askew adjective Means "crooked" Please fix the picture that is askew; it’s driving me crazy!

brood Verb: broods, brooded, brooding “To focus on/think about things that make you unhappy” Adjective: “Brooding” After the loss, he brooded about the fact that he missed the field goal.

CULMINATE Verb (culminates, culminating, culminated) Means "to result in" I trained hard for six months, which culminated in a new personal record bench press.

Console Verb Consoled, consoles, consoling Means “To make someone feel better” He consoled his crying daughter by giving her a hug.

grammar Write out the following sentences. Label and cross out prepositional phrases first. Then underline the subject once and the verb twice. * Remember the weird prepositions! 1. Before class, Jordan ate Hot Cheetos in the hallway. (2) 2. In the middle of the movie, I left. (2) 3. He changed into gym clothes in the locker room inside the gym. (3)

Drone Verb (drones, droned, droning) "to make a dull, repetitive sound" or "speak in a dull tone of voice“ The teacher droned on and on about how to calculate the angles of a polygon.

Devoid (of) Adjective “Completely without (something)” The barren desert was devoid of water.

grammar Write out the following sentences. Label and cross out prepositional phrases first. Then underline the subject once and the verb twice. * Is, was, were are verbs. * Remember the weird prepositions! 1. During first period, my friend Kevin brought a box of donuts with sprinkles for the class.(4) 2. A pile of boxes fell from a truck onto the road. (3)

Friday Take out your: Scarlet Ibis Chart The essay we started yesterday A pencil

All one paragraph!   Topic sentence: First, the narrator is a bad brother to Doodle because… Give a general reason (He is embarrassed by him, he’s mean to him, he shares things with him…)  First Evidence: For example, the narrator… Choose something specific the narrator did that makes him either good or bad First Analysis/Explanation: This makes the narrator a (good/bad) brother because… This is where you explain how the evidence you just cited proves that the narrator was either a good or bad brother to Doodle. Second evidence: Another reason that the narrator is a… Choose a different thing that also shows that he is a good or bad brother Second Analysis/Explanation Again, explain how this new evidence also makes him good or bad.

Third Paragraph (Body Paragraph Two): Counterargument: This is where you acknowledge why someone might disagree with you and then try to bring them back to your side. (About 4-6 sentences)   Some people might argue that the narrator is… (the opposite of what you’ve claimed about him) For example, he does… (Give a specific example of a thing he does that fits with the opposite of your thesis) While this is true, it doesn’t mean that he is… (Now explain why that doesn’t actually disprove what you have been saying about the narrator). (Should be more than one sentence!)

Finite Adjective Means "Limited” or “having an end” Infinite: Unlimited or without end There is a finite amount of water available for us to use.

Miscellaneous Adjective Means "mixed" or "of different kinds" No conjugation I have a collection of miscellaneous cartoon action figures.

Procrastinate Verb Means "to put things off till later” If you procrastinate on this assignment, you will regret it.

seething Adjective Means “filled with anger” My dad was seething because he found out that I took the car without asking.

Grammar Write out the following sentences. Label and cross out prepositional phrases first. Then underline the subject once and the verb twice. * Remember the weird prepositions (with, of, for, without…)! 1. With a water balloon in his hand, the captain of the football team chased the coach. (3) 2. Before the bell, the students in O’Neal’s class prepare their cards for vocabulary. (3)

Final Draft Today we are going to complete the final draft of your “Scarlet Ibis” essay. It is due at the end of class. Things to remember: Neatness counts. If your work is sloppy, you will lose points. Capitalize “Doodle,” but not random words in your sentences. Don’t write “gonna” (going to), “cuz” (because), or any other slang/text words Indent your paragraphs and don’t go too far beyond the right margin All of your evidence must be cited with the page number at the end of the sentence, before the period.

tedious Adjective Means “long and boring” After another tedious shift at the factory, he finally reenrolled in school.

Verify Verb (verifying, verified, verifies) --verdad Means "to confirm" He needed to verify that he actually won the lottery before he celebrated.

Grammar Compound subjects and verbs: Compound just means “more than one” So, a sentence can have more than one subject and more than one verb. For example: Brian and I walked to the store and bought some food.

grammar 1. In high school, I played drums in the band and my friend Jose sang with the choir. (3) 2. Outside the building, the dogs howled at the moon and the neighbor yelled at the top of his lungs. (4)