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=Monday, January 30=
 * vocab warm-up: Unit 2
 * =====1. accost, v. - to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way=====
 * =====2. animadversion, n. - a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval=====
 * =====3. avid, adj. - intensely eager; desirous to the point of greed=====
 * =====4. brackish, adj. - having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink=====
 * return Semester One finals
 * discuss end of //Huck Finn//
 * realism to modernism
 * start Hemingway slide show

=Tuesday, January 31= = = =Wednesday, February 1= = = =Thursday, February 2= = = =Friday, February 3=
 * vocab warm-up
 * =====5. celerity, n. - swiftness, rapidity of motion or action=====
 * =====6. devious, adj. - straying or wander from a straight course; done in a sneaky way=====
 * =====7. gambit, n. - in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice to gain a later advantage; any opening of this type=====
 * =====8. halcyon: n. - a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher. adj. - calm, peaceful; happy; prosperous affluent=====
 * finish Hemingway notes
 * modernism notes
 * 8:30, check out //In Our Time//
 * reading schedule
 * look at structure of the book
 * confusion after WWI reflected in image of a confused world
 * read aloud "On the Quai at Smyrna"
 * confusion!
 * vocab warm-up:
 * =====9. histrionic, adj. - pertaining to actors and theatrical techniques; melodramatic; artificial=====
 * =====10. incendiary - adj. - deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up rebellion or trouble. n. - one who sets fires, arsonist; one who stirs up trouble, causes strife.=====
 * =====11. maelstrom, n. - a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation of great violence and destruction=====
 * =====12. myopic, adj. - nearsighted; lacking a realistic, broad view of the situation; lacking foresight.=====
 * In Our Time reading schedule
 * Reading Chart for tracking
 * aspects of modernism
 * Hemingway's topics
 * fill in first two as a class
 * keep going as you read
 * vocab warm-up:
 * =====13. overt, adj. - open, not hidden; shown in a way that is easily recognized=====
 * =====14. pejorative, adj. - expressing disapproval or disparagement, belittling; tending to make worse=====
 * =====15. propriety, n. - the state of being proper, appropriateness; what is socially acceptable=====
 * =====16. sacrilege, n. - improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred=====
 * Read and mark up article on modernism
 * finish looking at Abstract art slides
 * vocab warm-up
 * ====== ** 17. summarily, adv. – without delay or formality; briefly, concisely **======
 * ======** 18. suppliant, adj. – asking humbly and earnestly. n.- one who makes a humble request. **======
 * ======** 19. talisman, n. – an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers; an amulet, a fetish **======
 * ======** 20. undulate, v. – to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance **======
 * time to read
 * work on chart
 * quiz on Hemingway reading