English 12

I'll give you about 10 minutes to finish the sheet on "Those Winter Sundays" and "Wordsmith".  Do have the sheet on semicolons completed for Wednesday.  Also, answer the questions for "High Flight" in the package of love poems.

English 10

For homework, answer the questions on Theseus and Oedipus.  Also, complete the following questions for "Midas" and "Daedalus and Icarus":

1.  Summarize each in a couple of sentences.
2   Give the easy answer to what each myth explains and then give the deeper answer to what each explains.

English 12

Collect five vocabulary words and definitions.  I'll collect them on Thursday.
Read the first three poems in the package I distributed on Thursday and answer the questions for each.

English 10

Your only homework this weekend is to complete the good copy of your short stories.  Remember to hand in your stories with a cited image if you used a picture from anywhere other than The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.  If you used the Harris Burdick story, you only need to include the citation.  For all citations, use the MLA format. You can visit bibme.com for help with this.

Here is the information for the images we used in class:

Title:  The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Author:  Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher, city:  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date of publication:  1984

I'm not sure if the MLA format requires page numbers, but here they are for the various illustrations:

1. ''Archie Smith, Boy Wonder''--page 3
2. ''Under the Rug''--page 5
3. '' A Strange Day in July''--page 7
4. ''Missing in Venice''--page 9
5. ''Another Place, Another Time''--page 11
6. ''Uninvited Guests''--page 13
7. ''The Harp''--page 15
8. ''Mr. Linden's Library''--page 17
9. ''The Seven Chairs''--page 19
10. ''The Third-Floor Bedroom''--page--21
11. ''Just Desert''--page 23
12. ''Captain Tory''--page 25
13. ''Oscar and Alphonse''--page 27
14. ''The House on Maple Street''--page 29

English 10

Please answer these questions for Thursday's class:
A.
What things are explained in each of the following myths?

• Echo and Narcissus
• Pygmalion
• Orpheus

B.
How are the myths of Pygmalion and Arachne similar and different?

English 12

Make sure you read all the poems in the Narrative Poetry package: ''The Bull Moose'', ''Snow'', ''Deer Hit'', ''Oranges'', and ''Wordsmith''.  Please also answer the questions for ''Wordsmith''.

In addition, I will again be asking you to collect good vocabulary words (finding them in your poetry is a good start), so make sure you have five words and definitions ready to be handed in by next Friday.

English 12

For homework, answer the questions on the first three poems in the package entitled "Winter Poems".

English 10

Make sure that you finish your independent novel review for Friday, January 8th.  I'll post the new vocabulary words later tonight.

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

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

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

English 10--all classes

The vocabulary tests will be ready on Tuesday, be sure to study!  The rest of the classes on Tuesday and Thursday will be devoted to writing the rough copy of the short story.

Impending due dates for assignments:

• January 8th:  independent novel review
• January 18th:  good copy of your short story is due, typed and proofread
• the short story will be 700-1000 words
• if you are not using a Harris Burdick image, you must hand in a copy of your picture with the story.  Bibliographical information for the image must also be supplied in the MLA format

Find a slideshare of the book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, here.

English 12

The vocabulary tests will be ready on Tuesday.  Each individual can choose between writing it on Tuesday or Thursday.  Moreover, all other class time on Tuesday and Thursday will be for writing the synthesis essay that we began preparing for today.  You may bring the Venn Diagram as your planning sheet, be sure to include on that sheet six quotations (with page numbers)--three per story.

English 10, Period 5

For homework, bring in two copies of one of your extended metaphors that we wrote in class.  Make sure you have at least 3 points of comparison in your extended metaphor.  You need to make sure that you are comparing an emotion to an animal.  Here is an example:

Anger is a panther.  

It focuses on its prey; stalks it silently.  Then with an ear-splitting roar, it pounces, tearing its victim from limb to limb.  It will be satisfied only when it can walk away from the bloody pulp of its enemy.

1. serendipity: good luck; happy chance
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
21. misogynist:  a person who hates women
22. misanthrope:  a person who hates humanity; avoids human society
23. sadist:  a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others
24. masochist:  a person who enjoys receiving pain
25. profuse:  abundant
26. tacit:  silent agreement or understanding; communicating with looks, not words
27. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
28. largesse:  generosity; bounty
29. purport:  to make a false or questionable claim
30. torrid:  blistering hot; passionate
31. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
32. neophyte:  an amateur; one who is new to a stiuation, experience, or process
33. slugabed: a lazy person who stays in bed all day
34. tommyrot:  utter nonsense
35. austere:  plain; unadorned; strict in manner
36. argle-bargle:  meaningless talk
37. solicitous:  eager; anxious to do something for someone else; showing great care/worry for another person
38. chronic:  something which lasts a long time; constantly recurring
39. cryptic:  hard to understand; has a secret meaning
40. riven:  cracked or split in two; broken violently

English 10, Period 6

For homework, bring in two copies of one of your extended metaphors that we wrote in class.  Make sure you have at least 3 points of comparison in your extended metaphor.  You need to make sure that you are comparing an emotion to an animal.  Here is an example:

Anger is a panther.  

It focuses on its prey; stalks it silently.  Then with an ear-splitting roar, it pounces, tearing its victim from limb to limb.  It will be satisfied only when it can walk away from the bloody pulp of its enemy.

Here is the complete list of 40 words for Vocabulary Test 3:

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
21. profuse:  abundant
22. tacit: silent agreement or understanding; communicating with looks, not words
23. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
24. largesse:  generosity; bounty
25. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
26. lurid:  scandalous; sensational
27. detrimental:  having a bad or negative effect
28. intrinsic:  extremely important and basic to the nature of a thing/person; in-born
29. serendipity:  good luck; happy chance
30. torrid:  blistering hot; passionate
31. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
32. neophyte:  an amateur; one who is new to a process, situation, or experience
33. slugabed:  a lazy person who stays in bed
34. austere:  plain; unadorned; strict in manner
35. mariticide:  the act of killing one's spouse
36. indubitable:  certain; without doubt
37. inconnu: an unknown person; a stranger; a foreigner
38. nincompoop:  a pathetically stupid or foolish person
39. sycophant:  one who uses flattery to get ahead 
40. terraqueous:  consisting of both land and water

English 10, Period 8

For homework, bring in two copies of one of your extended metaphors that we wrote in class.  Make sure you have at least 3 points of comparison in your extended metaphor.  You need to make sure that you are comparing an emotion to an animal.  Here is an example:

Anger is a panther.  

It focuses on its prey; stalks it silently.  Then with an ear-splitting roar, it pounces, tearing its victim from limb to limb.  It will be satisfied only when it can walk away from the bloody pulp of its enemy.

Here all the 40 vocabulary words for Vocabulary Test 2:

1. contentment:  the state of wanting for nothing; happily satisfied
2. mitigate: to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
3. grim:  looking/being harsh or stern
4. draconian: harsh or severe in manner
5. misogynist: a person who hates women
6. misanthrope: a person who hates others (mankind/humanity)
7. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
8. sadist: a person who enjoys inflicting pain
9. profuse: abundant
10. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
11. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
12. pulchritude:  beauty
13. intrinsic: extremely important and basic to the nature of a thing/person; in-born
14. consolidate:  to unite; to bring together
15. neophyte:  an amateur; someone who is completely new to a place or a process
16. covet:  to be envious; to desire what another person has
17. charisma: charm; a magnetic quality which attracts people
18. largesse:  bounty; generosity
19. infatuated: to be intensely passionate about someone or something
20. enfeebled:  to make weak or feeble
21. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
22. lurid:  scandalous; shocking
23. detrimental:   having a bad or negative effect
24. purport:  to make a false or questionable claim
25. serendipity:  good luck; happy chance
26. torrid:  blistering hot; passionate
27. tommyrot:  utter nonsense
28. austere: extremely plain/unadorned; strict in manner, attitude or appearance
29. slugabed:  a lazy person who stays in bed long past the time he or she should rise
30. elucidate:  to make clear through explanation; to shed light on something
31. martyr:  one who dies for a cause
32. insatiable:  cannot be satisfied/filled
33. indulge:  to allow oneself or someone else the pleasure of doing something
34. genii:  more than one genius
35. sycophant: a toady; one who uses flattery to get ahead
36. miniscule:  extremely small in size
37. exacerbate:  to make something worse
38. masticate:  to chew
39. imbibe:  to drink (usually alcohol); to absorb an idea
40. poignant:  painfully moving; touching

English 12

For homework do questions 1-6 on "The Destructors"

Here are the 40 class vocabulary words for Vocabulary Test 2:

1. profuse: abundant
2. interminable: never-ending
3. perfunctory: carried out with a minimum of reflection or thought
4. audacity: boldness, gall, nerve
5. derision: ridicule, scorn
6. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
7. torrid: very hot (in terms of temperature); very passionate
8. myriad: an indefinitely great number; numerous
9. petulant: childishly sulky; bad-tempered
10. tirade: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
11. blarney: flattery
12. rhetoric:  effective use of language (speaking/writing); often this word is used to indicate that the message lacks sincerity or meaningful content
13. epoch: a period of time in history (or less commonly--a period of time in an individual's life)
14. mellifluous: having a pleasing, sweet, or musical sound
15. laud:  praise
16. frangible:  fragile; brittle
17. tommyrot:  utter nonsense
18. ineffable:  too great to be expressed in words (positive connotation); not to be uttered (a more negative connotation)
19. austere:  extremely simple style; unadorned; strict in manner, attitude or appearance
20. soporific:  sleep-inducing
21. misogynist:  a person who hates women
22. misanthrope:  a person who hates humanity/who avoids human society
23. sadist:  a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others
24. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
25. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
26. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
27. lurid:  scandalous; sensational
28. detrimental:  having a bad or negative effect
29. intrinsic:  in-born; important and basic to the nature of something/someone
30. largesse:  generosity; bounty
31. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
32. neophyte:  an amateur; someone who is new to an event, process or activity
33. slugabed:  a lazy person who stays in bed as long as possible
34. purport:  to make a false or questionable claim
35. serendipity:  good luck; happy chance
36. protestation:  an emphatic declaration that something is not true; an objection/protest
37. engender:  to cause; give rise to; beget (this is an older meaning)
38. blanche:  to lose colour suddenly (often from shock); to whiten; to pale
39. ephemeral:  lasting for a very short time
40. gauche: unsophisticated; socially awkward; lacking grace; lacking ease of movement

English 12

Here are the 30 class vocabulary words that we have amassed so far:

1. profuse: abundant
2. interminable: never-ending
3. perfunctory: carried out with a minimum of reflection or thought
4. audacity: boldness, gall, nerve
5. derision: ridicule, scorn
6. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
7. torrid: very hot (in terms of temperature); very passionate
8. myriad: an indefinitely great number; numerous
9. petulant: childishly sulky; bad-tempered
10. tirade: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
11. blarney: flattery
12. rhetoric:  effective use of language (speaking/writing); often this word is used to indicate that the message lacks sincerity or meaningful content
13. epoch: a period of time in history (or less commonly--a period of time in an individual's life)
14. mellifluous: having a pleasing, sweet, or musical sound
15. laud:  praise
16. frangible:  fragile; brittle
17. tommyrot:  utter nonsense
18. ineffable:  too great to be expressed in words (positive connotation); not to be uttered (a more negative connotation)
19. austere:  extremely simple style; unadorned; strict in manner, attitude or appearance
20. soporific:  sleep-inducing
21. misogynist:  a person who hates women
22. misanthrope:  a person who hates humanity/who avoids human society
23. sadist:  a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others
24. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
25. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
26. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
27. lurid:  scandalous; sensational
28. detrimental:  having a bad or negative effect
29. intrinsic:  in-born; important and basic to the nature of something/someone
30. largesse:  generosity; bounty

English 10, Period 8

On Friday, you will write the in-class essay on "The Metaphor".  Remember to bring your planning sheet.

Here are the first three weeks of vocabulary words for our next vocabulary test:

1. contentment:  the state of wanting for nothing; happily satisfied
2. mitigate: to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
3. grim:  looking/being harsh or stern
4. draconian: harsh or severe in manner
5. misogynist: a person who hates women
6. misanthrope: a person who hates others (mankind/humanity)
7. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
8. sadist: a person who enjoys inflicting pain
9. profuse: abundant
10. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
11. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
12. pulchritude:  beauty
13. intrinsic: extremely important and basic to the nature of a thing/person; in-born
14. consolidate:  to unite; to bring together
15. neophyte:  an amateur; someone who is completely new to a place or a process
16. covet:  to be envious; to desire what another person has
17. charisma: charm; a magnetic quality which attracts people
18. largesse:  bounty; generosity
19. infatuated: to be intensely passionate about someone or something
20. enfeebled:  to make weak or feeble
21. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
22. lurid:  scandalous; shocking
23. detrimental:   having a bad or negative effect
24. purport:  to make a false or questionable claim
25. serendipity:  good luck; happy chance
26. torrid:  blistering hot; passionate
27. tommyrot:  utter nonsense
28. austere: extremely plain/unadorned; strict in manner, attitude or appearance
29. slugabed:  a lazy person who stays in bed long past the time he or she should rise
30. elucidate:  to make clear through explanation; to shed light on something
31. martyr:  one who dies for a cause

English 10, Period 6

On Friday, you will write the in-class essay on "The Metaphor".  Remember to bring your planning sheet.

Here are the first three 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
21. profuse:  abundant
22. tacit: silent agreement or understanding; communicating with looks, not words
23. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
24. largesse:  generosity; bounty
25. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
26. lurid:  scandalous; sensational
27. detrimental:  having a bad or negative effect
28. intrinsic:  extremely important and basic to the nature of a thing/person; in-born
29. serendipity:  good luck; happy chance
30. torrid:  blistering hot; passionate

English 10, Period 5

On Friday, you will write the in-class essay on "The Metaphor".  Remember to bring your planning sheet.

Here are the first three weeks of vocabulary words for our next vocabulary test:

1. serendipity: good luck; happy chance
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
21. misogynist:  a person who hates women
22. misanthrope:  a person who hates humanity; avoids human society
23. sadist:  a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others
24. masochist:  a person who enjoys receiving pain
25. profuse:  abundant
26. tacit:  silent agreement or understanding; communicating with looks, not words
27. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
28. largesse:  generosity; bounty
29. purport:  to make a false or questionable claim
30. torrid:  blistering hot; passionate

English 12

Please finish reading "The Rocking Horse Winner" and answer questions 1-3 for Tuesday.

Here are your vocabulary words for the first week of our second set of 40 words:

1. profuse: abundant
2. interminable: never-ending
3. perfunctory: carried out with a minimum of reflection or thought
4. audacity: boldness, gall, nerve
5. derision: ridicule, scorn
6. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
7. torrid: very hot (in terms of temperature); very passionate
8. myriad: an indefinitely great number; numerous
9. petulant: childishly sulky; bad-tempered
10. tirade: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

Keep collecting vocabulary words.

English 10, Period 8

Here are the first two weeks of vocabulary words for our next vocabulary test:

1. contentment:  the state of wanting for nothing; happily satisfied
2. mitigate: to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
3. grim:  looking/being harsh or stern
4. draconian: harsh or severe in manner
5. misogynist: a person who hates women
6. misanthrope: a person who hates others (mankind/humanity)
7. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
8. sadist: a person who enjoys inflicting pain
9. profuse: abundant
10. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
11. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
12. pulchritude:  beauty
13. intrinsic: extremely important and basic to the nature of a thing/person; in-born
14. consolidate:  to unite; to bring together
15. neophyte:  an amateur; someone who is completely new to a place or a process
16. covet:  to be envious; to desire what another person has
17. charisma: charm; a magnetic quality which attracts people
18. largesse:  bounty; generosity
19. infatuated: to be intensely passionate about someone or something
20. enfeebled:  to make weak or feeble