Homework and Vocabulary October 15-19

Homework:

DUE Tuesday, October 16

·         Read “Workers” p.361

·         Questions for Close Reading ALL p.366

·         Essay, #4 p.367

DUE Thursday, October 18

·         Read “Beauty and the Beast” p.368

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4 p.370

·         Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft #2-4 p.370

·         Read “The Prisoner’s Dilemma” p. 372

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.376-377

·         Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft #4, p.377

·         Study for Vocabulary Quiz Friday

DUE Friday, October 19

·         Rough draft of Comparison-Contrast Essay, p.379, handwritten, double-spaced

DUE Monday, October 20

·         Final draft of Comparison-Contrast Essay, typed due at 3:30.

·         Blog Post #13

Vocabulary: Quiz Friday, October 19

·         exculpate- to free from guilt or blame

·         despotic- exercising absolute power; tyrannical

·         imperious- arrogantly domineering or overbearing

·         insipid- uninteresting; unchallenging

·         torpor- laziness; inactivity; dullness

·         ostentatious- describing a showing or pretentious display

·         spurious- not genuine

·         coup- a brilliantly executed plan

·         capricious- impulsive or unpredictable

·         tenuous- having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak

·         obdurate- stubborn; inflexible

·         dogmatic- stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs  

·         facetious- playfully humorous

·         aesthetic- having to do with the appreciation of beauty

·         eclectic- made up of a variety of sources or styles