1. Week 18 Warm-ups and Vocabulary

2. Monday, January 11, 2015(ELA) 1. authentic (adj) genuine; real; true 2. bewilder (verb) to puzzle completely; confuse 3. canny (adj) smart and careful; watchful of one’s own interests 4. cater (verb) 1. to try to satisfy the needs of; try to make things easy and pleasant 2. to supply food and service 5. climax (noun) the highest or most intense moment in the course of something 6. confront (verb) to stand up to; to face boldly 7. debut (noun) a first public appearance 8. fathom (verb) to figure out; to understand; to get to the bottom of

3. Monday, January 11, 2015(GRAMMAR) Please rewrite the following paragraph, correcting all the mistakes: olivia’s lying about homework was nothing knew. months passed in a similar invariable manner

4. Tuesday, January 12, 2015(ELA) Add the following words to your vocabulary list for this week: 8. fathom (verb) to figure out; to understand; to get to the bottom of 9. maternal (adj) of or like a mother 10. narrative (noun) a story; a detailed report 11. nurture (verb) to bring up, care for, train, or nourish

5. Tuesday ELA Continued: 12. orthodox (adj) in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things, especially relating to religion 13. prowess (noun) great skill or ability 14. snare (verb) to trap, catch, or get 15. tamper (verb) to interfere with; to mess with rashly or foolishly

6. Tuesday, January 12, 2015(GRAMMAR) Please rewrite the following paragraph, correcting all the mistakes: the 6 walked to school met up with their friend’s who bussed to school suffered through classes’ with their bizarre teacher’s and tried to avoid orson odious and his popular pal’s the comely petra pulchritudinous lovely alessandra amorous and handsome danny dapper. accept in art and music the nasty annoying teachers’ gave tons of homework

7. Wednesday, January 13, 2015(ELA) Please respond to the journal prompt below: A lot of rappers claim that they were born with a mic. Well, what if one of them really was? This is his story.

8. Wednesday, January 12, 2015(ELA) Please rewrite the following paragraph, correcting all the mistakes: while middle school is alway’s a wierd place they new that something strange was afoot at horribly hard middle school. sam kept note’s on the effect’s that william’s and jesses’ atrocious but hilarious limerick’s had on there teachers’

9. Thursday, January 14, 2015(ELA) Please rewrite the following paragraph, correcting all the mistakes: one of their best a wicked limerick about the social studies teacher ms grumpy geography evoked more than smoke from her ears and fluttering eyes. in addition to the teachers usual reactions to hearing one of their infamous verses ms grumpy geography repeated over and over in a monotone voice for more than too seconds but less than 3 you must read the book great geography. you must read the book great geography