It's already TUESDAY!!! How can that be? The weeks between Thanksgiving and vacation seem to go by soooooooo quickly. So much to do, so little time . . . Speaking of SO MUCH TO DO, have you been doing all of your required STUFF? You do, too, know what I'm talking about!

By tomorrow, Wednesday, EVERYONE in class periods B, D, F, and H should have handed in a polished draft. I want to get another polished draft from D and H periods BEFORE vacation. Yes, BEFORE.

Vocabulary sentences are due in F and H periods on Wednesday. Quizzes are on Friday.

Vocabulary sentences are due in B and D periods on Thursday. Quizzes are on Thursday for B, C, D periods.

Dialogue journals are due in D and H this week. It's next week for B and F.

Everyone has drafting pages due on Thursday and Friday this week . . . and EVERY week. That just makes it so easy, doesn't it?

Did you know that interim reports go out on 12/11? Neither did I, but they do! We all better get cracking.

Vocabulary Lesson 11:

1. ingenuous - adj. - innocent and sincere
2. altruistic - adj. - selfless
3. arduous - adj. - difficult, hard
4. venal - adj. - open to bribery, corrupt, unethical
5. capricious - adj. - changeable, unpredictable
6. sycophant - n - suck up, one who will do ANYTHING to get on someone's good side
7. vacuous - adj. - empty; stupid and ridiculous
8. ungainly - adj. - awkward, clumsy
9. quell - v - to suppress or quiet
10. strident - adj. - loud and harsh, discordant

Honors only:

11. cherubic - adj. - angelic, innocent
12. meddlesome - adj. - nosy, interfering
13. reprisal - n - retaliation
14. ebullient - adj. - enthusiastic
15. dogged - stubborn, persevering

Extra Credit:

straw boss - n
ennead - n
susarration - n
compendium - n
lachrymose - adj.

Hey, while you're reading, notice yourself making text to text and text to self connections. . .

Are you using smiley-face tricks in your writing? Are you revising your writing? After it's graded, you can revise and hand it in again for a revised grade. That's what I WANT you to do!!! So do it, silly!