Vocab Too

You’re so Vain:

Words to Describe a Know-it-all

Due Friday, January 27

Provide the definition for each of the following words that you don’t know. Even if you think you are familiar with the word, you should check its definition to confirm your understanding. For words you need to define, include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words. Beware of circular definitions.

Write an original sentence for each word in the list, whether you need to define it or not. Post one sentence as a comment. Please type your work.

Bonus challenge: Write all your sentences about a really bad teacher.

1.     condescending

2.     contemptuous

3.     despotic

4.     dictatorial

5.     disdain

6.     haughty

7.     imperious

8.     patronizing

Agenda, January 20

• Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Monday: "In Praise of the Humble Comma," by Pico Iyer. Click here for the Bibliographical info.
• Due Now: Vocab Won
• Due Tuesday: Division and Classification Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.

Agenda:

1. Write Your Own Quiz
2. Words, words, words

Agenda, January 19

• Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Do Now: Look up key words in the MC passage: words in the question stems, the distractors, and key words from the passage.
• Due Monday: "In Praise of the Humble Comma," by Pico Iyer. Click here for the Bibliographical info.
• Due Friday: Vocab Won
• Due Tuesday: Division and Classification Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.

Agenda:

1. MC Discussion
2. "The Female Body" Whole Class
3. Write Your Own Quiz

Bibliographical Info for "In Praise of the Humble Comma"

Author.
Title of source.
Title of container,	In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction
Other contributors,	edited by Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones
Version,
Number,
Publisher,	W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Publication date,	1996
Location.

Agenda, January 18

• Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Now: Somebody Synthesis
• Do tonight: Look up key words in the MC passage: words in the question stems, the distractors, and key words from the passage.
• Due Friday: "In Praise of the Humble Comma," by Pico Iyer. Bib info coming soon.
• Due Friday: Vocab Won

Agenda:

1. A Ceremony of Synthesis
2. Wrapping Up "The Age of the Essay": The three questions I'm always seeking ...
3. MC Practice
4. "The Female Body" 

Agenda, January 17

• Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Now: Somebody Synthesis
• Do tonight: Look up key words in the MC passage: words in the question stems, the distractors, and key words from the passage.
• Due Thursday: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady
• Due Friday: Vocab Won

Agenda:

1. A Ceremony of Synthesis
2. Wrapping Up "The Age of the Essay": The three questions I'm always seeking ...
3. MC Practice
4. "The Female Body" 

Vocab Won

I’ll Be the Judge of That:

Words about Evidence, Proof, and Judgment

Due Friday, January 20

Provide the definition for each of the following words that you don’t know. Even if you think you are familiar with the word, you should check its definition to confirm your understanding. For words you need to define, include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words.

Write an original sentence for each word in the list, whether you need to define it or not. Post one sentence as a comment (I’d recommend posting a sentence with the word you understand the least). If you attempt to post three times without success, e-mail your sentence to me.

Please type your work.

Bonus challenge: Use all your sentences to tell the story of an imaginary trial.

1. biased
2. exculpate
3. impartial
4. incontrovertible
5. integrity
6. objectivity
7. subjectivity
8. penitent
9. plausible
10. substantiated
11. vindicated

Agenda, January 10

• Due Now: "The Age of the Essay," by Paul Graham. The Bibliographical info is on the essay.
• Due Tomorrow: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Thursday, January 12: Somebody Synthesis.  

Agenda:

1. Synthesis Questions
2. Happiness is ...
3. The Age of a Whole Class Discussion
4. The Age of Rhetorical Analysis

Agenda, January 9

• Due Now: Look up the words you need to look up on the practice section.
• Due Now: "The Age of the Essay," by Paul Graham. The Bibliographical info is on the essay.
• Due Wednesday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Thursday, January 12: Somebody Synthesis.  

Agenda:

1. Synthesis Paragraph Strengths and Weaknesses 
2. Vocab Review
3. MC Practice Section Review
4. The Age of a Whole Class Discussion

Agenda, January 6

• Due Now: Using two of the essays we've read this term, write a synthesis paragraph that answers the question "How do people overcome obstacles?" Typed. MLA.
• Due Monday: Look up the words you need to look up on the practice section.
• Due Monday: "The Age of the Essay," by Paul Graham. The Bibliographical info is on the essay.
• Due Wednesday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader.
• Due Wednesday, January 11: Somebody Synthesis.   

Agenda:

1. What's a synthesis paragraph again?
2. One sentence answer: What does it mean to be somebody in America?
3. Another sentence: How do you become somebody in America?
4. MC Practice Section
5. Let's play with diction!