Due Today: Vocabulary definitions. I will be checking them while you work.
Please write the URL of the class web site in large letters in your planner:
middleschool.mrcoward.com
Will the Warm-Up be collaborative or not? Hmmm… Let’s let the Raffle King decide.
“Warm Up, 8/24.” Write the answer in your notebook. Do not copy the question. Do not forget to write the Title and Date.
- When does Mr. Coward assign homework?
- How often do we have a vocab list to work on?
- What is an analogy?
- What is pretty much the only way to earn “extra credit” in this class?
- What does SMYK stand for?
“Vocabulary, 8/24.” (in your notebook) All answers will be vocabulary words. Use your definitions and your group homies to help you. For #1-4, choose which word best fits the picture, and be prepared to explain why you think so. If you can justify more than one word for a picture, you might receive bonus credit.
bliss, infer, bleak, nonchalant, gingerly, rueful, savvy, conform, sage, fathom, connotation
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- pain : pleasure :: confusion : ______
- rules : requirements :: happiness : ____
- For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____ of a gang member with a can a spray paint.
- I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used.
- Nobody could _____ why he liked school so much even though he got all F’s.
- Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______.
“The Others.”
Whom do you sympathize with in “The Others”? The Jeans or the Well -Offs? Why? Give a couple of examples from the text of language which makes you want to be Team Jeans or Team Well-Offs.
“Delinquent” by Langston Hughes
Due Tomorrow: SMYK’s
Due by Friday: Readiness Assessment.
Tomorrow: Vocab, Slang, “Delinquent,” Outsiders
Extra Time?
| Motto by Langston Hughes I play it cool and dig all jive. That’s the reason I stay alive. My motto, As I live and learn is: Dig and Be Dug In Return. |
“Motto, 8/20.” (in your notebook) 1) What is a motto? 2) What do you think he means by “Dig and Be Dug In Return”? 3) What other saying(s) have you heard or use might mean something similar? |