Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Happy New Year!

English 2B Expectations: Copy the following on a sheet of paper:

1. I must arrive on time and be in my seat ready to learn at the ring of the bell. If I have an assignment to turn in, I need to have it ready on my desk, not in my backpack. If I am tardy, I need to obtain my tardy slip before coming to class.

2. While in class, I need to be respectful and on task at ALL TIMES. Petty talk during class is unacceptable.

3. I have a right to my opinion, but I am expected to keep it to myself unless I am asked by my teacher to share it.

4. When I respond to questions in writing, I must NOT begin with a pronoun (He, she, it, they, you) , "that," "to," "because," or any other subordinate conjunction. I will use complete sentences which restate the question.

5. I am expected to avoid being loud or disorderly when entering the classroom.

6. I will be careful with the following homonyms:

their- belonging to them
there- in that place
they're- they are

your - belonging to you
you're - you are

its - belonging to it
it's - it istoo - also, very (degree)

7. I will be avoid using the following words in my formal writing: things, stuff, alot of, freaked out, sucks, sucked.

Composition: "My Resolutions for 2011" Write a one page composition about this topic with three detailed (10th grade level paragraphs) elaborating on

1) your goal(s),
2) Why these are important, and
3) Your specific plan for accomplishing these goals.


Vocabulary for this week: Words "From Night"

1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture

Study parts of speech of these words and their definitions for quiz on Friday, 1/7