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=Monday, February 4= > =Copy the vocab words for today. The total list is worth 5 points when you turn it in before the test. After copying the words, write a sentence using all four words (or four sentences) on a piece of scratch paper and turn it in.= > =Vocab G – Unit 4= > > =Tuesday, February 5= > =5. disarray – n. - disorder, confusion. v. - to throw into disorder= > =6. exigency – n., often pl. - urgency, pressure; pressing need; an emergency= > =Wednesday, February 6= = = =Thursday, February 7= >> >> 13. jocular – adj. – humorous, jesting, jolly >> 14. ludicrous – adj. – ridiculous, laughable, absurd >> 15. mordant – adj. – biting or caustic in thought or style; sharply or bitterly harsh. (Also a noun referring to the chemicals that make a dye stay in a fabric.) >> 16. nettle – n. – a prickly or stinging plant. v. – to annoy someone, to displease, to irritate severely. >> = = =Friday, February 8=
 * =Vocab Warm-up:=
 * 1) =atrophy – n. - the wasting away of a body part; progressive decline or failure v. - to waste away=
 * 2) =bastion – n. - a fortified place, stronghold=
 * 3) =concord – n. - a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty or pact=
 * 4) =consummate – adj. - complete or perfect in the highest degree v. - to bring to completion or perfection=
 * =Notes on the Harlem Renaissance=
 * =Notes on Claude McKay?=
 * =vocab warm-up=
 * =7. flotsam – n. - floating debris; referring to society: homeless, impoverished people.=
 * =8. frenetic – adj. - frenzied, highly agitated=
 * =Claude McKay notes=
 * =iambic pentameter=
 * =sonnet worksheet=
 * =vocab warm-up:=
 * =9. glean – v. - to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in the field after harvest=
 * =10. grouse – n. - a type of game bird; a complaint. v. - to complain or grumble=
 * =11. incarcerate – v. - to jail, imprison, confine=
 * =12. incumbent – adj. - required, obligatory. n. - one who holds an office at the time spoken of.=
 * =Review "On a Primitive Canoe" - finish notes=
 * =Do the same for "America" on the back:=
 * =identify the situation or problem=
 * =identify the response=
 * =identify the essence of the sonnet=
 * =Get handout of McKay poems=
 * =Get McKay questions=
 * vocab warm-up
 * Vocab G – Unit 4 – words 13 – 16
 * get Claude McKay poetry handout
 * get purple question sheet
 * Time to work on questions!
 * Do you need to check out a vocab book? Go to the AV room and ask for Vocab Book G.
 * vocab warm-up
 * McKay poetry review
 * each table look over what your have