Dec 8

Bell ringer to review for test. After the test, we read part of the introduction to Winesburg, Ohio and the first story, "The Book of the Grotesques." By FRIDAY, the first 44 pages must be read. For each story, you must write what the "truth" was and indicate three details for evidence. For Wed, unit 14 sentences are due.

Dec 4

Bell ringer first. Then comma worksheet. After reading the titles of the short stories in Winesburg, Ohio you must choose a title and write a short story for it that contains ten vocab words from unit 13. Vocab quiz on Monday. Lit test on Tuesday.

Dec 3

Peer edit unit 13. Discuss "Things They Carried" and "Kindness."

Dec 3

Cumulative Quiz 1-12. Unit 13 sentences due Thursday!

Dec 1

Words to study...

UNIT ONE
bellwether
effete
hierarchy
oblivious
raillery
UNIT TWO
apprise
deracinate
indigenous
lexicon
polarize
solecism
UNIT THREE
condescend
cozen
forte
icon
paean
UNIT FOUR
corollary
obloquy
volte-face



UNIT FIVE
diaphanous
homily
insouciant
obsequies
sacrosanct
UNIT SIX
abortive
iconoclastic
modulate
prescience
waggish
UNIT SEVEN
ambivalent
fastidious
imbue
lampoon
nemesis
opt
philistine
UNIT EIGHT
aberration
harbinger
lackluster
mellifluous
pander
remand
syndrome
UNIT NINE
dank
fetid
gargantuan
prolix
tautology
UNIT TEN
adjudicate
apocryphal
dissimulate
fulsome
immolate
mot juste
patrician
UNIT ELEVEN
dichotomy
effusive
euphoria
gothic
lugubrious
metamorphosis
quagmire
UNIT TWELVE
apposite
bilk
execrable
labyrinth
pastiche
vacuous
vagary
viable

Nov 19

Today, we performed skits to review vocab (Quiz is Monday). We then did a bell ringer, which was a 15-word sentence about WAR. After that, we looked at a picture of a man leaning against the Vietnam Memorial. Assignment: write EITHER a poem (10-15 words) OR a short story (one-two pages) that include THREE vocab words that accompany the picture. Due Friday!

Nov 15

First, we completed a review story for vocab unit 10. Then, we peer edited for SENTENCE STRUCTURE (run-ons, fragments, wordiness) and GRAMMAR (sub verb agreement, pronoun antecedent agreement, parallelism). Tuesday is more editing with papers and Unit 10 quiz. Wed is library to type corrections. Thursday is paper due date!