Friday, September 30, 2011

Friday World Lit

Literature:  Read Chapter 1-3 of All Quiet on the Western Front.


 No Vocabulary quiz on Friday.


History:   Test on Chapters 13 and 14 of Spielvogel.
                Study both study sheets carefully!


Thursday, September 29, 2011

M/TH Western Civ and Lit

No vocabulary quiz for Thursday.
Please finish any vocabulary work at home this weekend.

Literature: Read Book 1 and 2 of Paradise Lost.
                  Read the Biblical account of the fall of Satan. Ez. 28 11-19.


History:  Begin Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.
                Read pages 443-459.
               If you have not taken your test, please either do so over the weekend or come at 9 on Monday.
               I am trying not to spend any more class time on those chapters.


Have a good weekend.      


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Rachel

Rachel,
Please finish the study sheet for Chapter 13 of Spielvogel.

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ LIt

Vocabulary:


1. abate: to make less active
2. abdicate: to give up
3. amicable: characterized by friendship
4. arid: lacking sufficient water
5. brazen: unrestrained by convention
6. brusque: rudeness
7. colloborate: work together on a common project
8. convergence: two or more things coming together
9. digression: message that departs from main subject
10. disdain: dislike, disrespect

Lit: Read First and Second Book of Paradise Lost.

Wednesday World Lit 9:15


Vocabulary:
1. edict: that which is proclaimed by authority
2. educe: to draw out
3. effuse: to pour forth
4. egosim: theory placing man's goodness in completeness of self
5. elegy:lyric poem lamenting the dead
6. emaciate: to waste away in flesh
7. enmity: hatred
8. ensnare: to entrap
9. entrails: internal parts of an animal
10. eulogy: spoken or written lauds of a person's life or character

Literature: Read Chapters 1- 3 of All Quiet on the Western Front.


Have a good weekend!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

History:  
Prepare for a test on Chapters 13 and 14 of Spielvogel. Use your study sheet to prepare.
                I will dismiss at 9:30, but you may stay late if you need more time.


Literature: Memory work quiz on the "Tomorrow" speech from Macbeth.
                    Correct final Macbeth essay.                  

Vocabulary: Quiz on last list of Macbeth words.

Please make sure that you have a copy of Paradise Lost by John MIlton.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Friday World LIt.

Vocabulary:
1. evanescent: not lasting long
2. florid: ornate
3. intrepid: fearless
4. sagacity: wisdom
5. pragmatic: practical
6. spurious: false, untrue
7. vernerable: respectable because of age
8. wary: careful, watchful
9. vindicate: to free from blame
10. reclusive: withdrawn.

Literature:  Finish reading Sergeant York

Memory Work: Be ready to write In Flanders Fields


History: Complete the reading of Chapter 14
               Answer the questions on the Study Sheet for Chapter 13.