February 20, 2017 - February 24, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Tuesday, February 21st: 

Correcting the test over The Odyssey

1     1.  a  2. c  3. a  4. d  5. d 6. d 7. d. 8. d 9. a 10. a 11. d 12. b

13. c 14. a 15. c 16. a 17. a 18. c 19. c 20. c 21. d 22. a

23. c 24. d  25. a 26. a 27. a 28. c 29. d 30. b 31. c 32. a 33. c 34. d

35. c 36. a 37. c 38. b 39. a 40. a

Please write the number they got wrong and write the number they got wrong on the top of the first page.

Please back sure you write “CB” and then your full name!

Four people had to do make-up test: Shianne, Julio, Maricarmen, Kateryn

Wednesday, February 22nd: 

Played Kahoot.it  on Vocabulary Workshop; Level C, Unit 4

Correct the Unit 4 test as a class

Write your first and last name at the bottom:

“CB­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________

The write a small X next to the next part the person got incorrect.

Definitions:

All twenty  words must be defined

Must have the word, the definition, the part of speech, and the short phrase

Completing the Sentence:

1.     Qualms

2.      Deplore

3.     Promontory

4.     Sustain

5.     Frivolous

6.     Oust

7.     Bolster

8.     Staid

9.     Recourse

10. Annul

11. Porous

12. Mustered

13. Obsess

14. Ornate

15. Nonentity

16. Residue

17. Peruse

18. Solicitous

19. Blasé

20. Prone

Synonyms:

1.     Named on the regiment’s roster: muster

2.     Prone

3.     Ouster

4.     Frivolous

5.     Recourse

6.     Bolster

7.     Ornate

8.     Residue

9.     Sustain

10. Promontory

11. Obsessed

12. Porous

13. Deplore

14. Qualms

15. Peruse

Antonyms:

16. Arrived wearing a gaudy suit: staid

17. Blasé

18. Solicitious

19. Annul

20. Nonentities

Choosing the Right Word:

1.     Sustain

2.     Annulling

3.     Promontory

4.     Bolstered

5.     Nonentities

6.     Residue

7.     Frivolous

8.     Deplore

9.     Staid

10. Recourse

11. Obsessed

12. Perusing

13. Porous

14. Prone

15. Muster

16. Qualms

17. Solicitous

18. Ornate

19. Ousted

20. Blasé

Vocabulary in Context:

1.     The meaning of obsessed  is: A. preoccupied

2.     Bolster most nearly means: A. boost

3.     Staid is best defined as D. dignified

4.      The meaning of deplored is D. lamented

5.     Frivolous most nearly means C. trifling

6.     Qualms is best defined as A. doubts

Thursday, February 23rd: 

You are going to take notes on writing your essay for the last few stories we read in The Odyssey: “The Battle of the Cicones”; “The Lotus Eaters”; “The Cyclops”; “Circe”; “The Land of the Dead”; “Scylla”; “Charybdis”; and “Helios”.

This is going to be due Wednesday, March 1^st.  It should be typed and you must submit it to turnitin.com.

It should have a minimum of five paragraphs or 500 words.

The topic is the morale or life lesson to be learned from at least two of the stories we read in The Odyssey.

The first paragraph should have the title of the book, the title of the two stories you will be discussing, and the author’s name. The introductory paragraph should briefly list what you are going to be discussing and it should have a grabber that makes the reader want to continue with your essay!

 body paragraph should have a topic sentence – or what your paragraph is about! You are going to briefly describe the story you have chosen. Then you need to use a brief quotation from the story to support your claims about the story. Every time you use a quotation, then you need to explain, elaborate, or clarify the quotation.Then you need to show how this story provides a life lesson.

There should be a minimum of three body paragraphs. 

Friday, February 24th: 

Quietly watch rehearsal for "The Black History Assembly"