Thesis Statement
Preliminary Table of Contents w/approximate page numbers
I check rough drafts.

Work on Vocabulary for new story: (defn., POS, sentence)
(im)pertinent, rollicking, trivial, engross, rigmarole, depict, affliction, (lurid), (wince), (euthanasia)
Practice: (+2 for all correct, do before you write your own sentences)

1. This is no time to worry about ____________(ities); we need to focus on the important things.
2. I was so _________(ed) in my book, I didn't even notice the phone ringing.
3.  Please make sure your questions are _____________ and to the point.
4. The __________ crowd roared ecstatically out of the stadium after the home team won.
5. Quit making rude and __________ statements in the middle of our serious discussion.
6. His description of the accident was so ___________ that even the strongest people __________(ed).
7. Why do we have to go through all this __________ just to take the baby for a walk?
8. The horse was hurt so badly, the vet had to __________(ize) him.
9. His _____________ made it difficult for him to walk.
10. The painting _______(s) a cow in a meadow.