THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR
HOMEWORK, Wednesday,
DEFcember 19, 2024:
AP ENGLISH #GET-LIT-ERATURE! Book Battles Readings due 1/6/25
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELITE! - Unit 3 research paper due TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. Aleutian Standard Time; Vacation Reading Guides due 1/10/25
ENGLISH II CP: Q3 Vocabulary Project due 3/4/25
ENGLISH II GEN: Q3 Vocabulary Project due 3/4/25
Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts: 12/16-12/20
Weekly Spelling Words for Context Evaluation:
- tempestuous (stormy)
- Strategic
- Procedure
- glutton (no self-control)
- meticulous (highly picky / detailed)
- foresight (seeing in advance)
- Chastise (to scold)
- Premier (the best)
- zealot (one who is excessively devoted to a cause)
- pervasive (presente everywhere)
- maverick (lone wolf)
- commemorate (to remember solemnly)
- Pompous (arrogant)
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
- Jollity (n.) - state of being jolly, and not just like Lauren or Aaron
- Treatise (n.) - formal argument arguing a definitive position on an issue
- Conspicuous (adj.) - highly noticeable, like being absent when a project is due
- Unsuitable (adj.), - not appropriate to the situation or task at hand
- Dissociate (v.) - to distance oneself from
- distress(v.)/distressing ( Adj.) - causing conflict or tension
- Legend (n.) - tale or fable usually involving heroism and overcoming tremendous odds
- Juridical (adj.) - highly judgmental, usually in a gloomy manner
- Inchoate (adj.) - newly developed
- Divagation (n.) - something that leads us astray from the course
- Rapscallion (n.) - untrustworthy, saucy scalawag
Weekly Word Parts:
PREFIXES
NONE THIS WEEK (Merry Christmas)
ROOTS
L
SUFFIXES
I
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