Monday, February 14, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011.

1. Per. 1 only: 9066-911 film clip

1. Read "Long Walk to Forever"
Respond to question on a sheet of paper using ACE. This is your rough draft. Copy it to final sheet.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 2011.

1. Read Farewell...Ch. 20-21. (Did not finish Ch. 21)

Per. 1: Passed out comprehension questions for Ch. 18-22.

REMINDER: Vocabulary quiz on the words with the 4: QUIZ TOMORROW 2/10

1. assent v. to agree
2. capitulate v. to give up
3. desolation n. a state of barrenness; abandonment
4. foment v. to cause to grow; incite
5. guileless adj. free of deceit or cunning; innocent
6. inaudible adj. not abe to be heard
7. intangible: adj. incapable of being perceived by the senses; cannot be felt, touched, etc.
8. interim: n. period of time between events
9. overt: adj. obvious; easy to observe
10. posthumous: adj. occurring after death
11. premonition: n. an inner sense of foreboding; a knowing that something bad will happen
12. rapt: adj. deeply absorbed; deeply interested in something where nothing else matters around you.
13. rescind: V. to reverse or cancel
14. subside: V. to sink to a normal level; to calm/go down Ex. rain that subsides lets up.
15. subterranean: adj. underground

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tuesday, February 8, 2011.

1. Pass out Farewell Focus questions for Ch. 18-22. Ask for handout if absent.

2. Read Ch. 18-19. Completed/discussed questions as we read.

3. Don't forget to study words for Farewell...Vocabulary Quiz 4: Words with a 4.
Rescheduled Quiz: Thursday, 2/10.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Monday, February 7, 2011.

1. Parts of speech review on the board. Label the following sentence with the corresponding parts of speech:

Wow! The talented girl skated skillfully across the ice in the stadium, but she fell terribly hard and lost first place in the competition because she made this mistake.

2. Parts of Speech test.

3. Read Farewell...Ch. 16 Per. 1: Completed Farewell... Ch. 15 only. Answer question handout for Ch. 12-17.

NOTE: Vocabulary quiz 4 for Farewell Glossary words will be next Thursday.
Thursday, February 3, 2011. (Cold weather day)
Read Farewell to Manzanar, Ch. 15 and 16 except Per. 1.
Friday, February 4, 2011: No school: Bad weather day.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wednesday, February 2, 2011.

1. Farewell...Read Ch. 12-13. Take notes.

2. Quiz on these chapters (12-13). Use notes.

3. Read Farewell...Chapter 14 in class.

4. Per. 4: Review MOYA test (grade). Needs to read Ch. 14.
REMINDER: Study the Farewell...Glossary Words with a 4. Quiz Friday, 2/4

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Per. 1: The Bracelet benchmark + read Ch. 12-13 in F.Manzanar

Per. 2: "

Per. 4: Read Ch. 12-13 + notes and summary + quiz