Homework and Vocabulary November 3-7

DUE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

-Read “The Ruling that Changed America” p.408

-Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p.413

-Questions about the Writer’s Craft #2,4, p.413

DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

-Read “When Will People Help in a Crisis? p.415

-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p. 419-420

-Answer ALL Questions About the Writer’s Craft, p.420

DUE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

-Read “Nature in the Suburbs” p.422

-Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p.427

-Answer Questions about the Writer’s Craft #1,2,4

DUE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

-Essay: Cause-Effect p.429- handwritten double spaced

-Vocabulary Quiz

DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

-Final Draft of Essay p.429  – emailed by 3^rd period

- Blog Post #16

Vocabulary LIST: Matching and Fill in the Blank

• arbiter- a judge who decides a disputed issue

• vindicated- freed from blame

• indolent- lazy

• florid- describing flowery or elaborate speech
• ebullience- intense enthusiasm
• superfluous- extra; unnecessary
• auspicious-favorable; promising
• clandestine-secretive
• disingenuous- not straightforward; crafty
• inveterate- long established; deep-rooted; habitual
• dilettante- one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
• equanimity- the quality of being clam and even-tempered; composure
• pejorative-describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
• deleterious- having a harmful effect; injurious
• prosaic-unimaginative; dull