1. Please _________ at least five academic words in your essay.  a) incorporate  b) enhance  c) aggregate  d) inhibit  e) migrate
2. Nobody could understand the __________ of the man who gave all his money away. It was a mystery why he did it.  a) motive  b) incidence  c) rational  d) abstract  e) discriminate
3. Before the fine for clicker-dropping was introduced, there was very little ___________ not to drop them.  a) rational  b) discriminate  c) scope  d) acknowledge  e) incentive
4. He is honest, trustworthy, and loyal; ___________, he is funny. a) nevertheless  b) furthermore  c) allocate  d) acknowledge  e) transform
5. Part of his job with the city was to decide how much money to _____________ to police and fire protection.  a) allocate  b) incorporate  c) discriminate  d) explicit  e) enhance
6. People use cosmetic surgery to try to _____________  their looks.  a) rational  b) discriminate  c) enhance  d) inhibit  e) incorporate
7. I gave very ________, step-by-step instructions; they should be easy to follow.  a) explicit  b) transform  c) abstract  d) cite  e) scope

Intro to 600 Words/Week and types of essays. First due date: 2/15.
Attach handout to inside of folder.
You need to turn in essays in at least 3 different styles by the end of the year. I'll be asking for the first rough draft in a couple of weeks.
Writing Styles: (R) Eyewitness Report (L) Response to Literature  (E) Evaluation (P) Persuasion (T) Technical Writing  (P-S) Problem-Solution
10 minutes to get started. Here are a few ideas:

• (P) What if people routinely live to be 150-200 years old? Convince us it would be good or bad.
• (T) How to.. -choose the best… -impress your teacher… -fix… -improve your grades…-do…  - make…  (Make it entertaining! Make it educational! Make it sarcastic!)
• (L) Compare and contrast characters from two of the stories we have read this year. Example: How are Jonas and Dally similar? What can we learn from their experiences?
• (T/P) Invent a new class to be offered here at Laguna...Convince the administration that it would be a good addition.
• (E) Reviews: Best/worst burgers, cds, movies, video games, software, websites, etc. (Describe, evaluate, give reasons/suggestions.)
• (P/E) Sports Predictions and Evaluations: Who's going all the way? Which power forward should the Lakers get?  Best running backs in football? Most overrated? What makes you think so?
• (P/E) What is the best word, and why? Show all the ways to use it. (Keep it clean!)
• (P-S) How can we deal with the trash problem here at Laguna? Show at least two possible solutions.
• (R) Recount the most exciting/scary/important event you have ever witnessed. Make us feel like we're there (5 W's/5 Senses).
• (P-S) Show an issue/problem that you feel we have here at Laguna, and offer your solutions (2+) to it, and reasons why your solutions would work.

SEVENTH GRADE:
Charlotte.

 Are there any jobs that should be exclusively for men or for women? Why/not? (Not counting professional sports.)
 

Looking down from part way up
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Working in the rigging.

Looking up!

(First Period only: 120 Seconds.)
 
 
 
 
 

EIGHTH GRADE.
Dear Alice Responses?
Psychological story/test. Whom did you put down first?

Match each character from Mr. Pignati's story with a character from the novel. Say why. Counts for 600 words.

wife = fun husband = love lover = sex assassin = money boatman = magic

John John's mom John's dad Lorraine Lorraine's mom Mr. Pignati Norton

Pigman. Chapter 10.

1. (quote) What does Lorraine's mom think of almost all boys/men?
2. Why does Lorraine think her mom feels this way?
3. (quote) How does Lorraine's mom thank her for the stockings?
4. (quote) What foreshadowing does Lorraine give about the end of the chapter?
5. Who wouldn't eat, thus making Mr. Pignati sad?
6. Lorraine was sorry she had told John they had to tell Mr. Pignati the truth because she knew...?
7. How does Lorraine get a laugh out of Mr. Pignati after the sad part?
8. Lorraine thought Mr. Pignati's little story/test was wildly wrong about her.  a) True  b) False