Hi, Gang!
Yay! No MCAS this week! We can go on with English as usual . . . no pesky Scattergories or fictionary or Taboo to interrupt our vocabulary lessons and drafting and dialogue journals and writing pieces. Phew!

Do you realize that we only have TWO full weeks of regular school left? I can't believe it!!! You're going to miss me . . . and drafting . . . and vocabulary . . . and dialogue journals . . . aren't you?

Lots of stuff coming up due.

Exam handouts are going out this week in periods B, D, F, and H. C period - you'll get yours next week. The handouts will tell you what our exam is going to look like and what you should study and how to prepare. In all classes, the final will be similar in format to the midterm except there will not be a random MCAS writing prompt. More about exams next week.

Three-week projects (do something differently) are due in all classes on 5/28 or 5/29. Be ready to write about your experience.

B, D, F, H - EVERYONE has drafting, dialogue journals (last time!), vocabulary sentences, and vocabulary quizzes due on Thursday/Friday this week. (5/29 or 5/30)

D & H - You were supposed to have a polished piece due this week. If you have it, FANTABULOUS! If not, I've moved the due date to next Tuesday ( 6/3) or Wednesday (6/4). Those are MCAS days, so do it in advance if you are worried about being tired or stressed.

Vocabulary - we have this week and next week left for vocabulary. For C period, you will have a quiz on list 13 next Monday (6/2), and you will get list 14 on Wednesday (6/4). All other classes, you have lesson 29 due this week, and we'll do list 30 next week.

Vocabulary 29:

apoplectic - adj. - extremely angry
vespertine - adj. - occurring in the evening
deterge - v- to wipe or wash away
cosmopolitan - adj. - sophisticated, worldly
jactation - n - boasting or bragging
elucidate - v - to make clear by explanation
tintinnabulation - n - the ringing of bells
odious - adj. - arousing strong dislike
bedaub - v - to soil or smear
bravado - n - defiant or swaggering behavior; cockiness

Honors:
legerdemain - n - trickery, slight of hand
sepulchral - adj. - suggestive of a grave
lilliputian - adj. - extremely small
vehemence - n - ardor, fervor
umbral - adj. - dark, in shadows

Extra credit:
deus ex machina -n
verisimilitude - n
tourbillion - n
otiose - adj.


Vocabulary 13 - C period -
bellicose - adj. - war-like, quarrelsome
abjure - v - to shun
ingratiate - v - to get on someone's good side
judicious - adj. - wise, careful, showing good judgement
levity - n - lightness, lack of seriousness
corrosive - adj. - acid-like, eating away
pariah - n - outcast
stentorian - adj. - extremely loud
obviate - v - to prevent
retrogress - v - to move backward, to return to an earlier condition

That about does it for this week. Later, gators.