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6/16 - Writer's Workshop due

6/8 - All projects due (unless informed otherwise for certain individuals)

      - Second Twitter sheets due

5/21 - Trading cards due

5/19 - Twitter worksheet due

5/4 - The Killer's Cousin mini-essay due (character relationships)

4/27 - Complete TKC and the summary worksheet for it

        - Quiz will be given as soon as class begins on the closing of TKC

4/22 -  Complete to chapter 30

4/21 - Create a vocabulary story for all words incorrect on vocab quiz to earn points back

        - Complete to chapter 27

4/20 - Worksheet for The Killer's Cousin summaries to page 120 due

        - Short answer response

                - Which character shows the power in the Shaughnessey home?

                - What shows this?

                - Why do other characters respect this authority?

 Mandatory Writer's Workshop Topics

 

 

 

4/9  - Vocabulary quiz

        - Writer's Workshop due

         - Extra credit projects due

4/8 - 2 - Complete to chapter 14

      - 3 - Complete to chapter 15

4/6   -2 - Complete to chapter 11

        - 3 - Complete to chapter 14

 4/1  - 2- Complete to chapter 6

        - 3 - Complete to chapter 5

3/31 - 2 - Complete to chapter 4

        - 3 - Complete to chapter 2

3/27 - Final drafts due

3/26 - Begin "The Killer's Cousin" 2-Completed chapter 1

3/25 - Vocab quiz (study study study study study)

3/23 - Rough drafts due / Peer edit

3/20 - Page 9 of workshop due

        - Last chance to hand in make-ups for late assignments/re-dos

3/19 - Vocab packets due

3/13 - M&M projects due

        - Page 8 of workshop finished

3/11 - M&M QUest

3/3-3/5 - CAPT

            - Working on M&M projects (Will not be worked on in class next week)

2/27 - Gates Revisions due

2/13 - 2 - Complete Gates response

2/12 - 2 - Complete M&M packets

2/11 - 3- Complete M&M packets

        - 2 - Complete M&M packets George -> Lennie

2/10 -3-Complete M&M packets to George->Lennie

 2/9 -  Small groups for M&M worksheets

       -  Hand in all movie worksheets

1/29 - reading quiz up to page 90

        - Complete weekly write-up

1/15 - Mid-term prep

1/14 - Read up to page 60 

        - reading quiz

        - Second weekly write-up due

 1/12 - Read up to page 40

        - Quiz on M&M

1/9 - First weekly write-up due

      - Read up to page 30

 

 9/11/08
1.    Voluptuous – adj - given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications
2.    Piquant – adj - agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; attractive
3.    Wanton – adj - without regard for what is right, just, humane
4.    Corpulent – adj – stout, fat
5.    Perverse – adj – Persistent in what is wrong
6.    Contagion – N - the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact
7.    Sagacious – adj - shrewd, keen in practical matters
8.    Bereft – adj – deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
9.    Verbatim – adj/avd – word for word, exactly as written or spoken
10.    Reiterate – V – to say again, repeat



9/18/08
11.    Augment – V – to make larger, increase
12.    Stolid – adj – not easily moved mentally or emotionally
13.    Unkempt – adj – not combed, untidy
14.    Warily – adv – cautiously, with great care
15.    Opulent – adj – wealthy, luxurious
16.    Guise – n – an external appearance, cover, mask
17.    Fortitude – n– courage in facing difficulties
18.    Gape – v – to stare with open mouth
19.    Pliable – adj – easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
20.    Ambidextrous – adj – able to use both hands equally well