Go to the reference section in the library and look for the twelve volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).  For practice, use the form below to look up one of the words in the list.  Whenever you misspell a word on a paper with a point grade, you will use this format to make an entry for that word:

________________________ comes from the ___________________word,
                                                              (Language: See note 1)

________________________, which originally meant "________________

__________________________________________________________________."

Today, the word _______________ means "______________________________

______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________."

The word was used as early as _________ by _________________________
                                       (date)        (author, if known: See nt.2)

in _______________________________.  The quotation was the following:
         (Title of work:  see note 3)

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________
                 (Quotation first used:  See note 4)

Note 1:  Write the name of the oldest language (generally Latin, Greek, or Anglo-Saxon, except when Chinese, American Indian, etc.).  A.S. means Anglo-Saxon; O.E., Old English; M.E., Middle English; etc.
Note 2:  The author may not be known, especially if the quotation comes from a piece of church writing about the year A.D. 900.  If present, the author's name will be in small capital letters.  If it is missing, list the author as "an unknown writer."
Note 3:  Titles are in italics in the OED.  On rare occasions, a title may be missed.
Note 4:  Do not worry if you have trouble reading the early quotations.  Draw the letters if you have never seen them before.

Write the word by hand 25 times: