English 10

Please write me a well-composed, informal paragraph about how you received your full name.  Does it have a special meaning or connection to another family member?  How did your parents decide on it?  Provide any other details you feel are relevant.  You may use the first person and contractions.

Also, before the break, the class watched two documentaries and did a brief writing assignment on them.  This assignment relates to the novel we are starting; so if you have not completed the task, here it is again:

On Thursday in class, we watched two documentaries which will relate to the novel we will start reading in the next few weeks.  Please watch this one and then write a short response where you outline the three most memorable aspects of it.  Please write in full sentences.  This doesn't have to be an expository paragraph, just write it as a letter to yourself. 

Here is the documentary:

1. "The Angry Eye"-- find it here.

English 12

Collect 5 vocabulary words and their definitions by next Thursday.

English 12

Tomorrow's poetry test will consist of three poems.  For the first poem, you will be asked a question related to theme.  The poem will be one of the following:
"Chicago", "Mending Wall", "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", "The Flea", "Fast Run in the Junkyard" or "The Man Who Finds His Son is a Thief". The second section will consist of two poems that you have not seen before and their related questions.  The third section will be a paragraph response.

English 10, Period 8

Period 8, your words are as follows:

1. lethargic: lacking in energy; sluggish; apathetic
2. panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases
3. lunatic: a person with a mental illness (this term is not a term doctors/nurses would use)
4. aphrodisiac: a food, drink, or drug which stimulates physical desire
5. fidelity: loyalty; faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief
6. panorama: a picture or photograph containing a wide view; a complete survey or presentation of a sequence of events
7. mnemonic: a device that helps one to remember (a short poem, and image, a jingle)
8. geriatrics: the branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of the elderly
9. mortician: one who prepares a corpse for burial or cremation and helps with funeral plans
10. lethal: deadly; the ability to cause death
11. flora: the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
12. fauna: the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
13. cupidity: greed for money and possessions
14. insomnia: an inability to sleep
15. thronged: densely gathered group of people; clustered; massed
16. parentage: the identity or origin of one’s parents
17. illicit: forbidden; taboo
18. narcissist: one who is vain, selfish, overly self-involved
19. venture: a risky undertaking or risky journey
20. dalliance: casual involvement with something (esp. a romantic or sexual relationship)
21. phlegmatic: an unemotional, calm disposition
22. peripatetic: travelling from place to place, esp. working or based in different places
23. inveigle: to persuade someone to do something especially by means of flattery or deception
24. choleric:   bad tempered
25. brood (v): to think deeply on something that causes one unhappiness
26. insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
27. callous: having an insensitive or cruel disregard of others
28. admonish: to warn or reprimand firmly; to advise or urge earnestly
29. wistful: having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing; nostalgic
30. to scuttle:  to run hurriedly or furtively with quick steps; to sink one’s own ship
31. thrall:  the state of being in someone’s power or of having great power over others
32. fecund:  producing/capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile
33. festooned:  adorned with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations
34. blasphemy:  profane talk; the act of speaking irreverently about God or other sacred things
35. chasm:  deep fissure in the earth or other surface; a profound difference between people
36. to keen:  to wail in grief for a dead person
37. heathen:  a non believer; what people who belong to a widely held religion call others who do not belong to a world-wide, organized religion
38. forsaken:  abandoned; deserted
39. ministration:  the provision of assistance or care; the services of a minister or religious institution 

English 10 Period 6

Period 6, your words are as follows:

1. panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases
2. geriatrics: the branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of the elderly
3. cupidity: greed for money or possessions
4. fidelity: loyalty; faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief
5. lethargic: lacking in energy; sluggish; apathetic
6. insomnia: an inability to sleep
7. Pangaea: a purported prehistoric super-continent that included all the world's continents before they broke apart
8. martial: of or appropriate to war; warlike
9. flora: the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
10. aphrodisiac: a food, drink, or drug which stimulates physical desire
11. mnemonic: a device that helps one to remember (a short poem, and image, a jingle)
12. fauna: the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
13. thronged: densely gathered group of people; clustered; massed
14. parentage: the identity or origin of one’s parents
15. illicit: forbidden; taboo
16. narcissist: one who is vain, selfish, overly self-involved
17. venture: a risky undertaking or risky journey
18. citadel: a high fortress
19. wither: to become dry and shrivelled
20. dalliance: casual involvement with something (esp. a romantic or sexual relationship)
21. phlegmatic: an unemotional, calm disposition
22. peripatetic: travelling from place to place, esp. working or based in different places
23. inveigle: to persuade someone to do something especially by means of flattery or deception
24. choleric:   bad tempered
25. brood (v): to think deeply on something that causes one unhappiness
26. insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
27. callous: having an insensitive or cruel disregard of others
28. admonish: to warn or reprimand firmly; to advise or urge earnestly
29. wistful: having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing; nostalgic
30. to scuttle:  to run hurriedly or furtively with quick steps; to sink one’s own ship
31. thrall:  the state of being in someone’s power or of having great power over others
32. fecund:  producing/capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile
33. festooned:  adorned with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations
34. blasphemy:  profane talk; the act of speaking irreverently about God or other sacred things
35. chasm:  deep fissure in the earth or other surface; a profound difference between people
36. to keen:  to wail in grief for a dead person
37. heathen:  a non believer; what people who belong to a widely held religion call others who do not belong to a world-wide, organized religion
38. forsaken:  abandoned; deserted
39. ministration:  the provision of assistance or care; the services of a minister or religious institution

English 10 Period 5

Period 5, your words are as follows:

1. lethargic: lacking in energy; sluggish; apathetic
2. flora: the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
3. fidelity: loyalty; faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief
4. cupidity: greed for money or possessions
5. aphrodisiac: a food, drink, or drug which stimulates physical desire
6. phobia: an extreme or irrational fear which interferes with a person's life
7. maniac: a person with extreme behaviour, esp. violent or dangerous; an obsessive enthusiast
8. mnemonic: a device that helps one to remember (a short poem, and image, a jingle)
9. mortuary: a funeral home or morgue
10. panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases
11. geriatrics: the branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of the elderly
12. fauna: the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
13. insomnia: an inability to sleep
14. thronged: densely gathered group of people; clustered; massed
15. parentage: the identity or origin of one’s parents
16. illicit: forbidden; taboo
17. narcissist: one who is vain, selfish, overly self-involved
18. venture: a risky undertaking or risky journey
19. citadel: a high fortress
20. wither: to become dry and shrivelled
21. dalliance: casual involvement with something (esp. a romantic or sexual relationship)
22. phlegmatic: an unemotional, calm disposition
23. peripatetic: travelling from place to place, esp. working or based in different places
24. inveigle: to persuade someone to do something especially by means of flattery or deception
25. choleric:  bad tempered
26. brood (v): to think deeply on something that causes one unhappiness
27. insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
28. callous: having an insensitive or cruel disregard of others
29. admonish: to warn or reprimand firmly; to advise or urge earnestly
30. wistful: having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing; nostalgic
31. to scuttle:  to run hurriedly or furtively with quick steps; to sink one’s own ship
32. thrall:  the state of being in someone’s power or of having great power over others
33. fecund:  producing/capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile
34. festooned:  adorned with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations
35. blasphemy:  profane talk; the act of speaking irreverently about God or other sacred things
36. chasm:  deep fissure in the earth or other surface; a profound difference between people
37. to keen:  to wail in grief for a dead person
38. heathen:  a non believer; what people who belong to a widely held religion call others who do not belong to a world-wide, organized religion
39. forsaken:  abandoned; deserted
40. ministration:  the provision of assistance or care; the services of a minister or religious institution