H Eng 3: 1st block:
Vocab 5 quiz
Finish comparing narratives –
Written: Analyze for tone/purpose/characterization/POV
C/C narratives – How does the author’s race/experience affect the text?
Eng 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Vocab 5 quiz
Work on webquest
H Eng 3: 1st block:
Vocab padlet
Slave narrative excerpts – read to compare
Eng 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Vocab padlet
Slave narrative webquest
H Eng 3: 1st block:
Vocab padlet
Sojourner Truth – read and analyze
Eng 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Vocab padlet
Slave narrative webquest
EARLY RELEASE
H Eng 3: 1st block:
Vocab padlet
Finish Realism ppt
*Get novels if you haven’t yet
Eng 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Vocab padlet
Finish Frost poems
Frost quiz
Vocab 5
| Vocabulary Word | Part of Speech | Definition | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
| Analyze | v | examine in detail, typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation (analysis, analytical) | Examine, scrutinize, evaluate | Ignore, neglect | Jake analyzed the game and realized there were several hidden easter eggs. |
| Arcane | adj | secret or mysterious : known or understood by only a few people | Mystic, esoteric, cryptic | Common, evident, obvious | Many fraternities have arcane practices about which only members know. |
| Attribute | noun | a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something | Feature, facet, quirk | commonality | An attribute of a successful person is organization. |
| Coherent | adj | logical and well-organized : easy to understand; able to talk or express yourself in a clear way that can be easily understood | Logical, lucid, articulate, organized | Irrational, confused, disordered | Many of his speeches do not seem to be coherent, and therefore I do not understand what he is trying to say. |
| Devoid | adj | entirely lacking or free from a usual, typical, or expected attribute | Vacant, barren, vacuous | Full, complete, abounding | The madman was devoid of any scruples or conscience. |
| Diffuse | verb | spread out over a large area; not concentrated | Dispersed, disseminated, scattered | Concentrated, condensed, compressed | The scent of apples diffused throughout the orchard. His work was written in a diffuse and inelegant style. |
| Hurtle | v | move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner | Rush, dart, lunge | Linger, dawdle, creep | Late again, Joe hurtled through the halls to his classroom. |
| Incremental | Adj | increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions | Gradual, cumulative, progressive | Sudden, abrupt, meteoric | The incremental collection of my Pokemon has reached level 10 on Pokemon Go. |
| Inevitable | adj | incapable of being avoided or evaded | Predestined, inexorable, inescapable | Avoidable, preventable, unlikely | The only thing in life that is inevitable is change. |
| Nostalgia | n | pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again | Longing, reminiscence, wistfulness | Unconcerned, apathetic, forward-looking | Grandma often tells stories of her childhood when she is feeling nostalgia. |
| Reflect | v | think deeply or carefully about; embody or represent (something) in a faithful or appropriate way; | Meditate, ponder, contemplate | Ignore, disregard | People who do not reflect on their mistakes are bound to repeat them. |
| Superlative | adj | of the highest quality or degree | Excellent, sterling, consummate | Inferior, mediocre, execrable | The New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy. |
H. Eng 3: 1st block:
Vocab 4
Literature Circles handout
Realism power point
Eng 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Vocab 4
Frost poems
Hon English 3: 1st block:
Finish poetry analysis
Dickinson quiz
English 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
2nd – Finish Song of Myself
4th – Real World
Honors English 3: 1st block:
Dickinson poetry analysis – found on Dickinson power point
English 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
2nd – Song of Myself assignment
4th – I Hear America singing assignment
H Eng 3: 1st block:
Finish Dickinson power point.
Eng 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Read Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing”
Read Whitman poems from textbook and answer questions that were on the Whitman power point from yesterday.
H. English 3: 1st block:
Pronoun Antecedent quiz due
Emily Dickinson ppt
English 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Pronoun Antecedent quiz due
Finish Whitman power point
Hon English 3: 1st block:
Present Poe wiki to class
HW: Pronoun antecedent quiz on NRI
English 3: 2nd and 4th blocks:
Whitman power point