1. Welcome! January 30th, 2018 Tuesday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Tuesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to guess the meaning of the word. Make sure you explain your thinking!
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. A tabloid journalist never scruples to reveal intimate details
Read the following sentence and guess the meaning of the word scruples based on the context.
A tabloid journalist never
scruples to reveal intimate details
about the lives of celebrities.
A scruple is a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
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3. “The Gift Of the Magi”
Today, we’re going to listen to an audio of “The Gift of the Magi,” a short story by O. Henry.
This story is a happy one – which might be a nice break for anyone sick of depressing stories 

4. “The Gift Of the Magi”
For the next two class periods, you have two jobs:
Complete the “Gift of the Magi” study questions on the back of your sheet
Complete the “Gift of the Magi” creative prompt
Begin your IXLs for the week: F.1 and F.2 in the 10th Grade Language Arts section