English 10

This weekend, complete the graphic organizers on Miss Hancock and Charlotte's mother.  We will look at them on Monday.  You will write your essay in class on Tuesday.  In addition, study your vocabulary words for the test on Monday. They are as follows:

Vocabulary words

1. refuge (n) - a place of safety

2. obliquely (adverb) - indirectly, evasively, coming at an angle and not straight on

3. divert (v) - to change direction or redirect attention

4. perversion (n) - a change from what is natural and normal to what is unnatural and abnormal

5. indomitable (adj) - unbeatable, cannot be conquered

6. lacerated (v) - savagely cut or sliced, mangled/jagged/torn

7. inimical (adj) - harmful, hostile, unfriendly

8. ochre (noun/adjective) - yellow/orange earth or pigments, yellow/orange colour

9. trussed (v) - tied tightly, bound up to prevent movement

10. foresight (n) - thoughtful regard for the future

11. dissimulation (n) - to disguise under a false appearance

12. vexed (v) - troubled; frustrated

13. acuteness (n) - keenness; sharpness (of intelligence or senses)

14. waned (v) - lessened

15. audacity (n) - forwardness; boldness

16. bade (v) - compelled

17. derision (n) - contempt; ridicule

18. matriarch (noun) - a woman who is the head of a family or tribe; an older woman who is powerful in a family, community or organization

19. appropriation (noun) - a sum of money set aside

20. degraded (verb) - put down; loss of value over time

21. grim (adjective) - looking harsh or stern

22. infatuated (adj) - a foolish attraction

23. indulgently (adverb) - kindly (as in a loving grandparent to a grandchild)

24. mock (verb)  - to imitate or make fun of

25. negotiable (adj) - open for discussion

26. proverbial (adj) - well known (as in a well known proverb, or saying from the Bible)

27. rapt (adj) - completely absorbed

28. reprehensible (adj) - deserving to be criticized

29. self-conscious (adj) - overly aware of self

30. translucent (adj) - lets light through, but is not clear (think frosted glass)

English 8

Finish your paragraph, poem, or illustration of "The Sentry".  Study your spelling words for the quiz on Tuesday, and your vocabulary words from "Golden Pants" for the quiz on Wednesday.

English 12

Your paragraph on "Just Lather, That's All" is due on Friday.  The topic is as follows:
Discuss how point of view supports irony in "Just Lather, That's All".

English 10

Answer questions 1-4, and 7 on "The Metaphor".  Also, look up "foil" in the character section of the Grade 10 terms sheet that I gave you.

English 8

Study for your spelling test tomorrow!

English 12

Your class vocabulary words to date are as follows:

1. sooth
2. retentive
3. depone
4. winge
5. odious
6. implore
7. hapless
8. widdiful
9. articulated
10. myriad
11. chagrin
12. cleave
13. pragmatism
14. banal
15. turmoil
16. nebulous
17. inept
18. fiend
19. enervate
20. temerity

English 10

Please answer questions #3, 4, and 5 on page 81.  Also, collect five more words from "The Metaphor" that are new to you.  You will hand in all ten words tomorrow.

English 8

Today, we make a list of the similarities and differences between "The Sweater" and "Golden Pants".  Tomorrow, we will use this information to write a compare/contrast paragraph.  Also, make sure you have your "Golden Pants" vocabulary sheet with you tomorrow.

English 12

Complete the review sheets for "Identities" and "Two In One".

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English 10

On Friday, we read "The Metaphor" up until page 72. Don't finish reading the story; instead, find five vocabulary words that are new to you. Write these down along with their definitions. We will discuss them in class.

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English 8

Please complete the first three columns of the vocabulary sheet for "Golden Pants".

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English 12

Please make sure that your questions on "Just Lather, That's All" are complete up to #6.

English 10

Tonight, write a theme statement for "The Possibility of Evil", concentrating on evil or deception.
Also, on Friday, February 28th, you will have a test on the following 30 vocabulary words (from the first three stories in this unit):

Vocabulary words

1. refuge (n) - a place of safety

2. obliquely (adverb) - indirectly, evasively, coming at an angle and not straight on

3. divert (v) - to change direction or redirect attention

4. perversion (n) - a change from what is natural and normal to what is unnatural and abnormal

5. indomitable (adj) - unbeatable, cannot be conquered

6. lacerated (v) - savagely cut or sliced, mangled/jagged/torn

7. inimical (adj) - harmful, hostile, unfriendly

8. ochre (noun/adjective) - yellow/orange earth or pigments, yellow/orange colour

9. trussed (v) - tied tightly, bound up to prevent movement

10. foresight (n) - thoughtful regard for the future

11. dissimulation (n) - to disguise under a false appearance

12. vexed (v) - troubled; frustrated

13. acuteness (n) - keenness; sharpness (of intelligence or senses)

14. waned (v) - lessened

15. audacity (n) - forwardness; boldness

16. bade (v) - compelled

17. derision (n) - contempt; ridicule

18. matriarch (noun) - a woman who is the head of a family or tribe; an older woman who is powerful in a family, community or organization

19. appropriation (noun) - a sum of money set aside

20. degraded (verb) - put down; loss of value over time

21. grim (adjective) - looking harsh or stern

22. infatuated (adj) - a foolish attraction

23. indulgently (adverb) - kindly (as in a loving grandparent to a grandchild)

24. mock (verb)  - to imitate or make fun of

25. negotiable (adj) - open for discussion

26. proverbial (adj) - well known (as in a well known proverb, or saying from the Bible)

27. rapt (adj) - completely absorbed

28. reprehensible (adj) - deserving to be criticized

29. self-conscious (adj) - overly aware of self

30. translucent (adj) - lets light through, but is not clear (think frosted glass)

The vocabulary test will include multiple choice questions and a maximum of 10 fill in the blank sentences.  You will not have to write definitions.

English 8

There will be a short quiz on nouns tomorrow.  Review your noun package.  Write a character description paragraph of Roger from "Golden Pants"

English 12

Tonight, please write two theme statements about "The Lottery". Also, be prepared to discuss why the objective point of view works for this story.  Consider why first person, omniscient and limited omniscient points of view would not have been appropriate for this tale.

English 10

Tonight, please answer questions 1 and 2 (page 221) on the short story "The Possibility of Evil".

English 8

Your "Monkey's Paw" fliers are due tomorrow (Wednesday).  Also, your spelling words for the week are as follows:

1. behaviour
2. belief
3. brilliant
4. bruise
5. calculate
6. celebration
7. cereal
8. serial
9. circulation
10. kernel

On Thursday, I will give you a small quiz on nouns, similar to the questions that were on the board today. Then on Friday, I will ask you some questions on the vocabulary for "The Monkey's Paw".  I'll give you synonyms and antonyms and you will have to supply the correct vocabulary words. 

Finally, tonight ask your parents or grandparents to tell you about any incident they know of  where a student received corporal (bodily) punishment from a teacher.  

English 10

Tomorrow, you will have to explain in point form how the point of view in "The Tell-tale Heart" supports the story's creepy mood.

English 8

Tomorrow, we will have our second spelling test.  Keep working on your "Monkey Paw" fliers.

English 12

Please complete questions 7, 8, and 9 on "The Lottery".  Think about rituals and their functions (they help bind societies).  Does this ritual bind the society?  What does this ritual say about this town and its people?  Who wants to keep the lottery?  Who wants to scrap it?  How do people in general feel about it?  You can get a sense of their feelings by looking at how they treat the black box.