Homework & Vocabulary October 20-24

DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

- Read “Beauty and the Beast” p.368

-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4 p.370

-Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft #2-4 p.370

 DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23

-Read “The Prisoner’s Dilemma” p. 372

-Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.376-377

-Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft #4, p.377

-Study for Vocabulary Quiz Friday

 DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

- Rough draft of Comparison-Contrast Essay, p.379, handwritten, double-spaced

-Study for the vocabulary quiz

 DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

-Final draft of comparison-contrast essay due Monday, Due 3^rd period, via email or printed

-Blog Post #14

Vocabulary List- Matching and Fill in the Blank

• exculpate- to free from guilt or blame

• despotic- exercising absolute power; tyrannical
• imperious-arrogantly domineering or overbearing
• insipid-uninteresting; unchallenging
• torpor- laziness; inactivity; dullness
• ostentatious-describing a showing or pretentious display
• spurious- not genuine
• coup- a brilliantly executed plan
• capricious-impulsive or unpredictable
• tenuous- having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
• obdurate- stubborn; inflexible
• dogmatic- stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
• facetious- playfully humorous
• aesthetic- having to do with the appreciation of beauty
• eclectic- made up of a variety of sources or styles