TGIF!

Ninth graders turned in homework, started homework, and read Maus.  You all have a test on Monday.  Please refer to the bottom of page two of your vocabulary sheet for exactly what will be on your test.  If you have lost your vocabulary sheet, please refer to the blog entry from this Wednesday.  Study!  Please!

Juniors wore togas for five points of extra credit.  Juniors also received a vocabulary sheet and Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."  Copied below for your convenience is that sheet.  Please note the due dates at the bottom of the sheet.

Vocabulary “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

Word	Definition	POS
Steadfast (172)
Renown (172)
Cognizant (173)
Deplore (173)
Gainsaying (174)
Moratorium (174)
Foster (175)
Unfettered (175)
Realm (175)
Gadfly (ies) (175)
Futility (176)
Lamentably (176)
Ominous (176)
Concoct (177)
Harried (177)
Abyss (177)
Existential (178)
Evading (178)
Defying (178) Defiance (185)
Rabid (178)
Paternalistically (179)
Populace (180)
Elegy (181)
Complacency (181) (185) Complacent (182)
Perilously (181)
Repudiated (181)
Emulate (181)
Solace (182)
Zeitgeist (182)
Latent (182)
Antidotes (184)
Admonish (184)
Blatant (184)
Sanctimonious (184)
Pious (185)
Secular (185)
Clarion (185)
Mores (185)
Tortuous (186)
Impelled (187)
Sublime (188)

This sheet is due Monday, January 9, 2012.

The first six chapters (read and annotated) of Malcolm X are due Thursday, January 12, 2012.

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (read and annotated) is due Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

Have a great weekend!