Hello, fellow lovers of all things reading and writing! I'm so inspired by all of the reading I've been doing lately - especially the Natalie Goldberg writing book . . . It's urging me to get ALL of us to do more WRITING!!! Yay!

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Vocabular 21
1. refurbish -v - to make like new
2. respite -n - rest, break
3. scoff - v - to mock or make fun of
4. sporadic - adj. - irregular, inconsistent
5. sumptuous - adj. - lavish, extravagant, luxurious
6. talon - n- claw
7. tirade - n - long angry and scolding speech
8. unscathed - adj. - unharmed
9. vilify - v - to defame or slander, to talk badly about
10. wither - v - to dry up or shrivel

Honors:
11. polemic- n - a controversial argument, an argument supporting one point of view
12. mutable - adj. - changing in form
13. glower - v - to scowl
14. bandy - v - to discuss lightly
15. unwitting - adj. - unintentional

Extra Credit: discalceate, mistigris, volte, yare

Do you need to know what's due?

REMEMBER! Next week is MCAS! We're getting ready this week.

F period: vocab. due Wed., drafting and quiz due Fri. Your dialogue journals were due last week and polished writing was due on Monday. Did you get them in?

H period: vocab. due Wed., drafting and quiz due Fri. Polished writing is due on Tuesday. Dialogue journals were due last week. Did you turn yours in?

B period: vocab. sentences and quiz and drafting are due Thursday. Your dialogue journals were due last week. Polished writing was due today (Tuesday). Did you turn them in?

D period: vocab. sentences and quiz and drafting are due Thursday. Dialogue journals were due last week. Polished writing piece is due on Monday.

Wasn't rhyme scheme fun? "Twinkle twinkle . . ." "On top of spaghetti . . ."