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=Holocaust Homework= =McGoo, Joey, Chris, Anthony, Ryan, Joe, Brian=

=Group Assignment #1=

2. Put the names of ALL group members from all three classes at the top of the page.
===3. Name the WIKI page the title of the novel you are reading. If you have two books, put both names on the new page.===

6. Write the definition of the word underneath the sentence.
===7. Rewrite the original sentence using the definition but not changing the meaning of the sentence.===

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Please separate the words by name so I know who did what. Okay - now Joe needs to follow the directions; boys, you can help explain it to him. : > ) Mrs. M 5/2
1) He was in his Nissen hut on the base in England.

Nissen: A hut made of corrugated iron with concrete floor.

He was in his concrete and iron hut on the base in England.

2) The missions had been teeth-gritting beeline to targets.

Beeline: A straight line between two places.

The missions had been a direct path to targets.

3) "You're hambone."

Hambone: informal **???? Are you sure on this one?**

You are informal. **????**

4) Today, though, superstition slowed Henry's answer.

Superstition: belief in supernatural beings

Today, though, belief in supernatural beings slowed Henry's answer.

5) He pulled blue flannel underwear that was wired to connect to the airplane's electrical system.

flannel: a soft-woven fabric

He pulled blue soft-woven underwear that was wired to connect to the airplane's electrical system.

6) The two fins popping out up off the crossbeam

crossbeam: transverse beam

The two fins popping out up off the transverse beam

7) I followed the same sacrosanct every morning.

sacrosanct: priciple, place, or routine

I followed the same routine every morning.

8) He'd gotten used to the raunchy humor around the barracks.

raunchy: informal

He'd gotten used to the informal humor around the barracks.

9) He was bleary during the game.

bleary: unfocused

He was unfocused during the game.

10) Three syringes of morphine

morphine: a drug used medically to relieve pain

Three syringes of a painkiller.

11) Then he shimmed into the cockpit's right-hand seat.

shimmied: shaking or swaying

Then he swayed into the cockpit's right-hand seat.


 * 12) Out of the Blue shuddered and convulsed as she roared along the airstrip.

confusion: producing contortion of the body of limbs ????

Out of the Blue shuddered and contortioned as she roared along the airstrip. ?????**

13) I am making a latticework of wood on my house.

latticework: interlacing strips of wood, metal, or other material forming a lattice.

I am interlacing strips of wood on my house.

14) My pillow is covered with downy.

downy: covered with fine soft hair or feathers

My pillow is covered with fine soft hair or feathers.

15) He is wizened in age.

wizened: shriveled or wrinkled with age

He shriveled in age.

16) I saw a buzzard in the sky.

buzzard: a large hawklike bird of prey with broad wings and a rounded tail.

I saw a a large hawklike bird in the sky.

17) I have a achingly in my arm.

achingly: a continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body

I have a continuous pain in my arm.

18) There was a gaggle in front of our plane.

gaggle: a flock of geese

There was a flock of geese in front of our plane.

19) There was a cistercian in the neighborhood.

cistercian: a monk or nun of an order founded in 1098 as a stricter branch of the Benedictines.

There was a monk in the neighborhood.

20) The Germans faced maquis in WWII.

maquis: the French resistance movement during the German occupation.

The Germans faced the French resistance in WWII.

21) Pell-mell: in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner He imagined the fields back home where he’d run pell-mell into the March winds, arms out, waiting to be lifted off the face of the earth, up, up, into the blue. Pg 262 22) Reckoned: establish by counting or calculation Henry looked again. The soldiers looked scared. New recruits, Henry reckoned. Pg 261

23) Fusspot: a fussy person Still, there hadn’t been an animal around the farm-ornery mule, stupid cow, or fusspot rooster-that Henry hadn’t been able to tame by talking to it right. Pg202

24) Strode: walk with long, decisive steps in a specific direction The door opened and in strode the Gestapo officer. Pg 200

25) Submerging: cause to be underwater Each time they jerked him back up and Henry fought to swallow air, he wondered if the next submerging would kill him, if this breath would be his very last. Pg 199

26) I buy black-market petrol

petrol: gasoline

I buy black-market gasoline.

27) Forgotten the danger of her clandestine work.

clandestine: characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy

Forgotten the danger of her secret work.

28) Captivated, he studied her more closely.

captivated: to attract and hold the attention or interest of

Attracted, he studied her more closely.

29) Selling off family heirlooms to the Nazi's down the street.

heirlooms: a family possession handed down from generation to generation.

Selling of family possesions to the Nazi's down the street.

30) There was urgency in her voice.

Urgency: importunateness

There was importunateness in her voice.

The pilot was probably from Boston or some other northern city, with more arrogant manners. 32) Incriminate – make someone appear guilty of a crime or, wrongdoing, strongly imply the guilt of.
 They must be searching the place for a radio or weapons to incriminate the mother, he thought.

They must be searching the place for a radio or weapons to wrong do the mother, he thought. **????? Not quite!**

33) Hearth- the floor of a fireplace

A small oven had been built into the side of the hearth.

A small oven had been built into the side of the fireplace.

34) Edelweiss- a European mountain plant

Henry spotted the boy darting toward her, clutching a handful of white flowers, maybe the edelweiss Henry had seen growing.

Henry spotted the boy darting toward her, clutching a handful of white flowers, maybe the plant Henry had seen growing.

35) Hambone: an inferior actor or performer

"Your're a hambone," she said and caught him for a hug.

36) Barge: a flat bottomed boat for carrying freight, typically on canals and rivers, either on its own power or towed by another.

But Henry felt the barge turn toward the side of the canal after soldiers yelled several commands in German.

37) Recede: go or move back or further away from a previous position.

Repeatedly, he heard voices nearing, nearing, and then receding.

38) Drone: make a continuos low humming sound.

Voices droned.

39) Gangrene: // medicine // localized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from either obstructed circulation or bacterial infection.

It's just the possibility of gangrene to worry over.

40) Bespectacled: wearing eye glasses

Henry looked at the bespectacled face, looked at the white masks blocking the faces of the other people surrounding the gurney.

41) Gurney: a wheeled stretcher used to transport patients.

Henry looked at the bespectacled face, looked at the white masks blocking the faces of the other people surrounding the gurney.

42) Groggy: dazed or weak

Henry was groggy, but the fever was gone and his head was clear.

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc,...

He stopped and lunged back, conveying fear. 45) The boy had spunk, all right.

spunk: spirit

The boy had spirit, all right.

46) Yuck, Henry thought fleetingly.

fleetingly: passing swiftly; vanishing quickly

Yuck, Henry thought swiftly. ???? **Not quite...the idea is that he didn't waste time thinking about it. He passed over it.**

47) Purple hollyhocks taller than Henry lined the walls.

hollyhocks: any of several plants belonging to the genus

Purple plants taller than Henry lined the walls.

48. The schoolteacher grimaced at Henry. An ugly twisted expression. She looked at henry with a twisted smile

49. One of the soldiers stepped out of the idling car not working One of the soldiers stepped out of the not working car 50) detest- dislike intensely

But most detested him as a traitor.

But most disliked him as a traitor.

51) cache- a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden place **Vocabulary word!!!!!**

Laid out on a table were bundles of plastic explosives timing and fuses the cache from a British parachute drop.

Laid out on a table were bundles of plastic explosives timing and fuses the collection of items from a British parachute drop.

52) lurching- an act or instance of swaying abruptly.

A cliff upon jagged cliff teetering and lurching.

53) silhouetted-the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background

The man was still up there on the jagged ridge silhouetted against moon. The man was still up there on the jagged ridge, an outline against moon.

54) Reckoned - establish by counting or calculation

Ski runs, Henry reckoned, even though he'd never seen any before. Ski runs, Henry counted/**figured**, even though he'd never seen any before.

55) avant - new and usual or experimental ideas.

Someone will meet you avant. Someone will meet you that has experimental ideas.

56) Preened - straighten and clean its feathers

The soldiers preened under her compliments.

The soldiers straightened under her compliments.

57) Crag - a steep or rugged cliff or rock face

Finally, Henry clambered out of the crags to stand on a grassy ridge.

Finally, Henry clambered out of the rugged cliff to stand on a grassy ridge.

58) The soap, though, was little more than lard.

lard: the rendered fat of hogs

The soap, though, was little more than hog fat.

59) The plate also held a large fritter of potato and onion.

fritter: a small piece, fragment, or shred.

The plate also held a large fragment of potato and onion.

60) Her face turned ashen.

ashen: extremely pale; drained of color; pallid

Her face turned extremely pale.

===Boys- You're on your way. Check #21-25 and 35-43. Some of the requirements are missing. Reread the instructions. Also, there are four boys working in this group which means there should be 60 words. I count 43. So you are not quite finished.=== (4/27)