FROM LYDOA

ENGLISH

E- esoteric
N- not nefarious
G- gregarious
L- laudible
I- ingratiating
S- not squandered
H- heretic?

haha i love english you know

ENGLISH = DANK

yes, Lydia, you've discovered the joys of posting on the class blog, you are truly a super star! you forgot to post your contact info in case anyone wanted to call you over vacation, perhaps to make some more snow angels?

In response to your questions:

NO, your class is not responsible for a memoir this week, although it would be wonderful to get a few. We do need a writing piece by the time you get back from vacation if you can swing it.

As for the vocab words, posting them online is incentive for students to actually use the class blog. It's still fun to learn them in class because Ms. Wallace gesticulates like crazy and it's entertaining. Haha. Enjoy the extra credit words.

School= Schwag

haha i think i can post blogs on the English homework account.

o this is way to satisfying.

well everyone i hope you all have a fabulous vacation...i know i will...ill be on the island...all vacation so hit me up and we will party.
call mee at home my cell phone went through the wash

alright now for some actual english related things

questions from me cause i have nothing else to do and lunch is in like 5 minutes:

do we have to write a memior for this week?
and why woulld you want ott copy down the vocab words if its just going to leave you to do nothing in the actual anglish calss?

hate lap toip keyboards

Week of 21 FEBRUARY!

Yay! Only four days of school before vacation. Which means you only have our class twice! How exciting!

Periods H and F- You each have ONE, not two, dialogue journal entry due this week. Vocabulary sentences are due on Thursday and the quiz is on Thursday as well.

Periods A and B- If all goes as planned, we will be working on memoirs this week. Your vocabulary sentences are due on Friday and yes, your quiz is on Friday as well.

D Period- We will continue working on methods of characterization on Wednesday and Friday. We will spend part of class going to the library and typing up our dominant impressions from the character maps we made in class.

Remember, drafts are always welcomed as are extra dialogue journal entries. You could even write two for this week, hold on to one, and then only have to worry about one next time.

VOCABULARY 14

And now that you've thoroughly enjoyed my cartoon (HA HA HA!), here are the words:

RECLUSE-n- a person who lives alone and away from others

FARRAGO -n- a careless or confused mixture, a hodge-podge

VERNACULAR -n- standard, everyday language; common, idiomatic

UNGUENT -n- ointment; salve for wounds

SUCCINT -adj- concise, clearly said in a few words

TACITURN-adj- habitually untalkative, uncommunicative

TOUT-v- to promote or praise energetically

UNIMPEACHABLE-adj- beyond doubt, beyond reproach

VIABLE-adj- able to live or exist

WANTON-adj- immoral; deliberately cruel and malicious



additional 5 for honors classes:

PRATTLE -v- babble, chatter

METTLE -n- courage, spirit

GREGARIOUS -adj- sociable

ENMITY -n- ill-will, hatred

VEXATIOUS -adj- full of annoyance or distress; harassed, intended to vex or annoy


AND NOW...........THE EXTRA CREDIT WORDS!!!!

VERMICULATE-V- TO DECORATE WITH WAVY OR WINDING LINES or ADJ- WORM-LIKE, TWISTING, INFECTED WITH WORMS (EWWW!)

MISPRIZE-V- TO DESPISE; TO UNDERVALUE

HEMIALGIA-N- PAIN AFFECTING ONE HALF OF THE BODY

HELMINTHOLOGY-N- THE STUDY OF WORMS (EWWW AGAIN!)

COLLEGE 2 VOCABULARY 5

HERETIC-N- someone who goes against a church
LAUDABLE-ADJ- praiseworthy
PROPENSITY-N- tendency, inclination
INDEFATIGABLE-ADJ- tireless
IMPARTIAL-ADJ- fair
PRAGMATIC-ADJ- practical
PERUSE-V- to study, to look over carefully
OVERT-ADJ- obvious
MITIGATE-V- to relieve, to make less intenst
IRRELEVANT-ADJ- not realted, not important

VOCABULARY 13

I'm posting the sentences too because there wasn't enough time in class! Remember, B period, your quiz is WEDNESDAY, not FRIDAY.........BOOK CHAT ON FRIDAY INSTEAD>>>>>>>BRING SNACKS!



BELLICOSE-adj- war-like, quarrelsome
The bellicose 6th graders kept on hitting eachother and calling eachother names during recess.
ABJURE-v- to renounce; to avoid or shun
It might be a good idea to adjure your peers when they make bad decisions
INGRATIATE-v- to get on someone's good side, to make oneself acceptable
If you want to get a good grade, you may want to ingratiate your teacher by bringing her a valentine.
JUDICIOUS-adj- wise, careful, showing good judgement
The judicious student always looked before crossing the street, didn't drive after midnight, and never did drugs.
LEVITY-n- lightness, lack of seriousness
The professor shouwed such levity with his lecture that the students were unable to take it seriously.
CORROSIVE-adj- acidlike, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic
To corrosive liquid destroyed the marble countertop.
PARIAH-n- an outcast
Social pariahs, although they are often quiet and keep to themselves, can often be some of the smartest students.
STENTORIAN-adj- extremely loud
Every class has a stentorian student, you know, the one who doesn't shut up and will stop at nothing to be heard.
OBVIATE-v- to anticipate and prevent
Vaccinations can obviate the dangers of childhood diseases.
RETROGRESS-v- to move backward, to return to an earlier condition
Students who don't study or do their homework often retrogress instead of making progress

additional words for honors.........

BROWBEAT-v- to bully, to intimidate
If you want to browbeat on of your friends, you could say mean things, treat them poorly, or even spit on them
BRAZEN-adj- insolent, rude
The brazen secretary repeatedly rebuffed all questions the patients had and eventually ignored them altogether.
JUBILATION-n- rejoicing, celebration
The end of year jubilation included silly string, cleaning out of lockers, and LOTS of candy.
REPREHENSIBLE-adj- deserving blame
The student who burned all copies of The Catcher in the Rye was reprehensible and was punished appropriately.
WAGGISH-adj- mischievous
The waggish student was always sllipping in and out of class with a sly grin on his face.

Week of 13 February

ANYONE WHO HAS NOT GIVEN US A WRITING PIECE YET, PLEASE DO SO OR YOU WILL BE FAILIING WHEN PROGRESS REPORTS COME OUT. WE NEED IT BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR ELSE!


This is a pretty busy week for everyone except for A period~

A PERIOD~ Just your regular vocab assignment, sentences for Wednesday, quiz on Friday. We will be starting memoirs on Friday so get excited!!!

B PERIOD~ Your vocabulary quiz is on Wednesday, NOT FRIDAY! Make sure to have studied and have your sentences ready for this Wed, 15 February. Your BOOK CHATS are due on FRIDAY, if you've lost the handout, reference the earlier post titled 'Book Chat Guidelines.'

D PERIOD~ We are working on methods of characterization this week. We will be spending some time in the library typing up paragraphs on Dominant Impressions. Your vocab quiz on list 6 will be next week, on the Friday before vacation.

F PERIOD~ Dialogue journals are due this Thursday, you need to have two new entries. Vocab quiz on Thursday as well so have your sentences ready.

H PERIOD~ No vocab quiz this week, but you are responsible for the words because they WILL be on the final exam when June comes along. Your book chats should be prepared and ready to go for Thursday's class. BRING FOOOOOOOOD!

Notes on Leads

ORGANIZATION:

LEADS:

1. Sets Tone
2. Determines content and direction
3. Establishes voice and verb tense
4. (hopefully) engages the reader
5. to the writer- a good lead makes the rest of the piece easier to write and makes you want to write more.

NARRATIVE LEADS

TYPICAL (and BORING!):

It was a day at the end of June. My mom, dad, brother, and I were at our camp on Rangeley Lake. We arrived the night before at 10:00, so it was dark when we got there and unpacked. We went straight to bed. The next morning, when I was eating breakfast, my dad started yelling for me from down at the dock at the top of his lungs. He said there was a car in the lake.

ALTERNATIVE 1: ACTION

I gulped my milk, pushed away from the table, and bolted out of the kitchen, slamming the broken screen door behind me. I ran down to our dock as fast as my legs could carry me. My feet pounded on the old wood, hurrying me toward my dad’s voice. “Scott!” he bellowed again.
“Coming, Dad!” I gasped. I couldn’t see him yet -- just the sails of the boats that had already put out into the lake for the day.

ALTERNATIVE 2: DIALOGUE

“Scott! Get down here on the double!” Dad bellowed. His voice sounded far away.
“Dad?” I hollered. “Where are you?” I squinted through the screen door but couldn’t see him.
“I’m down on the dock. MOVE IT! You’re not going to believe this,” he replied.

ALTERNATIVE 3: THOUGHT!

I couldn’t imagine why my father was hollering for me at 7:00 in the morning. I thought fast about what I might have done to get him so riled. Had he found out about the way I talked to my mother the night before when we got to camp and she asked me to help unpack the car? Did he discover the fishing reel I broke last week? Before I could consider a third possibility, Dad’s voice shattered my thoughts.
“Scott! Move it! You’re not going to believe this!”

ADD-ON FROM 9 FEBRUARY CLASS:

ALTERNATIVE 4: DESCRIPTION

starts with a description of a setting or person. this has the potential to be a good lead if done correctly.

NEWSPAPER LEADS:
who, what, when, where, why, how.


When beginning a story, experiment with different leads. A great lead will GALVANIZE (vocab. word) you and make your writing easier. Choose the lead that YOU like best; your readers will like it, too . . . hopefully.

VOCABULARY 12

CIRCUMSPECT-ADJ- careful, cautious
HISTRIONIC-ADJ- over-acting, melodramatic, theatrical
DEBILITATE-V- to weaken, to sap the strength of
GESTICULATE-V- to make gestures, especially when speaking
DISMANTLE-V- to take apart
BUCOLIC-ADJ- pastoral, rural, rustic
ENERVATE-V- to weaken or destroy the strength of
EVANESCENT-ADJ- fleeting, gradually disappearing
DIDACTIC-ADJ- instructive, meant to teach
GARNER-V- to collect

and all you honors students can add on the following:

SQUANDER-V- to waster, to use extravagantly
PANDEMIC-ADJ- epidemic over a large region
GRUELING-ADJ- exhausting, difficult
BELLIGERENT-ADJ- war-like, ready to fight
LURID-ADJ- shocking and sensational; glowing through flames

x-tra credit: this differs from class to class depending on which words we assigned

PYE-DOG (MAY ALSO BE SPELLED PI-DOG)
PURULENCE
LIGER
DOGGO
BELLESLETTRES

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO POST THE DEFINITIONS OF EXTRA CREDIT WORDS MAY DO SO.