Today we will: Juniors: Turn in your pre-write / SAT ex. 1 & 2/ Pick essay to sponsor with 2 reasons why you chose it Freshmen: Go over SAT ex. 1 & 2 / Poe Talk Oct. 6, 2015 Stop: Can I see or hear your cell phone? Fix it! Homework All: Exercises 3 & 4 Freshmen: Read “The Raven” 2 DJs by Wednesday Juniors:
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Today we will:Juniors: Turn in your pre-write / SAT ex. 1 & 2/ Pick essay to sponsor with 2 reasons why you
chose itFreshmen: Go over SAT ex. 1 & 2 / Poe Talk
Oct. 6, 2015
Stop:Can I see or hear
your cell phone?Fix it!
HomeworkAll: Exercises 3 & 4
Freshmen: Read “The Raven” 2 DJs by Wednesday
Juniors:
1st Period 7:25 – 8:252nd Period 8:30 – 9:353rd Period 9:40 – 10:40Lunch A 10:40 – 11:10Period 4A 11:15 – 12:10Period 5 12:15 – 1:15Period 6 1:20 – 2:20
Beliefs and Cultures
• I am from ___________________ culture. • Because I am part of the ______________
culture, I believe____________________________.
• One way someone would know I believe in _____________ is ________________.
• Another way someone would know I believe in _____________ is __________.
• A story I could tell about my belief is…• Next step: pick an essay to sponsor
Lesson #3 Exercise I1. The ___________, two-hour lecture only
_____________ the students. They respected the guest speaker’s experience, but every time she ___________ from the complex topic, she added ten _______________ minutes to the harangue. The conditions of the auditorium were not ________________ for long lectures; the air conditioner was broken, and the heat and poor lighting forced many of the students to fight drowsiness. One young man nearly _______________ himself on a number two pencil when he nodded off while doodling in his notebook. He caught himself and quickly sat up straight; the speaker ___________ at him for a few seconds, but never stopped speaking.
pedestrian
deviatedadventitious
obfuscated
optimum
impaled
glowered
2. At the check-out line, Timmy _____________ his mother to purchase a new brand of candy bar for him; however, her reaction was a[n] ____________ compared to her usual tolerant reactions to Timmy’s requests. Everyone stared when Lynn screamed at Timmy and told him to return the candy bar and stop whining because no, he doesn’t need it.
Before she snapped in the grocery store, Lynn had concealed her anxiety for a week. The rent-check was later than it had ever been, and the landlord had a [n] _____________ view in financial matters. Lynn had already bought an extra week by reassuring him of her ___________intention…
importuned
cataclysm
parochial
Bona fide
2. Cont.
to pay the rent with her first paycheck, but the week had passed and she still hadn’t found a job. The landlord had given her the usual speech about honoring a lease, apparently in an attempt to ________ Lynn; however, no matter what the landlord thought, Lynn felt that losing her job without warning ____________the extra time se needed to pay the rent. It was the landlord’s ______________tone that really bothered her;
edify
extenuated
ambiguous
2. cont.
Lynn couldn’t be sure if the landlord would continue being compassionate or if he would send an eviction notice upon finding no rent payment in his mailbox that morning. Lynn used the last of her cash to pay for the bread and cereal. She took Timmy’s hand and left the store hoping to have a [n]________day of job hunting.
fecund
Lesson #2 Exercise 21. Ralph wanted a bona fide New
York cheesecake, so he…
2. If you do not wait for optimum sailing conditions, you might…3. The ambiguous quote caused controversy because...
5. Nathan impaled an earthworm on the hook before he...
6. Try not to deviate from the subject while you…
7. The formation of a pearl is an adventitious effect of...
9. Alice thought that she could edify her son, but she knew that she could not when...
8. The fecund nature of the jungle…
10. The car salesman obfuscated the dissatisfied customer so much tat the customer...
11.The uninsured woman importuned the hospital to…
12. A cataclysm caused by an asteroid striking the earth would probably….
14.You cannot extenuate your bad habit of...
13. The pedestrian television program was not worth…
15. Martin had a parochial fear of travel, so it surprised everyone when he...
Lesson #3 Exercise I
1. The old Lane estate was a[n] ________ that towered over the other homes in the neighborhood. It had a[n] ___________, courtyard more suitable for a palace, and rows of shimmering Aspen trees seemed to ________ the grounds when they fluttered with even the mildest breeze. The elaborate exterior of the mansion might _________someone into thinking that the house must be beautiful inside, but actually, the roof leaks, the paint is peeling, and the floors creak.
edifice
ostentatious
animate
delude
2. The corporation claimed to endorse__________ company policies, but some of the managers, were __________ who refused to promote anyone not native to Scandinavia. One of the foreign employees eventually filed suit against the company, and in two years was awarded the ________ promotion he had long deserved.
egalitarian
chauvinists
belated
3. Laurie _____________ the modeling clay until it was soft enough to work with. Since her work required deep concentration, she nearly went _________ when her assistant interrupted for the third time to obtain Laurie’s signature. Even though Laurie was ____________, she could not sign her name and focus on her art simultaneously.
kneaded
berserk
ambidextrous
Lesson #3 Exercise 2
1. Jane bought a belated graduation gift for Mike because she...
2. The ambidextrous pitcher could throw...
4. One edifice that most people have seen in pictures is...
3. In the egalitarian nation, everyone has the...
5. The soccer player kneaded her calf muscle because...
6. Though he was quite wealthy, the miser’s home lacked ostentatious artwork or furniture because he...
7. The sound of food pouring into a metal dish animated...
9. Don’t let the resort’s brochure delude you; we went there last year, and the pictures in the guide are...
8. Uncle Phil was admittedly a male chauvinist who believed that...
Honor Code“I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid, nor do I have knowledge of anyone else doing so.” Signature
Word Count1.Count the number of words on five random full lines
of text (words must be 3 letters to count)2.Average those five numbers e.g. 9+8+11+10+9 =47
Then: 47 ÷ 5= 9.43.Take the average of that and multiplying by the