World Literature 102AMs. Fitz
Week of September 19-23, 2011
MONDAY
• 1. Go over weekly schedule• 2. Take Alchemist Quiz –to page 113• 3. Discuss quote, “Each man kills the thing he
loves.”—Oscar Wilde—(time permitting)• 4. Continue reading The Alchemist –test on
Monday, September 27• 5. Vocabulary Unit 3—LEVEL E on Friday,
September 24
WEEKLY SYLLABUS
• Monday- Reading Quiz to page 113• Tuesday—Discussion and Vocabulary Unit 3• Wednesday—Group Project• Thursday—Group Project—Review• Friday—Test Review, Vocabulary Quiz 3
.• 1. What is the Elixir of Life?• 2. What is the Philosopher’s Stone?• 3. Who is the Englishman in search of on his journey?• 4. What did the boy learn from the Englishman? 1-2 paragraphs• 5. Who did the boy see (92, 92) and what language (as a result of
seeing this person) did he immediately understand?• 6. What is the person’s name that he met?• 7. Why is she (the girl) so accepting of Santiago’s return to the desert?• 8. Explain the vision of hawks. Describe the scene. Then, explain the
message of the vision. 1-2 paragraphs• 9. What happens between the boy and the horseman?• 10. What quality is most essential in understanding the language of the
world? 1 paragraph• 11. What do you believe is the quality that is most essential in
understanding the Language of the World and why? 1 paragraph• 12. **In one paragraph, discuss the changes that the boy has made
throughout his journey. How has he matured? What insights has he received?
ADVERSARY
• (n) –an enemy, opponent• SYNONYMS: antagonist, rival, foe• ANTONYMS: friend, ally, supporter, confederate
ALIENATE
• (v) to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
• SYNONYMS: separate, drive apart, estrange• ANTONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile
ARTIFICE
• (n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
• SYNONYMS: ruse, stratagem, contrivance
COERCE
• (v) to compel, force• SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain• ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole
CRAVEN
• (adj) cowardly (n) a coward• SYNONYMS: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous• ANTONYMS: brave, courageous
CULINARY
• (adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
DELETE
• (v) to erase, wipe out, cut out• SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge• ANTONYMS: insert, add, retain, include
DEMISE
• (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position• SYNONYMS: decease, pass away• ANTONYMS: birth, beginning, commencement
EXHILIRATE• (v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to• SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite, gladden• ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit
FALLOW
• (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow (n) land left unseeded (v) to plow but not seed
• SYNONYMS: unproductive, inert, dormant• ANTONYMS: productive, fertile, prolific
HARASS
• (v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
• SYNONYMS: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer
INCELEMENT
• (adj) stormy, harsh; sever in attitude or action
MUSE(v) To think about in a dreamy way; to ponderSYNONYMS: to meditate, contemplate, daydream
NEGLIGIBLE
• (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded• SYNONYMS: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant• ANTONYMS: significant, crucial, momentous
PRECEDENT
• (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
• SYNONYMS: guide, tradition, model
PERPETUATE
• (v) to make permanent or long lasting• SYNONYMS: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely• ANTONYMS: discontinue, abolish, abandon
PUNITIVE
• (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment• SYNOONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory
REDRESS
• (v) to set right, remedy (n) relief from wrong or injury• SYNONYMS: (v) to rectify, correct, mitigate
SOJOURN
• (n) a temporary stay (v) to stay for a time• SYNONYMS: visit, stopover, brief stay
URBANE
• (adj) refined in manner or style, suave