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REMEMBER: Three-week projects are due NEXT WEEK (9/27 or 9/28)! Have you got a plan? I do. I just hope I can get it finished in time.

Would you like the vocabulary words for week 2? I am happy to oblige . . .

Vocab. 2

1. dogmatic - adj. - certain that opinions and beliefs are true, arrogant
2. embellish - v - to decorate; to elaborate upon or add to
3. esoteric - adj. - understood by only a select few
4. facilitate - v - to make easier
5. furtive - adj. - sneaky, secretive
6. hedonist - n - one who lives for pleasure
7. immutable - adj. - never changing
8. incorrigible - adj. - unable to be reformed
9. irrefutable - adj. - cannot be disproved
10. latent - adj. - present but invisible, hidden and undeveloped

Honors:
11. amorphous - adj. - shapeless
12. benison - n - blessing
13. celerity - n - speed, rapidity
14. doldrums - n - blues, sadness
15. extemporaneous - adj. - impromptu, unplanned

Extra Credit:
tarantism
grok
psychasthenia
zoolatry

Excellent!
All classes have vocabulary quizzes on Thursday and Friday this week. Study! Write your sentences! Get a 100!

We're starting work on writing this week. You'll be getting an "Expectations for Writing Workshop" sheet in class. Pretty soon we'll be getting "Smiley Face Tricks." Are you pumped or what?

Don't forget to read at home!