Halfway to summer! Halfway to summer! Halfway to summer! That's my new mantra. I don't know about you, but I have a bit of the winter blues . . . Mid-terms wore me out!!! I know, I didn't have to TAKE any midterms, but I had to write them and grade them and figure out your grades and listen to all of you carping (vocabulary word). It was enough to make a person want to curl up in a ball and sleep until April.

Anyway, enough CARPING. Let's move on to TODAY. THIS WEEK. THE NEW SEMESTER.

Vocabulary lesson 15 is up this week:

inveterate - adj. - habitual, long-standing
multifarious - adj. - having great variety, numerous and diverse
renegade - n - an outlaw, a rebel
ruminate - v - to think at length, to mull over
carping - n, adj., v - complaining
clairvoyant - n, adj. - having exceptional insight; a psychic
panoply - n - 1) a splendid display 2)warrior's armor
loll - v - to lounge, to act in a lazy manner
compunction - n - remorse, regret
disparage - v - to belittle, to put down

HONORS:
comely - adj. - attractive and agreeable
askew - adj. - crooked, off-center
presage - v - to foretell
uncouth - adj. - outlandish and rude
gossamer - adj. - sheer, like cobwebs


I've gone over some due dates with everyone. General reminders:

Everyone has drafting due this week on Thursday or Friday (except C pd).
Everyone has a 3-week project due on Wednesday or Thursday.
Everyone has vocabulary due this week - sentences, quiz (except C pd).

Upcoming dates:

Honors: Dialogue journals due 2/7 or 2/8 - that's next week!
Polished writing piece 1 due no later than 2/12.

C1: Dialogue journals due 2/14 or 2/15.
Polished writing piece 1 due no later than 2/20.

We will be talking in class about labeling your work, about late work (and how I don't want it any more), about collecting your graded work, about etc. Make sure you are paying attention!

It makes me tired when I say stuff and no one listens and I have to keep saying it over and over and over. It's important to keep your English teacher happy . . . and NOT tired. If your English teacher isn't happy, NO ONE is happy!!!