E9+A+-+January+11+-+15

=Monday, January 11= > ===14. convalesce, v. – to get over an illness or shock=== > ===15. listless, adj. – lacking zest or vivacity=== > ===16. reproach –=== > ===v. – to express disapproval or disappointment in someone=== > ===n. – an expression of disapproval or disappointment===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===13. bribe, n. – payment made to corrupt a person in a position of trust===

= = =Tuesday, January 12= > ===18. infirmary, n. – a medical center=== > ===19. dowry, n. – property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.=== > ===20. quota, n. – a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things=== = = =Wednesday, January 13=
 * Class grades
 * How does English work in high school?
 * ===Class points===
 * ===look at grade book===
 * ===do you know your number? I can tell you if you're not sure.===
 * ===Assignments worth the most points have the biggest effect on your grade.===
 * ===At the beginning of the term just a few points make a big difference===
 * ===Later on, with more points in the book, ten points won't make much of a difference.===
 * ===Our Maus notebooks will be worth a LOT of points!===
 * ===Teachers all have slightly different rules===
 * ===If you're missing assignments, in my class, you may turn them in until the end of that unit.===
 * ===So you're safe! Are you missing something? Turn it in!===
 * ===Maus: finish group discussions===
 * ===Class discussion===
 * ===Chapter 6 questions===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===17. quarantine, v. and n. – an enforced isolation===
 * ===Discuss textual evidence===
 * ===examples in book===
 * ===Write your own 4-sentence precis===
 * ===What do you see in the text? What is the author showing us?===
 * Start with
 * The artist Art Spiegelman, in his graphic novel //Maus//, uses the symbol of the swastika to show . ..
 * ===You may use a different idea about //Maus// if you like!===
 * ===Glue this in after the Ch. 6 questions!===
 * ===Work on Ch. 6 questions===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * A haiku is a 3-line poem
 * with 5 syllables in the first line
 * 7 syllables in the second line
 * and 5 syllables in the third line (usually ending with an image, an experience of the senses)
 * Ex.: Today is Wednesday.

These words are lovely.
= = =Thursday, January 14= = = =Friday, January 15=
 * ===Use four vocab words in haiku.===
 * ===You may write one haiku with four words===
 * ===or more haiku, to get all four words in.===
 * ===share yesterday's precis===
 * ===Friday: Quiz on the book!===
 * ===So everyone has time to finish the book!===
 * ===Discuss essay idea===
 * ===Notes tomorrow===
 * ===Worksheet on thesis statements===
 * ===Due tomorrow!===
 * vocab warm-up:
 * Use 4 vocab words to illustrate an adventure
 * ===Picture words in notebook===
 * ===Glue the assignment on the left side===
 * ===Make your examples on the right side===
 * ===Essay basic notes===
 * ===take notes in your notebook===
 * Paragraph exercise sheet! Yippee!
 * =Vocab quiz next Wednesday, January 20=
 * =Test on //Maus//=
 * =You may write it by hand or use the computers=
 * =Do Newspaper Work when you've finished your test=
 * =Turn in the newspaper work=
 * =Return the newspaper for the next class=