Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh...It's a pleasure to be back at school after Thanksgiving, isn't it? I'd had enough of sleeping late and eating when I wanted and curling up with a good book and taking walks and shopping and . . . Actually, I think I'd like a little more of that. Oh, well. We ARE back at school, so we may as well have a good attitude about it! And the sun is shining and our next vacation is right around the corner and we have reading and writing and vocabulary and ENGLISH class to enjoy . . .

So does everyone know what's new and what's due? (I'm a rhyming fool; that's cool; especially at school; I can follow the rule; I don't want to fight in a duel. . . I could go on FOREVER!)

B period: Vocab. sentences due Wed., 11/28; vocab. quiz on Fri., 11/30; drafting pages due on Fri., 11/30; polished writing due by Tues., 12/4; dialogue journals due Fri., 12/14; 3-week project selfless act due Tues., 12/18.
C period: Selfless act due Tues., 12/18
D period: Vocab. sentences due Wed., 11/28; vocab. quiz on Fri., 11/30; drafting pages due on Fri., 11/30; polished writing due by Fri., 11/30; dialogue journals due Thurs., 11/6; 3-week selfless act due Tues., 12/18.
F period: Vocab. sentences and quiz due on Thurs., 11/29; drafting pages due on Thurs., 11/29; polished writing due by Wed., 12/5; dialogue journals due Thurs., 12/13; 3-week selfless act due Mon., 12/17.
H period: Vocab. sentences and quiz due Thurs., 11/29; drafting pages due on Thurs., 11/29; polished writing due by Mon. 12/3 or Wed. 12/5; dialogue journals due Fri., 12/7; 3-week selfless act due Mon., 12/17.

How about a little vocabulary?

Vocabulary List 10:

1. quisling - n - traitor; one who betrays his/her country
2. painstaking - adj. - very careful
3. nefarious - adj. - extremely wicked and evil
4. preclude - v - to prevent or make impossible
5. provincial - adj. - unsophisticated or countrified
6. recalcitrant - adj. - unmanageable, refusing to follow rules
7. sybarite - n - a person devoted to luxury and pleasure
8. juxtapose - v - to place side-by-side to compare or contrast
9. fecund - adj. - fruitful, productive
10. gamesome - adj. - merry, playful

Honors only:

11. dolt - n - a stupid person
12. agape - adj. - open-mouthed
13. impeccable - adj. - perfect, flawless
14. resplendent - adj. - brilliant, lustrous
15. perorate - v - to lecture, to give a sermon

Extra Credit:

caduceus - n
extremophile - n
dilatory - adj.
fenestration - n
targe - n

Get to work!

I have to applaud all of you. I am impressed by the amount of writing you've been doing and your positive attitudes and your reading. I am proud of you and happy to be your teacher. Thank you for your effort and your willingness to learn.