Vocab (Train 2)

Intrinsically
Pursed
Rapt
Turbid
Tumultuous
Despondently
Gesticulating
Intermintently
Rheum
Implicit

VOCAB (TRAIN1)

Kismet
Falsetto
Communal
Buttress
Adjutant
Antimony
Censorious
Charpoy
Precipitated
Extricated

Voter Education

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VOCAB (SIDD 3)

Erudition
Declivity
Ennui
Atonement
Besmirched
Benediction
Disdain
Countenance

Vocab ( SIDD 2)

Subservient
Courtesan
Ostracize
Fervor
Renowned
Covet
Fetter
Onerous

Vocab (SIDD 1)

Quiz will be F Day (9/17)

Equanimity
Palliative
Apprentice
Transitory
Reproach

One Page Essay Topics for The Sorrow of War January 30th 2008

1. Is destiny decided for everyone and no one can change it? Or does one have the power to create their own destiny?

2. Is Kien alive because he was selfish and never sacrificed himself for others, or was it just a lucky circumstance of events that kept Kien alive?

3. If Kien had known that Phuong still loved him after she was raped, would they have been able to re-kindle their relationship, or would things have turned out just the same?

4. Was the fact that Kien and Phong ended up back at the school where there love first started a coincidence? Or was that done purposly by the author?

5. Is the reason why Kien wrote the novel because he was guilty that he survived when no one else did?

-L.S.

One Page Topis 1.31

One page essay topics for Sorrow of War due January 31, 2008

~ How has the sorrow of war changed Kien?

~Is Kien just a survivor or is he selfish and doesn't help others survive?

~Does Kien want to die?

~How has Kien's father helped or hurt him throughout his life?

~Has Kien and Phuong's relationship problems contributed to his sorrow of war?

~Did the fact that Phuong got raped play a role in the person that she has become?

~Why did Kien write? Was it because he wanted to rid himself of problems, or was it that he really wanted people to read about them?

~ Did Kien and Phuong's love die or did he just abandon it?

CK

Vocab (SOW1)

Indoctrination
Omnipresent
Somnambulantly
Petulantly
Attributes

Vocab (Train2)

Rheum
Turbid
Despondently
Intermittently
Rapt
Gesticulations
Implicit
Tumultuous
Intrinsically
Pursed

Vocab (Train1)

Kismet
Falsetto
Communal
Buttress
Adjutant
Antimony
Censorious
Charpoy
Precipitated
Extricated

Vocab (SIDD3)

Atonement
Erudition
Ennui
Besmirch
Disdain
Benediction
Countenance
Declivity

SENIORS!!!

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Disregard anything below this post.

Anything below this is from last year....pay not attention to the man behind the curtain.

One Page Essay Topic: Master Harold

In the play, Sam and Hally recall a time when they flew a kite together. How could that story be symbolic of their relationship and the relationship between blacks and whites in South Africa during the 1950's?

Keep in mind, this story was discussed twice during the play, and with two very different tones and outcomes. You may want to consider that, and compare and contrast the two instances as you talk about the symbolic meaning of the story.

VOCAB FOR 1.11.07

SENIORS

Prowess
Imperious
Capricious
Gnashed
Harmattan
Improvident
Malevolent
Interim
Ultimatum

AGENDA 1.8.07-1.16.07

VOCAB FOR 12.08.06

SENIOR (SOW 1)

Somnambulantly
Omnipresent
Indoctrination
Petulantly
Attributes

AGENDA 12.5.06-12.12.06