English II (on-level): Vocabulary for the Katrina Article

Following are the vocabulary words you chose for the Katrina article. You are responsible for the definitions of each. You will need to pick ten to write meaningful sentences for (see below list).

• Apparent


• Choicest


• Convenience


• Debris


• Immersed


• Intact


• Interview


• Inundated


• Memorabilia


• Referral


• Restoring


• Ruined


• Sheetrock


• Swamped


• Wreckage

Pick any ten words and use them to write meaningful sentences.

Remember:

• a meaningful sentence is made up of two independent sentences combined with a semicolon (;)


• the first sentence includes a vocabulary word


• the second sentence contains the definition of that vocabulary word


• the first word of the second sentence is not capitalized


• you should underline the vocabulary word and its definition

For instance, if the vocabulary word was:

hurricane (n.): a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec).

a meaningful sentence would be:

The hurricane destroyed the coastal town of Mikesell City, Florida; after the foot of rain and 100-mile-an=hour winds blew onshore, all that was left were traffic signals and a lighthouse.

Due Date: Wednesday, Nov. 2