Flashcards due Monday

Abhorrent Characterized as being disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
Ex: The smell of the abandoned dump was abhorrent.

Pantomime The art of conveying emotions, actions, and feelings by gestures without speech.
Ex: During a game of charades, the players are forced to use pantomime.

Parsimonious Characterized as being frugal or stingy.
Ex: In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is seen as being a parsimonious miser.

Remuneration The act of rewarding or paying.
Ex: He received little remuneration for his services.

Reticent Having a reserved disposition or not speaking freely.
Ex: The reticent teacher refused to share her political views in class.

Amicable Done in a friendly spirit.
Ex: The strains of war ruined the amicable relationship between two nations.

Apostasy A total departure from one's faith or religion.
Ex: The rebellious young apostasy refused to attend church on Sundays.

Augur To make a prediction.
Ex: The fortune teller augured the future of the young man.

Avocation A person’s regular occupation.
Ex: When I grow up, I want my avocation to be in the field of accounting.

Bedlam A scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
Ex: The rave was a bedlam of rebellious teenagers.

Vocabulary Review Test Tomorrow!

No Homework :)

There is no homework this weekend. We will work on our essays for Act Two of The Crucible in class on Monday.

Homework for Wednesday 10/21

Complete the Reading Check worksheet for Act Two

Monday, 10/19

Flashcards due tomorrow:
saturate
satiate
deciduous
expiate
facetious
foible

Test Wednesday

Period 7

Homework:

Flashcards for satiate and saturate due Monday.

Wednesday 10/14

Act Two Study Guide
Questions 4-5

Vocabulary Friday

devastate
preposterous
germinate
pendulum
abscond
akin
odious
perspicacity
scintillate

Flashcards due Tuesday.
Test Wednesday.

Surprise!

There is no homework tonight 10/8!

The test on Act One of The Crucible is tomorrow, 10/8

Here are the review sheets.

Act One Review Packet

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Act One - Tuesday, 10/6

Class Notes:

Tuesday

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Homework: Write a summary of Act One. Your summary should be a list of the 10 most important events of Act One.

Monday, 10/5

Homework:

Study for the vocabulary test!

Class notes:

act one monday

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Vocabulary Friday! 10/2

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The Crucible - Act One homework for 10/1

1. What happens in the woods before Act I that causes Betty’s mysterious illness?


2. What are Dr. Griggs’ findings?


3. What is the real reason that Abigail cannot find work?


4. Why is Ann Putnam convinced that her daughter is bewitched?


5. What shocking thing does Betty try to do when she awakes, and of what does she accuse Abigail?