SKI TRIP

BUS LEAVES AT 7:30 AM. BE AT SCHOOL BY 7:15.  BRING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES IN CASE YOU NEED TO GET INTO DRY CLOTHES. FOOD WILL BE SUPPLIED AT THE LODGE.

VOCAB WORDS: WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25

381. ENFRANCHISE - GIVING VOTING RIGHTS

382. KINDLE - TO START A FIRE

383. TALISMAN - A LUCKY CHARM

384. RENOWN - FAME, FAMOUS

385. LABYRINTH - A MAZE

386. ENIGMA - A PUZZLE, MYSTERY

387. REPREHENSIBLE - SHAMEFUL, VERY BAD

388. OBDURATE - STUBBORN

389. REPRIEVE - POSTPONEMENT OF A SENTENCE, OR PUNISHMENT

390. ENSHROUD - COVER

391. LACHRYMOSE - TEARFUL, SAD

392. TEDIUM - BOREDOM

393. CREPUSCULAR - ACTIVE AT DAWN AND DUSK

394. DUSK - THE DARKEST STAGE OF TWILIGHT IN THE MORNING OR EVENING

395. PLIABLE - FLEXIBLE, NOT STUBBORN

396. HEDONISM - PLEASURE SEEKING

397. PLUMAGE - FEATHERS OF A BIRD

398. OBLITERATE - TO TOTALLY DESTROY

399. TENTATIVE - NOT CERTAIN

400. CURTAIL - CUT SHORT

SKI TRIP

WEDNESDAY: FEBRUARY 27

IN ORDER TO ATTEND: ALL RELEASE FORMS MUST HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE STUDENTS' GUARDIAN AND RETURNED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE STUDENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE BUS.  MEDICAL CLEARANCE SHOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE NURSE WHICH HAS ALEADY BEEN DONE IF YOUR NAME APPEARED ON THE LIST.

DRESS WARM AND BE AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING BY 7:15. DEPARTURE FROM THE SCHOOL IS 7:30.  YOU WILL RETURN AND ARRIVE AT GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BY 3:30 PM

YOU MUST HAVE AND WEAR YOUR ID BADGE WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THIS SCHOOL FUNCTION.

New Vocab: Week of Feb. 18, 2013

361. Aboveboard - without fraud, honest
362. Abyss - a bottomless pit
363. Accost - to speak to 
364. Aghast - struck with terror and amazement
365. Bedlam - madhouse
366. Bibliophile - a lover of books
367. Boorish - rude behavior
368. Candid - straight forward, frank
369. Cataclysm - any overwhelming flood of water
370. Caustic - sarcastic and severe
371. Defer - to delay or postpone to another time
372. Degenerate - to become worse
373. Embezzle - to take things secretly
374. Enkindle - to set on fire
375. Fete - a festival or feast
376. Fraudulent - not real, counterfeit
377. Frigid - lacking warmth
378. Necrosis - the death of part of the body
379 Portfolio - a case of one's works to be reviewed
380. Purloin - to steal.

There is a test on Friday of this week on the above 20 words.

There will also be an assessment on today's reading of HAMLET.

Keep working on your senior projects. Remember Carpe Diem and Tempus Fugit. Don't get stuck in your own personal time warp.

VOCAB 341-360 WEEK OF 2/11


341. Obstinate - stubborn
342. Mendacity - untruthfulness
343. Dross - waste matter, rubbish
344. Competent - wee qualified, capable, fit
345. Incompetent - not fit, or qualified
346. Celerity - speed
347. Truncated - cut shorty
348. Poseur - a person who pretends he/she is not
349. Aberrant - Deviant, not normal behavior
350. Bacchanalian - drunken
351. Circumvent - to avoid or try to avoid
352. Pithy - brief and to the point
353. Livid - extremely angry
354. Ewe - a female sheep
355. Melee - a fight
356. Wane - grow dim or faint
357. Odious - hateful,  vile
358. Equivocal - having two or more meanings
359. Encumbered - hindered or held back
360 Jocular - joking, full of fun


Test on the above words on Friday February 15, 2013.


SENIORS: Today (Wednesday)  all seniors who attended school did their title page for their senior essay. They received instructions that were clear, concise and self explanatory. I checked their  work and anyone who made a perfect title page received 100 points added into their test assessment grade. We only had the computer lab for one day this week. It is your responsibility to get the instructions from me and do your title page in google docs according to my criteria. I will read your shared document title page and grade it accordingly. You have until Friday of this week. 

VOCAB
321. CONVENE - TO COME TOGETHER, ASSEMBLE
322. EXCURSION - A SHORT TRIP
323. PRECURSOR - SOMETHING THAT GOES BEFORE: FORERUNNER
324. PROLOGUE - INTRODUCTION TO A LITERARY PIECE OF WORK
325. ANTEBELLUM - BEFORE THE WAR
326. POSTPONE - DELAY, PUT OFF UNTIL LATER
327. SEMICONSCIOUS - NOT FULLY CONSCIOUS
328. MICROSCOPIC, EXTREMELY SMALL
329. PROJECTILE - OBJECT THROWN OR SHOT
330. COHESIVE - TENDING TO HOLD TOGETHER
331. PEDESTRIAN - A PERSON TRAVELING ON FOOT
332. KALEIDOSCOPE - TUBE-LIKE DEVICE THAT DISPLAYS COLORFUL PATTERNS
333. CLEMENCY - TO SHOW MERCY
334. MENDACIOUS - A PERSON WHO LIES
335. SOPORIFIC - TO PUT TO SLEEP
336. PRUDENT - CAUTIOUS AND WISE
337. PYROMANIAC - LIKES TO START FIRES
338. PROFOUND - HAVING DEEP MEANING
339. FICKLE - UNPREDICTABLE, EASILY CHANGES MIND
340. SMORGASBORD - A BUFFET OF COLD DISHES

VOCAB TEST ON WORDS 321-340, MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2013

WORK ON YOUR SENIOR PROJECT INTRO AND ESSAY.
USE YOUR DATA BASE CREATED IN CLASS.