MS Lit Nov 2/4

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SLIDESHOW

1. Grammar Starter

2. Review Vocab

3. Quiz

4. Grammar: Review HW Assignment #9 Grammar HW this week is STORY!

5. Review HW Qs

Monday Class--you will have a visitor from India! If we do not get to the notes today, we will cover them in the following weeks. Handout for Dr. Jebasingh's visit

6. Class Notes: Chinese characters reveal Genesis. Chinese dragons

7. Go over HW

Homework

     1. Read Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, chapters 20-29 and answer these questions in your homework packet.

    The full text of this book is online here. 

2. Study your vocabulary and fill in your homework packet.

  1. enormous - extraordinarily large in size or extent or degree

  2. gruff - deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or emotion

  3. daunting - discouraging through fear
  4. shabby - showing signs of wear and tear

  5. mocking  - expressing contempt or ridicule

  6. abundance - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

  7. groan - an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

  8. scarcely - almost not

  9. intricate - having many complex elements; elaborate

  10. kowtow - a Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead

  11. commune - share or interact intimately with

  12. savory - pleasing to the sense of taste

  13. bestow - give as a gift

  14. unprincipled - lacking moral scruples

  15. exile - expel from a country

  16. sob - convulsive gasp made while weeping

3. Write your Journal entry in your Journal Packet. What do you think is the secret of happiness? Why? Write at least 7 sentences.

4. No Grammar: We will count your story as your grammar.
Finish your story, due November 9/11!

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