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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
LIST 3 Deploy-Impair
Every Monday-Wednesday Vocabulary- You will be given 10 new terms.
List 3
1. deploy
2. cavalier
3. egg (not the dairy product)
4. mete
5. nullify
6. embroil
7. waffle
8. ascribe
9. enhance
10. impair
It is your job to
Define the terms (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/)
Learn how to pronounce them.
Create a link word. The link word is a simple word (or words) which rhymes or sounds like the main word.
Identify five synonyms for the term.
Discover a caption that connects the main term and the linking word in a mnemonic rhyme.
Discover or create a cartoon. The cartoon caption will underscore the bizarre and or humorous cartoon which incorporates the main term and the linking word into a visual mnemonic.
Sample from http://www.vocabularycartoons.com/home/pages/Cartoon-Samples.html
All work should be housed in a folder that will be stored in the classroom.
Thursday--Assessment of terms
Friday--CAMBRIDGE ACT practice test
List 3
1. deploy
2. cavalier
3. egg (not the dairy product)
4. mete
5. nullify
6. embroil
7. waffle
8. ascribe
9. enhance
10. impair
It is your job to
Define the terms (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/)
Learn how to pronounce them.
Create a link word. The link word is a simple word (or words) which rhymes or sounds like the main word.
Identify five synonyms for the term.
Discover a caption that connects the main term and the linking word in a mnemonic rhyme.
Discover or create a cartoon. The cartoon caption will underscore the bizarre and or humorous cartoon which incorporates the main term and the linking word into a visual mnemonic.
Sample from http://www.vocabularycartoons.com/home/pages/Cartoon-Samples.html
All work should be housed in a folder that will be stored in the classroom.
Thursday--Assessment of terms
Friday--CAMBRIDGE ACT practice test
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ADVANCED PLACEMENT INTERNET TOOLS
This will be our lab instead of lit lab and the rest are resources.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/meyerlit/default.asp
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/meyerlit/default.asp
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
AP LITERATURE STUDENTS --New Lab site
This will be our lab instead of lit lab and the rest are resources.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
Note Cards and Source Cards due October 15,2010
Please refer to your notes on the specifications for the note cards and source cards you are to submisson October 15th. There will be no extensions for this submission. In other words no late work will be accepted. We will be in the computer lab Tuesday and in the library Wednesday of this week. Please don't use the "I couldn't get to a computer" excuse.
Note Cards/Source Cards
Sites to help with note cards, source cards, and outline for CAPSTONE 1st set due 10-15-10
http://janeconstant.tripod.com/NoteCards.htm
http://mrsabbadessa.wcsd.wikispaces.net/file/view/NoteCardsOutline.pdf
http://janeconstant.tripod.com/NoteCards.htm
http://mrsabbadessa.wcsd.wikispaces.net/file/view/NoteCardsOutline.pdf
ACT PREP Terms #2
1. Attrition
2. Edifition
3. Ablution
4. Elocution
5. Writhe
6. Pedestrian
7. Carrion
8. Pinion
9. Kismet
10. Ambivalence
2. Edifition
3. Ablution
4. Elocution
5. Writhe
6. Pedestrian
7. Carrion
8. Pinion
9. Kismet
10. Ambivalence
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