Pantry club-

1.  Collections for Pantry Club and Bag work.

2.  Collections for Donorschoose.org

3.  Any questions or comments or concerns?

4.  Next class in the library.

5.  Please complete your essays and projects!

Practice....

Use strategies—such as interpretation, synthesis, response, critique, and design/redesign—to compose texts that integrate the writer's ideas with those from appropriate sources

Define:  I’m able to write essays that combine my ideas with those of others who are appropriate.

Explain:

Processes

Develop a writing project through multiple drafts

Define:  I know it takes lots of tries to get it write/right.

Explain:

Develop flexible strategies for reading, drafting, reviewing, collaborating, revising, rewriting, rereading, and editing

Define:  I’m able to check my own work in multiple ways.

Explain:


Learn to give and to act on productive feedback to works in progress

Define:  I’m able to help others complete their work by offering comments and suggestions.

Explain:




Knowledge of Conventions

Develop knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, through practice in composing and revising

Define:  I’m able to use the conventions of standard written English

Explain:



Understand why genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary

Define:  I know why different things have different rules and formats.

Explain:



Practice applying citation conventions systematically in their own work

Define:  I can cite correctly in MLA format.

Explain:

Continuing Final Projects-

Final Project work-

Essays for Stars-

Reminders...

Book Test and Reminders...

Book Test:

Select a chapter from your book that you believe best exemplifies one of the main themes in the book.  A theme should be more than just, "Love;" it should be something that describes some aspect of love.  Use many, many contextualized quotes from that chapter to prove that your theme exists in the book.

Essays due at the end of class.

If you finish early, draft, revise, or chat with me about ongoing projects.


New vocab below, and vocab Tests on  April 9, 16, 23.

Next Reading Book Test?

Final Project work begins on  April 7.

Prob/Sol essay due April 16.

Last day to submit work for grading April 23.

Portfolio Meetings

April 30


May 5


May  7

rescind	v.	to repeal or annul
sagacious	adj.	having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment. (n: sagacity).
sanguine	adj.	cheerful; confident: "Her sanguine attitude put everyone at ease."(Sangfroid (noun) is a related French word meaning unflappibility. Literally, it means cold blood)
sate	v.	to satisfy fully or to excess
saturnine	adj.	having a gloomy or morose temperament
savant	n.	a very knowledgable person; a genious
sedulous	adj.	diligent; persevering; persistent: "Her sedulous devotion to overcoming her background impressed many." (n: sedulity; sedulousness; adv. sedulously)
specious	adj.	seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive: "Her argument, though specious, was readily accepted by many."
superficial	adj.	only covering the surface: "A superficial treatment of the topic was all they wanted."
tacit	adj.	unspoken: "Katie and carmella had a tacit agreement that they would not mention the dented fender to their parents."
taciturn	adj.	habitually untalkative or silent (n: taciturnity)
temperate	adj.	exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild (n: temperance)
tirade (diatribe)	n.	an angry speech: "His tirade had gone on long enough."
tortuous	adj.	twisted; excessively complicated: "Despite public complaints, tax laws and forms have become increasingly tortuous." Note: Don't confuse this with torturous.
tractable	adj.	ability to be easily managed or controlled: "Her mother wished she were more tractable." (n: tractibility)
turpitude	n.	depravity; baseness: "Mr. Castor was fired for moral turpitude."
tyro	n.	beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor: "They easily took advantage of the tyro."
vacuous	adj.	empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence:: "She flashed a vacuous smile."
venerate	v.	great respect or reverence: "The Chinese traditionally venerated their ancestors; ancestor worship is merely a popular misnomer for this tradition." (n: veneration, adj: venerable)
verbose	adj.	wordy: "The instructor asked her verbose student make her paper more concise." (n: verbosity)
vex	v.	to annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length: "Franklin vexed his brother with his controversial writings."
viscous	adj.	slow moving; highly resistant to flow: "Heintz commercials imply that their catsup is more viscous than others'." (n: viscosity)
volatile	adj.	explosive; fickle (n: volatility).
voracious	adj.	craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things. She is a voracious reader.
waver	v.	to hesitate or to tremble
wretched	adj.	extremely pitiful or unfortunate (n: wretch)
zeal	n.	enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal (n: zealot; zealoutry. adj: zealous)