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THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR

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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:
  1. Erroneous (in error, mistaken)
  2. Evanescent (here one second, gone the next)
  3. Enthusiasm
  4. Machiavellian (ends justify the means)
  5. Exhilarating (exciting)
  6. Maverick (lone wolf mentality)
  7. Flummoxed (confused / bumfuzzled)
  8. Emulate (to try to be like)
  9. Elegant (fancy)
  10. Eloquence (speaking effectively and beautifully)
  11. Emphasis (to accentuate)
  12. Elocution (the art of speaking well)
  13. Expedient (easiest solution)
  14. Establishment (starting something)
  15. Exemplify (to serve as a model of)
 
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
  1. Principally (adv.) - mostly or for the majority of a duration
  2. Principle (n.) - moral belief or value
  3. Principal (n.) - head of a school, like Mr. Porter
  4. Probity (n.) - having and adhering to strong moral values
  5. Prominent (adj.) - highly visible or important
  6. Propitiate (v.) - to gain someone's favor by pleasing or placating them
  7. Plausible (adj.) - logically deemed possible
  8. Obtrusively (adv.) - doing something in an obnoxiously obvious manner
  9. Obfuscate (v.) - to make something unclear or harder to understand
  10. Usurp (v.) - to take by force
  11. Prostrate (adj.) - lying face down
  12. Prose (n.) - text written in paragraph form
  13. Propriety (n.) - following established manners or customs
  14. 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)
 

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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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