Hello, you crazy cats! This just might be our last blog entry for the year . . . I might post once more just to make sure you are all clear about exam procedures.

Reminders: This week, you have drafting and vocabulary due, same as always. We're on lesson 30 - our final lesson. All dialogue journals and writing pieces and three-week projects should have been turned in by now. Your homework is to be preparing your writing for the final exam and studying vocabulary.

C period - if you didn't complete your how-to writing, it needs to be finished AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Please make arrangements to work on it with me or in your resource room or in your learning center. You will be getting final exam materials today (Wednesday, 6/4) and a new vocabulary list (14). I will post the list later this week.

Vocabulary Lesson 30:

relegate - v - to assign (to a less important position)
retract - v - to take back, to draw back in
paroxysm - n - a sudden outburst or attack
squalid - adj. - dirty, wretched; morally repulsive
stopgap - n - a temporary measure
tawdry - adj. - gaudy and cheap
turbulence - n - violent motion, disorder
urbane - adj. - suave, sophisticated
virtuoso - n - one with great skill or technique
disquiet - v - to cause anxiety or worry

Honors only:
castigate - v - to criticize harshly
insensate - adj. - lacking sensation or feeling
vainglorious - adj. - boastful, overly proud
apposite - adj. - suitable, right for the occasion
gambol - v - to leap about and frolic