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Demetrius pants were so lose that he was about to loose them.

The Wilsons house was alot nicer then your’s.

Look up in DICTIONARY: tyranny, dreary. Write definitions.

Look up in ROOT WORD dictionary: celer, di/s. Write definition AND two words that contain the root.

Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Connotation-denotation

p. 867

Denotation: Dictionary meaning. Precise, literal definition. Denotation=definition in dictionary

Connotation: Emotional overtones and associations

Example: Woman vs. chick

http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/098_PDF/06Sep15Connotation_Denotation.pdf

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

BE RESPECTFUL OF ACTORS

-- No talking during performance

-- CONSTRUCTIVE criticism only

-- CLAP when actors are finished

DO NOT WRITE ON rubric we’ll use to evaluate

Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

DO NOW

Fix it!

It seem like I loose my homework everyday.

If your in doubt leave the apostrophe’ out.

Look up in dictionary: bastion, vigorous. Write the definition

Look up in ROOT WORD dictionary: cumul, cosmo. Write definition and TWO words that contain the root.

Write one compound sentence using bastion.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012

Inductive reasoning: Look for trend or pattern, then generalize.

1. 90% of humans are right-handed.

2. Joe is a human.

3. Therefore, the probability that Joe is right-handed is 90%

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012

Deductive reasoning:  Take a set of facts. Deduce OTHER facts from those

facts.

Generalization: "All wasps have stingers." The logical conclusion of a specific

instance would then be, "That is a wasp, so it has a stinger." This is a valid

deduction. The truth of the deduction, however, depends on whether the observed insect is, indeed, a wasp.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012

You can earn ONE extra point on your FINAL grade if you attend the Writers Workshop next Saturday at UNO. You MUST register at this site beforehand.

http://www.writeatuno.org/

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Dude, you should totaly give Eddie and I a call.

Someday Jerome dreams’ to visit africa.

Write definition from DICTIONARY: heathen, acute

Write definition from ROOT WORD DICTIONARY: col, dyn

Write two COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentences using col, dyn

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

Conflict: The internal/external struggles of the characters

Motivation: The reason a character acts the way he/she does

Symbol: A symbol is a person, place, or thing comes to represent an abstract idea or concept

Conflict, motivations, symbols

a. What is the main conflict of the play so far?

ii. How does this relate to each characters dreams?

b. What are the character’s motivations?

c. What are some possible symbols in Act I that you think will present themselves later in the play? What could these symbols mean?

Conflict, motivations, symbols

What is the main conflict of the play so far?

i. A: The insurance check and what to do with it; everyone has different ideas

ii. How does this relate to each characters dreams?

b. What are the character’s motivations?

i. A: Mama: religious convictions, Walter: envy of other’s success, Beneatha: college, Travis: school

c. What are some possible symbols in Act I that you think will present themselves later in the play? What could these symbols mean?

i. The insurance money, Mama’s plant, African politics

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Over the week end Cornelius bought a new skatebored, a sandwich and watched tv.

Write definition from DICTIONARY: frantic, justify

Write definition from ROOT WORD DICTIONARY: cline, cred

Write two COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentences using cline, cred

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012

ROOT WORD QUIZ tomorrow onimag=likeness (image, imagination)

iso=equal (isotope, isothermal)jud=law (judgement, judicial)uni=one (unilateral, unison)

ven=come (circumvent, intervene)

Short answer. Know how to write these words in compound, complex, and compound-complex

sentences.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012

Tone Vs. Mood

TONE: describes the author’s attitude toward his/her subject.

MOOD: Situation's atmosphere or characters' feelings:

http://www.astabowen.com/ToneMood.htm

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012

DO NOW

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Jasmine reading was a joy to beholde but she never learned her ABC’s.

Lynell appreciated you’re inviting us to dinner but its his rite to refuse.

Write definition from DICTIONARY: beseech

Write definition from ROOT WORD DICTIONARY: corp, de. Write two words that contain the root.

Write two COMPLEX sentences using corp, de

Friday, Dec. 7, 2012

Comparative/superlative

p. 1148

Copy positive-comparative-superlative chart on the right.

Friday, Dec. 7, 2012

Nigerian Musichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-

ykpwr8K3M4http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=sbBSq9Lz8zo&feature=fvwrelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=p8h-yBFBl08

KENNY LEON INTERVIEW

Director of “A Raisin in the Sun”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dis1WRPn3PE

Friday, Nov. 16, 2012

EXTRA:

Conjunction Junction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc

Verbs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun or stands in for an unknown noun. The noun

which the pronoun replaces is called its antecedent.

Rule for Pronouns and Antecedents:A pronoun must agree with its antecedent.

Therefore, if the antecedent is plural, use a plural pronoun; if the antecedent is feminine, use a

feminine pronoun, and so on.

EX: When the cops chased me, they fell in the street.

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012