November 12 - 16

E 10 A - Week 11

Monday, November 12

    • No school in honor of our veterans!



Tuesday, November 13

  • vocab warm-up:
  • 17. dysentery, n. – a disease involving inflammation of the large intestine
  • 18. dyslexia, n. – impairment of the ability to read
  • 19. dysphagia, n. – difficulty in swallowing
  • 20. dysphasia, n. – speech difficulty resulting from brain injury
  • Turn in your essay on Your Book
    • essay
    • outline
    • reading log for your book
  • Notes on rhetoric
  • Look at some ads!

Wednesday, November 14

  • vocab warm-up: (last 5 words!)
  • words related to EU: good, well, advantageous
  • 21. eulogize, v. – to write or speak in praise of someone (usually at a funeral!)
  • 22. euphemism, n. – substitution of a “good” expression for a difficult one, e.g. He passed away, rather than, he died.
  • 23. euphoria, n. – sense of well-being
  • 24. euthanasia, n. – the illegal practice of putting someone to death to reduce their suffering from an incurable disease. (literally: advantageous death)
  • 25. eugenics, n. – discredited science of the early 20th century attempting to improve the genetic composition of the human population. (With livestock this has been going on for centuries under the term animal husbandry.)
  • Vocab quiz next Tuesday, November 20
  • Ad examples
    • flawed ads!
  • Ad analysis

Thursday, November 15

  • vocab warm-up:
    • Greek I crossword
  • grammar exercise 21-1
  • ad article and questions
  • Time to work on:
    • ad article
    • pink ad chart
    • a little bit of time tomorrow, too


Friday, November 16

  • vocab warm-up:
    • Draw a picture that shows 4 vocab words
    • Write a caption to help explain the picture!
  • Have you bombed a vocab quiz in this class? Would you like the points back?
    • For each quiz you didn't do well on, write 10 sentences from that list of words
    • The sentences must show you know the meaning of the word.
    • The words must be spelled correctly!
  • Grammar exercise
  • Rhetorical Appeals practice
    • get the practice sheet
    • work on together in class
  • Time to work
    • on Ad Chart - due today
      • finish this first!
    • on Ad article and questions - due Monday, November 19