Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Academic Vocabulary, Prefix

Week #22 February 4-8, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR), Expository writing, WITS writing
Vocabulary: #s 829-838 - collusion, exigent, confluence, discrete, divergent, divisive, disparage, imperious, coalesce, apocalypse
Academic Vocabulary - abstract, cliche, dilemma, euphemism, flashback, irony, mood, oxymoron, transition, pun
Preffix - ab, ann, anti/ant, auto, be

Homework:

• SAT vocab sentences with gerund and infinitive phrases (GE#s 599-608). Note: Make sure you have two sentences with context clues for each word. Due: Monday, Feb. 4.
• SAR answers for lottery articles. Due: Wednesday, Feb. 6

Monday-Friday

• On Monday, students will take Quiz #4 and review elements of poetry after the quiz.
• On Tuesday, we will have their first WITS poetry lesson.
• From Wednesday until Friday, we will continue to discuss Great Expectations and begin viewing the film adaptation. 

Note: Students should prepare for a major test on Great Expectations the following Monday.

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.