Here's some suggestions for reading Chapter 3 of the novel! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
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
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)
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.
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
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
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