Honors English II

1. Honors English II Warm-Ups 1st Quarter 2013-2014

2. Grammar Rules of the Week: Proper nouns should be capitalized (specific names, titles, etc.) Underline book and film titles Use apostrophes for possessive case (before S for singular, after S for plural)

3. VOCABULARY WORD: Abasement (n): humiliation, degradation

4. Sentence Correction: In stephen mitchells book, The Book of job, he wrote, “Self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.”

5. Vocabulary Word: Abhor (v): hate strongly

6. Sentence Correction: “I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind,” said thomas jefferson, the third president of the united states.

7. Vocabulary Word: Acrimony(n): bitterness, discord

8. Sentence Correction: The film acrimony from 2004 was a horror movie about the drowning of a little girl. Her memory causes hatred and retribution among the cast.

9. Explain how this picture demonstrates EXTERNAL CONFLICT. Give specific details from the picture.

10. Journal #1: Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No contractions!) Begin your entry with, “If we had gone a different way…” and tell the story of this picture.

11. Grammar Rules of the Week: Spell out numbers under 100 Do NOT use contractions in formal writing. Say off, not off of

12. Vocabulary Word: Abject (adj): sunk to a low condition

13. Sentence Correction: Kirk Douglas, who acted in the movie Spartacus, once said, “I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.”

14. Vocabulary Word: Abrogate (v): to do away with something, repeal

15. Sentence Correction: The united states government abrogated Prohibition by passing the 21st Amendment to the constitution, which was passed in 1933.

16. Vocabulary Word: Abstain (v): to desist, go without, not participate in

17. Sentence Correction: During the civil war, many african-american Union soldiers abstained from pay for 18 months to protest receiving lower pay than their white counterparts.

18. How does the clip of Gollum from Lord of the Rings show internal conflict? Back story: Gollum is considering trying to take the magic ring from his “master.”

19. Journal #2: Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No contractions!)1. Summarize the main ideas of the article you read. 2. Explain the author’s attitude about the subject. Give at least one specific example from the text to support your answer.

20. Grammar Rules of the Week: Always use commas after introductory phrases Numbers over 100 should use digits

21. Vocabulary Word: Accolade (n): tribute, honor, or praise

22. Sentence Correction: The 1st man to receive the purple heart award was Sgt. elizah churchill. This accolade was given to him for his service in the revolutionary war.

23. Vocabulary Word: Acerbity (n): bitterness or sourness in tone or taste

24. Sentence Correction: 5 colonists were killed in seventeen seventy at the boston massacre an event that showed the acerbity the colonists felt towards the British.

25. Vocabulary Word: Acquiesce (v): to agree to, to give in

26. Sentence Correction: The revolutionary war ended in seventeen eighty-three when great britain acquiesced and signed the treaty of paris.

27. Create a short scene demonstrating flashback by starting with this sentence:“As I was sitting in English class learning about _____________, I flashed back to…

28. Journal #3: Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No contractions!)

29. Grammar Rules of the Week: Set off appositive phrases (which have extra info) in commas (i.e. “My dog,who is named Spot, is brown.) Words that describe VERBS are ADVERBS. They often end in –ly, not –er. (i.e. I moved quickly, not quicker. Plus, good = adj, well = adv) Appositive phrase

30. Vocabulary Word: Billowing (v): swelling, fluttering, waving

31. Sentence Correction: The last set of armor owned by Henry VIII the king of england until 1547 had a waist of almost sixty inches. Clearly, his stomach had billowed since he was younger, when it was only 36 inches.

32. Vocabulary Word: Blatant (adj): obvious

33. Sentence Correction: Henry VIII’s daughter Mary was known for harsher prosecuting Protestants, executing over three hundred during her reign. She was given the blatant nickname of bloody mary.

34. Vocabulary Word: Blighted (adj): something that is ruined, destroyed, or damaged

35. Sentence Correction: After katharine could not produce a son for him henry VIII considered their marriage blighted. He then attempted to divorce her to marry anne boleyn.

36. Explain how the following video clip from the 1975 JAWS movie shows FORESHADOWING. Give specific details from the clip.

37. Journal #4: Write two good paragraphs in formal writing (No contractions!) Summarize the article in three to five sentences. Authors often refine their message (They start with a broad idea and work through specific examples to get to their main idea). How does the author refine her message in the article and what is her main idea? Give specific examples from the text to support your answer.

38. Grammar Rules of the Week: For large numbers (millions and up), put the word instead of zeroes when possible Do not abbreviate state or country names Use semi-colons, appropriate conjunctions+commas, or a period to correct run-ons Spell out percent

39. Vocabulary Word: Bolster (v): support or prop up

40. Sentence Correction: More than 3,000,000 men fought in the U.S. civil war more than 2% of the entire countrys population died in it. Few other countries cared to bolster the American fighting force.

41. Vocabulary Word: Bombastic (n): arrogant, pompous language

42. Sentence Correction: Instead of giving a bombastic speech president abraham lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, a simple, two hundred and seventy-three word speech it became one of the most important speeches in U.S. history.

43. Vocabulary Word: Credible (adj): believable

44. Sentence Correction: According to credible historians the Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in the history of the civil war the day began in sharpsburg md and by the end of the battle 22719 men had died.

45. Punctuate the following titles correctly: • Website Title: “How to Punctuate a Title” • Book Title: Why Is This So Hard? • Create correct parenthetical documentation for pages 1-3 for the following source. • Schaefer, Laurie. Why I Cry When I Read Papers. New • York: MacMillon, 2013. Print. • .(Schaefer 1-3) • Now, put the period in the right place, considering that you wrote three sentences you are documenting.

46. Explain how the following video clips demonstrate different MOODS. Give specific details from the clips. Divide your box like this:

47. Journal #5: While watching the video clip of The Mummy, list adjectives to describe the changing moods of the story in the clip you watch, along with a specific example from the film to explain the mood. For example: Cheerful: Everyone is smiling and laughing as they walk down the road.

48. Grammar Rules of the Week: Use regardless; irregardless is not a word A lot is always two words Alright is not a word; use all right Underline magazine titles, newspaper titles, television shows, album names

49. Warm-Up: Vocabulary Word Curtail (v): to cut short

50. Warm-Up: Sentence The newspaper The London Times was created in seventeen eighty-five by John Walter. Irregardless of the fact that he was often jailed for voicing his opinion his paper went on to become very popular.