Monday, October 3, 2011

Monday - October 03, 2011

Wow.  Being sick for a week is NOT good for blogging.  Sorry to leave any seekers-of-knowledge out in the cold. 

It's Monday, so here is Vocab week 6:


Dissuade – Verb (Dis swayed)

·         To advise a person against something by persuasion





Emaciated – Verb (EE May She Ated)

·         To waste away physically

·         To cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin

·         To make feeble





Fixated – Adjective (Fix A Ted)

·         to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging

·         To focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively





Forlorn – Adjective (For Lorn)

·         Bereft, Forsaken.  Sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion

·         Nearly hopeless



Diction – Noun (Dik-shun)

·         A choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, effectiveness when heard or read.

·         Pronunciation – for good or bad

o    Actors and singers must have good diction





Spelling – Week 6



1.  Errant – Off target

2.  Alleged - Accused

3.  Debut – First showing

4.  Recede – Go backwards

5.  Impair – Hinder from working

6.  Anecdote – Short story

7.  Augment – Add to

8.  Recessive – Not very often

9.  Omission – Keeping out

10. Correlate – Coordinate



Journal – Week 6

Describe an illness you suffered through.  How do you deal with pain and misery?  Are you a good patient?
English classes:
2nd Per
3rd Per
5th Per
8th Per - Vocab 6, Spelling 6, Journal 6
History class
4th Per - Read through chapter 6 for tomorrow. To page 84
Lit Skills class
6th Per - Homework and reading day

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