1st Per - Continue working on Semester projects. Due Friday
2nd Per - Revolting Rhymes video by Roald Dahl.
3rd Per - Awards ceremony
4th Per - Awards ceremony
5th Per - Begin watching the movie "Importance of being Ernest."
6th Per - Turned in books, since we won't be here on Monday to take care of it and continued watching "Ernest."
Mr. Hawley. Burlington School - Daily Class Instructions.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday - May 17, 2011
1st Per - Continue working on semester projects - due Friday
2nd Per - I passed out a short story packet with reading and questions to be answered by Wednesday. The story is called "A Rose for Emily."
3rd Per - We read from page 225 and 222 in the back of the Watson's book about the real Birmingham Alabama church bombing, and an interview where the lady discussed why she sang the old Negro spirituals as she marched in the civil rights protests. Then I had a few Negro spirituals I played for the kids from YouTube.
Assignment: Write a 5 paragraph essay reflecting on the the Civil Rights movement, or what you have learned from it, or about it. Due Friday.
4th Per - We watched some really revolting Roald Dahl Nursery Rhymes that he has tweaked the endings on. They were humorous, but a little (OK, a lot) gross.
5th Per - Finished Macbeth. Began "The Importance of Earnest" play.
6th Per - Finished up the Merchant of Venice video.
2nd Per - I passed out a short story packet with reading and questions to be answered by Wednesday. The story is called "A Rose for Emily."
3rd Per - We read from page 225 and 222 in the back of the Watson's book about the real Birmingham Alabama church bombing, and an interview where the lady discussed why she sang the old Negro spirituals as she marched in the civil rights protests. Then I had a few Negro spirituals I played for the kids from YouTube.
Assignment: Write a 5 paragraph essay reflecting on the the Civil Rights movement, or what you have learned from it, or about it. Due Friday.
4th Per - We watched some really revolting Roald Dahl Nursery Rhymes that he has tweaked the endings on. They were humorous, but a little (OK, a lot) gross.
5th Per - Finished Macbeth. Began "The Importance of Earnest" play.
6th Per - Finished up the Merchant of Venice video.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday - May 16, 2011
Journal entry #17 - What do you think you will remember most about this school year? Imagine it's now 20 years down the road and you are looking back through your life. What will stand out from this year?
Vocab week 17:
• autonomous (adj)– (ŏ tŏn’ ə məs)
1 acting independently or having the freedom to do so
2. independent, self-governing, sovereign, self-ruling, self-sufficient
• besiege (v) – (bē sēzh’ )
1. to surround with armed forces; lay siege to, overwhelm, encircle
• forthwith (adv) (fōrth wĭ /θ/’)
1. the situation or time frame within which an action or event is
required to be done
2. immediately; without delay, at once
• exacerbate (v.)- (ĕgs ăs’ r bāt)
1. worsen, to make more bitter, violent, or severe
2. aggravate, intensify
• revert (intr.v)- (rē vrt’)
1. Law To return to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs
2. to go back to or to return to a former condition, practice, subject
or belief; to relapse, regress, slip back
Literary Terms: Pay special attention to the last 4, which are the most commonly used and known.
In the broad sense, general rhyme can refer to various kinds of phonetic similarity between words, and to the use of such similar-sounding words in organizing verse. Rhymes in this general sense are classified according to the degree and manner of the phonetic similarity:
syllabic: a rhyme in which the last syllable of each word sounds the same but does not necessarily contain vowels. (cleaver, silver, or pitter, patter)
imperfect: a rhyme between a stressed and an unstressed syllable. (wing, caring)
semi-rhyme: a rhyme with an extra syllable on one word. (bend, ending)
oblique (also called slant or forced): a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound. (green, fiend; one, thumb)
assonance: matching vowels or vowel sound. (shake, hate; mate, maid) Assonance is sometimes used to refer to slant rhymes.
consonance: matching consonants. (rabies, robbers) (Notice both s endings share the /z/ sound.)
half rhyme (or sprung rhyme): matching final consonants, particularly final consonant clusters. (bent, ant)
alliteration* (also known as head rhyme): matching initial consonants, in this case the digraph /sh/: (short,ship).
Spelling 17A & Hawley's definitions:
Pavilion – Park Stand
Peaceable - Harmonious
Peremptory – Before (Can also mean one who is haughty and/or spoiled as an adult)
Persevere – Continue on
Personnel – Staff
Picnicking – Ants in the food
Plagiarism – Cheating
Persuade – cajole
Poinsettia – Christmas plant
Potpourri – smelly flowers
Classes:
1st - This is the last week to work on semester projects, which are due on Friday. You have all week to finish them up in class.
2nd - We finished "Earnest" and did vocab and journal.
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th - Vocab week 17, Spelling 17A, and Journal. See above.
Vocab week 17:
• autonomous (adj)– (ŏ tŏn’ ə məs)
1 acting independently or having the freedom to do so
2. independent, self-governing, sovereign, self-ruling, self-sufficient
• besiege (v) – (bē sēzh’ )
1. to surround with armed forces; lay siege to, overwhelm, encircle
• forthwith (adv) (fōrth wĭ /θ/’)
1. the situation or time frame within which an action or event is
required to be done
2. immediately; without delay, at once
• exacerbate (v.)- (ĕgs ăs’ r bāt)
1. worsen, to make more bitter, violent, or severe
2. aggravate, intensify
• revert (intr.v)- (rē vrt’)
1. Law To return to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs
2. to go back to or to return to a former condition, practice, subject
or belief; to relapse, regress, slip back
Literary Terms: Pay special attention to the last 4, which are the most commonly used and known.
In the broad sense, general rhyme can refer to various kinds of phonetic similarity between words, and to the use of such similar-sounding words in organizing verse. Rhymes in this general sense are classified according to the degree and manner of the phonetic similarity:
syllabic: a rhyme in which the last syllable of each word sounds the same but does not necessarily contain vowels. (cleaver, silver, or pitter, patter)
imperfect: a rhyme between a stressed and an unstressed syllable. (wing, caring)
semi-rhyme: a rhyme with an extra syllable on one word. (bend, ending)
oblique (also called slant or forced): a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound. (green, fiend; one, thumb)
assonance: matching vowels or vowel sound. (shake, hate; mate, maid) Assonance is sometimes used to refer to slant rhymes.
consonance: matching consonants. (rabies, robbers) (Notice both s endings share the /z/ sound.)
half rhyme (or sprung rhyme): matching final consonants, particularly final consonant clusters. (bent, ant)
alliteration* (also known as head rhyme): matching initial consonants, in this case the digraph /sh/: (short,ship).
Spelling 17A & Hawley's definitions:
Pavilion – Park Stand
Peaceable - Harmonious
Peremptory – Before (Can also mean one who is haughty and/or spoiled as an adult)
Persevere – Continue on
Personnel – Staff
Picnicking – Ants in the food
Plagiarism – Cheating
Persuade – cajole
Poinsettia – Christmas plant
Potpourri – smelly flowers
Classes:
1st - This is the last week to work on semester projects, which are due on Friday. You have all week to finish them up in class.
2nd - We finished "Earnest" and did vocab and journal.
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th - Vocab week 17, Spelling 17A, and Journal. See above.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Friday - May 13, 2011
1st - Reading day.
2nd - 1/2 of the class was at track, so we watched some parody videos of some of the great literature of American culture.
3rd - Same as 2nd. Literary parody videos. We'll have to try and find time next week to make up the vocab and spelling tests.
4th - Most of my class was actually here, so we went ahead with the spelling 16B and Vocab week 16 test.
5th - Literary parody videos because most of the class was at track. We'll need to make up the tests sometime this coming week.
6th - Same as 5th.
2nd - 1/2 of the class was at track, so we watched some parody videos of some of the great literature of American culture.
3rd - Same as 2nd. Literary parody videos. We'll have to try and find time next week to make up the vocab and spelling tests.
4th - Most of my class was actually here, so we went ahead with the spelling 16B and Vocab week 16 test.
5th - Literary parody videos because most of the class was at track. We'll need to make up the tests sometime this coming week.
6th - Same as 5th.
Thursday - May 12, 2011
1st period - Maps testing continued.
2nd Per - Earnest Movie - We have only 5 minutes left!
3rd Per - We read through Pg 524 - 528 in Literature textbook about parallel structure and how Lincoln used it in his Gettysburg address, and MLK Jr. used it in his "I have a dream" speach.
4th Per - We finished up our discussion of Sonnet rhyme schemes, and introduced the Hiaku form of poetry. Haikus are another form of very specific, very strictly controlled writing. There are always 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second has 7. and the 3rd line has 5 again. Haiku usually doesn't worry about rhyming words. Rhyming is fine, but certainly not required, or even expected.
5th Per - Continued Macbeth video.
6th Per - Continued Merchant video.
2nd Per - Earnest Movie - We have only 5 minutes left!
3rd Per - We read through Pg 524 - 528 in Literature textbook about parallel structure and how Lincoln used it in his Gettysburg address, and MLK Jr. used it in his "I have a dream" speach.
4th Per - We finished up our discussion of Sonnet rhyme schemes, and introduced the Hiaku form of poetry. Haikus are another form of very specific, very strictly controlled writing. There are always 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second has 7. and the 3rd line has 5 again. Haiku usually doesn't worry about rhyming words. Rhyming is fine, but certainly not required, or even expected.
5th Per - Continued Macbeth video.
6th Per - Continued Merchant video.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wednesday - May 11, 2011
1st Period - Maps testing. No students.
2nd Per - We are nearly finished watching the Earnest movie. Probably going to be a worksheet or a test on it very soon.
3rd Per - We had a short power point presentation about Jim Crow laws then a class discussion on whether this kind of thing still exists in our country. Reading assignment - finish the book and the epilogue for class tomorrow.
4th Per - We started learning about rhyme scheme. Poetry employs all kinds of rhymes that are organized in different ways. Usually, the word at the ends of the lines will rhyme, and they are assigned a letter to help identify. For example:
The cat was mad - a
And I was sad, - a
so off I flew - b
to weep and stew. - b
Or:
I like to eat - a
the tasty toast. - b
with jam so sweet - a
I love it most. - b
Shakespearean sonnets are really precise in their rhyme scheme. there are always 14 lines, and they alwasy follow this rhyming pattern:
Lines 1 - 4 are A,B,A,B
Lines 5 - 8 are C,D,C,D
Lines 9 - 12 are E,F,E,F
and lines 13 and 14 are GG
Here is one example I wrote. (It's a very poor example!)
They begged me take them on their senior trip - a
I wist not what I had agreed to do. - b
I soon discovered from the stenches ripped - a
That Gary’s butt and Carlin’s butt stink true. - b
The Tickets got left in the hotel room - c
In nervousness I told them of our plight - d
They graciously sent not me to my doom - c
I ran inside and quickly put it right. - d
The girls loved malls and stores with shopping lots. - e
The boys thought it was droll and rather dumb. - f
The girls swooned at the Mayan diver’s hots. - e
And all agreed that Boondocks was most fun. - f
Three colleges t’were large parts of the trip. - g
Proud Weber State won hands-down as the bomb. - g
5th Per: Began watching the Macbeth video in class. Character Plot maps for all five acts are due Thursday (tomorrow.)
6th Per: Continued watching the Merchant of Venice video. It seemed kind of boring at first, but the characters are really starting to ham it up now, and it is more enjoyable.
Alas, poor BYU did sadly drip
In Idaho we met friends now long gone.
How fun to go and see the sights and sounds
But coming home, I found I’d gained 12 pounds.
2nd Per - We are nearly finished watching the Earnest movie. Probably going to be a worksheet or a test on it very soon.
3rd Per - We had a short power point presentation about Jim Crow laws then a class discussion on whether this kind of thing still exists in our country. Reading assignment - finish the book and the epilogue for class tomorrow.
4th Per - We started learning about rhyme scheme. Poetry employs all kinds of rhymes that are organized in different ways. Usually, the word at the ends of the lines will rhyme, and they are assigned a letter to help identify. For example:
The cat was mad - a
And I was sad, - a
so off I flew - b
to weep and stew. - b
Or:
I like to eat - a
the tasty toast. - b
with jam so sweet - a
I love it most. - b
Shakespearean sonnets are really precise in their rhyme scheme. there are always 14 lines, and they alwasy follow this rhyming pattern:
Lines 1 - 4 are A,B,A,B
Lines 5 - 8 are C,D,C,D
Lines 9 - 12 are E,F,E,F
and lines 13 and 14 are GG
Here is one example I wrote. (It's a very poor example!)
They begged me take them on their senior trip - a
I wist not what I had agreed to do. - b
I soon discovered from the stenches ripped - a
That Gary’s butt and Carlin’s butt stink true. - b
The Tickets got left in the hotel room - c
In nervousness I told them of our plight - d
They graciously sent not me to my doom - c
I ran inside and quickly put it right. - d
The girls loved malls and stores with shopping lots. - e
The boys thought it was droll and rather dumb. - f
The girls swooned at the Mayan diver’s hots. - e
And all agreed that Boondocks was most fun. - f
Three colleges t’were large parts of the trip. - g
Proud Weber State won hands-down as the bomb. - g
5th Per: Began watching the Macbeth video in class. Character Plot maps for all five acts are due Thursday (tomorrow.)
6th Per: Continued watching the Merchant of Venice video. It seemed kind of boring at first, but the characters are really starting to ham it up now, and it is more enjoyable.
Alas, poor BYU did sadly drip
In Idaho we met friends now long gone.
How fun to go and see the sights and sounds
But coming home, I found I’d gained 12 pounds.
Tuesday - May 10, 2011
1st Per - Write about a sock that was mistakenly placed in the dirty laundry. You can take the point of view of an exasperated mother trying to keep up with laundry, a kid or dad who can't find one matching sock, or maybe even an outraged sock, to be so poorly treated. Due Thursday.
2nd Per - Begin watching the newer and much better version of Earnest.
3rd Per - Finish presentations on Civil Rights Leaders.
4th Per - Finish Poetry Presentations.
5th Per - Read through act 5 for Thursday in Macbeth.
6th Per - Discussion of Merchant of Venice and why we continue to read Shakespeare. Begin watching the movie "The Merchant of Venice." It's not the newest or coolest version of the play, but it's what we have available!
2nd Per - Begin watching the newer and much better version of Earnest.
3rd Per - Finish presentations on Civil Rights Leaders.
4th Per - Finish Poetry Presentations.
5th Per - Read through act 5 for Thursday in Macbeth.
6th Per - Discussion of Merchant of Venice and why we continue to read Shakespeare. Begin watching the movie "The Merchant of Venice." It's not the newest or coolest version of the play, but it's what we have available!
Monday - May 9, 2011
Today was MAPS testing, so some of you didn't get to go over this in class. Make sure you know and understand these vocab words for the week!
Journal: Seeing as how mother's day was yesterday, describe your mother. Here are some cute anecdotes from kids, followed by what I wrote about my own mother.
Kids answer questions about moms
Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.
What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores.
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.
Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goofball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What’s the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
Thoughts on my own Mom: I call her "good for nothing" because she is incredibly good and asks nothing in return.
• Selfless:
o Gave me two cars after only driving them for a few months. Made payments faithfully for years. Paid for my housing my freshman year
o Nursed dad for 40 years. Many women would have left.
o Humbly took care of Grandma, relationship very strained.
o Cakes for everything and everyone.
o Refreshments for friends
• Strict:
o No doubt about where her loyalties stood.
o Trouble at school – trouble at home
o Dad’s sickness, she ran a tight ship
o Many many spankings, mouth washings, etc.
o Tough as nails.
• Persistent:
o Decided she was going to build bathroom, remodel basement – she did.
o Stayed up every single night till I got home till the day I got back from Venezuela.
• Talented:
o Fabulous artist, singer, sewer, cake maker, dress maker.
o Fixed all kinds of things when we were kids. If it was broken, mom would figure out a way to mend it.
• No hypocrite
o She never ever set a double standard. If we couldn’t watch a movie, she never did either. PG 13 movies and friends.
o Never bowed to peer pressure, or kid pressure.
o Never once swore that I’ve ever heard.
• Worker:
o I think now I MAY be able to work as long a day, since she is old and slow, and tired, but I couldn’t keep up with her in her younger days.
o 16 and 18 hour days for years and years and years.
Vocab week 16:
cognizant - (adjective) /kog nĭ zənt/
1. knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience
2. aware; mindful
The president has advisors to keep him cognizant of and up to date on world events.
To say that one is “cognizant and aware” of something is a redundancy as they mean the same thing.
effigy - (n.) /ef’ ij ē /
1. a crude figure representing a hated person
2. image, statue, model, dummy, figurine, carving, imitation
History is replete with despised persons being burned in effigy, often by protestors or mobs.
A flagstaff at the navy annex just west of the War Department on Pennsylvania Avenue is topped by an elaborate effigy, in copper and aluminum, of the famous baldheaded eagle, "Old Abe," which was carried through the Civil War by the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers.
flout - (v.)
1. to disregard rules or laws and treat them with disregard and scorn
2. disobey, break, ignore, defy
One who flouts the law should not expect impunity.
3. contravene, be in breach of
One who flouts the stipulations in a contract, acting brashly and in a perverse manner, has no recourse to repudiate the termination of said contract and its subsequent obsolescence.
terminate- (tr.v.) /ter min āt /
1. to end, finish, stop, finish, cease; capable of ending
2. come to an end; conclude
Arnold Schwarzenegger is famous for his role as a cyborg antagonist who was to terminate the characters Sarah and John Connor, however, in the sequels, The Terminator becomes the protagonist.
He was advised to terminate his contact with the felon, a former childhood friend, or it would preclude his chance to join the FBI.
This school year will terminate soon, thus, we’ll have the end of term.
turbulent - (adjective) /ter byoo lənt/
1. causing unrest, violence, or disturbance
2. unstable, disordered, chaotic, tumultuous, rowdy
3. in turmoil; riotous, unruly
To the consternation of the passengers, the airplane shifted and bucked when it hit turbulent air.
Before the turbulent throng could be quelled, they burned an effigy of their unpopular leader, flouting the recent all-hours curfew imposed by their dictatorial government.
Literary Terms :
Perfect rhymes can be classified according to the number of syllables included in the rhyme, which is dictated by the location of the final stressed syllable. This week you are responsible for the following three examples of perfect rhyme:
masculine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the final syllable of the words (rhyme, sublime)
feminine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the penultimate (second from last) syllable of the words (picky, tricky)
dactylic: a rhyme in which the stress is on the antepenultimate (third from last) syllable (cacophonies, Aristophanes)
Spelling 16B with Hawley's Definitions:
1. Livable - apartment
2. Marijuana - Mary Jane
3. Medieval - 1300's
4. Memento - keepsake
5. Mileage - distance
6. Miniature - small
7. Moccasin - leather shoe
8. Mollify - soothe
9. Occurrnece - happening
10. Neither - not A or B
1st Per - Journal. Describe your mothers.
2nd Per, 4th per, 6th Per - Maps testing. Get Journal, Vocab, and Spelling done for Wednesday.
3rd Per, 5th per - regular day of journal, vocab and spelling. Due Wednesday.
Journal: Seeing as how mother's day was yesterday, describe your mother. Here are some cute anecdotes from kids, followed by what I wrote about my own mother.
Kids answer questions about moms
Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.
What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores.
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.
Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goofball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What’s the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
Thoughts on my own Mom: I call her "good for nothing" because she is incredibly good and asks nothing in return.
• Selfless:
o Gave me two cars after only driving them for a few months. Made payments faithfully for years. Paid for my housing my freshman year
o Nursed dad for 40 years. Many women would have left.
o Humbly took care of Grandma, relationship very strained.
o Cakes for everything and everyone.
o Refreshments for friends
• Strict:
o No doubt about where her loyalties stood.
o Trouble at school – trouble at home
o Dad’s sickness, she ran a tight ship
o Many many spankings, mouth washings, etc.
o Tough as nails.
• Persistent:
o Decided she was going to build bathroom, remodel basement – she did.
o Stayed up every single night till I got home till the day I got back from Venezuela.
• Talented:
o Fabulous artist, singer, sewer, cake maker, dress maker.
o Fixed all kinds of things when we were kids. If it was broken, mom would figure out a way to mend it.
• No hypocrite
o She never ever set a double standard. If we couldn’t watch a movie, she never did either. PG 13 movies and friends.
o Never bowed to peer pressure, or kid pressure.
o Never once swore that I’ve ever heard.
• Worker:
o I think now I MAY be able to work as long a day, since she is old and slow, and tired, but I couldn’t keep up with her in her younger days.
o 16 and 18 hour days for years and years and years.
Vocab week 16:
cognizant - (adjective) /kog nĭ zənt/
1. knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience
2. aware; mindful
The president has advisors to keep him cognizant of and up to date on world events.
To say that one is “cognizant and aware” of something is a redundancy as they mean the same thing.
effigy - (n.) /ef’ ij ē /
1. a crude figure representing a hated person
2. image, statue, model, dummy, figurine, carving, imitation
History is replete with despised persons being burned in effigy, often by protestors or mobs.
A flagstaff at the navy annex just west of the War Department on Pennsylvania Avenue is topped by an elaborate effigy, in copper and aluminum, of the famous baldheaded eagle, "Old Abe," which was carried through the Civil War by the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers.
flout - (v.)
1. to disregard rules or laws and treat them with disregard and scorn
2. disobey, break, ignore, defy
One who flouts the law should not expect impunity.
3. contravene, be in breach of
One who flouts the stipulations in a contract, acting brashly and in a perverse manner, has no recourse to repudiate the termination of said contract and its subsequent obsolescence.
terminate- (tr.v.) /ter min āt /
1. to end, finish, stop, finish, cease; capable of ending
2. come to an end; conclude
Arnold Schwarzenegger is famous for his role as a cyborg antagonist who was to terminate the characters Sarah and John Connor, however, in the sequels, The Terminator becomes the protagonist.
He was advised to terminate his contact with the felon, a former childhood friend, or it would preclude his chance to join the FBI.
This school year will terminate soon, thus, we’ll have the end of term.
turbulent - (adjective) /ter byoo lənt/
1. causing unrest, violence, or disturbance
2. unstable, disordered, chaotic, tumultuous, rowdy
3. in turmoil; riotous, unruly
To the consternation of the passengers, the airplane shifted and bucked when it hit turbulent air.
Before the turbulent throng could be quelled, they burned an effigy of their unpopular leader, flouting the recent all-hours curfew imposed by their dictatorial government.
Literary Terms :
Perfect rhymes can be classified according to the number of syllables included in the rhyme, which is dictated by the location of the final stressed syllable. This week you are responsible for the following three examples of perfect rhyme:
masculine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the final syllable of the words (rhyme, sublime)
feminine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the penultimate (second from last) syllable of the words (picky, tricky)
dactylic: a rhyme in which the stress is on the antepenultimate (third from last) syllable (cacophonies, Aristophanes)
Spelling 16B with Hawley's Definitions:
1. Livable - apartment
2. Marijuana - Mary Jane
3. Medieval - 1300's
4. Memento - keepsake
5. Mileage - distance
6. Miniature - small
7. Moccasin - leather shoe
8. Mollify - soothe
9. Occurrnece - happening
10. Neither - not A or B
1st Per - Journal. Describe your mothers.
2nd Per, 4th per, 6th Per - Maps testing. Get Journal, Vocab, and Spelling done for Wednesday.
3rd Per, 5th per - regular day of journal, vocab and spelling. Due Wednesday.
Friday - May 6, 2011
Ughhh! The end of the school year is always crazy and it gets harder and harder to keep up. My apologies for posting so late this week.
1st Per - Reading day.
2nd Per - No students.
3rd - 6th - Vocab 15 test and spelling 16A test.
Hope you had a great weekend!
1st Per - Reading day.
2nd Per - No students.
3rd - 6th - Vocab 15 test and spelling 16A test.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday - May 5, 2011
1st Per - Write a review of how you think the school year has gone for you. Ups and downs. Highs and lows. Due Tuesday.
2nd Per - Only 2 students in class because of Play. Reading day.
3rd Per - Play in gym. Great job to all my students who were in it!
4th Per - Play in gym.
5th Per - Read through page 455 in Macbeth.
6th Per - We FINISHED the Merchant of Venice! What an awesome story about love and hate, human nature, and how to properly woo a woman, and what to NEVER say to your girlfriend/wife if you want to stay out of the doghouse. :-)
2nd Per - Only 2 students in class because of Play. Reading day.
3rd Per - Play in gym. Great job to all my students who were in it!
4th Per - Play in gym.
5th Per - Read through page 455 in Macbeth.
6th Per - We FINISHED the Merchant of Venice! What an awesome story about love and hate, human nature, and how to properly woo a woman, and what to NEVER say to your girlfriend/wife if you want to stay out of the doghouse. :-)
Wednesday - May 04, 2011
1st Per - Read poems and stories to each other from last week's assignments. Work on "Minute of Failure" paper.
2nd Per - Reading day while I look around for more current copy of Earnest movie. The 1952 version was less than inspiring. :-)
3rd Per - Civil Rights leaders computer presentations continued.
4th Per - Poetry presentations continued.
5th Per - Discussion of what we have read in Macbeth up to this point. Discussion of future and what a great time it is to be alive, despite all the bad things you could focus on.
6th Per - Continue reading "Merchant of Venice."
2nd Per - Reading day while I look around for more current copy of Earnest movie. The 1952 version was less than inspiring. :-)
3rd Per - Civil Rights leaders computer presentations continued.
4th Per - Poetry presentations continued.
5th Per - Discussion of what we have read in Macbeth up to this point. Discussion of future and what a great time it is to be alive, despite all the bad things you could focus on.
6th Per - Continue reading "Merchant of Venice."
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday - May 03, 2011
1st Per - write a story using the line "A minute of Failure." Due Thursday.
2nd Per - Begin watching the movie "The Importance of Being Earnest."
3rd Per - Grammar day with Mrs. Henley. "Narrative Perspective" was discussed. See a classmate or Mrs. Henley for notes. No homework.
4th Per - Review Narrative Perspective lesson from last week. Students worked in teams to discuss different poems from the text and Discuss the author's perspective in those poems. No homework.
5th per - Watch the first half of "Understanding Shakespeare." No homework.
6th per - Watch the first part of "Shakespeare in our time." No homework.
2nd Per - Begin watching the movie "The Importance of Being Earnest."
3rd Per - Grammar day with Mrs. Henley. "Narrative Perspective" was discussed. See a classmate or Mrs. Henley for notes. No homework.
4th Per - Review Narrative Perspective lesson from last week. Students worked in teams to discuss different poems from the text and Discuss the author's perspective in those poems. No homework.
5th per - Watch the first half of "Understanding Shakespeare." No homework.
6th per - Watch the first part of "Shakespeare in our time." No homework.
Monday - May 2, 2011
My apologies for not posting. I have been at a funeral, but we're back and chugging ahead.
Vocab Week 15:
implacable- adj. im plăk’ ə ble
1. - not capable of being appeased, changed significantly, or mitigated
2. – rigid, unbending or unyielding
3. –pitiless, merciless, ruthless, hardhearted, callous, cruel, obdurate
jurisdiction- n. jer ĭs dĭk’ shən
1. - the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
2. – realm of control or rule
paroxysm- n. pĕ rŏk’ sĭ zəm
1. - a sudden violent emotion or action; outburst
2. – a convulsion or spasm
reprehensible- adj. rĕp rē hĕn’ sə ble
1. - deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure
2. – blameworthy, culpable, at fault, liable, guilty
skirmish- n. sker’ mĭsh
1. a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
2. a battle, combat, or conflict
3. (tr.v.) to clash, to fight, to scuffle, to tussle
Missed vocab words from the year - due Friday NOT Wednesday!
adroit: adj skillful, nimble, dexterous, adept, not clumsy, practiced
avid: adj devoted, eager, ardent, fervent, keen, enthusiastic, not apathetic
inane: adj frivolous, absurd, silly, idiotic, ridiculous, childish, immature
fabricate: v. make, manufacture, construct; [also] make up, invent, concoct
pretext: n. (repeat) alleged reason, ploy, ruse, red herring {Qtr1 Wk5}
admonish: v. reprove, caution, warn about, rebuke, chide, reprimand
concur: v. agree, see eye to eye, be in accord, assent, not in conflict
duress: n. threat, constraint, pressure, coercion, not persuasion
elicit: v. extract, bring forth, educe, draw out, obtain
flagrant: adj blatant, deliberate, brazen, overt, obvious, not hidden
arbitrary: adj subjective, random, chance, capricious (often refers to choice)
fray: n. fight, dispute, skirmish, scrimmage, conflict, battle- (v.) unravel, tatter
indigent: adj poor, needy, impoverished, destitute, impecunious: not affluent
monolithic: adj colossal, monumental, massive, huge, gigantic
stymie: v. confound, stump, baffle, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle, stupefy
Spelling 16A and Hawley's definitions:
Irrelevant – Useless
Judgment – sentencing
Jujitsu – Asian wrestling
Keenness – sharp awareness
Knowledgeable – smart
Larynx – throat
Legionnaire – soldier
Liaison – middle man
Likable – nice
Lilies – wedding flowers.
Journal week 15: With the death of Bin Laden this week, describe how your life is different than it would have been without 9/11.
1st - Write your own eulogy. How would you want people to remember you?
2nd - Journal week 15, and Vocab week 15. See Journal and vocab entries above.
3rd
4th
5th
6th - Journal 15, Vocab 15, Spelling 16A. See entries above.
Vocab Week 15:
implacable- adj. im plăk’ ə ble
1. - not capable of being appeased, changed significantly, or mitigated
2. – rigid, unbending or unyielding
3. –pitiless, merciless, ruthless, hardhearted, callous, cruel, obdurate
jurisdiction- n. jer ĭs dĭk’ shən
1. - the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
2. – realm of control or rule
paroxysm- n. pĕ rŏk’ sĭ zəm
1. - a sudden violent emotion or action; outburst
2. – a convulsion or spasm
reprehensible- adj. rĕp rē hĕn’ sə ble
1. - deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure
2. – blameworthy, culpable, at fault, liable, guilty
skirmish- n. sker’ mĭsh
1. a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
2. a battle, combat, or conflict
3. (tr.v.) to clash, to fight, to scuffle, to tussle
Missed vocab words from the year - due Friday NOT Wednesday!
adroit: adj skillful, nimble, dexterous, adept, not clumsy, practiced
avid: adj devoted, eager, ardent, fervent, keen, enthusiastic, not apathetic
inane: adj frivolous, absurd, silly, idiotic, ridiculous, childish, immature
fabricate: v. make, manufacture, construct; [also] make up, invent, concoct
pretext: n. (repeat) alleged reason, ploy, ruse, red herring {Qtr1 Wk5}
admonish: v. reprove, caution, warn about, rebuke, chide, reprimand
concur: v. agree, see eye to eye, be in accord, assent, not in conflict
duress: n. threat, constraint, pressure, coercion, not persuasion
elicit: v. extract, bring forth, educe, draw out, obtain
flagrant: adj blatant, deliberate, brazen, overt, obvious, not hidden
arbitrary: adj subjective, random, chance, capricious (often refers to choice)
fray: n. fight, dispute, skirmish, scrimmage, conflict, battle- (v.) unravel, tatter
indigent: adj poor, needy, impoverished, destitute, impecunious: not affluent
monolithic: adj colossal, monumental, massive, huge, gigantic
stymie: v. confound, stump, baffle, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle, stupefy
Spelling 16A and Hawley's definitions:
Irrelevant – Useless
Judgment – sentencing
Jujitsu – Asian wrestling
Keenness – sharp awareness
Knowledgeable – smart
Larynx – throat
Legionnaire – soldier
Liaison – middle man
Likable – nice
Lilies – wedding flowers.
Journal week 15: With the death of Bin Laden this week, describe how your life is different than it would have been without 9/11.
1st - Write your own eulogy. How would you want people to remember you?
2nd - Journal week 15, and Vocab week 15. See Journal and vocab entries above.
3rd
4th
5th
6th - Journal 15, Vocab 15, Spelling 16A. See entries above.
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