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..