Akeelah+Project

__**Akeelah Project Instructions**__
===You will be making a PowerPoint about the movie Akeelah and the Bee. Look below at the list of words that were spelled in the movie by Akeelah. How is each word a symbol of what was happening in the film at that time? The words might symbolize something about the development of Akeelah’s character, the plot of the movie, or one of its themes. Prepare your presentation in a dictionary like format. Be sure that on each slide you:===

__**List of Words **__
Doubt Uncertainty The first word Akeelah spelled in the Crenshaw Spelling Bee.

Fanciful Imaginative or whimsical. The second to last word spelled in the Crenshaw Spelling Bee, enabling Akeelah to be the Crenshaw Spelling Bee winner.

Prestidigitation Sleight of hand, magic trick First word Joshua Larabee tested Akeelah on.

Ambidextrous Able to use both hands at an equal level; double dealing. A word given to Akeelah in the Crenshaw Bee by Dr. Larabee.

Brunneous Dark brown, used chiefly scientifically Winning word from the previous National Spelling Bee, which Akeelah sees and adds to her notebook.

Synecdoche Using a part of something to refer to the whole, or a whole to refer to a part. Akeelah incorrectly spells this word at the District Bee, but is able to carry on and go to the Regional Bee after another speller is caught cheating.

Pastiche A medly of ingredients, often in the arts A word Akeelah spells correctly at the district bee to move on to the regional bee.

Euphoric Characterized by or feeling intense excitement. Spelled by Akeelah during Javier's spelling club in Woodland Hills.

Jacquard A fabric of intricate or figured weave or pattern A word Akeelah and Dr. Larabee spelled before the regional bee.

Cabalistic Of mystic arts or teachings. A word Akeelah learns with Dr. Larabee while reading an essay.

Effervescent Bubbly, Producing gas in the form of tiny bubbles A word given by Dr. Larabee

Psalmody The singing of psalms, especially in public worship. Spelled by Akeelah at the Regional Bee, shortly before having a discussion with her mother during the bee.

Pluviosity A quality of being rainy The word Akeelah spelled after a discussion with her mother during the regional spelling bee.

Gabbro A dark coarse-grained basic igneous rock containing calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. The first word given to Akeelah by Tanya, Akeelah's mother.

Ratiocinate To reason methodically and logically The first word Akeelah spells at the National Bee.

Miscible Able to be mixed together into a homogeneous mixture Akeelah spells this word during the Scripps National Bee.

Palynological Of or relating to the scientific study of spores and pollen. One of the words Akeelah correctly spells during the championship round of the National Bee.

Argillaceous Of or relating to clay (from Latin "argilla" meaning clay). The one word that Akeelah stumbles on but eventually spells correctly during the national bee.

Xanthosis A yellow discolor of skin. Although Akeelah purposely spelled the word wrong, trying to give Dylan a chance to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he deliberately misspells it as well. First mentioned at Woodland Hills by Dylan Chiu to Akeelah.

Pulchritude Physical beauty. (Derived from the Latin word Pulcher.) Akeelah's winning word of the National Spelling Bee. One year prior to this, Akeelah spells this word incorrectly when Joshua Larabee is testing Akeelah's vocabulary at Crenshaw.

Love Deep affection and attachment to another. Last word spelled in the film.