Bell Ringer

Copy the following vocabulary words and definitions into your composition books. 1. abstruse (ab STRUSE) Definition: difficult to

understand, recondite, concealed 2. archaic (are KAY ik) Definition: antiquated, old,

out of use 3. assuage (uh SWAYJ) Definition: to ease, to

mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm 4. contentious (kun TEN shus) Definition:

quarrelsome, stirring controversy 5. depravity (deh PRAV eh tee) Definition: moral

corruption, a wicked or perverse act

SAT Vocabulary

We will have a vocabulary quiz (formative) every Friday.

After 4 weeks, we will have completed one list of 20 words. On the 5th week, we will have a vocabulary test (summative), covering the entire list.

However, if your quizzes average to a 90 or above, you will not have to take the test. I will take your averaged grade instead.

If you need the vocabulary lists, they are located on my webpage – macflournoy.weebly.com

Cornell Notes

If you failed or did not do as well as you would have liked, it is probably for one of the following reasons: You did not ask enough questions.

There should have been 6 total. You did not ask the correct number of each level – you

may have asked too many of one level and not enough of another. You should have had 1 Level 1, 3 Level 2, and 2 Level 3

questions. Remember Level 1 and 2 questions should be able to be

answered by your notes. You did not ask the questions about the notes.

Ellis Island

The Godfather II clip – watch for images of the American Dream

Bell Ringer

In your composition books, write five sentences, using each of your vocabulary words. If you can, try to write a paragraph that makes sense

as a whole, rather than writing 5 separate sentences.

Biographical Sketch

Complete a brief biography of yourself . In your composition books, write the following information (in paragraph form) regarding you and your family (past and present). Place of birth for you, your parents, and/or

grandparents Places lived – you, your parents, and/or grandparents School attended – you, your parents, grandparents Significant adults of people in your life Dreams of your parents and dreams for yourself Challenges of your parents and challenges for

yourself

Literary Terms

Imagery A mental picture or sensation created by vivid

languageDenotation

Dictionary definition of a wordConnotation

Idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing

Juxtaposition the placement of two things (usually abstract

concepts, though it can refer to physical objects) near each other

Europe and America

1. Highlight images that contrast the two generations presented in the poem.

2. Complete the graphic organizer, #7 for denotation and connotation within the poem.

3. Complete #9-10.