Homework and Vocabulary October 21-25

DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

- Read “Beauty and the Beast” p.368

-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4 p.370

-Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft #2-4 p.370

-Final copy of Essay #4 p.367, Typed and printed with rough draft by the end of the school day

DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

-Read “The Prisoner’s Dilemma” p. 372

-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.376-377

-Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft #4, p.377

-Study for Vocabulary Quiz Friday

DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

-  Rough draft of Comparison-Contrast Essay, p.379, handwritten, double-spaced

-Study for the vocabulary quiz

DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 28

-Final draft of comparison-contrast essay due Monday, typed & printed by the end of the school day.

-Blog Post #13

Vocabulary List- Matching and Fill in the Blank

•             exculpate- to free from guilt or blame

•             despotic- exercising absolute power; tyrannical

•             imperious- arrogantly domineering or overbearing

•             insipid- uninteresting; unchallenging

•             torpor- laziness; inactivity; dullness

•             ostentatious- describing a showing or pretentious display

•             spurious- not genuine

•             coup- a brilliantly executed plan

•             capricious- impulsive or unpredictable

•             tenuous- having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak

•             obdurate- stubborn; inflexible

•             dogmatic- stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs 

•             facetious- playfully humorous

•             aesthetic- having to do with the appreciation of beauty

•             eclectic- made up of a variety of sources or styles