Sunday, January 27, 2013

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Participial phrases

Week #21 January 28-February 1, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing: Sentences with participial and gerund phrases
Vocabulary: GE#s 599-608 - impregnable, gluttony, candid, spurn, reticence, inveterate, extricate, rhapsody, abeyance, sententious
ACADEMIC WORDS - adage, anecdote, conflict, euphemism, expletive, malapropism, parenthetical, personification, scapegoat, tone, vernacular, absolute, balance, characters, denotation

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes GE#s 574-598 and sentences with participial phrases - due: Monday, Jan. 28
- SAT vocab notes GE#s 599-608 and sentences with gerund phrases - due: Monday, Feb. 4
- Prepare for a Great Expectations test.

Monday - Friday

  • On Monday, you will take a vocabulary and lit terms quiz.
  • This week we will discuss chapters 11-20. You should have already finished reading the chapters assigned last week.
  • Prepare for regular reading checks.  
  • Hopefully, at the end of this week, we have already finished all discussions and analysis of characters, motivation,setting, figurative languages, etc., and we can view the film adaptation of Great Expectations
  • We will also review and discuss the academic words including some poetry terms you already learned last semester.  Be prepared for exercises.

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