Tuesday, 10/28/14
Warm Up. Write the word. Try it without any help!

1. It is sometimes fun to ___ a little brother or sister's lack of savvy.  a) exploit  b) grimace  c) juvenile  d) delirious e) circumvent  f) dispel  g) disdain
   
2. The good experience _____(ed) some of our fears about the process.  a) disdain  b) engross  c) adversary  d) dispel  e) exhilarate  f) aplomb  g) wince
   
3. As the snowfall __________(ed), we were finally able to see the road.  a) disdain  b) engross  c) adversary  d) dispel  e) diminish  f) banish  g) elude
   
4. She speaks French and German with equal ______.   a)  disdain  b) concoction  c) diminishing  d) engrossed  e) aplomb  f) cordial  g) delirious
   
5. Which word best captures the Soc's attitude toward the greasers?  a) grueling  b) engrossed  c) adversary  d) banish e) disdain  f) delirious  g) rueful
   
6. "Why don't you get a job?"   asked Steve.  "What?" Two-Bit was _____. "And ruin my rep?"   a) enhanced  b) aghast  c) transgress  d) ebbed  e) sifted  f) rueful  g) juvenile
   
7. He was so hungry, he ate the food, ________ of the mold around the edges.   a) diligent  b) abundant  c)  haggle d) cordial  e) heedless  f) grimace  g) grueling
   
8. I tried to act cheerful, but it was just a __. I was really depressed inside. a) wince  b) facade  c) rueful  d) elude  e) adversary  f) exploit  f) concoction
   

Blogs! OK people, that was so good, I want the rest of you to go for it.
We're moving our articles to the blog format!
If you haven't already, start a blog at blogger.com.
Chrome Beta - blogger.com - @student.slcusd.org - Start your blog!
Start a new post. Title = Title of your article.
Set the publishing date for November 4 @ 5pm.

Articles! Checking on Rough Drafts!

• Chrome Beta - drive.google.com - @student.slcusd.org - open your article - desktop.
• Control A to select All. Copy and paste your entire article into your new blog post.
• Be sure to tap SAVE and NOT publish.
  
• Find the first fact or piece of information that you got from one of the sources that you read. Put your cursor right before the sentence.
• How can we inform people that the next fact they read is from someone besides you?
• Examples: According to, _____ says, etc.  OK. Let's insert those now.
  
• Make sure you do that whenver you refer to someone else's ideas/facts.
  
• Start reading each other's articles.
• Use the RUBRIC for your class's type of writing. Offer suggestions and praise.
  
• Start looking for appropriate graphics for your article.
  

Final Drafts due next Tuesday, 11/4