Vocabulary--
Roots:
SEC/SEQU TO FOLLOW
1. consequential: 1. resulting (legal) 2. important
2. obsequious: excessively flattering, obedient, or submissive.
3. sequential: following in a specific order, which can be chronological, relative size, etc.
AMBI, AMPHI: ON BOTH SIDES; AROUND
4. ambient: present on all sides.
5. ambiguous: 1. unclear in meaning because of being understandable in more than one way. 2. doubtful or undertain especially from being obscure or indistinct.
6. ambivalent: 1. holding opposite feelings and attitudes at the same time toward something or someone. 2. continually wavering between opposites or alternate courses of action.
EP/EPI: UPON, BESIDES, ATTACHED TO, OVER, OUTER,AFTER
7. ephemeral: 1. lasting only a day 2. lasting a short time
8. epitaph: an inscription on a grave or tomb in memory of the one buried there.
9. epithet: 1. a descriptive word or phrase occurring with or in place of the name of a person or thing. 2. an insulting or demeaning word or phrase.
HYPO/HYP: UNDER, BENEATH, DOWN, BELOW NORMAL
10. hypochondriac: a person unduly concerned with health and often suffering from delusions of physical disease.
11. hypothermia: subnormal temperature of the body
12. hypothetical: 1. involving an assumption made for the sake of argument or for further study or investigation. 2. imagined for purposes of example.
THERMO/THERM: WARM, HEAT
13. thermodynamic: resulting from the conversion(change) of heat into other forms of energy.
14. thermophilic: requiring a high temperature for normal development, like certain bacteria.
15. thermosphere: the outer most shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and outerspace, where the temperature increases with the altitude.
Thursday, September 27 , test over 60 words. The vocabulary tests will be CUMMULATIVE.
Students will be expected to define the given words, use them correctly in context, and also match the meaning of unfamiliar words to the words based on the roots.
Grammar:
We will continue reviewing punctuation, fragments, and run-ons, adding subject/verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, and correct pronoun usage. This week we are specifically working with the different patterns of subject/verb agreement problems that are represented on the PSAT
Writing:
This week, Students are working on avoiding inappropriate wordiness and repetition, subject/verb agreement, and relevant details.
Reading:
We are reading Romeo and Juliet not only in order to review the literary terms and their purpose, but also to practice vocabulary-in-context skills and deciphering difficult syntax. We are currently on Act II.
The literary terms listed below are important for the students on the state test and on the Advanced Placement exams, which they may choose to take as Juniors and Seniors.
some of the literary terms students will need to know:
alliteration
allusion
antithesis
apostrophe
assonance
consonance
details
diction
figures of speech
flashback
foreshadowing
hyperbole
imagery
irony: verbal, situational, dramatic
metaphor
mood
motivation
narration, narrator
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
paradox
personification
plot
point of view
prosody
protagonist
antagonist
pun
repetition
rhyme
sarcasm
setting
shift/ turn
simile
sound devices
structure
symbol
synecdoche
syntax
theme
tone
understatement
Remember the lit terms are going to on almost every test you take in my class forever and ever.
Test Prep:
Students should be looking forward to taking the PSAT in October 17. They will need to be on school on time, with 2 #2 pencils (Ticonderoga pencils are the best) and a calculator. The test will only last 2 hours and 30 minutes, which seem to go by quickly. They get to practice this test in the 9th and 10th grade, then it counts for the National Merit Contest in the 11th. This is a good way to earn money for college, and the students will do better if they are more familiar with the test. We also practice ACT skills.
You can get in touch with me by email, which is the quickest way or by calling the school at 264-7232 ext. 6103. My home phone is 583-3705 after hours. I do check my email between classes so I can respond more quickly than trying to get to the phone.
Humanities II
Humanities students will be working on individual weaknesses this 9 weeks in preparation for the PSAT,
which is in October. This is their big year! We hope to have lots of scholarship winners this year.
Humanities has chosen to analyze significant films from the history of cinematography as their discussion topic this semester.
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