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Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year!
Day One:
Bellwork 1
Copy: Snob - noun - a person who feels he or she is better than others
Copy: Adam is such a snob that she won't ride the bus; she prefers to take a limousine.
Answer: Which of these describes a snob?
A. Expects to be waited on by others
B. Treats everyone with kindness
Bellwork 2
Copy: Congested - adjective - 1. to be overcrowded or filled to overflowing 2. having to much mucus in a body part
Copy: While we were driving to the pharmacy, an accident caused the street to become congested with traffic. While we waited for traffic to get moving, I could hardly breathe becasue my sinuses were so congested.
Answer: What place in your town gets congested?
Homework:
How would you explain to a snob that all people are equal? Write your argument in a well formulated paragraph.
Day Two:
Bellwork 1
Copy: Blotch - noun - a large spot or strain
Copy: The orange juice left a dark blotch on the white carpet.
Answer: What might you do to hide a blotch on a carpet?
Bellwork 2
Copy: Automatic - adjective - operating without a person's control
Copy: The new coffee maker is completely automatic; you just add water and coffee.
Answer: Which of the following items are automatic?
A. A dishwasher
B. A broom
Homework:
What is something that is automatic that helps you do chores or work?
Day Three
Bellwork 1
Copy: Glutton - noun - someone who eats and drinks with greed
Copy: An all-you-can-eat restaurant is the perfect place for a gutton.
Answer: Have you ever eaten like a glutton? What made you eat that way? How did you feel afterward?
Bellwork 2
Copy: Implore - verb - to ask for something with a serious state of mind or a heavy heart / synonym: to beg
Copy: It doesn't matter how much we implore--our father nevers takes us to R rated movies.
Answer: Which of the following words mean about the same thing as implore?
A. Command
B. Plead
Homework:
If you were president, what would you implore the people of this nation to do? Why? Explain.
Day Four
Bellwork 1
Copy: Harmonious - adjective - having all parts in agreement
Copy: After the argument was settled, a harmonious feeling returned to the class.
Answer: Which of the following describe something harmonious?
Bellwork 2
Copy: Deplete - verb - to empty
Copy: I depleted my savings when I bought the new Air Jordans.
Answer: Name some of the things at school or at home that can be depleted?
Homework:
Name two animals in nature that do not have a harmonious relationship. Describe the relationship between them.
Day Five
Bellwork 1
Copy: Rendezvous - 1. noun - a place for meeting 2. verb - to meet at a previously arranged time and place
Copy: The recreation center was a popular rendezvous for the girls on the basketball team. They planned to rendezvous there right after school.
Answer: At which of these locations might a sports team rendezvous?
A. In the school gym
B. At the art museum
Bellwork 2
Copy: Ponder - verb - to think about something very carefully
Copy: You should take some time to ponder the question before writing your response.
Answer: What is something you had to ponder?
Homework:
If you had to plan a rendezvous in your town, where would it be?
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