Friday, November 22, 2013

English 9

Finish reading In the Heat of the Night and do Chapter 13, question #4 and Chapter 14, question #1.  Do not answer the Chapter 14 question in essay form.  Just answer each element in point form.

Your five vocabulary words for the week are as follows:
euphoric (adj) - intense excitement or happiness
vacuum (noun) - a space entirely devoid of matter
eschew (verb) - to deliberately avoid
laconically (adv) - speaking with few words; concisely
torsion (noun) - the act of twisting or turning
chortle (verb) - a mixture of a chuckle and a snort; to chuckle exultantly
phosphene (noun) - the luminous stars and squiggles one sees when one closes his/her eyes and presses on them

Finally, your poster project is due next Thursday.