Periods 1 & 2 - New Vocab

Here are your new vocab words for Unit 3. Write them in your journals. On Friday, I will look in period 2's vocab journals. Period 1, hold off until after your vocab test. I will look at your journals on Monday.

I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT:

1. arbiter - (n) one who decides a dispute (judge)
2. biased - (adj) cause to favor (prejudiced; influenced)
3. exculpate or exonerate - (v) to free from guilt or blame (pardon; absolve)
4. impartial - (adj) not in favor of one side or the other (unbiased)
5. incontrovertible - (adj) not able to be denied or disputed (accurate; irrefutable)
6. integrity - (n) trustworthiness (virtue; character)
7. objectivity - (n) treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices (neutrality)
8. penitent - (adj) expressing remorse for one's misdeeds (repentant)
9. plausible - (adj) seemingly valid or acceptable (credible; believable)
10. substantiated - (adj) supported with proof or evidence (verified)
11. vindicated - (adj) freed from blame (forgiven; exonerated)

YOU'RE SO VAIN:

1. condescending - (adj) treating people as weak or inferior
2. contemptuous - (adj) feeling hatred (scornful)
3. despotic - (adj) exercising absolute power (tyrannical)
4. dictatorial - (adj)domineering (oppressive)
5. disdain - (n) contempt or scorn (hate; aversion), OR (v) to look down on (abhor; belittle)
6. haughty - (adj) vainly proud (arrogant)
7. imperious - (adj) overbearing (dictatorial)
8. patronizing - (adj) treating in condescending manner (snobbish; pretentious), OR (v) doing business at an establishment (frequenting; supporting)

Sorry I'm Out - I Miss You!

Periods 3 & 5: Your homework is to do the next set of To Kill a Mockingbird questions and answers and make it into a COOL bookmark. It can be double-sided, foldable, brochure style, hand-written or typed, whatever. Just make it unique and include a graphic! Period 3 will do chapter 11; period 5 will do chapters 9 & 10 for next class. Questions are below:
TKAM Ch 7-11

SCRIBD, VOCAB & SUCH!

All classes: Good news! Scribd.com was trying to charge you for downloading my documents, but it was for beta testing. All I had to do was DECLINE participation in the study. I made the change, so DOWNLOAD and PRINT all you want! Yay!"

Period 2: Here is the vocab for you (sorry):
assertion (n) - a declaration or statement (position)
clarity (n) - clearness in thought or expression (precision; simplicity)
cogent (adj) - convincing; reasonable (persuasive)
coherent (adj) - logically connected (rational; understandable)
cohesive (adj) - condition of sticking together (conjoined; united)
didactic (adj) - intended to instruct (educational; tutorial)
discourse (n) - verbal expression or exchange (conversation; dialogue)
eloquence (n) - the ability to speak vividly and persuasively (gift of gab; articulation)
emphasize (v) - to give special attention to something; to stress (focus; pinpoint; highlight)
fluid (adj) - easily flowing (natural; smooth)
implication (n) - the act of suggesting or hinting (assumption; inference)
lucid (adj) - easily understood; clear (intelligible; unambiguous)
rhetoric (n) - the art of using language effectively and persuasively (elocution; oratory)

Periods 3 & 5: Don't forget to write down the literary tools, the quotes and page numbers that you find in your chapters of TKAM (To Kill a Mockingbird). BE THE HONOR STUDENTS I KNOW YOU ALREADY ARE!!!

IOLA LEROY LEXICON

For those of you confused by the words in Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, NEVER FEAR! Just look at the comments under this post to see the definitions our students have figured out :o)

FAMILY FUN NIGHT!

It's PIZZA SCENE family night on Thursday, September 23rd from 5-9 p.m.

Meet me at the Pizza Scene on Main Street (by Cold Stone Creamery) during those hours for EXTRA CREDIT! Bring a friend, too! Remember that 20% of all food and beverage sales is donated back to our school!

SEE YOU THERE!

Periods 1 & 2

JUNIORS~

On October 13th, all 10th graders will take the PSAT. We are encouraging 11th grade students to take the test as well; however, you must register for this test. There will be registration forms available during lunch from September 14th – September 21st, in the back of the cafeteria in the faculty lounge. BUT GUESS WHAT???? I have them for you, too! See me!

The test fee is $13.00, however, any 11th grader who receives free/reduced lunch may take it for free. There are only 200 fee waivers and they do go fast, so please sign up early.

Tenth graders DO NOT need to register, this is a mandatory test for you...and it's free. Registration only applies to 11th graders. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Reading Schedule for Periods 1, 2, 3 & 5

Hi, guys and gals! It's time to begin our novel readings for the first quarter. Below is the reading schedule for both To Kill a Mockingbird (periods 3 & 5) and Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (periods 1 & 2). If you have your own copy, bring them this week. I will also bring in the ones I bought for you. I look forward to reading these novels with you and finding all the themes, literary techniques, and life lessons that these amazing books have to offer.TKAM and IOLA Reading Schedule

Periods 4 & 6 - This is for you!

As you know, we've been discussing and reading stories revolving around the question, "When do you really know someone?" Your task for this post is to come up with one song that helps you answer that question, or one that sheds some light on your experiences with that question. In the post, I want you to list the song, the artist, as well as an explanation of how your song selection relates to our question. A quote from the song (a PROVE-IT sentence), as well as a CONNECT-IT sentence, will help in your explanation. Remember, names of songs go in quotation marks, artists' names are capitalized, and your "50 times" rules are in effect.

Here is a sample response:
My thoughts about really knowing someone is best expressed in "Everybody's Changing" by Keane. This song parallels the idea of knowing someone because I believe you NEVER really know a person because we're always changing and, hopefully, evolving. In the song, Keane croons, "I try to make a move just to stay in the game. I try to stay awake and remember my name. Everybody's changing and I don't feel the same." This supports the idea that people are like dynamic characters; they change. Whether that change is for better or worse, it's a challenge to REALLY know them because you, yourself, are changing and growing too.

Alright, my beautiful kids, enlighten me with your ideas. When we're done gathering all of your responses, I am going to make a special playlist for you on this blog with YOUR SELECTIONS!

Love you!