Week of Mar. 11

WEEK OF MAR. 11Here comes HSPE week

Efficacy

Not this. This!

To determine the efficacy of studying before a test, I compared scores from tests that I studied for to the tests for which I did not study.

Please guess the definition . . .

Mentally guess the part of speech . . .Efficacy is a noun.

-The ability to produce a desired result; effectiveness.

Now please write a sentence with context clues and which is used correctly.

China vows support for sanctions against North Korea. North Korea threatens to end cease fire.

• China has agreed to support a new round of United Nations sanctions against North Korea to punish it for the nuclear test it conducted in February, diplomats said late Monday.

• China provides all of North Korea’s fuel and remains its biggest trading partner, but analysts believe that its influence on Pyongyang is nevertheless limited.

• In related news, North Korea vows to cancel Korean War cease-fire amid talk of new sanctions, continued U.S. military drills

South Korea, US begin drills as North Korea bellows war threatsSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korean threats to respond by voiding the armistice that ended the Korean War and launching a nuclear attack on the U.S

After the start of the drills, South Korean officials said their northern counterparts didn't answer two calls on a hotline between the sides, apparently following through on an earlier vow to cut the communication channel because of the drills.

What is a monster?• How can someone become a monster?

• Have you ever done something that made you feel like a monster? How did you react?

Vocab• Malleable –

• Easily influenced

• Monitor – • A device that records the actions of a person

• Arithmetic – • math

• Supine – • Laying on one’s back

Chapter 1 Questions• 1. Why are adults keeping secrets from Ender?

• 2. Who is Peter? How does he treat Ender? (2-3 sentences)

• 3. Does Ender’s fight with Stilson make him a monster? Why/why not? (2-3 sentences)

Galvanize

Violence against American citizens of color was one thing that served to galvanize people across the country into fighting for civil rights.

Please guess the definition . . .

Mentally guess the part of speech . . .Galvanize is a verb.

-Shock or excite someone, typically into taking action.

Now please write a sentence with context clues and which is used correctly.

Chapter 2

•Why do you think Peter treats Ender so badly?

• Is Peter a monster?

Homogeneous

When flower seeds from the neighboring farm blew into my garden that I had planted only tomatoes in, my garden was no longer homogeneous.

Please guess the definition . . .

Mentally guess the part of speech . . .Homogeneous is an adjective.

-Consisting of parts all of the same kind.

Now please write a sentence with context clues and which is used correctly.

New Pope!• Pope Francis I

• Formally known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio

He was a Cardinal from Argentina

First Pope from Latin America

Is known as being a ‘compassionate conservative’

Cognition

Human cognition is well set up to think critically and process vague concepts.

Please guess the definition . . .

Mentally guess the part of speech . . .Cognition is a noun.

-The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Now please write a sentence with context clues and which is used correctly.

Chapter 3 Questions• Why does Ender say he hurt Stilson so bad? Why is this

important?

• What is the significance of being a ‘third’? What does it mean? Why is it important?

• What is the reason that Ender would not want to go to battle school?

• Why do you think Ender goes?