Thursday, November 25, 2010

Some thoughts on Oliver Twist

Here's some suggestions for reading Chapter 3 of the novel! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

And all the vocabulary for Tuesday's test

1. Enviable (1)
2. Hitherto (3)
3. Perversely (4)
4. Atrociously (5)
5. Stupefied (11)
6. Consolation (12)
7. Extraneous (14)
8. Magistrates (18)
9. Preliminary (19)
10. Parochial (19)
11. Acquiesced (21)
12. Philosopher (24)
13. Countenance (26)
14. Atrocity (29)
15. Merriment (31)
Secret Life:
Chapter 1: Imbecile, 11, Smirking, 13, Oblivious, 21, Impersonation, 31

Chapter 2:
Brazen, 38, Beseeching, 40, Pious, 44, Blaspheme, 44

Chapter 3: Speculating, 63, Consternation, 64

Chapter 4: Corrugated, 71, Meander, 80

Chapter 5: Naïve, 84, Bona Fide, 85, Righteous, 87, Indignation, 87, Eclectic, 90

Chapter 6
Ingenious, 104, Deliverance, 107, Solace, 109

Chapter 7: Incessantly, 120, Consignment, 125

Chapter 8:
High-caliber, 137, Kamikaze, 151

Chapter 9: Ambitious, 165

Chapter 10: Anguish, 199, Vigil, 200, Ritual, 205

Chapter 11:
Dillydallying, 214, Sauntered, 224, Quiver, 225, Taunting, 239

Chapter 14:
Demoralized, 286, Melancholy, 287, Skittish, 291, Resolve, 298,
Perpetually, 301

The Kiterunner:
• Chapters Eight-Ten: pp. 70-108 lumbering, insomniac, embodiment, bazaar, drone, shrouded, withered, stench

• Chapters Eleven-Twelve: pp. 109-144 cretin, permeate, cardamom, tarpaulin, suitor, carcinoma, palliative, metastasized, chastise

• Chapters Thirteen-Sixteen: pp. 145-187 posh, ensuing, incessant, chuff, presumptuous

• Chapters Seventeen-Twenty-one: 188-238 wary, oblivion, dismissive, snickered, burlap, relic, obliges, haphazardly, hunkered

• Chapters Twenty-two to Twenty-three: tote, morbidly, calloused, hemorrhage, paunchy

• Chapters Twenty-four to Twenty-five: irrevocably, teeming, turmoil, insomniac, epiphany, eccentric

monarchy, integrity, imminent, demise, unscrupulous,
notorious, hemorrhaged,
carcass(versus corpse), liability,
affluent, congenital, skeptic,
virtuous, exhilarating, melee, jostled, vehemently,
nemesis, obstinacy, irony

Oliver Twist Vocabulary for Chapters 1-5

1. Enviable (1)
2. Hitherto (3)
3. Perversely (4)
4. Atrociously (5)
5. Stupefied (11)
6. Consolation (12)
7. Extraneous (14)
8. Magistrates (18)
9. Preliminary (19)
10. Parochial (19)
11. Acquiesced (21)
12. Philosopher (24)
13. Countenance (26)
14. Atrocity (29)
15. Merriment (31)

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Poverty in Victorian England

Read this, and write a one-page summary of what you learn. In your view has society advanced beyond the state of affairs in the Victorian era?

Friday, November 5, 2010

Homework for Monday

Homework:
1. Read pages 165-213 (end of Chapter 10) and create a chart like the one below:

Major Events Significance

Major Event 1:


Major Event 2:

Etc.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Secret Life Vocabulary

For Tuesday, look up meanings and write practice sentences for Chapter 1 and ChapterS 7 and 8!

Chapter 1: Imbecile, 11, Smirking, 13, Oblivious, 21, Impersonation, 31

Chapter 2:
Brazen, 38, Beseeching, 40, Pious, 44, Blaspheme, 44

Chapter 3: Speculating, 63, Consternation, 64

Chapter 4: Corrugated, 71, Meander, 80

Chapter 5: Naïve, 84, Bona Fide, 85, Righteous, 87, Indignation, 87, Eclectic, 90

Chapter 6
Ingenious, 104, Deliverance, 107, Solace, 109

Chapter 7: Incessantly, 120, Consignment, 125

Chapter 8:
High-caliber, 137, Kamikaze, 151

Chapter 9: Ambitious, 165

Chapter 10: Anguish, 199, Vigil, 200, Ritual, 205

Chapter 11:
Dillydallying, 214, Sauntered, 224, Quiver, 225, Taunting, 239

Chapter 14:
Demoralized, 286, Melancholy, 287, Skittish, 291, Resolve, 298,
Perpetually, 301