Monday, November 17, 2014

English Harris

11/17/14 – Eng. 1 – Harris
Note:  Laresa is still absent.
Note:  Mario had no idea what the word “endanger” meant, even after Mrs. Harris said that “en” means “cause to be” several times.  Mario, what could endanger a swimmer? A shark or another sea animal or stomach or leg pains, etc., etc.
Know these words:
  1. Do Now:  Lit. bk. 892 – Vocabulary definitions for:  
  1. Pensive
  2. Vial
  3. Enjoined
  4. Wayward
  5. Dismal
  6. Loathsome
  1. On board:  Homework:  read pg. 893 and copy all of section 4!  Catch up on your reading!
  2. Again, also on board:  Bring items for the food drive and awrite a paragraph about community and Thanksgiving – using vocabulary from this unit.  MUST BE AT LEAST 7 SENTENCES AND MAKE SENSE.  Due 11/21/14 = Friday!!
Memorize, recite or sing and explain the importance of the prologue of Act I of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.  No more than 3 errors.  Due 11/24/14 Monday.
  1. Note the prefix:  “en” = cause to be; cause to happen.  What might you be enjoined to do in a library.
  2. Know these words:
  1. Accept
  2. Defend
  3. Individuality
  4. Assimilated
  5. Determine
  6. Similarity
  7. Background
  8. Differences
  9. Understanding
  10. Conformity
  11. Differentiate
  12. Unique
  13. Culture
  14. Discriminate
  15. Values
Here are some of the sentences they had to put the above in:  Students, practice doing these:
  1. Some people believe that extreme _________________prevents original thought.
  2. Galileo was an original thinker with a great _________________of science.
  3. He got into trouble when he dared to _____________the idea that the Earth revovlved around the sun.
  4. The religious ________of the time held fast to the idea that the Eart was the center of the universe.
Be able to….

  1. In 2 sentences, describe a time when your thinking did not conform with the thinking of your classmates.
  2. Write 2 sentences defending your preceding position.  Use at leat 2 of the Big Question vocabulary words.

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