Week 13 2012-13

Week 13 Class Work and Homework

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be returned to you before end of period).  If you complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points. Ideas to explore: Why were the colonists dissatisfied with their British rulers? How did the freedom movement affect the rights of women, slaves, and Native Americans? Was religion an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers? Was science an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers?	Vocabulary test Devil and Tom Walker Peer Review Pit and the Pendulum Stories	Revise and retype stories
Tuesday Objectives/Goals Explore themes of joining together on cooperation and peace To identify and understand concrete symbols that stand for abstract ideas To identify elements of leadership and control To understand the phrases used in sentences	Read Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment pp. 275-284 Take Cornell Notes	Answer Questions pp. 284 1-8 and Do Vocabulary study pp. 285 Study Vocabulary for quiz  Mendicant Infirmity Visage Obscure Veracious Massive Infamous Coquetry Gentry Crimson Imbibe Eccentricity Cordially  exuberant buxom
Wednesday To understand early British and colonial conflicts which contributed to the colonies Spirit of Independence To identify examples of Characterization using STEAL To learn that words change their meaning across time To recognize a writer’s use of vivid verbs and verb phrases	Vocabulary Quiz on Dr. Heidegger’s experiment	From other Options pp. 285, Choose either Mirror, Mirror on the wall or Youth for Sale (Note Youth for sale may be done as a group).
Thursday Vocabulary	Timed Essay Exam “Say No to H20” Respond to Prompt on pp. 285 Dr. Heidegger’s friends told everyone they knew about the marvelous experience they had. The doctor had been deluged with requests for the water, and he has decided to go into seclusion. Imagine that you are Dr. Heidegger and write a letter to posy on your office door explaining why you will not repeat the experiment.	Read pp. 301 The Civil War Read excerpt from Gettysburg Address pp. 3304-305
Friday Poignant effaced Prismatic Smartly Presage Gyration Interminable Ineffable Malign martinet	Read The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge By Ambrose Bierce Pp. 311-318 Take Cornell Notes	Do questions 1-8 Pp. 319 Do Vocabulary Study p. 319 And study vocabulary words.