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March 24, 2010
March 24, 2010
History:
Chpt. 16
*Complete: Essential Questions/Terms/Vocabulary/Timeline by 3/25.
Read Sect. 16.5
Language Arts:
"The Examination" novel, read pp.65-75 by 3/25.
Notes are due 3/30.
Choose a poem about brothers. Write a reflection--why you chose that particular poem; whether you liked/disliked it and why.
Complete by 3/25.
Persuasive Essay Writing Assignment
*Revisions are due Friday, 3/30.
*Newspaper Article Review:
Read and review newspaper articles daily; write a review with a focus on brothers for 5 points due weekly on Tuesday and Thursday.
List the author, audience, location, as well as illustration and caption, if any.
Diagram one compound sentence.
Summarize the article (this can be one or more sentences.)
Write a letter to the editor, with your positive or negative review.
Be ready to discuss your article in class.
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Alphetebize, syllables, parts of speech, accent marks, and sentences are due Wednesday, 3/24.
Words written three times paper is due Friday, 3/26.
Test is on Friday, 3/26.
Spelling and Vocabulary list for March 22:
1. magistrate -an official entrusted with administration of the laws: as a : a principal official exercising governmental powers over a major political unit (as a nation) b : a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions
2. isolated -occurring alone or once (unique) (sporadic)
3. nonchalant -having an air of easy unconcern or indifference
4. blunt -abrupt in speech or manner; having an edge or point that is not sharp (a blunt instrument)
5. divert -to turn from one course or use to another
6. sieve -a device with meshes or perforations through which finer particles of a mixture (as of ashes, flour, or sand) of various sizes may be passed to separate them from coarser ones, through which the liquid may be drained from liquid-containing material, or through which soft materials may be forced for reduction to fine particles
7. rattan -a climbing palm (especially of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with very long tough stems; a part of the jointed stem of a rattan used especially for furniture, wickerwork, and walking sticks
8. emphasis -force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something; special consideration of or stress or insistence on something
9. duress -forcible restraint or restriction; compulsion by threat; specifically unlawful constraint
10. shifty -given to deception, evasion, or fraud (tricky); capable of evasive movement (elusive) (a shifty boxer)
11. sullen gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed (a sullen crowd); dull or somber in sound or color (dismal) (gloomy)
12. cajole -to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance (coax)
13. insolent -insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct (overbearing); exhibiting boldness or effrontery (impudent)
14. morose having a sullen and gloomy disposition; marked by or expressive of gloom
15. ostentatiously -marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display (showy)
Extra Credit:
Write a book report about a book you enjoyed recently.
Give a summary, recommendation, title, author and a reflection about your experience as a reader.
20 points due 4/30.
Posted by ValerieC at March 24, 2010 12:51 PM