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March 02, 2010
March 2, 2010
History:
Reach Section 15.3 by 3/3.
West African Passport Project is due 3/4.
(see 2/25 for details)
Reading:
Read "Names/Nombres" p.263 by 3/3.
Short Story/Essay notes are due 3/8.
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Alphetebize, syllables, parts of speech, accent marks, and sentences are due Wednesday/Thursday, 3/3,4.
Words written three times paper is due Friday, 3/5.
Test is on Friday, 3/5.
Vocabulary and Definitions
1. ethnicity -common culture or nationality
2. florid-sounding -flowery; using fancy words
3. Third World -developing countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia
4. rococo -an early-eighteenth-century style of art and architecture
5. heritage -traditions that are passed along.
6. convoluted -complicated
7. substance -essential nature; a fundamental or characteristic part or quality; physical material from which something is made or which has discrete existence
8. endurance -the ability to withstand hardship or adversity
9. reluctant -feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness
10. influence -the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways; one that exerts influence
11. kente -colorfully patterned cloth traditionally woven by hand
12. elaborate -planned or carried out with great care (took elaborate precautions); marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness
13. mallet -a hammer with a typically barrel-shaped head: as a : a tool with a large head for driving another tool or for striking a surface without marring it.
14. legacy -gift by will especially of money other personal property; something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past (the legacy of the ancient philosophers)
15. coronations -the act or occasion of crowning; also : accession to the highest office
Newspaper Article Review:
Read and review newspaper articles daily; write a review twice a week for 5 points due weekly on Tuesday and Thursday.
(see 2/25 for details)
Posted by ValerieC at March 2, 2010 04:08 PM