Agenda for 4th-6th Seniors, August 31

No opening activity today.

Copy the next vocabulary list, list 2. Sentences are due Thursday, September 2. The quiz will be next Thursday, September 9.

Parent Permissions forms went home today. These must be signed and returned by September 7 (next Tuesday).

Introduce and begin The Phantom of the Opera. Complete the handout while viewing. This will count as a quiz grade.

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Seniors!

You WILL not be able to access the SIRS resource at home! I am sorry! We did not realize a password was required. You will be able to use this at Lakeside. Sorry again!

Wuthering Heights EXTRA CREDIT

Read this article, "The Magnanimity of Wuthering Heights," by Joyce Carol Oates, and write a paragraph summarizing the key points. This will count as an extra quiz grade. All paragraphs must be typed and turned in by August 27.

Juniors...Colonial Lit Quiz Tuesday!

Juniors...here is a brief reminder of what will be on Tuesday's quiz.

• Background of Colonial and Puritan literature (you have notes on this from the textbook)
• Native American lit: "The World on the Turtle's Back"
• Exploration literature: De Vaca and John Smith (remember the importance of point-of-view!)
• Puritan literature: Anne Bradstreeet and Jonathan Edwards (be able to tell me the characteristics of Puritan literature as seen in the selections)

Know the following literary terms, which we discussed in class...

paradox, hyperbole, point-of-view, emotional appeals, purpose, audience


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3rd period Homework August 18

By Friday, read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards (pages 118-125 in the textbook). If you can, listen to the audio using the textbook online. On the home page for the textbook (www.classzone.com) and after you enter the access code, you will find a link for the listening sinner. The files are organized alphabetically, and you will find "Sinners" under the "S" tab.

Help! I'm reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Here are a few websites that may help you with this rather difficult novel...

Audio download of the novel

A good website...

If you are going to use a study guide...use cliffsnotes

A pretty thorough list of chapter summaries

3rd period Homework August 16

Finish classwork...

Read pages 66-67 and 69-74. Answer 1-5 on page 75. 

Senior Vocabulary List 1

List 1—From Wuthering Heights

Decamp: leave
Phlegm: lack of emotional involvement
Assiduity: exaggerated attentiveness
Ensconcing: settling in
Lachrymose: tearful
Visage: face
Indigenae: local residents
Near: stingy
Hob: hook by the fireplace
Pharisee: person of excessive religious zeal
Cant: speak with too much religious righteousness
Vociferated: spoke loudly
Execrations: words of angry blame
Culpable: blameworthy
Settle: wooden bench with a back
Fastidiousness: extreme neatness and cleanliness
Abjured: gave up
Mitigating: making less
Ignominious: humiliating
Pertinaciously: with great persistence