THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR
HOMEWORK, Monday,
March 2, 2026:
AP ENGLISH #GET-LIT-ERATURE!
Intro and BP1 for Jane Eyre Research Paper due Monday night
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELITE!
Dance 8 due Tuesday night
ENGLISH II CP:
Vocabulary Projects due Monday night
ENGLISH II GEN:
Vocabulary Projects due Monday night
Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts
Weekly SPELLING Words for Context Evaluation:
- Erroneous (in error, mistaken)
- Evanescent (here one second, gone the next)
- Enthusiasm
- Machiavellian (ends justify the means)
- Exhilarating (exciting)
- Maverick (lone wolf mentality)
- Flummoxed (confused / bumfuzzled)
- Emulate (to try to be like)
- Elegant (fancy)
- Eloquence (speaking effectively and beautifully)
- Emphasis (to accentuate)
- Elocution (the art of speaking well)
- Expedient (easiest solution)
- Establishment (starting something)
- Exemplify (to serve as a model of)
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
- Principally (adv.) - mostly or for the majority of a duration
- Principle (n.) - moral belief or value
- Principal (n.) - head of a school, like Mr. Porter
- Probity (n.) - having and adhering to strong moral values
- Prominent (adj.) - highly visible or important
- Propitiate (v.) - to gain someone's favor by pleasing or placating them
- Plausible (adj.) - logically deemed possible
- Obtrusively (adv.) - doing something in an obnoxiously obvious manner
- Obfuscate (v.) - to make something unclear or harder to understand
- Usurp (v.) - to take by force
- Prostrate (adj.) - lying face down
- Prose (n.) - text written in paragraph form
- Propriety (n.) - following established manners or customs
- Proprietor (n.) - one who owns or operates an establishment
Weekly Word Parts:
PREFIXES
NEUR (nerve) - neurologist: nerve doctor
OMNI (all) - omnipresent: present everywhere
ROOTS
SERV (save / keep) - reserve: to keep held back for a later time
SPIR (breathe) - inspire: to breathe motivation and spirit into
TANG/TACT (touch) - tactile: able to be manipulated by touch)
SUFFIXES
PHILE (one who loves) - bibliophile (one who loves books)
PLEGIA (paralysis) - paraplegia ( lower body paralysis)
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