecedented

prestige

arrogant

ominous

judicious

currycomb

2017 (third set of 15 words)

chiasmus

personification

anthropomorphism

metaphor

simile

analogy

alliteration

assonance

hyperbole

oxymoron

poetic justice

bildungsroman

ad hominem

foreshadowing

haiku

March 2017 (fourth set of words) in progress

fathom

aquatic

pliant

amber

diadem

nurturance

comely

palatial

bequeathed

singular

rendering

venerable

sanction

luminous

impending

yearned

2015-16 Vocabulary List

ad hominem

ambiguity

anagram

anecdote

anthropomorphism

antithesis

assonance

bildungsroman

cacophony

cadence

caricature

catharsis

cliche

colloquialism

conflict

corroborate

disparate

doppelganger

ellipsis

epilogue

epiphany

extrapolate

fallacy

flashback

foreshadowing

genre

homophone

hyperbole

idiom

innuendo

juxtaposition

laconic

mood

motif

nemesis

non sequitur

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

parody

pedantic

plot

poetic justice

point of view

pragmatic

protagonist

quintessential

refutation

rhetorical question

salient

sarcasm

satire

self fulfilling prophecy

spurious

symbolism

syntax