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January 7, 2013Welcome back!! Sit where you want.
You’ll have a seating chart tomorrow!
Come in and get a piece of paper out.
We are reviewing policies and Unit 5 Vocab for your TEST on Wednesday!
Schedule for the week is on the board!
INFORMATION:
Phone: 832-484-4195
Email: mshallenberger1@kleinisd.net
Room: 418
Website: http://classroom.kleinisd.net/webs/mshallenberger1
MATERIALS
You will need a binder (one inch, 3 rings) for this class. BRING EVERY DAY!!
You will need a spiral that will be left in your class period bin.
You will need a pen or pencil every single day.
Keep all handouts, current assignments, notes, and returned assignments in this binder.
You will need loose leaf paper.
TURNING IN WORK
Your grade will reflect the quality of work you turn in.
Use blue or black ink. Write neatly. Heading must be in top left corner: Name Class Period Date All major graded writings will be turned in
on turnitin.com
Make Up Work The Schedule is on the board and on the website.
Check the board for the absent policy.
Here it is for a reminder:
Check to the white board/website for what you missed
Get the date and check that number folder in the folder holder
If it’s a test/ quiz/ or assignment that’s not in there, YOU schedule a time when to make it up
IMPORTANT: don’t just not do your work because you weren’t here. It will kill your grade.
More info
You still get 3 hall passes
You may retest for 69 or below…
If you need help, ASK! Or stay for tutoring. You must schedule this with me.
This Wed, 1/9/12, is “end of semester grade bootcamp” and Tuesdays project make ups. There are 30 of you failing for the SEMESTER, as of right now you’ll be taking this class over.
Unit 5 Vocab test on Wed. Make ups are Wed-Fri AM.
Finals next week!
audio
https://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/iwords/Level_F/Unit_5/Vocabulary_LevelF_Unit5.mp3
amnesty((noun) pardon for noun) pardon for an offense against an offense against the government; the government; any act of any act of forgivenessforgiveness
pardonpardon
My sister needs to My sister needs to declare declare amnesty amnesty against her ex-against her ex-husband and get on husband and get on with her life.with her life.
autonomy(noun) self-(noun) self-government; government; political controlpolitical control
independenceindependence
home rulehome rule
self-governedself-governed
Toddlers enjoy a Toddlers enjoy a sense of sense of autonomy autonomy as soon as they as soon as they begin to walk on begin to walk on their own.their own.
axiomatic(adj) self-evident; (adj) self-evident; expressing a universally expressing a universally accepted ideaaccepted idea
self-evidentself-evidenttaken for gratedtaken for gratedobviousobvious
The passengers on the The passengers on the Axiom spaceship in the Axiom spaceship in the movie “Wall-e”, never movie “Wall-e”, never questioned their questioned their axiomatic existence axiomatic existence living in space for living in space for generations.generations.
blazon(Verb) to adorn (Verb) to adorn or embellish; to or embellish; to publish or publish or proclaim widelyproclaim widely
•broadcastbroadcast•trumpettrumpet
She couldn’t wait to She couldn’t wait to blazon her “In a blazon her “In a Relationship” status Relationship” status on Facebook.on Facebook.
caveat((noun) a warning noun) a warning to prevent to prevent misunderstanding misunderstanding or discourage or discourage behaviorbehavior
word to the wiseword to the wiseadmonitionadmonition
The teacher tried The teacher tried subtle caveats to let subtle caveats to let the students know the students know that they needed to that they needed to settle down and get settle down and get to work.to work.
equitable(adj) fair, just, (adj) fair, just, embodying embodying principles of principles of justicejustice
rightright
reasonablereasonable
even handedeven handed
$50 for a day’s work $50 for a day’s work washing windows washing windows seemed equitable.seemed equitable.
extricate((verb) to free from verb) to free from entanglement; to entanglement; to remove with effortremove with effort
extractextract
disentangledisentangle
It took all afternoon It took all afternoon to to extricateextricate the cat the cat from the tree.from the tree.
filch(verb) to steal, (verb) to steal, especially in a especially in a sneaky way.sneaky way.
swipeswipe
purloinpurloin
PilferPilfer
I was shocked to I was shocked to discover he had been discover he had been filchingfilching money from money from his little sister’s piggy his little sister’s piggy bank,bank,
flout(verb) to mock, (verb) to mock, treat with treat with contemptcontempt
sneer atsneer at
scornscorn
scoff atscoff at
She She floutedflouted the the Homecoming Homecoming tradition and refused tradition and refused to wear a mum.to wear a mum.
fractious(adj) unruly; (adj) unruly; quarrelsome, quarrelsome, tending to be tending to be troublesometroublesome
recalcitrantrecalcitrant
peevishpeevish
One One fractiousfractious student student in a class can cause in a class can cause the everyone to be the everyone to be miserable; it is best miserable; it is best to remove him.to remove him.
precept(noun) a rule of (noun) a rule of conduct or conduct or actionaction
principleprinciple
maximmaxim
Mrs. Zellmer has Mrs. Zellmer has rather strict rather strict preceptsprecepts for classroom for classroom behavior.behavior.
salutary(adj) beneficial, (adj) beneficial, helpful, healthfulhelpful, healthful
wholesomewholesome
curativecurative
salubrioussalubrious
Daily exercise will Daily exercise will have a have a salutary salutary effect effect on your weight and on your weight and stress levels.stress levels.
scathing(adj) bitterly (adj) bitterly severe, causing severe, causing great harmgreat harm
ferociousferocious
harshharsh
searingsearing
After reading the After reading the scathingscathing comments comments about the applicant, about the applicant, we certainly didn’t we certainly didn’t want to hire him.want to hire him.
scourge(verb) to whip or punish (verb) to whip or punish severelyseverely
(noun) a cause of (noun) a cause of sufferingsuffering
flogflog
beatbeat
plagueplague
pestilencepestilence
You should not You should not scourgescourge the donkey to get him the donkey to get him to behave.to behave.
The one freshman in The one freshman in the group was a the group was a scourgescourge to their mature to their mature conversation.conversation.
sepulchral(adj) typical of (adj) typical of the tomb/grave; the tomb/grave; extremely extremely gloomygloomy
dolefuldoleful
lugubriouslugubrious
mournfulmournful
The The sepulchralsepulchral background music in background music in the commercial made the commercial made me even more me even more depressed. depressed.
soporific((adj) tending to adj) tending to cause sleepcause sleep
(noun) something (noun) something that causes sleepthat causes sleep
narcoticnarcotic
anestheticanesthetic
My husband will not My husband will not attend the ballet with attend the ballet with me because he feels me because he feels it is soporific.it is soporific.
straitlaced(adj) extremely (adj) extremely strict in moral strict in moral standards; prudish; standards; prudish; puritanicalpuritanical
overly strictoverly strict
stuffystuffy
The The straitlaced straitlaced student would not student would not feel comfortable at a feel comfortable at a wild, permissive wild, permissive party.party.
transient(adj) lasting only a (adj) lasting only a short timeshort time
(noun) one who (noun) one who stays only a short stays only a short time.time.
impermanentimpermanent
ephemeralephemeral
George and Lennie George and Lennie were were transienttransient farm farm workers.workers.
unwieldy(adj) not easily (adj) not easily carried or managed carried or managed because of size or because of size or complexitycomplexity
cumbersomecumbersome
bulkybulky
impracticalimpractical
The giant sack of The giant sack of football equipment football equipment was too was too unwieldyunwieldy for for one guy to carry.one guy to carry.
vapid(adj) dull, (adj) dull, uninteresting; uninteresting; lacking in lacking in sharpness, flavor, or sharpness, flavor, or livelinessliveliness
blandbland
lifelesslifeless
boringboring
insipidinsipid
I was totally bored by I was totally bored by the play because the play because most of the actors most of the actors were just plain were just plain vapidvapid..
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