As always, it's a pleasure blogging to all my peeps at MVRHS . . .

What's new this week? Well, first of all, you should have handed in your three-week projects by now. There were some excellent ones: leg waxing, skinny dipping, shark catching, kayaking, cooking, running, abstaining from the computer, etc. Way to go, superstars! Now you have a new one - do something EXTREMELY difficult. If it doesn't make you feel uncomfortable (in a tolerable way), it's probably not difficult enough. Use your judgment.

We're also starting the writing production regulations this week. Honors classes should have 4-6 pages by next Wednesday or Thursday; C1 classes should have 3-5 pages by next Wednesday or Thursday. These are drafts, rough drafts; they are NOT final copies. Let's think about having a multi-drafted piece ready to submit somewhere around 10/12 - 10/19.

Oh and the dialogue journal letter-essays . . . we've been talking about these this week. Honors classes haven't had full disclosure on those yet, but you will! C1 classes will have the first entries due on Oct. 25 or 26. Honors - let's wait until we go over the details.

I feel like we're starting a lot of new things all at once, and they are all important. I'm worried I might be confusing some of you. Ask questions!!!! Don't feel dumb if you don't get it. I'll explain it as many ways as I can until you understand. Okay? This is too important to let it go.

C period - we haven't talked about the new three-week project yet. We'll do that on Thursday. Make sure you look over your words for your vocabulary quiz 2 this week. I received most of the sentences but not all. Most of the flashcards but not all. Most of the paragraph edits but not all. Are you sensing a theme? On Thursday, we have a quiz and I want to have you finish the penny stories and I want to do some art work . . . That's a lot for one day.

Vocabulary list 4:

1. aversion - n - strong dislike
2. unequivocal - adj. - obvious, very clear
3. alleviate - v - to relieve
4. voluminous - adj - large, enough to fill volumes (Remember the encyclopedia story? So sad. . . )
5. callous - adj. - unfeeling, insensitive
6. tenets - n - beliefs, principles, truths
7. abstinence - n - the giving up of certain pleasures like food, drink, sex, etc.
8. antithesis - n - direct opposite
9. validate - v - to verify or substantiate
10. surreptitiously - adv. - sneakily, slyly

Honors only:

11. fracas - n - fight, brawl, melee
12. munificent - adj. - very generous
13. complacent - adj. - self-satisfied
14. veracious - adj. - truthful
15. mendicant - n - beggar

Extra Credit:

nidicolous - adj.
niddering - n
tatty - adj.
hoyden - n
vaticinate - v

Okay, folks - that's it! Have a lovely week! Read, write, be happy. Long weekend . . . more time for READING!!!