H10+A+-+September+3+-+5

=Wednesday, September 3= = = =Thursday, September 4= >>>> ===Write a sentence using each word.=== >>>> === 1. astringent, **adj.** – 1. shrinking the tissues and slowing the flow of blood by drawing together the blood vessels. 2. stern; austere=== = = =Friday, September 5= >> === Look at the questions on the back ===
 * ===Sit anywhere you like===
 * ===Seating chart coming in a few days===
 * ===Take roll===
 * Jigsaw puzzles
 * ===Who can help you finish your puzzle?===
 * ===Put one name in the corner of each sheet===
 * What's going on in this picture?
 * What story might happen in the setting of this picture?
 * Suggestions for stories
 * ===Choose one or two words to describe this setting or what's happening in the picture===
 * ===Write those one or two words in the corner of the sheet with your name===
 * Syllabus
 * First assignment!
 * Due Monday, September 8
 * ===Write me a story!===
 * ===Write a one-page story using as many of the suggestions on the sheet as you can===
 * ===Vocab warm-up:===
 * ===2 parts:===
 * ===Keep a list of words for you to study. We'll get 4 each day.===
 * ===write down each word, part of speech, and definition===
 * ===Then take a small piece of paper from the basket on your table.===
 * =You may write 4 sentences, or one sentence with all the words in it, or anything in between.=
 * ===Turn in the little sheet to the small silver box hanging on the wall by the printer.===
 * ===Latin Roots I===
 * ===**STRING or STRICT: to bind or to draw tight**===
 * === o astringent, n**.** – 1. substance that shrinks tissues and slows blood flow 2. a harsh comment or argument===
 * ===2. constrict, v- draw together; bind===
 * ===3.restrict, v. – keep withing limits; confine===
 * ===4. stricture, n. – adverse criticism (literally, “tightening”); censure===
 * ===Notes on literary movements===
 * ===Witchcraft testimony===
 * ===Check out //The Scarlet Letter//===
 * ===p. 4 - 1:19===
 * ===p. 5 - 2:35===
 * ===vocab warm-up===
 * Remember both parts:
 * add these words to your list
 * use these words in a sentence (or sentences)
 * turn in sentences on small sheet to small box
 * ===**5.** stringent, adj. – strict (literally, “binding tight); rigid; severe===
 * ===**VOR: eat greedily**===
 * ===**6.** carnivore, n. – flesh-eating animal===
 * ===7. devour, v. – 1. eat greedily or ravenously. 2. seize upon and destroy===
 * ===8. herbivore, n. – plant-eating animal===
 * ===Find people who share your accused witch===
 * ===Discuss any difficulties you see in this case===
 * ===Paraphrase the old text===
 * ===okay to work together on this===
 * ===to paraphrase is to put into different words===
 * ===Don't explain it,===
 * ===don't change the point of view===
 * ===Don't write "This is saying that" or "she just says"===
 * ===instead, modernize and simplify what is said in this text===
 * ===Cotton Mather's "Invisible World"===
 * ===answer questions on back===
 * ===Discussion===
 * ===what assumptions is he making?===
 * ==="The Custom House"===
 * ===definition - literary conceit===
 * ===Ch 1===
 * ===What do these descriptions say about these people?===
 * ===Ch 2===
 * ===sumptuary laws===
 * ===Ch 3===
 * ===definition of gothic===