Grade 11: Unit 5, Small-Group Learning

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  1. collaborator
    someone who cooperates with an enemy occupying force
    Years later I learned that inu also meant collaborator or informer.
  2. conspirator
    a member of a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
    They would huddle over the table awhile, muttering like conspirators, sipping tea or one of his concoctions.
  3. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
    No self-respecting espionage agent would willingly admit he was disloyal.
  4. goad
    a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
    Yet the very idea of the oath itself—appearing at the end of that first chaotic year—became the final goad that prodded many once-loyal citizens to turn militantly anti-American.
  5. regiment
    army unit smaller than a division
    In January the government announced its plan to form an all-Nisei combat regiment.
  6. documentary
    a film presenting the facts about a person or event
    Documentaries may consist largely of interviews with people who are uniquely qualified to report on certain events or topics.
  7. eyewitness
    a spectator who can describe what happened
    Eyewitness testimony is valuable for its immediacy and presumed credibility.
  8. testimony
    something that serves as evidence
    Eyewitness testimony is valuable for its immediacy and presumed credibility.
  9. account
    a record or narrative description of past events
  10. frame
    enclose in a supporting structure
    Framing may offer a counterpoint or contrast between foreground and background images.
  11. cabana
    a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or pool
    An old woman emerged at last from a shack behind the cabana, buttoning up a torn housedress, and followed closely by a little boy, who kept ducking behind her whenever Yolanda smiled at him.
  12. machete
    a large knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
    Yolanda's glance fell on the machetes that hung from their belts.
Created on Wed Sep 23 10:38:08 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Sep 23 20:37:50 EDT 2020)

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