Hello, my friends!

Whew - this is a short week and next week's even shorter. Savor every word of this week's blog, because next week, in honor of Thanksgiving, there will be NO BLOGGING!

School has been so much fun lately, hasn't it? And by school, you know I mean English class. Has anyone else bought or checked out my boyfriend Nick Hornby's new book Slam? It sure was good. That man is a genius! No wonder he's my boyfriend! I'm thinking about sending him a letter. What do you think? I'm sure he'll fall head-over-heels-in-love with me based on my poetic and lyrical writing style. Hmmmmm...I'm swooning.

Anyway, lots of stuff due. Here's the rundown:

B period: Dialogue journals due Thursday; grateful lists due Thursday; vocabulary due Thursday; drafting due Monday.
C period: Grateful lists due Thursday
D period: Same as B period above
F period: Dialogue journals due Friday; grateful lists due Friday; vocabulary due Friday; drafts due Friday (wink).
H period: Same as F period

And I want to start getting polished pieces in. I'm thinking Wednesday and Thursday after T'giving for Honors and Friday and Monday after T'giving for C1. What do you think about that? I think it's a BRILLIANT idea!

This week's vocabulary . . .

Vocabulary 9:

1. duplicity-n - deceitfulness, lying
2. emulate - v - to try to equal or surpass
3. euphemism - n - a nice way of saying something harsh
4. fastidious - adj. - hard to please, fussy, particular
5. garbled - adj. - confused, jumbled
6. hierarchy - n - organization by rank or class
7. impassive - adj. - without feeling or emotion
8. indigent - adj. - poor, poverty-stricken
9. jargon - n - specialized vocabulary of members of a group
10. lethargic - adj. - drowsy, dull, sluggish

Honors only:
11. panache - n - flair, flamboyance
12. inept - adj. - incompetent
13. disconsolate - adj. - sad, inconsolable
14. somnolent - adj. - half-asleep
15. nepotism - n - favoritism to a relative

Extra credit:
scofflaw - n
perspicuous - adj.
perspicacious - adj.
operculum - n
interstice - n

That about does it; I'm burning dinner! See you tomorrow!