Defining Chris Sorrentino's Words

We read the Chris Sorrentino article, "When I Was Seventeen." The assignment was as follows:

1.) Read the article

2.) Find at least ten vocabulary words in the Christopher Sorrentino article. That means look for ten words in the article that you, personally, do not know. If you know all the words, then pick ten that you think would qualify as high school level vocabulary words.
3.) Using the skills we discussed last week, try to figure out the meaning of the words BEFORE you look the meaning up. Use the form available here to list your words and definitions. The skills we discussed yesterday were to use contextual clues, break the word into parts (prefix, root word, and suffix), or draw on your knowledge of a Latin-based language (like Spanish) to help you guess the meaning of the word. Put YOUR OWN DEFINITION in column B,
4.) Find a good, understandable dictionary definition online, and write it into column C. Do this for all ten vocabulary words.

Rules: Look up those words by going to an online dictionary or by using a dictionary in the classroom AFTER you’ve written down your own possible definition in Column B. DO NOT use a definition that you do not understand. If you go to a website and find the definitions are not clear, try another dictionary website. Here is a list of some of my favorite dictionary websites, and you can also find others on your own:

http://dictionary.com
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
http://oxforddictionaries.com/?attempted=true

Example of Word List:

Column A	Column B	Column C
Vocabulary Words	What You Think They Mean	Dictionary Definitions

The form that was distributed in class is available here.