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=Monday, January 30=
 * vocab warm-up: Unit 4 - first 4 words
 * 1. abscond, v. - to run off and hide
 * 2. access: n. - admittance to places, persons, or things; v. - to get at, obtain
 * 3. anarchy, n. - a lack of government and law; confusion
 * 4. arduous, adj. - hard to do, requiring much effort
 * write from a character's point of view
 * return Semester One final

= = =Tuesday, January 31= = = =Wednesday, February 1= = = =Thursday, February 2= > > ====== Appropriate Words ====== > > ====== Don’t write padded sentences (too much information that doesn’t actually add anything) Descriptions ====== > > ====== ====== = = =Friday, February 3=
 * vocab warm-up
 * =====5. auspicious, adj. - favorable; fortunate=====
 * =====6. biased, adj. - favoring one side unduly; prejudiced=====
 * =====7. daunt, v. - to overcome with fear, intimidate; to discourage=====
 * =====8. disentangle, v. - to free from tangles or complications=====
 * notes on narrative essay - C-notes
 * adding adjectives worksheet
 * finish stories in one paragraph on back of sheet
 * on back of C-notes
 * write a description from a photograph
 * try to describe as much as possible in one paragraph
 * vocab warm-up
 * =====9. fated, adj. - determined in advance by destiny or fortune=====
 * =====10. hoodwink, v. - to mislead by a trick, to deceive=====
 * =====11. inanimate, adj. - not having life; without energy or spirit=====
 * =====12. incinerate, v. - to burn to ashes=====
 * descriptive writing
 * describing the senses
 * writing a story
 * beginning, middle, end
 * vocab warm-up
 * ==13. intrepid, adj. - very brave, fearless, unshakable==
 * ==14. larceny, n. - theft==
 * ==15. pliant, adj. - bending readily; easily influenced==
 * ==16. pompous, adj. - overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious==
 * ====== Writing Descriptively - notes from 2/2 ======
 * ====== Sentence Length: ======
 * ====== Good writing involves sentences with various lengths. ======
 * Don’t use all long sentences.
 * Don’t use all short sentences.
 * ====== words should match what you’re writing ======
 * academic work needs formal words
 * storytelling words should match the story being told
 * Special note! All writing for school must be classroom appropriate.
 * ====== A writer needs to choose a way to organize a descriptionright to left ======
 * This helps the reader understand what the writer is seeing.
 * Places
 * top to bottom, or bottom to top
 * for example, describe what is on the forest floor, then what’s in the branches, then what is at the top of the trees
 * ====== outside to inside ======
 * vocab warm-up