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