It's that time again. . . BLOG posting! Hooray! That means it's almost Wednesday! Everyone has vocabulary words, everyone has the week's assignments, everyone is ready and working!

Assignments update:

B period: Vocabulary 17 sentences due 2/13, dialogue journals due 2/15, drafting due 2/15, voc. 17 quiz due 2/15, and polished writing piece due 2/20.

D period: Vocabulary 17 sentences due 2/13, drafting due 2/15, voc. 17 quiz due 2/15.

F period: Vocabulary 17 sentences and quiz due 2/14, drafting due 2/14, dialogue journals due 2/14, polished writing piece due 2/19.

H period: Vocabulary 17 sentences and quiz due 2/14, drafting due 2/14.

Have you thought about your three-week project? March 3 and 4 are rolling around fast! I'm getting ready to ski some intermediate slopes because I HAVE THE NERVE!

Vocabulary lesson 17:

1. nonchalance - n - lack of interest or lack of concern
2. parsimonious - adj. - too thrifty, stingy, cheap
3. pique - v - to provoke anger or to provoke excitement or to provoke interest
4. tacit - adj. - unspoken, implied
5. pugnacious - adj. - ready to fight
6. redundant - adj. - repetetive
7. limpid - adj. - clear; easy to understand
8. martinet - n - a strict disciplinarian
9. soporofic - adj. - causing sleep
10. sagacious - adj. - very wise

Honors:
11. titanic - adj. - gigantic
12. gadfly - n - animal-biting fly; an irritating person
13. purloin - v - steal
14. ardor - n - passion, enthusiasm
15. wax - v - to increase or grow

Extra Credit: sparge - v, bubble and squeak - n, bonton - n, algophobia - n, gracile - adj.