H10 A - Week 9

February 10 - 14

Monday, February 10

  • Vocab warm-up: new list - Latin Roots II
  • TORT (TORS): twist

1. torture – 1. n. – anguish of mind or body; 2. v. – to cause anguish of mind or body; to twist or wrench

2. torturous, adj. – causing torture, painfully slow or difficult

3. torque – 1. n. – the force used to cause something to rotate(Also a noun meaning a twisted band of precious metal worn by ancient Gauls and Britons); 2. v. – to rotate or twist

4. tortuous, adj. – twisty, windy, and difficult; not straightforward.

  • Burns poem: "To a Mouse"
    • Robert Burns
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mVBQXoZqIo
  • grammar notes
    • subject/predicate
    • FANBOYS!
  • Finish Lit Crit assignment



Tuesday, February 11

  • vocab warm-up:
    • 5. contortionist, n. – person who can twist his or her body into odd postures.
    • 6. retort – 1. v. - reply quickly or sharply in kind(to “twist back “); 2. n. – a witty, cutting reply.

VICT (VINC): conquer, show conclusively

    • 7. convict - 1. v. – prove to be guilty; 2. n. – person serving a prison sentence.
    • 8. evict, v. – to expel by a legal process; to oust
  • Grammar exercise:
    • FANBOY worksheet B
  • Rhetoric notes
  • Look at ads
  • short article
    • Whaddaya think?


Wednesday, February 12

  • vocab warm-up:
    • 9. evince, v. – show clearly; disclose
    • 10. invincible, adj. – incapable of being conquered
    • 11. vanquish, v. – to over come in battle; to conquer

FRACT (FRAG): break

    • 12. fraction, n. – part of a whole
  • Ad analysis assignment
    • Look at 6 ads!



Thursday, February 13

  • vocab warm-up:
    • 13. fractious, adj. – apt to break out into a passion; irritable
    • 14. fragile, adj. – easily broken; frail; delicate.
    • 15. infraction, n. – violation; breach
    • 16. refract, v. – bend (literally “break back”) a ray of light from a straight course (also a wave of heat or sound, etc.)
  • Get essays back!
  • Look at a presidential campaign - any one!
    • find the persuasive appeals
    • turn in pink sheet of questions
    • due tomorrow, but turn in today if you're done
  • persuasive article on Bike Safety
    • you can't be too careful!
    • staple the questions to the article
      • turn in!
      • due tomorrow


Friday, February 14

  • vocab warm-up:
      • OMNI; all, every, everywhere
    • 17. omnibus – 1. adj. – covering many things at once (ex.: an omnibus bill in the legislature; 2. n. – a bus; a book containing many works by the same author.
    • 18. omnipotent, adj. – unlimited in power; almighty.
    • 19. omnipresent, adj. – present everywhere at the same time.
    • 20. omniscient, adj. – knowing everything.
  • Valentine punctuation!
    • turn in!
  • Crazy products?
  • Ad assignment
    • due beginning of class Tuesday, February 18
  • How's forecasting going?