Word Reporter

Name: ______________Elizabeth Vega Orozco________________________

Book:__________A thousand splendid suns______________
Chapters: _______________21-28_____
Your job is to look up definitions to unknown words and create an excellent sentence using
each.
During the Lit Circle Meeting, Do the Following:
1.

Make sure everyone in your group copies down each word and definition

2.

Together create a new sentence and write this on your vocabulary sheet

3.

Make sure the teacher checks the group's sentence for accuracy

1. Word: ________convoy______________________ Page ______131___ Paragraph __3_____

The definition is: to accompany or escort, usually for protection
My sentence is: My friend decided it was best for her to convoy me throughout the bad part of town.
Our team sentence is: No one ever hears a guy convoying a girl whose walking back home alone
2. Word: _______coy______________________________ Page _____162__ Paragraph __1______
The definition is: Artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish
My sentence is:

Oh dont be so coy now darling.

Our team sentence is: The coy boy always sits in the back of the classroom
3. Word: ___________Ironclad_______________________ Page ____183_____ Paragraph _4______
The definition is: Very rigid, inflexible
My excellent sentence is: He had an ironclad fist.
Our team sentence is: No one could believe how Alexander managed to break the ironclad baseball bat.
My comment or question about this story is:
The story is beginning to get a little intense as we continue to read. I believe that Mariam will soon find
her content sense of happiness soon in the story.