English 10, Period 6

Please answer questions 1-4 on "The Metaphor".  You can find a copy of the story here.

Also, here are the first two weeks of vocabulary words for our next vocabulary test:
   

1. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
2. sadist: a person who enjoys inflicting pain
3. conspicuous: obvious
4. land lubber: a person who spends most of his/her life on land (not at sea)
5. misogynist: a person who hates women
6. purport: to make a false or questionable claim
7. eminence: high placement/elevation or importance in rank
8. misanthrope: a person who hates others (mankind/humanity)
9. gullible:  easily fooled; easily duped
10. presumptuous: a person rudely bold; one who goes beyond the limits of what is acceptable
11. devious: underhanded; dishonest; cunning
12. imbibe: to drink (often alcohol); to absorb ideas--this is a lesser used meaning
13. logophile: a lover of words
14. flamboyant: loud and showy; attracting attention
15. frivolous: lack of seriousness; lack of sense
16. plethora: an abundance; and excessive amount
17. vile: evil or disgusting
18. tommyrot:  complete and utter nonsense
19. void: the emptiness and lack of life that is space (noun--I'll test you on the noun) OR to cancel--as in a cheque--or to empty--as in one's bladder (verb)
20. delirious: confused; hallucinating; in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech

English 10, Period 5

Please answer questions 1-4 on "The Metaphor".  You can find a copy of the story here.

Also, here are the first two weeks of vocabulary words for our next vocabulary test:

1. serendipity: luck finding good
2. adjacent:  next to; adjoining
3. atrocious: especially vicious or repellant
4. detrimental: something which creates a bad or negative effect
5. opportune: well-suited and well-chosen timing
6. ailurophile: cat lover
7. oblivious: totally unaware
8. ebullience:  bubbly enthusiasm
9. fabricate:  to make; invent
10. to loom: to hover over someone/something in a threatening manner
11. espionage:  the act of spying, involving countries or corporations/industries
12. vicinity:  area
13. redistribution:  the act of sharing something between people in a different way
14. abibliophobia:  the fear of running out of books to read
15. jubilation:  extreme happiness; great rejoicing
16. intrepid:  fearless
17. cantankerous:  testy; cranky; bad-tempered
18. feral:  savage; wild
19. lurid:  shocking; sensational
20. intrinsic:   extremely important and basic to the nature of a thing/person; in-born

I have substituted intrinsic for errorist: for while errorist is a fun word, it is not yet an official one.  It is still new and not widely used.  Therefore, please score errorist from your list and add intrinsic.

errorist:  one who makes many mistakes

English 12

Please try to complete the sheet on symbolism in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery".

English 10, all classes

Please complete a summary sheet for the short story "The Possibility of Evil" that looks like this:

"The Possibility of Evil"

by Shirley Jackson

Characters:                                                        Conflict:

Point of View:                                                    Symbol and Irony:




Setting and Mood:                                              Theme:


Also, here are links to the audio and PDF versions of our next story, "The Telltale Heart":

Find the audio version here. It's only about 14 minutes in length.

Find the PDF version here.

English 10, Periods 6 and 8

Today, we wrote journals.  The topics were as follows:

1. People sometimes surprise us.
2. Most people are basically good.
3. Most people are basically bad.

We read "The Possiblilty of Evil" by Shirley Jackson.  You can find a copy of the story here.
There are no questions assigned for this evening.  Instead, review your vocabulary words for the test on Friday, October 30th.  In addition, make sure your journal is finished.   Finally, complete a study sheet on "Lamb to the Slaughter".  If you forget how to do this, see today's blog posting for  English 10, Period 5.

English 10, Period 5

Today, we answered the final questions on "Lamb to the Slaughter" and then watched a video of the story.  For homework, students should study for the vocabulary test that will be on Friday, October 30th.  Also, students need to complete a study sheet for "Lamb to the Slaughter".  The sheet layout should look like this:

"Lamb to the Slaughter"

by Roald Dahl

Characters:                                                        Conflict:

Point of View:                                                    Symbol and Irony:




Setting and Mood:                                              Theme:

English 12

Today, we wrote a journal and read the short story "The Lottery".  The journal topics were as follows:

1. If I won the lottery...
2. An important ritual for me...

For next class, answer question #s 1-4 on the short story handout that I gave you.  If you do not have the handout, email me for a PDF copy.

The vocabulary quiz will be on Friday, Oct. 30th.

English 12

On Tuesday, you will write a paragraph explaining whether you think the barber in "Just Lather, That's All" is heroic or unheroic.  Also, here is a completed list of your vocabulary words:

1. coddle: to overprotect
2. erudite: sophisticated; worldly
3. saxicolous: one who is unaware; one who "lives under a rock"
4. boisterous: rough and noisy
5. nefarious: wicked
6. comprehensive: including all elements or aspects of a thing
7. impavid: fearless; intrepid
8. etiquette: manners; customary codes of polite behaviour
9. feign: to pretend
10. noxious: harmful or corrupt
11. obtuse:  stupid or dense; annoyingly insensitive
12. dwale: to wander deliriously or as if one were asleep; a sleeping draught made from the plant known as the deadly nightshade
13. bias: prejudice in favour or against a thing
14. beset:  threaten persistently
15. obsolete:  outdated; no longer of use
16. banal:  repeated often; boring; ordinary
17. apprise: to give notice; to inform
18. irenic: to promote peace
19. repertoire: a stock of pieces used for performance
20. stoic:  emotionless; strong in the face of adversity; uncomplaining during adversity
21. innocuous: harmless
22. trepidation: fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant: unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic: lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent: evil
26. benevolent: kindly; good
27. amoral: lacking a sense of right and wrong
28. vex: to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor: honesty; frankness
30. arcane: secret; obscure; known only by a few people
31. temperate:  moderate; restrained behaviour
32. aberration:  something which differs from the norm
33. morose:  gloomy; sullen
34. flummox:  to perplex or to be perplexed by
35. zenith:  the highest point
36. nadir:  the lowest point
37. maudlin:  foolishly or tearfully affectionate
38. censure:  to blame or criticize something or someone
39. transpire:  to occur; to happen
40. ambiguous:  open to more than one interpretation 

English 10, Period 8

Please complete the question sheet on "Lamb for the Slaughter" for Tuesday.  You can find a copy of the story at this link.  If you have not finished the vocabulary assignment, do so for Tuesday as well.  Remember, you must choose 10 of the following words and use them all in a cohesive paragraph.

Completed vocabulary list--English 10, Period 8:

1. loquacious:  chatty; very talkative
2. adequate:  enough; satisfactory for a purpose
3. abrogate:  to cancel
4. inquisitive:  curious; questioning
5. conundrum:  a confusing or difficult situation
6. epoch:  a particular time in history or a person's life
7. theology:  the study of religion
8. vindicate:  to show to be right by providing justification
9. cynosure:  an object at the focal point of attention
10. boondoggle:  work of little value that is done simply to look busy
11. constraint:  something which restricts one's actions or power
12. toady:  one who tries to gain an advantage through pleasing someone (or through flattery)
13. insipid:  weak
14. intrepid:  fearless
15. insolent:  boldly rude or disrespectful
16. abiotic:  of or characterized by the absence of living things; a non-living part of the environment
17. fiend:  a wicked or cruel being
18. camaraderie:  friendship based on trust
19. existential:  concerned with existence, especially human existence; affirming or implying the existence of a thing
20. insidious: sinister or menacing
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people
31. temperate:  moderate; restrained behaviour
32. aberration:  something which differs from the norm
33. morose:  gloomy; sullen
34. flummox:  to perplex or to be perplexed by
35. zenith:  the highest point
36. nadir:  the lowest point
37. maudlin:  foolishly or tearfully affectionate
38. censure:  to blame or criticize something or someone
39. transpire:  to occur; to happen
40. ambiguous:  open to more than one interpretation

English 10, Period 6

Please complete the question sheet on "Lamb for the Slaughter" for Tuesday.  You can find a copy of the story at this link.  If you have not finished the vocabulary assignment, do so for Tuesday as well.  Remember, you must choose 10 of the following words and use them all in a cohesive paragraph.

Completed vocabulary list--English 10, Period 6

1. bias:  leaning towards or against an idea, issue, person, or group
2. fallacious:  based on a mistaken belief
3. anthropomorphic:  attribution of human qualities to animals
4. hiatus:  a pause in a process
5. belligerent:  to be hostile and aggressive
6. vigil:  a state of wakefulness during sleeping hours; keeping watch at night
7. epigram:  a short, humorous or satirical saying
8. intercede:  to act on another's behalf or to smooth out troubles between two parties
9. omnipotent:  all-powerful
10. murmuration:  the act of murmuring (speaking indistinctly)
11. tomfoolery:  foolish or silly behaviour; shenanigans
12. cogitate:  to think deeply or meditate on something
13. ranivorous: frog-eating
14. redamancy:  to return an act of love
15. jocularity: playfulness; intended joking
16. uproarious:  loud laughter; very funny; hilarious
17. goofy: silly
18. abomination: something which is totally detestable
19. galumph: to move heavily or clumsily
20. penurious: extreme poverty; or extreme miserliness (penny-pinching)
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people
31. temperate:  moderate; restrained behaviour
32. aberration:  something which differs from the norm
33. morose:  gloomy; sullen
34. flummox:  to perplex or to be perplexed by
35. zenith:  the highest point
36. nadir:  the lowest point
37. maudlin:  foolishly or tearfully affectionate
38. censure:  to blame or criticize something or someone
39. transpire:  to occur; to happen
40. ambiguous:  open to more than one interpretation

English 10 Period 5

Please complete the question sheet on "Lamb for the Slaughter" for Tuesday.  You can find a copy of the story at this link.  If you have not finished the vocabulary assignment, do so for Tuesday as well.  Remember, you must choose 10 of the following words and use them all in a cohesive paragraph.

Completed vocabulary list -- English 10, Period 5:

1. mahout:  an elephant-driver
2. fractious:  cranky; irritable
3. penitent:  feeling sorrow/guilt after committing a sin
4. epiphany:  a sudden realization of a life truth that changes the person in some way
5. constituency:  a district that elects its own representative to parliament
6. irreverent:  an attitude showing a lack of due respect
7. covenant:  a legal agreement/contract or a binding contract between man and God
8. ostentatious:  a pretentious (flashy) or vulgar display (usually of wealth)
9. conjure:  to make something appear by magic
10. eloquent:  fluency or persuasiveness in speech or writing
11. theanthropic:  possessing both god-like and human qualities; a god in a human form
12. umbrage: anger caused by being offended
13. acquiesce: to accept reluctantly; to give in
14. girn or gurn:  to make a grotesque face; to bare one's teeth in anger or dispair
15. abattoir: a slaughterhouse; where animals are slaughtered for food
16. earnest: sincere and intense conviction; not being distracted by things unrelated to a goal
17. pelagic:  of the sea
18. wamfle: to walk around in clothing that flaps about (this is a very archaic word)
19. agastopia: admiration of a particular part of another person's body
20. stasis:  inactivity because of being stuck between two balanced forces
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people
31. temperate:  moderate; restrained behaviour
32. aberration:  something which differs from the norm
33. morose:  gloomy; sullen
34. flummox:  to perplex or to be perplexed by
35. zenith:  the highest point
36. nadir:  the lowest point
37. maudlin:  foolishly or tearfully affectionate
38. censure:  to blame or criticize something or someone
39. transpire:  to occur; to happen
40. ambiguous:  open to more than one interpretation

English 10, Period 8

Your 31 vocabulary words to date are as follows:

1. loquacious:  chatty; very talkative
2. adequate:  enough; satisfactory for a purpose
3. abrogate:  to cancel
4. inquisitive:  curious; questioning
5. conundrum:  a confusing or difficult situation
6. epoch:  a particular time in history or a person's life
7. theology:  the study of religion
8. vindicate:  to show to be right by providing justification
9. cynosure:  an object at the focal point of attention
10. boondoggle:  work of little value that is done simply to look busy
11. constraint:  something which restricts one's actions or power
12. toady:  one who tries to gain an advantage through pleasing someone (or through flattery)
13. insipid:  weak
14. intrepid:  fearless
15. insolent:  boldly rude or disrespectful
16. abiotic:  of or characterized by the absence of living things; a non-living part of the environment
17. fiend:  a wicked or cruel being
18. camaraderie:  friendship based on trust
19. existential:  concerned with existence, especially human existence; affirming or implying the existence of a thing
20. insidious: sinister or menacing
21. egotastic: being into yourself so much that it becomes annoying
22. innocuous:  harmless
23. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
24. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
25. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
26. malevolent:  evil
27. benevolent:  kindly; good
28. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
29. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
30. candor:  honesty; frankness
31. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people

English 10, Period 6

Your 30 vocabulary words to date are as follows:

1. bias:  leaning towards or against an idea, issue, person, or group
2. fallacious:  based on a mistaken belief
3. anthropomorphic:  attribution of human qualities to animals
4. hiatus:  a pause in a process
5. belligerent:  to be hostile and aggressive
6. vigil:  a state of wakefulness during sleeping hours; keeping watch at night
7. epigram:  a short, humorous or satirical saying
8. intercede:  to act on another's behalf or to smooth out troubles between two parties
9. omnipotent:  all-powerful
10. murmuration:  the act of murmuring (speaking indistinctly)
11. tomfoolery:  foolish or silly behaviour; shenanigans
12. cogitate:  to think deeply or meditate on something
13. ranivorous: frog-eating
14. redamancy:  to return an act of love
15. jocularity: playfulness; intended joking
16. uproarious:  loud laughter; very funny; hilarious
17. goofy: silly
18. abomination: something which is totally detestable
19. galumph: to move heavily or clumsily
20. penurious: extreme poverty; or extreme miserliness (penny-pinching)
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people

English 10, Period 5

Your vocabulary word to date are as follows:

1. mahout:  an elephant-driver
2. fractious:  cranky; irritable
3. penitent:  feeling sorrow/guilt after committing a sin
4. epiphany:  a sudden realization of a life truth that changes the person in some way
5. constituency:  a district that elects its own representative to parliament
6. irreverent:  an attitude showing a lack of due respect
7. covenant:  a legal agreement/contract or a binding contract between man and God
8. ostentatious:  a pretentious (flashy) or vulgar display (usually of wealth)
9. conjure:  to make something appear by magic
10. eloquent:  fluency or persuasiveness in speech or writing
11. theanthropic:  possessing both god-like and human qualities; a god in a human form
12. umbrage: anger caused by being offended
13. acquiesce: to accept reluctantly; to give in
14. girn or gurn:  to make a grotesque face; to bare one's teeth in anger or dispair
15. abattoir: a slaughterhouse; where animals are slaughtered for food
16. earnest: sincere and intense conviction; not being distracted by things unrelated to a goal
17. pelagic:  of the sea
18. wamfle: to walk around in clothing that flaps about (this is a very archaic word)
19. agastopia: admiration of a particular part of another person's body
20. stasis:  inactivity because of being stuck between two balanced forces
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people

English 12

 Complete all questions  on the sheet for "Just Lather, That's All".
Also, here are you 30 vocabulary words to date:

1. coddle: to overprotect
2. erudite: sophisticated; worldly
3. saxicolous: one who is unaware; one who "lives under a rock"
4. boisterous: rough and noisy
5. nefarious: wicked
6. comprehensive: including all elements or aspects of a thing
7. impavid: fearless; intrepid
8. etiquette: manners; customary codes of polite behaviour
9. feign: to pretend
10. noxious: harmful or corrupt
11. obtuse:  stupid or dense; annoyingly insensitive
12. dwale: to wander deliriously or as if one were asleep; a sleeping draught made from the plant known as the deadly nightshade
13. bias: prejudice in favour or against a thing
14. beset:  threaten persistently
15. obsolete:  outdated; no longer of use
16. banal:  repeated often; boring; ordinary
17. apprise: to give notice; to inform
18. irenic: to promote peace
19. repertoire: a stock of pieces used for performance
20. stoic:  emotionless; strong in the face of adversity; uncomplaining during adversity
21. innocuous: harmless
22. trepidation: fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant: unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic: lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent: evil
26. benevolent: kindly; good
27. amoral: lacking a sense of right and wrong
28. vex: to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor: honesty; frankness
30. arcane: secret; obscure; known only by a few people

English 12

For Thursday, please complete questions 2, 3, 5, and 6 for "Just Lather, That's All". Also, your ten new vocabulary words this week are the same as in all my classes:

Innocuous -- harmless
Trepidation -- fearfulness; anxiety
Nonchalant -- unconcerned; elegantly casual
Prosaic--lacking imagination; ordinary
Malevolent -- evil
Benevolent -- kindly; good
Amoral -- lacking a sense of right and wrong
Vex -- to frustrate; to annoy
Candor -- honesty; frankness
Arcane -- secret; obscure; known only by a few people

Finally, in class on Tuesday we wrote the second journal of the short story unit (Journal #2: October 6th) .  The prompt is as follows:

If you had life or death power over someone (living or dead) who you despised, would you use it? Describe the situation in which you and the the other person find yourselves.  Then, explain the choice you make.

English 10

Everyone's paragraph on whether "The Doll's House" is optimistic or pessimistic is due on Thursday. Your ten new vocabulary words for the week are the same in all my classes:

Innocuous -- harmless
Trepidation -- fearfulness; anxiety
Nonchalant -- unconcerned; elegantly casual
Prosaic--lacking imagination; ordinary
Malevolent -- evil
Benevolent -- kindly; good
Amoral -- lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
Vex -- to frustrate; to annoy
Candor -- honesty; frankness
Arcane -- secret; obscure; known only by a few people

English 12

Your ten new class vocabulary words are as follows:

1. obtuse:  stupid or dense; annoyingly insensitive
2. dwale: to wander deleriously or as if one were asleep; a sleeping draught made from the plant known as the deadly nightshade
3. bias: prejudice in favour or against a thing
4. beset:  threaten persistently
5. obsolete:  outdated; no longer of use
6. banal:  repeated often; boring; ordinary
7. apprise: to give notice; to inform
8. irenic: to promote peace
9. repertoire: a stock of pieces used for performance
10. stoic:  emotionless; strong in the face of adversity; uncomplaining during adversity

On Friday, you will write an in-class paragraph on "Miss Brill".  Your prompt will be this:
In a well-written paragraph, explain how the fox fur is symbolic of Miss Brill.  You must use at least two well-integrated quotations and cite their page numbers.

This is an open-book assignment, but you may not bring in a rough copy.  You may not use electronic devices while writing this, but you can bring in a paper dictionary.  You will have 40 minutes to write this. 

English 10 -- Period 8

For homework, please answer questions 1-6 on "The Doll's House".  To see a copy of the story, look at my blog entry for Thursday, September 24th.

Your ten new vocabulary words are as follows:

1. constraint:  something which restricts one's actions or power
2. toady:  one who tries to gain an advantage through pleasing someone (or through flattery)
3. insipid:  weak
4. intrepid:  fearless
5. insolent:  boldly rude or disrespectful
6. abiotic:  of or characterized by the absence of living things; a non-living part of the environment
7.  fiend:  a wicked or cruel being
8. camaraderie:  friendship based on trust
9. existential:  concerned with existence, especially human existence;
   affirming or implying the existence of a thing
10. insidious: sinister or menacing
11. egotastic: being into yourself so much that it becomes annoying

English 10 -- Period 6

For homework, please answer questions 1-4 on "The Doll's House".  To see a copy of the story, look at my blog entry for Thursday, September 24th.

Your ten new vocabulary words are as follows:

1. tomfoolery:  foolish or silly behaviour; sheenanigans
2. cogitate:  to think deeply or meditate on something
3. ranivorous: frog-eating
4. redamancy:  to return an act of love
5. jocularity: playfulness; intended joking
6. uproarious:  loud laughter; very funny; hilarious
7. goofy: silly
8. abomination: something which is totally detestable
9. galumph: to move heavily or clumsily
10. penurious: extreme poverty; or extreme miserliness (penny-pinching)

English 10 -- Period 5

For homework, please answer questions 1-4 on "The Doll's House".  To see a copy of the story, look at my blog entry for Thursday, September 24th.

Your ten new vocabulary words are as follows:

1. theanthropic:  possessing both god-like and human qualities; a god in a human form
2. umbrage: anger caused by being offended
3. acquiesce: to accept reluctantly; to give in
4. girn or gurn:  to make a grotesque face; to bare one's teeth in anger or dispair
5. abattoir: a slaughterhouse; where animals are slaughtered for food
6. earnest: sincere and intense conviction; not being distracted by things unrelated to a goal
7. pelagic:  of the sea
8. wamfle: to walk around in clothing that flaps about (this is a very archaic word)
9. agastopia: admiration of a particular part of another person's body
10. stasis:  inactivity because of being stuck between two balanced forces

English 12

For next class, please have your five words and definitions ready to hand in.  Also, complete the handout on "Miss Brill", the short story we read today in class.  Finally, we will also look at identities next class, so have the questions for that story ready as well.

English 10

For homework, please collect five words and definitions for Wednesday.  Also, make sure that your journal entry is complete.  Choose one of the following topics:

1. a cherished childhood toy
2. the bully, the bullied, and/or the bystander
3. a recipe for popularity (you can choose to write this as an actual recipe if you wish)

You can respond to the above prompts in any way, as long as your writing is thoughtful.

 Finally, a copy of short story, "The Doll's House" can be found here.  The story begins on page 3.
You can hear a the recording we listened to here. 
We'll discuss this story more on Wednesday.

English 12

For homework, please answer question #s 2 and 3 on the short story "Identities".  In addition, also answer this question:

How realistic is the story?  Justify your answer.

Furthermore, here are your first 10 vocabulary words:

1. coddle -- to overprotect
2. erudite -- sophisticated; worldly
3. saxicolous -- one who is unaware; one who "lives under a rock"
4. boisterous -- rough and noisy
5.  nefarious -- wicked
6. comprehensive -- including all elements or aspects of a thing
7. impavid -- fearless; intrepid
8. etiquette -- manners; customary codes of polite behaviour
9. feign -- to pretend
10. noxious - harmful or corrupt

English 10 -- Period 8

Your first 10 vocabulary words are as follows:

1. loquacious -- chatty; very talkative
2. adequate -- enough; satisfactory for a purpose
3. abrogate -- to cancel
4. inquisitive -- curious; questioning
5. conundrum -- a confusing or difficult situation
6. epoch -- a particular time in history or a person's life
7. theology -- the study of religion
8. vindicate -- to show to be right by providing justification
9. cynosure -- an object at the focal point of attention
10. boondoggle -- work of little value that is done simply to look busy

English 10 -- Period 6

Your first 10 vocabulary words are as follows:

1. bias -- leaning towards or against an idea, issue, person, or group
2. fallacious -- based on a mistaken belief
3. anthropomorphic -- attribution of human qualities to animals
4. hiatus -- a pause in a process
5. belligerent -- to be hostile and aggressive
6. vigil -- a state of wakefulness during sleeping hours; keeping watch at night
7. epigram -- a short, humorous or satirical saying
8. intercede -- to act on another's behalf or to smooth out troubles between two parties
9. omnipotent -- all-powerful
10. murmuration -- the act of murmuring (speaking indistinctly)

English 10 -- Period 5

Your first set of vocabulary words are as follows:

1. mahout -- an elephant-driver
2. fractious -- cranky; irritable
3. penitent -- feeling sorrow/guilt after committing a sin
4. epiphany -- a sudden realization of a life truth that changes the person in some way
5. constituency -- a district that elects its own representative to parliament
6. irreverent -- an attitude showing a lack of due respect
7. covenant -- a legal agreement/contract or a binding contract between man and God
8. ostentatious -- a pretentious (flashy) or vulgar display (usually of wealth)
9. conjure-- to make something appear by magic
10. eloquent -- fluency or persuasiveness in speech or writing

English 10

Your five academic words and definitions are due on Tuesday.
 Also, on Friday we discussed symbolism.  A symbol is an object that means more than meets the eye.  For example, on one hand, a wedding ring is simply an object made from metal and a stone.  On the other hand, it also represents love and union.  Symbols are things that link solid objects to abstract ideas...doves=peace, hearts=love, a lighbulb=an idea.
This weekend, give some thought as to what the man, the ewe, the dingo, and the flood could symbolize in the story "The Inheritor".  

English 12

Your five academic words and definitions are due on Tuesday.  Also, please make sure that you have completed the journal entry on one of the topics that I put on the board last Friday.  Aim to write 1or 2 thoughtful pages on the subject. The topics were as follows:

• Tell about a time when you misjudged someone.

                                        --OR--

• Tell about a time when someone misjudged you.

English 12

Remember to collect your five words and definitions for Tuesday.
Also, answer questions #1-8 on the short story "Two In One".

English 10

Remember to collect your five words and definitions for Tuesday.
Also, make sure that you have answered questions #1-3 on "The Inheritor".  For a PDF of this story, visit this link.
Finally, write a paragraph about an opinion that you have.  You could praise something or rant about something, I have no preference.  Just remember to avoid course terms, and use good, academic language.  Aim for about 100 words.

English 10 and 12

There isn't much homework except that all my classes will be collecting five vocabulary words and their definitions and bring them to class on Tuesday.  These words have to be good, academic words that you think you can use in your future school work.  Please avoid slang terms like "twerk" and "selfie".  Also eschew words that are so ancient or scientific in nature that you would be hard-pressed to find a use for them (i.e. "sanguinolency" or "sporange").  Just for your information, the first means an addiction to bloodshed and the second is a spore on the back of a particular kind of fern.  Now that I think of it, sanguinolency could be a pretty useful word; too bad it is defunct.

This vocabulary assignment will be a weekly task.

Welcome to English

Hello 10s and 12s,

Beginning a new schedule is always tiring in the first few weeks, so I hope that you get a chance to rest and enjoy the sunshine this weekend.  On Monday, please turn in the Student Survey if you have not already done so.

See you on Monday in B213.  As Ms. Li's classes have not yet been notified of the room change, there might be some confusion at the start of classes, but I'm sure you can cope.