October 23, 2015 Entry Task  Items you need:  Paper  Pen / Pencil  All other items must be removed from your desk.

Today’s GoalsToday’s Goals You will be able to: Competently determine appropriate vocabulary words to use in sentences. You will show this by: Completing the vocabulary assessment. Part of your final for the semester will include a comprehensive (summative) vocabulary test.

Quiz ExpectationsQuiz Expectations  Do Your Own Work  Keep Your Work To Yourself  Do Not Write On The Test Sheet (Except what I’m about to ask you to write)  Remain Silent Until Everyone Has Finished

Vocabulary Slide 1Vocabulary Slide 1  Abstinence – Noun – The giving up of certain pleasures  Teenagers tend to scoff at the idea of certain types of abstinence, though it may be for their own good.  Bequeath – Verb – To leave money or property by will; to pass along  Bruce Wayne’s parents bequeathed their entire estate to their son in their will.  Cacophony – Noun – Harsh sound  To many older people, the music of teenagers is little more than a cacophony.  Debilitate – Verb – To Weaken  Superman is so puny, that even a simple space rock can debilitate him.  Eclectic – Adjective – Made up of selections from different sources.  The back wall of my classroom is an eclectic collection of t-shirts that represent different eras of my life.

Vocabulary Slide 2Vocabulary Slide 2  Fallacy – Noun – False idea; mistaken belief  Many members of one religion will say that other religious beliefs rely on fallacies.  Garbled – Adjective– Confused; mixed up  The garbled message from outer space made some people believe that it came from aliens, though it might have just been an anomaly.  Haphazard – Adjective – Not planned; random  When Han Solo and Luke Skywalker rescued Princess Leia, their haphazard plan landed them in a giant trash compactor.  Immaterial – Adjective– Insignificant; unimportant  Excuses for why homework is not done are immaterial when it comes to the grade in the gradebook.  Judicious – Adjective – Wise; careful; showing sound judgment.  A teacher must be judicious when selecting the music that will be appropriate to listen to during a class’s work time.

Vocabulary Slide 3Vocabulary Slide 3  Lackluster – Adjective– lacking brightness, vitality, enthusiasm; dull  The house had been closed up for so long that the windows had acquired a lackluster layer of dust and grime both inside and out.  Marr – Verb – To injure; to spoil; to damage; to disfigure  Darth Vader concealed his marred face behind a menacing mask.  Nonchalance – Noun – Carelessness; lack of concern  The teenager’s apparent nonchalance was actually a façade that hid deep insecurities.  Obscure – Adjective – Not clear; hidden; not well-known  My best teachers were always a font of obscure knowledge and anecdotes.  Painstaking – Adjective – Very careful; diligent  Painstaking care was taken in crafting the piece of art to perfection.

Weekend Reminders! 1.This is your last weekend to work on your paper revisions. You have an awful lot of stuff to sift through in order to make competent changes. 2.Vocabulary / Parallel Structure quiz next Friday