Wednesday 9/22 Come in: –Copy down the calendar –Have the vocab section of your spiral open.

Vocab 9/22 ***vocab check on Friday 9/24 Allotted Grapple Devoid Instigate Incapacitated Amass Comply Audacious Elite Longevity

Allotted to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out

Grapple a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another

Devoid lacking, wanting, destitute, bereft, barren

Instigate to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course

Incapacitated to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength

Amass to gather for oneself; collect as one's own

Comply to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc

Audacious extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless

Elite the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.

Longevity a long individual life; great duration of individual life

TWCSR-Journal 1 If you could invent a machine to do anything you wanted what would you have it do? –Why would you want this done? –Besides you who would benefit the most from this?

There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury

Bradbury was born August 22, He is a famous horror, sci-fi, mystery and fantasy writer. Best known works are Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, and Dandelion Wine.

There Will Come Soft Rains The short story is an except from a collection entitled The Martian Chronicles. The collection was published in Many of the short stories were based around a futuristic society. Like many authors Bradbury was inspired by the events that took place around him.

Hiroshima On Monday, August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It killed 80,000 people instantly. Over the next year over 100,000 people died from radiation poisoning.

TWCSR- Journal 2 If you knew the world was ending tomorrow and you had time to do 3 things what would they be and why?

I double dog dare you! We are a technology dependent society, so I issue a challenge to you… You must complete 5 tasks and turn them in tomorrow. You may NOT use any technology (internet, phones, computer…ect) The class with the most students that complete this assignments receives a surprise.

Challenge Who was the 13 th President of the United States? Find out what the weather will be on Friday. Communicate with someone long distance (more than 30 minutes away) Tell a friend to come to my classroom, introduce themselves and say the period you are in. Sit in your room (no music, no TV, no Facebook) and write about this quote “Life is not a final. It's daily pop quizzes.” for 15 minutes straight (you will need a manual clock---digital ones use electricity) This works of the honor system, but I am a firm believer in Karma…so be honest! Happy hunting!