I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I can't believe our school year is already half over! This six weeks, we will be reading CIRQUE DU FREAK by Darren Shan. We will continue to have our Greek/Latin roots and vocabulary quizzes every week. I'm still available for tutorials every Tuesday/Wednesday morning and every Tuesday/Thursday afternoon if you need extra help. Let's have a great second semester!

Tuesday - Success for Teens 4.4, go over vocabulary, pass out and go over STAAR practice test, go to computer lab to type persuasive papers
HW - VOCABULARY SENTENCES DUE TOMORROW

Wednesday - read ch. 26-28, review figurative language, read "Red, Red Rose" and "Fire and Ice" to apply terms

Thursday - read ch. 29-30, review plot diagram, read "Retrieved Reformation" and apply to diagram

Friday - read ch. 31-33, ch. 26-33 quiz, vocabulary quiz, plot diagram quiz

abolish - to do away with
qualms - feelings of doubt
coincidental - happening by chance
benevolent - kind
futile - useless
ludicrous - laughable, ubsurd
ambrosia - food of the gods
incensed - angry
stringent - severe, strict
coalition - a union or alliance
vicariously - living through someone else
ruminate - to think about