Vocabulary+-+Max+Boot

Home Important **Vocabulary** from Max Boot's //The Savage Wars of Peace// List of Vocabulary Words for Preface through Chapter 3 martinet imperious jettison blockade interposed imperiled* protectorate vituperative incongruously salvage impetuous scuttle xenophobic ||= HW due 11/15: cosmopolitan sate maladroit tribute enmity pretensions imminent putative* formidable redoubt eponymous incipient isolationist ||= unilateralist imperialist manifest-destiny inculcated egalitarian impressment autonomy* embroil
 * = HW due 11/14:

impunity melee proffered bellicose eschewed* ||= indemnity extraterritorial de-facto pacifist warrant complaisant tripartite liberalism foreordained impetus subsequent* aberration ||< See a finished product for the word "proselytizing" *Words were not assigned to anyone.

**//Rubric for Evaluating Your Glog: //** Glogs should utilize several (5+) images to visually show what your word means.A quality collage: //**Homework Assignments:**// Visit each of the wiki pages for the words in the **first column** above. As you examine each of the 12 word pages, fill in the orange worksheet you received in class on Friday (11/11). Bring this to class on Monday (11/14), completed, and turn it in.
 * enhances our understanding of the word’s meaning (as it is used in context in Boot's book),
 * clearly represents the core concept of the word,
 * provokes an alternative way to remember the vocabulary word (beyond the text).
 * arranges images in a provocative, integrated manner without use of text,
 * embeds the correct pronunciation (sound), and
 * is posted correctly on the wiki page for your word. ||

Assignment 1 - Identify, Cite, Define, and Quote Your Word You should have been given a word to work with for this assignment. On your word's wiki page, follow the template shown below:

**Template:** [Create a Banner with: Your Word - Your Name]


 * 1) Name: [Your Name]
 * 2)  Word: [Your Word]
 * 3) Source: [//Title// and Author, "Chapter Title", Section Heading, Page Number]
 * 4) Appropriate Definition: [Part of speech i.e. verb, noun, etc. and definition of the word that fits the way it is used in the source from Merriam-Webster.com.]
 * 5) [Also include the URL to the word definition's webpage.]
 * 6) Context Sentences: [Quote the sentence with your word in it **from the text**, as well as the sentence **before** and **after** it. Highlight the sentence with your word in it, as well as making the word bold. Remember to put these sentences within quotes.]

**Example**: Proselytizing - Mr. Peyton


 * 1) Name: Mr. Peyton
 * 2) Word: proselytizing
 * 3) Source: //Savage Wars of Peace// by Max Boot, "Butcher and Bolt," China, pg. 51
 * 4) Appropriate Definition: verb: to induce someone to convert to one's faith
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proselytizing?show=0&t=1320867059
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Context Sentences: "The navy's successes were usually peaceful; it was the failures that turned into small wars. //China// Americans had plenty of both in China, where their interests ran the gamut from profiteering to **proselytizing**. The first American commercial vessel, the //Empress of China//, visited the Middle Kingdom in 1784; the first missionaries arrived in 1830."

<span style="color: #ff4200; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**Bring a hard copy of this post to class on Friday (11/11/11) as your ticket to participate in Assignment 2.**

Assignment 2 - Illustrate Your Word

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">It has been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words." For this assignment, we're going to turn that expression on its head. You are going to search the web and look for images that **show** what your word **means** in order to create a collage called a "glog."

//**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How To Create Your Glog Account - Do this THURSDAY (11/10) NIGHT! **// Step 1: Go to [|http://edu.glogster.com] Step 2: Click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Sign Up // in the top right corner. Step 3: Create a FREE account by clicking //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Get It //. Step 4: Chose a username and password, and fill in the basic information required to sign up. For your name, **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">only give your first name and last initial **. Remember to click the box indicating that you agree to the terms of use, and then click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">SIGN UP // at the bottom.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How To Make Your Glog - FRIDAY (11/11/11) **// Step 1: Perform a web search to find several images that show what your word means. Save those images to the desktop (right click the image and select "save as"). Note - if you are using the AP Images resource, you must be specific in your search since it searches the picture **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">captions **. Google is another good source for images. Step 2: Go to [|http://edu.glogster.com] and log into the account you created last night. Step 3: Click on the dark pink //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Create a Glog // link in the middle of the screen. Step 4: Use the toolbar on the left and click on //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Wall // to select the blank background (top left option). Step 5: Use the toolbar on the left to add your image by clicking //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">image. // Then click upload and choose your image from your desktop. After it appears in the box, select it and click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">use it! // You can then make it bigger, smaller, rotate it, change how it overlaps or is overlapped, or move it around after it appears in the space. You may click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Preview // to see what the final product would look like without all the toolbars, etc. Click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Back to Edit // to exit preview mode and continue working. When you are satisfied with your layout, proceed to the next step.. Step 6: Click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">save and publish. // Please name your glog using your vocabulary word and your first name and last initial. For example, “Proselytize GlennP”. Select English/Language Arts as the category, click the //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Finished // bubble, and then click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Save or Publish //.

Step 1: Open your word's wiki page, enable editing, and place the cursor below your definition, sentences, etc. Click the //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Widget // button on the editing toolbar. Step 2: Select the //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Poster // category, then click on the link for //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Glogster //. If it asks you to sign in to your glogster account, do that. Otherwise you should see a small thumbnail of your glog appear. Click that, then click //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Insert Glog. // This will insert a small gray box that says "Other Widget." Step 3: Save the changes to your wiki page, and bask in the glory of your hard work.
 * //How To Post Your Glog on Your Wiki//**

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Glogs should utilize several (5+) images to visually show what your word means. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">A quality collage
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Rubric for Evaluating Your Glog: //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">enhances our understanding of the word’s meaning (as it is used in context in Boot's book),
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">clearly represents the core concept of the word,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">provokes an alternative way to remember the vocabulary word (beyond the text).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">arranges images in a provocative, integrated manner without use of text,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">embeds the correct pronunciation (sound), and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">is posted correctly on the wiki page for your word.

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