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Last Week's Highest Vocab Test Score! Congrats, Tailon!

Finish up your essays and print them out following the formatting requirements. Don't forget the Vocab Week 3 Test and the final persuasive essay due!

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Last Week's Highest Vocab Test Score! Congrats, Tailon!

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  1. Thursday October 7, 2010 Please start up your laptops and take out a writing utensil.

  2. After your vocab Test: Finish up your essays and PRINT THEM OUT! Make sure they follow the formatting requirements!

  3. Last Week’s Highest Vocab Test Score Congrats, Tailon!

  4. Heathen • Part of Speech: • Noun • Definition: • An uncivilized person; A person without religion

  5. Intimate • Part of Speech: • Verb • Definition: • To hint at or suggest

  6. Quaking • Part of Speech: • Verb • Definition: • Shaking with fear

  7. Propriety • Part of Speech: • Noun • Definition: • The quality of being proper

  8. Ideology • Part of Speech: • Noun • Definition: • Set of ideas that constitute one’s goals, expectations and actions.

  9. Trepidation • Part of Speech: • Noun • Definition: • State of dread; Apprehension

  10. Abundance • Part of Speech: • Noun • Definition: • A large amount

  11. (Prefix) BIO- Definition: Life Biography: Life story Biology: Study of life Antibiotics: Kill bacteria in the body Biodegrade: Break down naturally Biomechanics: The application of mechanical principles to life

  12. (Prefix) PRO- Definition: Forward; Away; Acting For; Before; Support Propel: Push forward Proceed: Go ahead Procure: To obtain Proclaim: To announce Produce: To create

  13. (Prefix) RE- Definition: Again Refine: To make better Redo: To do over Repair: To Fix Reoccur: To happen again Recycle: To process old materials into new ones

  14. Announcement I will not be able to stay after school today. I was just told that I have Student Government Advisor Meeting after school. I will definitely be here tomorrow afternoon.

  15. Announcement Your outline will constitute 25% of your overall essay grade. This is the first project grade of the year. Many of you did not turn in your summer reading- use this opportunity to make up for that loss.

  16. Please take our your Vocab Week 3 Homework I will be by to collect your homework and your sentences.

  17. Conclusion

  18. Transition! + Topic Sentence finally, in a word, in brief, briefly, in conclusion, in the end, in the final analysis, on the whole, thus, to conclude, to summarize, in sum, to sum up, in summary

  19. Background 1: Restate your thesis It seems redundant but keep reminding your reader what it is that you are trying to say; but you have said a lot in your essay- remind them yet again what YOUR argument is.

  20. Background 2: Review your main points Go over a few of your most poignant points. Refresh your reader’s mind and remind your reader of the great arguments you have just made.

  21. Background 3: Summarize your main points Briefly give your audience your bigger picture. One sentence will suffice here. Establish the connection to the human interest aspect of your argument. Make sure your audience will be able to FEEL what you have just said. Force the reader to feel a connection to your argument.

  22. Final Clincher Statement: Call to Action What is it that you want your audience to feel, do or change? Don’t ask or question the audience: tell them how to feel, create or spread change.

  23. Is there something you would like to review?

  24. Reminder: • Vocab Week 3 Test • Final Persuasive Essay Due

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