Whew! Thank God Finals are Over!!!!

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THE POWER OF ONE

• Click here to view the coming project for The Power of One.
• It is due on Tuesday, January 19

Block Day 12/10-11 ~Review Game

Thursday Schedule:


*Journal check! (from Journals 25-35)

*Review Game

*Movie

EQ: How does the exposition of the movie add more understanding to that of our novel? 

*HW: Study for the final next week. 

Here is the schedule for finals week. 

Wednesday 12/9 ~ Dead Wednesday

ROOTS

• ortho - straight, correct
• pac - peace
• Congratulations! That was the last root word!!!!

REVIEW

• Focus: Review Roots
• Final on block day!!!!

THE POWER OF ONE

Last Vocab

1. recalcitrance (n.) - stubborn, resistant (p.259)
2. Aberrant (adj.) - straying from the right or normal way (p.266)
3. perfidy (n.) - deliberate breach of; treachery (p.308)
4. iniquitous (adj.) - sinful, wicked (p.311)
5. erratically (adv.) - lacking consistency or uniformity; irregularity (p.315)

Journal 35: After reading Chapters 5&6 talk with a neighbor to answer this journal (it is the last one for our journal check on block day). What has Peekay learned about camouflage so far? How are the ideas of camouflage and adapting to change related to the "power of one" ? What is the "power of one"?

HW: Study for the final!!! And if it relaxes you in the chaos, feel free to read as far as you like in our novel.

Tuesday 12/8 ~ Power of One ~ Ch.6

ROOTS

• omni - all, every
• onym - name
• oper - work

FINALS REVIEW

Short Stories

• Focus: Literature Review
• Could you recognize plot elements from the short stories we've read?
• Could you match each literary device to its definition?
• Could you name the writer of significant quotes from the writings we've studied?

Literary Devices

• Allegory
• Symbol
• Irony
• Theme
• Tone
• Allusion
• Conflict (internal and external)
• Point-of-View (first, various versions of third and unreliable)
• Direct Characterization
• Indirect Characterization (STEAL)
• Plot (exposition, complication, rising action, climax, epiphany, falling action, denouement)

THE POWER OF ONE

EQ: What has Peekay learned about camouflage so far? How are the ideas of camouflage and adapting to change related to the "power of one" ? What is the "power of one"?

More Vocab

1. abhorred (v.) - to regard with loathing (p. 214)
2. expatriate (v.) - to exile, banish (p.216)
3. francas (n.) - a rowdy fight (p.218)
4. onerous (adj.) - troublesome oR oppressive; burdensome (p.223)
5. feint (v.) - feigned attack designed to draw defensive action away from the intended target (fake out move) (p. 245)
6. contrite (adj.) - repentant, penitent (p.246)

HW: Read Ch. 6 & complete Journal 35

Journal 35: After reading Chapters 5&6, what has Peekay learned about camouflage so far? How are the ideas of camouflage and adapting to change related to the "power of one" ? What is the "power of one"?

*Journal Check on Block Day this week! Click here to see links to all of them. 
  (Journals 25-35 are game for checking.)

Monday 12/7 ~ Power of One ~ Ch.5

Click here for this week's schedule.                             Advent: Week 2

(This verse written in Isaiah, 650 years before birth of Christ.)

ROOTS

• nox, noc - night
• numer - number
• oligo - few, little

FINALS REVIEW

• Focus: Grammar ~ Check the review page and study this section in your notebook.

THE POWER OF ONE

*Discuss Journal 34.

*Add to your vocabulary list vocab for future reading:

• Neophytes (n.) - recent convert; beginner or novice (p.159)
• incongruous (adj.) - lacking in harmony; incompatible (p.165)
• Esoteric (adj.) - religious practices that come from mixing orthodox religious ideas with science, but the result is accepted by neither mainline religions or science. Ex/ new age and occult practices. Generally, this adjective describes something that is understood by very few (p.180)
• Punctilious (adj). - Following fine points of etiquette (p.180)
• fervent (adj.) - very emotional or heated
• equivocation (n.) - the use of ambiguous language; using noncommittal language (p.207)
• recidivist (n.) - one who has a tendency to laps into previous pattern of behavior, especially criminal activity (p. 207)
• imperious (adj.) - arrogantly domineering or overbearing, urgent pressing (p. 211)

*HW: Read Ch. 5

Journal 35: After reading Chapters 5&6, what has Peekay learned about camouflage so far? How are the ideas of camouflage and adapting to change related to the "power of one" ? What is the "power of one"?

Block Day 12/3-4 Welcome to Advent!

ROOTS

• nom - law, order
• nomen, nomin - name
• nov - new
• Review?

THE POWER OF ONE

EQ: What is the lesson or theme that the author most likely wants readers to learn about the nature of human cruelty and prejudice.

Ch. 1-6 Vocab: Add these words in your journal under Journal 34. Work together and look up a basic definition online.

1. Inkosi (in Zulu) 
2. obsequiousness (10)
3. sjambok (12)
4. cicatrization (23)
5. querulous (37)
6. consternation (42)
7. jocularity (56)
8. parlance (71)
9. diaphanous (77)

Inkosi = cheif

Discuss Chapters 1 & 2

Read Chapters 3 & 4

*We will read in independent groupings while folks have time to turn in their essay corrections. 

HW: Complete Journal 34: After reading Chapters 1-4, write a 1/2 page response. What is the lesson or theme that the author most likely wants readers to learn about the nature of human cruelty and prejudice.

*Make sure your journal is complete with a basic thesis about a specific lesson and plenty of evidence grounded in the text to prove your idea.

It's time for Advent!

Did you know that Advent has been going on since the 4th century and it celebrates the "waiting" for four weeks before Christmas. This week is all about HOPE!


A couple of key scriptures for Advent:
Isaiah 11:1-2 This is the Jesse tree scripture, the promise of a savior from a nation that has been "cut down."
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
   from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him -
  the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
  the Spirit of counsel and of power,
  the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord
(and it goes on to talk about the righteousness of the savior, that he will be a just judge and will bring peace and unity to people.)

Isaiah 61-1-3 The scripture Jesus reads in the temple when he claims he is the messiah. He is claiming HOPE! Advent is a time for us to claim hope too. May you be a great oak planted for God's glory and beautiful work!

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
  for the Lord has anointed me
  to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
  and to proclaim that captives will be released
  and prisoners will be freed.
He has sent me to tell those who mourn
  that the time of the Lord's favor has come,
  and with it, the day of God's anger against their enemies.
To all who mourn in Israel,
  he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,
  a joyous blessing instead of mourning,
  festive praise instead of despair.
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks
  that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

Want a free Advent Devotional? Check out Ann Voskamp or John Piper.
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Wednesday 12/2/15 ~ Essays Back

ROOTS

• nat, nasc - to be from, to spring forth
• neo - new
• neur - nerve

Comparative Analysis Essays Back
EQ: Is my essay truly analysis (or did summary sneak in)?

• You may fix any structural errors that deal with proving your thesis for up to 10 points back.
• All fixed essays must be shown to me during class, flex or break within the next week. 
• No essay grades can be changed after Wednesday 12/9.

HW: Read Ch.1&2  from The Power of One& start Journal 34

Journal 34 

After reading Chapters 1-4, write a 1/2 page response. What is the lesson or theme that the author most likely wants readers to learn about the nature of human cruelty and prejudice.