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THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR

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HOMEWORK, Tuesday,
ROCKtober 14, 2025:
 
 
 
AP ENGLISH #GET-LIT-ERATURE! 
FULL SEND ANNOS / NTG for 1.1 due TONIGHT; read, annotate Act II by Wed. night  
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELITE! 
Thoroughly annotate and ANNIHILATE post-reading questions for Reagan by TONIGHT; Dance #4 due tomorrow night; Bush and Diop due Thursday night
 
ENGLISH II CP:
Outline / RD of BP1 due TONIGHT
 
ENGLISH II GEN:
Outline / RD of BP1 due TONIGHT
 
Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts
 
Weekly Spelling Words for Context Evaluation:
 
  1. Pseudonym (fake name)
  2. proximity (nearness)
  3. Prowess (ability)
  4. provocative (shocking)
  5. Provision
  6. Prosecute
  7. Proportion
  8. prophetic (foretell future)
  9. Prominent (highly important / noticeable)
  10. prolific (productive)
  11. Proletarian (working class)
  12. Profusion (abundant amount)
  13. Prestige (elevated reputation)
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
  1. Contradiction (n.)./ contradictory - marked by logic that goes against itself or is somehow inherently faulty
  2. Contrasting (adj.) - accentuating differences
  3. Contrite (adj.),  - honest and sincere in word and deed
  4. Conundrum (n.) - puzzling dilemma that requires complex thought to solve
  5. Convey (v.) - to communicate a message; to deliver
  6. Convivial (adj.) - lively and engaging with others
  7. Cultivate (v.) - to develop slowly, meaningfully, and in a complex manner over time
  8. Customary (adj.) - habitual according to the custom of a people or area
  9. Decorum (n.) - rules of proper behavior / courtesy
  10. Deforested (adj.) - made devoid of trees / foliage
  11. Authoritative (adj.) - able to be perceived as true; verifiable; powerful in tone
 
Weekly Word Parts:
PREFIXES
BENE (Good) - beneficial: good for one's mind or health
CARDIO (heart) - cardiac: related to the heart
 
ROOTS
DEMO (people) - democracy: rule of, by, and for the people
DERM (skin) - hypodermic: going beneath the skin
DICT (speak) - diction: the words one chooses to utilize
 
SUFFIXES
ATION (that which is) - frustration: that which is frustrating, like Chrome OS
CY (state of being) - obstinacy: state of being obstinate (stubborn)
 

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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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