VOCAB FOR 10.03.06

SENIORS (SIDD3)
ERUDITION
ATONEMENT
BENEDICTION
DISDAIN
BESMIRCH
ENNUI
COUNTENANCE
DECLIVITY

SOPHOMORES (GAA3)
MUNDANE (67)
FORTITUDE (76)
VACILLATE(76)
ELATED(77)
HOSTILE (83)

AGENDA 9.29.06-10.06.06

SITTING IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN...

Seniors: There will be no ORQ on Monday (Tuesday for Diag). Instead, we will have a Siddhartha quiz (CH 5-8) on that day, and finish reading The Bhagivad-Gita. The ORQ will follow that at a date TBD.

Have a good weekend; try something new. This girl knit an entire English garden.

SENIORS!!!

YA DIG?

AGENDA 9.21.06-9.28.06

LEVEL QUESTIONS

This is just a reminder on different levels of questions. SENIORS: You should have two or three of these as part of every journal entry for a Socratic Seminar. SOPHOMORES: You will not have them due as regularly, but will be able to see when they are due on weekly agendas.

LEVEL 1: Topical Questions. What does it say? The answer to these are given right in the book.

LEVEL 2: Thesis/Arguable/Inferential Questions. What does it mean? "Why?" questions.

LEVEL 3: Reach for Significance/Universal Meaning Questions. What does it matter? How could what you are reading relate to the real world?

Vocabulary Words for 9.26.06

SOPHOMORES(GAA2)

Repent (41)
Wan(40)
Establishment (41)
Confidant (42)
Naive (64)


SENIORS (SIDD2)
Fervor
Covet
Courtesan
Subservient
Ostracize
Renowned

SENIOR SUMMER READING PROJECT

Seniors: remember, this is due Monday

ONE PAGE ESSAY TOPIC: Pick a critical aspect of the book (a philosophy, way of thinking, theme, major event, etc.). Investigate and analyze this critical aspect in relation to the book and to the real world.

Ok? Ok.

You can also turn in a journal as per the requirements of FHS.

Patton Oswalt is awesome.

Vocabulary Words for 9.18.06

SOPHOMORES
Gregarious (12)
Delectable (6)
Cloddy (17)
Impregnable (18)
Elation (18)


SENIORS
Equanimity
Palliative
Apprentice
Transitory
Reproach

AGENDA 9.13.06-9.20.06

Welcome.

As promised, here is my super high-tech website. It has all the bells and/or whistles you would expect. Below you will find a copy of our first cycle agenda (received the first day of class).

As you know, summer reading assessments are coming up quickly in my class (next week!). Just in case you hypothetically know a guy who knows a guy who didn't do his summer reading, here are the lists.

COMING SOON: Vocabulary words!

Remember, I would like you to think how you can work to make this the focus of the class:

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!

It will take responsibility on a personal level and on a group level, but I really believe we can reach this goal together.