English Lit

We discussed the Restoration and looked at one of the first authentic female voices in English literature (authored by a woman), "To the Ladies" by Lady Mary Chudleigh.  Students must write a question (and answer) and do a quotation and literary device on this poem for Monday.  Monday's "quest" will only be 40 minutes.  The rest of the notes on the Restoration (to about page 349) will be due on Wednesday.
The words you will need to know are the following:
1. guile
2. venial
3. impious
4. satiate
5. ethereal
6. impetuous
7. ire
8. baleful
9. chide
10. apostate
11. precipice
12. obdurate 

English 10

Complete the sheet on the cake for homework.  If you don't have this sheet, email me as soon as possible.  If you are just seeing this on Sunday, I still expect you to try to reach me by email.

On Wednesday, there will be a vocabulary quiz.  These are vocabulary words taken from the stories we've read so far and you've completed sheets on them.  I will also post them here:

1. 1. placid (adj):  peaceful; calm   
   2. punctually (adv):  to be done on time; to be done promptly  
   3. bewildered (adj): confused   
   4. congeal (verb): to clot; to solidify; to coagulate   
   5. console (verb): to comfort someone who is sad or upset   
   6. trifle (noun): an item of little value or importance   
   7. luxuriate (verb): to enjoy a self-indulgent delight   
   8. well (verb): (of a liquid) to rise to the surface and spill; (of an emotion) to intensify   
   9. hysterically (adv): done with wild, uncontrolled laughter or crying for an extended time period 
   10. exasperated (adj): irritated intensely; frustrated; to be "at one's wit's end"  
   11. to beam (v)—to smile broadly  
   12. spry (adj)—active; lively (esp. an older person)  
   13. conspicuous (adj)—obvious; glaringly apparent  
   14. flag (v)--to lose strength or interest, to decline in intensity  
   15. traipse (v)--to walk aimlessly or idly  
   16. matriarch (noun) - an older woman who is powerful in a family, community or organization  
   17. degraded (verb) - put down; loss of value over time  
   18. grim (adjective) - looking harsh or stern  
   19. infatuated (adj) - a foolish attraction  
   20. indulgently (adverb) - kindly (as in a loving grandparent to a grandchild)  
   21. negotiable (adj) - open for discussion  
   22. proverbial (adj) - well known (as in a well-known proverb, or saying from a religious text)  
   23. rapt (adj) - completely absorbed  
   24. reprehensible (adj) - deserving to be criticized  
   25. unduly (adv) - overly; to an unnecessary degree 

English 8

Bring one piece of factual information about Pompeii to share with the class on Monday.  There will be a quiz on some short story vocabulary words on Monday, March 9.  The list of words is as follows:

1. remorse (n): a feeling of guilt  

2. maternal (adj): associated with mothers  

3. luster (n): a gentle shine or soft glow  

4. dowdy (adj): dull, ordinary, not stylish  

5. gusto (n): great enthusiasm  

6. pinnacle (n): the highest point  

7. heretic (n): one who does not believe in commonly held ideas  

8. plausible (adj):  believable  

9. to defraud (v):  to cheat, to swindle  

10. genial (adj):  happy, good natured  

11. conspicuous (adj):  obvious; easily noticeable   

12. precariously (adv):  in a way that is not secure or in danger of collapsing  

13. to scrutinize (v):  to study closely  

14. judiciously (adv):  done wisely, as a judge would do 

15. to reap (v):  to collect, especially collect crops at harvest time  

16. incurious (adj):  lacking curiosity  

17. to lurch (v):  to move in a jerky, stumbling manner  

18. nadir (n): the lowest point 

19. to boast (v): to brag; to crow about one’s strengths 

20. to smother (v): to cause someone to suffocate, to cut off another’s air supply