Monday, October 24th:
Review Friday's grammar homework: Holt Handbook; "Adjective Clauses"; pages 101 - 104; exercises 2 and 3
Turn in Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop: Level F; Unit 2
Warm-up:
Write two sentences with an adjective clause using two vocabulary words
In-Class Work:
Pass back work
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Open your grammar book and take out your exercise 2 and
exercise 3 homework:
Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, where, when, that
Relative pronouns are usually next to the words that they
are linking to the adjective clause.
Kate:
Exercise 2
1. That (relative pronoun) commonly appear in
comic strips.
……symbols
(noun)
that
(relative pronoun)
commonly appear in comic strips
2. Where a swiftly departing character was previously
standing.
3. When cartoonists want to make something appear hot
or smelly
4. That is supposed to be shaking.
5. Who is moving
8. Who likes to doodle and draw
10. Now you know a
“language” (that) almost nobody outside the cartooning profession
knows.
Exercise 3
1. As I entered the building a painting that was colorful caught my
eye.
2. The photographer who was patient sat on a small ledge all
day.
3. The two attorneys argued all week over the contract that
was important.
4. The team of mountain climbers decided to try to reach the
peak that was the tallest.
Pair up and do
#5 – 10.
Do not write the original sentence. Please write the
sentence with the adjective clauses.
This is going to be due at the end of the period.
Please write your full name in the upper right hand corner
Please write the title, which is “Adjective Clauses”, pages 102 – 104, exercises 2 and 3
Skip a line and then begin your work on the third line.
Turn in your Unit 2 Vocabulary homework and your grammar
homework, adjective clauses.
Tuesday, October 25th:
Warm-up: Write two sentences with an adjective clause using two vocabulary words
Pass out and review the vocabulary packet for "The Cask of Amontillado"
Begin reading "The Cask of Amontillado"
In-class Work:
Passed out “The Cask of Amontillado” vocabulary and figurative language packet today.
Vocabulary:
Preclude: to do something ahead of time to prevent something
unwanted from happening. To prevent
Eli:
The teacher precluded the students from talking at the
beginning of class.
Maricarmen:
Ditching class precluded me from passing my classes.
Julio:
I did my homework to preclude myself from getting an “F”.
Carolina:
Redresser: A person who sets something right. Someone who rights a wrong.
The manager at Macy’s redressed the sloppiness of the
customers by picking up the clothes on the floor.
Shiane:
Shiane redressed her friend’s jealousy by telling her that
she was wrong.
Martha Steward redressed her criminal acts by serving time
in jail.
Onyx:
Imposture: an act of fraud or deception
A word that ends with “ion” or “ure” it is a noun.
Shiane:
Only through an act of imposture were Shawn (Sean) and
Tyrone able to rob a bank.
Eli:
Martha Stewart did acts of imposture in her youth but she
changed her wicked ways.
Samantha:
As soon as the immigration officer saw the fake passport, he
knew the traveler was committing an imposture.
Imposter is a person who is doing an act of imposture or fraud.
Brianna: What is “accosted”?
Read “The Cask of Amontillado” – page 173
Cask is a large barrel filled with wine
It is in first person narration
The narrator is unreliable
Hellen
Vocabulary:
Impunity: freedom from punishment
Retribution: punishment
Immolation: destruction; particularly destruction from fire
Connoisseurship: expert knowledge in a particular field,
particularly gems, wine, and art.
Utter: (verb)to say
Utterance: (noun) the act of uttering or the things that
were uttered
You who know my soul would not ever think that I would
actually utter a threat against Fortunado.
Avenged: to get revenge; to redress a wrong that’s been
committed. To achieve justice for someone who has been wronged.
He is definitely going to be avenged, but he is going to do
it in a way that he will not get caught – there will be no risk of him getting
caught.
A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its
redresser.
A wrong has not been avenged when the avenger is punished.
Stop at page 174, after
first paragraph
Wednesday, October 26th:
Warm up: Write two sentences with an adjective clause using two vocabulary words
Go over packet of "The Cask of Amontillado"
Continue reading "The Cask of Amontillado"
Thursday, October 27th:
Warm-up: Write two more sentences with an adjective clause using two vocabulary words
Finish reading "The Cask of Amontillado"
Friday, October 28th:
Finish reading "The Cask of Amontillado"
