English 10

Start reviewing for the class vocabulary quiz on Friday.  Also, answer questions #1-3 for Act I, iv and #1-3 for Act I, v.

English 9

Start studying your class vocabulary words for the quiz on the 20 words on Friday.  Tonight, make sure that the questions for "The Highwayman" are complete as well as the questions for "Credo".  Also, song lyrics/poetic devices presentations are due.

English 10

Your vocabulary words are as follows:

abhor (verb) - to feel hatred or disgust toward something or someone
assuage (v) - to ease an unpleasant feeling
facetious (adj) - flippant, playfully jocular in a mischievous way
insatiable (adj) - incapable of being satisfied
cessation (n) - a stoppage or discontinuation of something
impassive (adj) - not feeling or showing emotion
elucidate (v) - to make clear by explanation
impel (v) - to force or urge to action
eccentricities (n) - out of the ordinary (usually harmless behaviour, words or dress), weirdly attractive
resuscitate (v) - to revive from unconscousness or apparent death
ubiquitous (adj) - something which is found or appears in many places (or everywhere)
halitosis (n) - bad breath

bacchanalian (adj) - involving wild, noisy behaviour and much alcohol consumption
nugatory (adj) - having no power, worth or meaning
askew (adj) - at an angle; not straight
gauche (adj) - awkward or clumsy in social situations
lacerate (v) - to tear or deeply cut (usually skin)
peril (n) - a source of danger
mitigate (v) - to reduce the severity of something
caveat (n) - a warning (caveat emptor means buyer beware)
mooncalf (n) - a foolish person
changeling (n) - a child believed to have been secretly switched at birth by fairies for the parents' real child
topor (n) - a state of physical or mental inactivity
benevolent (adj) - being well-meaning; doing good
leviathan (n) - an incredibly large water creature (real or imagined); anything huge
foist (v) - to impose an unwanted thing or person upon someone else
groak (v) - to silently watch someone while eating
lavatory (n) - toilet/bathroom
glib (adj) - insincere/shallow; superficial in the social sense
tyranny (n) - cruel or oppressive government or rule
obfuscate (v) - to confuse or perplex (governments might obfuscate important information)
induce (v) - to lead toward an action
tryst (n) - a secret meeting between lovers
malestrom (n) - a violent/turbulent situation; a destructive whirlpool that sucks in objects
machiavellian (adj) - ruled by self-interest; doing anything to get what you want regardless of who gets hurt

English 9

Remember to bring your lyrics to class--you should already have picked out five poetic devices in your song.
Also, your 15 vocabulary words are as follows:

1. euphoric (adj) - extreme happiness
2. vacuum (n) - the absence of 
3. eschew (v) - to avoid deliberately
4. laconically (adv) - with few words
5. torsion (n) - the state of being twisted
6. phosphenes (n) - the white stars and squiggles one sees when one presses one's eyes with his/her fingers
7. chortle (v) - to laugh gleefully; to chuckle and snort
8. bunk (n) - nonsense
9. maladroit (adj) - clumsy or socially awkward
10. lacerated (v) - to tear or deeply cut (usually skin)
11. boon (n) - a benefit; a good thing
12. sublimation (n) - to divert or channel feelings into a socially acceptable outlet
13. acrimony (n) - bitterness or ill feeling
14. boondoggle (n) - spending money on questionable projects; a pointless activity that has the appearance of being valuable
15. paramount (adj) - supreme; more important than anything else
16. retribution (n) - punishment that is considered morally right and deserved
17. desecrate (v) - to treat a sacred place with violent disrespect; to violate
18. intrepid (adj) - fearlessness; adventurousness
19. err (v) - make an error
20. disheveled (adj) - disorderly or untidy (in one's appearance)

English 9

Tomorrow is the test on our class novel.  Make sure you are familiar with the various suspects and the evidence associated with them.  Also, review the main dynamic characters and make note of how they change over the course of the novel (have examples of their behaviour in mind).  Finally, review the concepts of "red herring" and "character foil" from your class notes.

English 10

Tomorrow, you will write the in-class essay. You may bring your writing guide sheet with quotes.  Make sure that your quotations have page numbers.  Also, you may use the back of the guide to write some notes on your introduction. Do not write an entire essay to copy in class tomorrow.  One of the points of this exercise is for you to get used to writing essays in timed situations.

English 9

Continue to review all the notes and questions on the class novel in preparation for Friday's test.  Also, answer in point form the following questions about Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells":

1. How does the poem make you feel? Or what memories does it provoke in you?
2. What images does the poet use in the poem?
3. Describe the words the poet has used--are they long or short, formal or informal, what sounds are repeated (specific consonant or vowel sounds)?

English 10

Tonight, come up with five questions that you think might be on next Tuesday's test on the novel.  Also, be sure to supply the answers.
Your ten new vocabulary words for the week are as follows:

1. bacchanalian (adj) - involving wild, noisy behaviour and much alcohol consumption
2. nugatory (adj) - having no power, worth or meaning
3. askew (adj) - at an angle; not straight
4. gauche (adj) - awkward or clumsy in social situations
5. lacerate (v) - to tear or deeply cut (usually skin)
6. peril (n) - a source of danger
7. mitigate (v) - to reduce the severity of something
8. caveat (n) - a warning (caveat emptor means buyer beware)
9. mooncalf (n) - a foolish person
10. changeling (n) - a child believed to have been secretly switched at birth by fairies for the parents' real child

English 10

Today, we began watching the movie for the class novel.  Tomorrow, we will go over questions on Chapters 30 and 31.
At the end of the week, you will write an in-class essay on one of the following topics:

1. In what ways is this a novel about courage?
2. What values does Atticus teach his children?
3. What major lessons does Scout learn over the course of the novel?
4. How is the Boo Radley plot line connected to Tom Robinson's plot line?
5. How is this a novel about growing up?

Tonight, try to think of three supporting reasons for each essay topic.  Each reason should have an accompanying quotation.

English 9

Tonight, write five review questions and their answers for the test.  That means, write down five questions that you think could be on the test of the class novel.

Your new class vocabulary words are as follows:

1. bunk (noun)
2. maladroit (adjective)
3. lacerated (verb)
4. boon (noun)
5. sublimation (noun)