THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR
HOMEWORK, Monday,
MAY-C-D-C 11, 2026:
AP ENGLISH #GET-LIT-ERATURE!
Best of Me due at finals
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELITE!
HAVE FUN RESTING UP TO WIN WEDNESDAY
ENGLISH II CP:
Best of Me due at Finals
ENGLISH II GEN:
Best of Me due at Finals
Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts
Weekly SPELLING Words for Context Evaluation:
- Gratitude
- priority (1st preference)
- Judgment
- submissive (always giving in to others)
- transparent (clear and not hiding anything)
- diligence (hard working)
- Controversial
- Virtually (almost)
- Casualty (injury or death)
- Occasional (at random intervals)
- Statistic
- Agricultural (related to farming)
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
- Resonant (adj.) - resounding loudly and clearly for all to hear
- chronology (n.) - narrative told in order of what happened first
- Clarify (v.) - to make clear
- Refinish (v.) - to apply a new surface or coat to something
- Rhyme Scheme (n.) - pattern of end rhyme in a poem
- Portrayal (n.) - depiction or interpretation of a work or text
- Proper (adj.) - the right or established way of doing things
- Complication (n.) - factor that makes a situation more complex or difficult
- Revitalize (v.) - to re-energize or re-inspire
- Transcript (n.) - narrative account
Weekly Word Parts:
PREFIXES
DENT/DONT (teeth) - dental: related to teeth
GER (old age) - geriatrics: medicine for doctors
NEPHR (kidneys) - nephritis: inflammation of the kidneys
OSTEO (bones) - osteoarthritis: inflammation of the joints
ROOTS
mania madness, insanity Wrestlemania (crazy about wrestling), maniac
sed, sess sit sedentary, session
crypt hidden cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic
dendr tree philodendron (plant that climbs up trees)
Cline lean decline (leaning downwards), incline, recline
chrom- color chromatic, monochrome, polychrome
SUFFIXES
LET (version of) - booklet: small book
ESE (relating to a place) - Chinese: relating to China
OPIA (eye defect) - myopia: nearsighted
ISK/ISCUS (small) - asterisk: little star
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