Vocabulary Week 12

1.CELESTIAL-of or related to the sky or universe; heavenly
2.CHRONIC-lasting for a long time or recurring often
3.CLAIRVOYANCE-the power to see things not present to the senses
4.IMPARTIAL-favoring no side or party more than another
5.IMPLAUSIBLE-not believable or acceptable
6.INADVERTENT-accidental, unintentional; not on purpose
7.PONDEROUS-very heavy; massive; unwieldy because of weight
8.PRETENTIOUS-making an exaggerated show of dignity or self importance; arrogant
9.PRODIGIOUS-wonderful; amazing
10.PROFUSION-great in quantity
11.SYCOPHANT-someone who attempts to win favor through flattery of a superior
12.TAWDRY-cheap and gaudy; showy; sleazy
13.VANGUARD-the front or leading position in an army or movement
14.VICARIOUS-imagined participatio in another's experience
15.VICISSITUDE-a sudden or unexpected change in one's life

Friday, October 22, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA

Journal: What is your vision of a perfect world? (11min.)

1. Vocabulary Quiz Week 11
2. Journal
3. Define Week 12 and create sentences.

HW: Create a composition, real or imagined, using all of the new vocabulary words.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA

1. Journal: When _____ say(s) ______, I ______. (11 min.)
2. Continue with editing lessons in packet of student work.
3. Diagramming appositives and appositive phrases
4. Diagramming prepositional phrases
HW: 1. Digram the following sentences:
a. Charley Parkhuerst was really Charlotte Parkhurst, an orphan.
b. Fifteen-year-old Charlotte, a tall, strong, girl, left an unfriendly orphanage.

2.Study for Week 11 Vocabulary quiz

3.Finish Sentence Diagramming packet.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA

1. Journal: Free Write (11 min.)
2. Editing on the Overhead
3. List of Proofreading Symbols
4. Apply Symbols
5. Peer Editing

HW; Diagram the following sentences:

1. Rangers led hikes and gave hikers advice.
2. Campers collected and buried leftovers.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA

1. Journal: Who is your favorite and least favorite teacher? Explain. (11 min.)
2. Finish Voc. 11 activities.
3. Learning to Edit
a. Writing Conventions
b. Grammar and Usage
c. Mechanics

HW: Complete the revision from class, if incomplete.

Week 11 Vocabulary Words

1.CAPITULATE-to surrender
2.CATALYST-a substance that alters the rate of a physical orchemical reaction takes place, usually by makingit go faster
3. CAUSTIC-able to burn, eat away, or destroy by chemical action; sarcastic or cutting in speech; corrosive
4. HIERARCHY-a group of persons arranged in order of rank
5. HOMOGENOUS-having or consisting of the same parts; similar
6. HYPOCRITICAL-insincere, fals; pretense of being better than one is
7. ICONOCLAST-a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow poular ideas
8. PIETY-a pious act or thought; devotion to religious duties and practices
9. PLACID-calm; peaceful
10. POMPOUS-acting with an air of great dignity; full of high sounding words or phrases; pretentious; self-important
11. SUMPTUOUS-of a size or splendor suggesting great expense
12. SURMISE-to reach a conclusion on slight evidence; to guess, presume
13. SURREPTITIOUS-acting in a secret way; stealthy
14. SUSCEPTIBLE-easily influenced or affected by; disposed to
15. VALIDATE-to confirm or support; to verify; to make official

Monday, October 18, 2004

TODAY'S AGENDA

1. Journal: What's your favorite photo of yourself? Explain. (10 min.)
2. Polish a journal.
3. Define Vocabulary Week 11
4. Create sentences and pictionary.
No Homework