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Week of October 8-12, 2012 Ms. Fitz UNIT 4 –LEVEL E Vocabulary Weekly Syllabus. “Come what may—all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”. Weekly Syllabus. Monday —Weekly syllabus, vocabulary, work on mandalas
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Week of October 8-12, 2012Ms. FitzUNIT 4 –LEVEL E VocabularyWeekly Syllabus “Come what may—all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”
Weekly Syllabus • Monday—Weekly syllabus, vocabulary, work on mandalas • Tuesday and Wednesday—Presentations, journal and potential note taking on situational archetypes • Thursday—Review for Vocabulary Unit 4, finish any presentations—complete any notes on situational archetypes • Friday—Vocabulary Unit 4 –story due, quiz • If time permitting, begin notes on symbolic archetypes
Monday, October 8 • 1. Collect SAT ONLINE activity • 2. Go over UNIT 4—Level E –Quiz on Friday, Story due on Friday • 3. Organize portfolios • 4. Finalize any questions regarding project—PROJECT IS DUE TOMORROW—to include: write-ups, quotes, completed mandala • 5. Expectations for oral presentation tomorrow • 6. HOMEWORK: FINISH PROJECT!!!!
Oral Presentations—Tuesday and Wednesday • Each student will present his/her mandala to the class for a quiz grade. Students will be graded on the following criteria: • Eye contact • Knowledge of quotes—relevance of quotes to attribute and factual information related to the novel itself • Clear and confident explanation of past, present and future parts of mandala along with the reading of two attributes—one of self, one of character • Volume • Pacing • Positive and disciplined participation as an audience member
AFFILIATED (adj)—associated, connected
ASCERTAIN (v) to find out
attainment • (n) an accomplishment, the act of achieving
bequeath • (v) to give or pass on as an inheritance
cogent • (adj) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
converge • (v) to move toward one point, approach nearer
disperse • (v) to scatter, spread far and wide
esteem • (v) to regard highly (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgment
expunge • (v) to erase, obliterate, destroy
finite • (adj) having limits; lasting for a limited time
invulnerable • (adj) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack
malevolent • (adj) spiteful, showing ill will
nonchalant • (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned
omniscient • (adj) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
panacea • (n) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
scrupulous • (adj) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
skulk • (v) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding
supercilious • (adj) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
uncanny • (adj) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
venial • (adj) easily excused; pardonable