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THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR

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HOMEWORK, Thursday,
November 6, 2025:
 
 
 
AP ENGLISH #GET-LIT-ERATURE! 
Book Battles  guides due Thursday night; read, annotate Owl Creek Bridge by Sunday night 
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELITE!   
Unit 2 essay due TONIGHT (ultimate final draft); Read, annotate Edwards by Sunday night, Lewis by Monday night
 
ENGLISH II CP:
Spelling, Vocabulary, Word Parts Test Tomorrow
 
ENGLISH II GEN:
Spelling, Vocabulary, Word Parts Test Tomorrow
 
Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts
 
Weekly Spelling Words for Context Evaluation:
  1. picaresque (untrustworthy)
  2. philosophical (related to the pursuit of truth)
  3. philanthropist (one who organized charitable efforts)
  4. phenomenon (unusual occurrence)
  5. pessimist (one who is always negative)
  6. pervasive (present throughout)
  7. Perspective (point of view)
  8. perpetuate (to go on indefinitely)
  9. pernicious (harmful)
  10. perfunctory (done with minimal effort)
  11. pejorative (meant to insult)
  12. Patronizing (condescending)
  13. partisan (biased towards one political party or the other)
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
  1. Enunciate (v.) - to state clearly and precisely
  2. Eon (n.) - extremely long period of time
  3. Epic (n.) - novel or poem that involves an incredibly complex, intricate journey with a purpose
  4. Epilogue (n.) - chapter after the end of a book that ties up loose ends
  5. Epithet (n.) - nickname or insulting label
  6. Establish (v.) - to start, found, or establish
  7. Excerpt (n.) - portion of a text
  8. Exemplify (v.) - to demonstrate by example; to embody
  9. Exigence (n.) - the situation a work is intended to address
  10. Expunge (v.) - to remove permanently from one's record
  11. Validity (n.) - the state of being proper or factually sound
 
Weekly Word Parts:
PREFIXES
DI (apart) - digress: to depart from the main topic
DIA (across) - diameter: distance across the circle and through the center
 
ROOTS
FUG (flee) - refugee: one who flees for religious or political purposes
FUS (pour) - infused: having energy poured into
GRAM (written) - grammar: proper writing
 
SUFFIXES
ETTE (smaller) - dinette: smaller dinner table
FIC (to make) - terrific: to make terrified
 

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Daily Schedule:
 
Period 1 - 7:45-8:40 AP English Literature and Composition
 
Period 2 - 8:44-9:35 AP English Language and Composition
 
Period 3 - Planning / Student Assistance (Tutoring)
 
Period 4 - English II College Prep
 
Period 5 - English II General
 
Period 6 - English II General
 
Period 7 - English II College Prep
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