Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Journal Entry:  Describe your bedroom.  Why does it look the way it does?  Do you have posters or sheets that are special to you?  Is it clean, or a nightmare?  Middle school students - 1/2 page.  High School students 1 full page.

Spelling words followed by Hawley's definitions.
Dissect - Cut open
Frugal - Saves money
Righteous - Good
Exaggerate - Brag/lie
pessimist - Downer
Critique - Examine quality
Cinnamon - Spice
Caucus - special meeting
Fictitious - not real
Noxious - stinky

Vocab Week 2:
Harbinger – Noun


• A person who goes on ahead to provide either a warning of things to come, or to get lodging and accommodations ready for the people who follow behind.

o Usually today this is a negative thing.

 “The Harbinger warned of the coming war, but nobody took him seriously till the first shot was heard.”

Kerfuffle – Noun

• Disturbance, Fuss, lots of attention

o Every time Lindsay Lohan gets arrested, it causes quite a kerfuffle in Hollywood.



Languish – Verb

• To become weak or lethargic and slow

• To live in a state of depression, slowly going downhill.

o Unemployed fathers often languish away on the couch watching soap operas and feeling sorry for themselves.

Discern – Verb

• To distinguish between

• To detect with the eyes or other senses

• To know or recognize something mentally.

o Even though girls can give all kinds of signs of their attentions, most guys usually can’t discern when a girl likes them and wants them to ask her out. Try the Elbow trick. 

Lit Term: Catharsis– Noun

• A Greek term first used by Aristotle to describe the emotional cleansing or purification that results after watching a tragedy performed on stage.

• After experiencing a terrible ordeal, one may feel an overwhelming sense of relief.

• While reading about something horrifying or tragic, the reader experiences the characters’ ordeal vicariously and feels the same sense of release – or catharsis.

 
2nd Period - English 10
3rd Period - English 8
5th Period - English 10
8th Period - English 7
 
-Journal - Due Wednesday
- Vocab - Due Friday
- Spelling - Due Friday.
 
4th Period - History 8th grade
Begin discussion of what makes a person liberal or conservative. 
 
Lit Skills - Begin Lesson 3.  No homework today.

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