THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR
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:
- picaresque (untrustworthy)
- philosophical (related to the pursuit of truth)
- philanthropist (one who organized charitable efforts)
- phenomenon (unusual occurrence)
- pessimist (one who is always negative)
- pervasive (present throughout)
- Perspective (point of view)
- perpetuate (to go on indefinitely)
- pernicious (harmful)
- perfunctory (done with minimal effort)
- pejorative (meant to insult)
- Patronizing (condescending)
- partisan (biased towards one political party or the other)
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
- Enunciate (v.) - to state clearly and precisely
- Eon (n.) - extremely long period of time
- Epic (n.) - novel or poem that involves an incredibly complex, intricate journey with a purpose
- Epilogue (n.) - chapter after the end of a book that ties up loose ends
- Epithet (n.) - nickname or insulting label
- Establish (v.) - to start, found, or establish
- Excerpt (n.) - portion of a text
- Exemplify (v.) - to demonstrate by example; to embody
- Exigence (n.) - the situation a work is intended to address
- Expunge (v.) - to remove permanently from one's record
- 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
FILES AND LINKS AND RESOURCES (OH MY!)
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