January 29, 2013

New Vocabulary Set

301. ADORN - TO DECORATE

302. ACERBIC - BITTER

303. AFFABLE - FRIENDLY

304. AMALGAM - A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS

305. ARDOR - ENERGY, INTENSE ENTHUSIASM

306. BERATE - TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY OR ANGRILY

307. CAMARADERIE - GOODWILL AMONG FRIENDS

308. CARNIVOROUS - MEAT EATING

309. CONSTRUE - TO INTERPRET

310. DISGRUNTLED - UNHAPPY

311. DOUR - GLOOMY

312. ELOQUENT - WELL SPOKEN

313. HARANGUE - A LONG ANGRY SPEECH

314. HEED - PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO

315. LAUD - TO PRAISE

316. MANDATE - AN AUTHORITATIVE COMMAND

317. NOVEL - NEW OR DIFFERENT

318. PERSPICACITY - A HIGH LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING

319. VINDICTIVE - SEEKING REVENGE

320. UNDERMINE - TO WEAKEN

COPY EACH OF THE ABOVE ON VOCAB CARDS 

AND 

INCLUDE A MNEMONIC FOR EACH WORD.

CHOOSE TEN WORDS AND CREATE 10 SENTENCES IN THE BACK OF YOUR NOTEBOOK TO BE COMPLETED FOR HOMEWORK.

COMPUTER LAB FOR SENIOR PROJECT ON WEDNESDAY (THERE IS ONLY ONE LAB THIS WEEK FOR SENIORS)

SENIORS! ARE YOU ON BOARD AND ON SCHEDULE? MANY OF YOU ARE LAGGING.

1. ELEVEN QUESTIONS AND 3 DATA SOURCES FOR EACH QUESTION (NUMBER 11 IS TO BE ON ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON YOU CAREER RESEARCH)

2. OUTLINE CONSTRUCTED FROM YOUR DATA BASE _ 7 PARTS
3. BEGIN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR YOUR ESSAY

BE PROACTIVE!

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF THIS QUARTER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD.

FRIDAY IS YOUR FIRST VOCAB ASSESSMENT FOR THE NEW QUARTER.

"TO BE OR NOT TO BE"
                                                HAMLET

January 18, 2013

281. Obstreperous - noisy
282. Laconic - using few words
283. Exhort - to urge
284. Feckless - weak
285. Chide - to scold
286. Coddle - to treat tenderly
287. Vocation - trade, profession, occupation
288. Bask - To warm oneself in the sun
289. Metamorphose - to transform, to change
290. Bilk - to cheat someone
291. Inculcate - teach
292. Abstinence - to do without pleasures
293. Anarchy - complete absence of government
294. Abduction - kidnapping
295. Timorous - subject to fear, timid, shy
296. Dolorous - sorrowful, having mental anguish
297. Hummock - a small hill
298. Eclectic - from different sources, different types together
299. Gossamer - sheer, like cobwebs
300. Sheer - a very fine, see-through fabric

Tuesday (January 22) - vocab test on #281-300.

Thursday ( January 24)  IS :) :) 100 word VOCABATHON DAY 

Vocab NUMBERS 201-300 ASSESSMENT

BRING UP THOSE GRADES TO THE NEXT LEVEL
BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER!

DID YOU COMPLETE YOUR:

       JOURNALS
       100 VOCAB CARDS

       ARE YOU UP TO DATE ON YOUR SENIOR PROJECT?

        HAVE YOU TAKEN ALL TESTS?


CARPE DIEM!          TEMPUS FUGIT!


ARE YOU UP TO DATE ON THE READING OF SHAKESPEARE'S 

                     HAMLET?

YOU ALL WILL GRADUATE
IF YOU COMPLETE YOUR WORK
AND COOPERATE!

This week ( January 21) you will have two days in the computer lab to work on your Senior Project Outline as described in Packet #3. You will create this outline from your data that you created from your 10 question 30 sourced data base that you should have already completed. It is time to move on so that you will be able to write your 7-10 page research paper.

Vocabulary for January 14, 2013 Assessment

261. Incessant - continual never ending
262. Artisan - a worker in a skilled trade (Carpentry)
263. Quell - crush, to put an end to
264. Somber - Dark, gloomy, dull
265. Diverse - Different
266. Beneficent - Doing good
267. Irascible - easily angered
268. Spendthrift - over the top, extravagant
270. Loquacious - Talkative
271. Salutation - a greeting or welcoming gesture
273. Sacred - holy or having to do with religion.
274. Incarcerate - to imprison, to confine
275. Wrath - great anger, rage or fury
276. Didactic - intended to teach or instruct
277. Static - lack of motion
278. Humdrum - boring
279.  Savant - a very learned person, scholar
280. Din - a loud, confusing noise.

On Monday, January 14 there will be a test on vocal words 261- 280.  Included in this assessment will be a review on the most recent readings that we have done on Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

All Journals and collages must be completed by tomorrow (Friday) in order to receive credit.

Need a follow up on your interim report?  See Me.

All missed test must be taken after school. If you cut class there are no make ups.

It's a NEW YEAR - TABULA RASA

IN 2013 I SWEAR THAT I WILL.........


This is the first prompt for  2013. Do one page of writing and create a collage with a fragmented background. Then take five ideas from your writing, create words for the collage (5) and cut out pictures that fit with the extracts you have chosen.

HAMLET assessment will be taken from last Friday's notes and will accompany your vocal test on words 241 - 260. There will be review words taken from words 201 - 240. Review them and be ready!
The test is scheduled for Monday of this coming week.

SENIOR Projects - We are now at the point where you have completed your research on the ten question inquiry concerning your career choice. Be in class for a "How To Run Through" the procedures to do this successfully.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.  SO TAKE THE BAIT AND GET CAUGHT ON ACADEMICS!


NEW VOCAB:

241. Burlesque - a comic play
242. Curmudgeon - a grumpy person
243. Figurehead - a symbol of power
244. Milk -  To squeeze by applying pressure
245. Rekindle - Relight, revive
246. Tarnished - made dull, to spoil
247. Prattle - mindless talk
248. Quack - a fake, a charlatan
249. Taunt - to mock, to tease
250. Savor - to enjoy
251. Underwrite - to give a guarantee, to promise and insure
252. Dissident - a person who disagrees
253. Foolhardy - reckless, foolish
254. Imperative - must be obeyed
255. Shirk - to avoid (Esp. work)
256. Teetotalism - no drinking of any alcohol
257. Boor - an ill-mannered person
258. Avaricious - greedy for money
259. Colander - a bowl with holes in it to drain vegetables
260. Fracas - A fight or disturbance