DUE Tuesday, November 19
-Read and annotate p.431-442
-Read “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” p.444
-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4 p.446
-Answer Questions about the Writer´s Craft #1,4 p.446
No school Wednesday, November 20
DUE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21
- Read “Who´s a Pirate? In Court, A Duel over Definitions” p.449
-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.453
-Questions about Writer´s Craft #2,3 p.454
-Read “Life As Type A” p.455
-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.459
-Answer Questions About the Writer´s Craft #1,3,4 p.459
due fridaY, NOVEMBER 22
-Vocabulary Quiz
-Read “The Cute Factor” p.461
-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4 p.466
- Read “The Handicap of Definition” p.468
-Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading p.470
-Essay #3, p.471, handwritten, double-spaced
Vocabulary LIST: Matching and Fill in the Blank
• arbiter- a judge who
decides a disputed issue
• vindicated- freed
from blame
• indolent- lazy
• florid- describing
flowery or elaborate speech
• ebullience- intense
enthusiasm
• superfluous- extra;
unnecessary
• auspicious-
favorable; promising
• clandestine-
secretive
• disingenuous- not
straightforward; crafty
• inveterate- long
established; deep-rooted; habitual
• dilettante- one with an amateurish or superficial
understanding of a field of knowledge
• equanimity- the
quality of being clam and even-tempered; composure
• pejorative-
describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
• deleterious- having
a harmful effect; injurious
• prosaic-
unimaginative; dull
DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25
-Final Draft of Essay #3, p.471, printed by the end of the day on
Monday.
-Blog Post # 16
DUE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
-Definition Essay p.472- handwritten, double-spaced
-Read and annotate p. 474-508
-Read “Free-Speech Follies” p.509
-Answer Quest. for Close Reading #1-4 p.514
-Answer Quest. About the Writer’s Craft #1-2 p.514
-Read “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” p.516
-Answer Quest. for Close Reading, #1-4
DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
-Final Draft of Definition essay p. 472- We will go to the computer lab to type this, printed by the end of the day
-Read “Farming and the Global Economy” p.520
-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4 p.523
-Answer Questions about the Writer’s Craft #4 p.524
Read “The Damned Human Race” p.525
-Answer Questions for Close Reading ALL, p.530
-Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft, #2,4
DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 –
-Read “Driving to the Funeral” p.532
-Answer Questions for Close Reading, #1-4 p.534
-Answer Questions about the Writer’s Craft, #1,4 p.534
-Read “How the Schools Shortchange Boys” p.536
-Answer Questions for Close Reading, #1-4 p.540-541
-Read “A War Against Boys?” p.543
-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.549
-Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft, #1-2, p.549
-Blog Post #17
