Monday, January 27

• vocab warm-up:
  • 9. omnivore, n. – person or animal that eats everything (both animals and plants)
  • 10. voracious, adj. – 1. greedy in eating. 2. insatiable, as a voracious appetite.

CIDE: killing, killer

• 11. genocide, n. – deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
• 12. herbicide, n. – substance that kills plants
• Essay due!
  • Staple together:
  • Rubric on top
  • Final draft of essay
  • Peer editing sheet
  • Rough draft
  • Outline
• Article to read on language and change
  • on top of CoW!
• Notes on literary and cultural criticism

Tuesday, January 28

• vocab warm-up:
  • 13. homicide, n. – killing of one human by another
  • 14. insecticide, n. – substance that kills insects
  • 15. pesticide, n. – substance that kills rats, insects, etc.
  • 16. suicide, n. – act of killing (or killer of) oneself
• Chapter 4 q&a
  • okay to work together
  • go over in class
• What about Crooks' situation
  • What's going on at the end of chapter 4?
• How does Steinbeck use language?
  • What words do characters choose?
    • what are they showing about themselves?
    • what are they showing about what they think about their topic?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io1TdSVdjz0
• more Lit Crit notes

Wednesday, January 29

• vocab warm-up:
  • VIV: live, alive
  • 17. convivial, adj. – fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable
  • 18. revive, v. – bring back to life; restore
  • 19. survive, v. – outlive; remain alive after
  • 20. vivacious, adj. – lively in temper or conduct
• Of Mice and Men final reading quiz
  • review Steinbeck bio notes for quiz
• Billie Holliday singing "Strange Fruit"
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlTHvJBeP0
• more Lit Crit notes

Thursday, January 30

• vocab warm-up:
  • 21. vivacity, n. – liveliness of spirit
  • 22. vivid, adj. – 1. full of life. 2. sharp and clear; graphic
  • 23. vivisection, n. – operation on a live animal for scientific investigation
  • 24. antivivisectionist, n. – one who opposes vivisection
• Finish Lit Crit notes
• Group discussions - Big Questions
  • what do you think?
  • what do others think?

Friday, January 31