Hump Day and Curriculum Night!

Hello Students - Please note the following:

AP students wrote more complex sentences because they have a TEST on vocabulary and syntax (complex sentences on FRIDAY.  Below I will copy the warm-ups for the past two days as I neglected to post the warm-up from yesterday.

You also discussed Leonard Pitts's article about the hacked celebrity photos and resubmitted your annotations for a grade.

Tomorrow Elizabeth Cady Stanton should be read and annotated (the written piece , not the woman).
Friday please have read and annotated "No Name Woman."  You will also have a test on vocabulary and complex sentences.

Monday your second vocabulary sheet for The Handmaid's Tale is due, which will also be copied below.

Now the copies: 

9-16-14 - Warm-up on the eve of the vocabulary quiz

On a half sheet of paper, please write the following:

1.       A complex sentence beginning with a dependent clause with the word “archaic”;

2.       A complex sentence beginning with an independent clause with the word “decorum”;

3.       A complex sentence beginning with a dependent clause with the word “demure”; and

4.       A complex sentence beginning with an independent clause with the word “blatant.”

Please confirm the following:

Do you have a subject and a verb in each clause?

Have you provided context for your vocabulary word?

On your sentences beginning with a dependent clause, did you punctuate that clause with a comma?

9-17-14 - Warm-up on the eve of the eve of the vocabulary quiz

On a half sheet of paper, please write the following:

1.       A complex sentence beginning with a dependent clause with the word “diminutive”;

2.       A complex sentence beginning with an independent clause with the word “sedate”;

3.       A complex sentence beginning with a dependent clause with the word “insatiable”; and

4.       A complex sentence beginning with an independent clause with the word “forlorn.”

Please confirm the following:

Do you have a subject and a verb in each clause?

Have you provided context for your vocabulary word?

On your sentences beginning with a dependent clause, did you punctuate that clause with a comma?

List #2 from The Handmaid’s Tale – Awesome Homework Assignment TBA!

Word	Definition	POS
Piously (30)
Atrocities (33)
Anachronism (32)
Disconsolate (38)
Sulking (38)
Ecstatic (38)
Ingratiate (47)
Parley (49)
Hastily (51)
Taboo (52)
Irreverent (52)
Lugubrious (54)
Unfathomable (55)
Stagnant (55)
Solemn (39)
Bereaved (44)
Sanctity (45)
Tremulous (46)
Nostalgic (47)
Jaunty (53)

BTW, the first student in each class to write something nice about my dog, Cammie, in a complex sentence, and post it on my door will receive five points on Friday's test. 

Seventh Period continued writing complex sentences with vocabulary words and read to page 64 of Rats Saw God.  Remember that your homework is due FRIDAY!

See you all tomorrow!