Emerson & Prose vocabulary words

This is the final list of words! Define them and begin studying. Remember - you cannot learn vocabulary by cramming, so start using these words today. I want to hear them being used in class and the hallways.

Indelible (90) Affinity (90) Percolate (90) Pieties (92) Moribund (90)
Sophomoric (92) Rumination (92) Fervor (90) /Fervent (99) Paradigm (92) Parse (92)

Felicitously (92) Perennially (92) Affably (92) Fealty (96) Soporific (93)
Canonical (95) Cede (96) Ambiguity (97/8) Banal (97) Reductive (97)
Cantankerous (97) Plausible (98) Transmuting (99) Empathy (99) Delineated (99)
Thwarting (102) Whimsies (102) Anarchy (102) Imperturbable (102) Trifling (102)
Procured (103) Iconoclast (103) Incur (104) Indolence (104) Ardent (105)
Taciturnity (107) Correlative (105) Rogue (106) Martinet (106) Automaton (106)



STUDY!! Have a safe and happy long weekend.

10/28

Warm-up: Write this assignment in your notebooks.
Finish your Angelou “Graduation” rhetoric and style and multiple choice questions on loose-leaf paper. Every member of your group must turn in a separate paper.
As a group, write 5 SAT style questions using the vocabulary words selected as the final list. One copy per group is enough, but have all names on the paper.

Classwork: complete your "Graduation" questions, write 5 SAT style vocab questions, define and study the words on the vocabulary list

Homework: GET YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOK - bring it to school on Tuesday. Study your vocabulary words - finish defining them if you do not have them in your handwritten glossary

10/27

warm-up: Write an original sentence using one of the vocabulary words you defined. Model it as a SAT style fill in the blank, multiple choice question.


Classwork: "Graduation" Rhetoric and Style questions 1-7, Multiple choice questions 1-9


Homework: get your independent books, keep studying the vocabulary from Prose and Emerson



This is a link to "Graduation." Thanks to the student who posted this in comments!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7855241/Excerpt-From-Chapter-23

10/26

Warm-up: The cursed words on the bathroom wall were ______; no amount of scrubbing by the custodians could wash them away.

A.) tangent C.) incubate
B.) arbitrary D.) indelible

Classwork: Read Angelou's "Graduation" on pg 9-21 of 50 Essays. In your notebook write examples of language that match Prose's description of her language - "murky, turgid, convoluted prose," "stale, inaccurate similies," etc. Also, identify examples of clear, wonderful language.

Homework: study your vocabulary lists, get your independent reading selections

10/25

Warm-up: Review LOC pg 91-92. Write down at least 8 specific words, phrases or comments that Prose makes about Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.


Classwork: Finish discussing Emerson's rhetoric and style questions, begin reading Angelou's "Graduation"

Homework: choose 20 challenging vocab words from Emerson/Prose. Define the word and include the LOC pg #.

get independent reading book by 11/1

10/24

Warm-up: Write a full page response to Suggestion for Writing #1, 3, or 4 on LOC pg 109


Classwork: Finish ideal education presentations, discuss warm-up and rhetoric and style questions from Emerson

Homework: Due Wed - choose 20 challenging vocab words from Prose and/or Emerson. Define the word and include the LOC pg #.

Get your independent reading book by 11/1 - Next Tuesday!

10/21

Warm-up: Write 3 questions that you have about the college search and application process.

Classwork: Media center for college searchBird by Bird -- Anne Lamott


Homework: work on college search

choose and obtain one of the following books by 11/1
Nickel and Dimed -- Barbara Ehrenreich
The Other Wes Moore -- Wes Moore
Into the Wild -- Jon Krakauer
Being a Black Man: At the Corner of Progress and Peril -- Washington Post Staff Writers
application presentation

10/20

Warm-up: Respond to #2 suggestion for writing on pg 109


Classwork: use your guiding principle from warm-up to create a model of your ideal educational system; presentations of ideal system

Homework: Attend the college fair and continue working on your college search


By 11/1 - select and obtain one of the following texts
Bird by Bird -- Anne Lamott
Nickel and Dimed -- Barbara Ehrenreich
The Other Wes Moore -- Wes Moore
Into the Wild -- Jon Krakauer
Being a Black Man: At the Corner of Progress and Peril -- Washington Post Staff Writers

10/19

Warm-up: Choose 3 statements from Emerson and explain why you agree or disagree with each.

(you can use the statements from questions 1&3 at the bottom of pg 109 if you need some ideas)



Classwork: Discuss Emerson and complete discussion questions 1-7 on pg 108

Homework: Complete rhetoric and style questions 1-12 on LOC 108-9

10/18

Warm-up: What rhetorical strategy do you think that Prose relies on the most in creating her argument. List 2 examples of where or how she used that strategy.

Classwork: whole class write of one paragraph of analysis on Prose. Start reading and discussing Emerson.

Homework: Read Emerson's "From Education" on pg 102-108 of LOC - for each of the 15 paragraphs, write a paraphrase

10/17

Warm-up: If you could suggest any book that is a MUST read for high school English classes, what would it be and why? If you could remove one book from every high school reading list, what would it be and why?

Classwork: Discuss Prose rhetoric and style questions; write one paragraph of an analytical essay with this prompt: "Explain how Prose uses rhetorical strategies to reveal her opinion of high school English classes. Remember to connect strategy to purpose and/or effect."

Homework: Due Wednesday - Read Emerson's "From Education" on LOC pg 102-108. For each of the 15 paragraphs, write a paraphrase.

10/14

Warm-up: In Prose’s essay, find 2 or 3 specific statements or points you agree with and 2 or 3 you disagree with. Note the paragraph number and sentence number of each. For the 3 you disagree with, briefly explain why.


Classwork: Prose quiz, discussion of Prose, start the rhetoric and style questions

Homework: Finish Rhetoric and Style questions #1-10 on pg 100 of LOC

****Bring LOC to class every day***

10/13

Warm-up: Read LOC pg 87-88. Select 3 questions posed in the text, and write a response to those 3 questions.


Classwork: Discuss Education intro (pg 87-88). Start reading "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read" (pg 89-99)

Homework: Finish reading "I Know Why...." and complete discussion questions 1-5 on pg 99-100.

Continue bringing book every day.

10/12

PSAT DAY!!!!!!!!! I hope you all tried really hard, and I can't wait to get the results so that you can start using that information to target your studying for the SAT.

For tomorrow: Bring your LOC book.

Remember to keep working on your college search.

10/11

Warm-up: Read pages 1 & 2 of your practice booklet. Then make a list of at least 3 tips that would be helpful for taking the PSAT (or other standardized tests).


Classwork: Discussed Section 5 and 13-24 of Section 1 of PSAT booklet

Homework: Finish preparing for the PSAT! Bring your calculator, sleep well, eat breakfast, and drink lots of water.


***** Starting Thursday, bring your LOC book every day! *****

Purdue Speaker

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My college roommate's mother graduated from Purdue, and she LOVED it. She went on to study food science in grad school, and until this summer, she was the vice president of flavors for an international foods company that developed the flavors for everything from Gatorade to Godiva chocolates to Bubblicious to Burger King french fries. The world is full of awesome opportunities! Keep exploring what is available.

10/10

Warm-up: Answer the following
1. How do you feel about the final draft of your paper?
2. What was the hardest part of the writing process?
3. If you could design a workshop station to help you improve your paper, what would it be?


Classwork: turned in essays and reflected on the writing process, presentation for Purdue college student, worked on questions 13-39 of Section 5 of the PSAT booklet


Homework: Bring your PSAT booklet and notebooks to class tomorrow. If you didn't get a chance to finish (or start in 2nd period) Section 5, take a look at it tonight. If you already finished it, work on a math section. I am going to give you answer sheets tomorrow.

10/7

Warm-up: For questions 11-12 on pg 25 of your PSAT booklet, choose the correct answer, explain why the underlined part is incorrect (if it is), and why the answer is a better version.


Classwork: Create editing checklist, complete commonly confused word and sentence structure workshops, peer and self edit papers

Homework: FINAL, TYPED ESSAY DUE MONDAY!!!!! All workshop documents due Monday in neat packet - notebooks due Tuesday so I can check your rough drafts.

10/6

Warm-up: For questions 6-10 on pg 25 of your PSAT booklet, choose the correct answer, then choose 2 questions to explain why the underlined part is incorrect (if it is), and why the answer is a better version.


Classwork: Sample paper and Conclusion stations - available on blog if you didn't finish - directions are separate from station handout


Homework: Complete sample paper and conclusion stations. Continue revising your essay to make it your best effort.

10/5

Warm-up: Answer the following
What are your concerns about your work on this essay so far? What do you still need to do?
What do you feel confident about? What have you done well?
How finished is this essay, or how rough is it? Explain.
If you had 2 minutes to discuss your essay with your teacher, what questions would you ask? What would you want to look at most?


Classwork: Workshops on visual analysis essays - for today you must have completed the introduction workshop and the SEXI workshop. documents and directions for these stations are available under the classroom documents tab to the right. Workshops change every day, so stay caught up and try to be present every day.

If your group didn't have a conference today, you will by the end of the week.

Homework: Finish the introduction and SEXI workshops - hold onto your loose-leaf reflections until next Monday. Keep editing and working on your essays every night so that it represents your best effort every day in class.

10/4

Warm-up: Turn to p. 24 of the PSAT booklet, and read all of the directions in the box. In journals, EXPLAIN what was wrong with the original sentence and why B is the correct version. (We can discuss the answers). Then, do the same for #1-5 on p. 24, choosing the correct answer, explaining why the underlined part was incorrect (if it was), and why the answer is a better version.


Classwork: write photograph rough draft essays, choose which visual analysis essay will be revised for an assessment grade

Homework: review your chosen essay and bring all materials related to that essay to class

10/3

Warm-up: Please take out your newspaper photos. In journals, LIST some abstract nouns (ideas, emotions, issues, etc.) that describe the subject of each photo. Consider: What is this photo really ABOUT? Examples of abstract nouns -- violence, joy, education, peace, friendship, patriotism, struggle, poverty, etc.


Classwork: Choose a news photo and answer the 13 questions that were distributed

Homework: Finish the photo questions, study for PSAT/work on college search