Weekly Overview: Bellringers, Vocabulary, and Essay Assignments (Jan 13-17)

1. Jan. 13th-17th

2. Jan. 13th • Bellringers • Vocabulary • Work on essay • Do word maps for hw-do word maps now if already done with essay • Informational text test moved to 1/28 • 3rd period receives Propaganda poster project

3. Bellringer • What did you learn last week about the brain and intelligence?

4. Housekeeping • Anyone who wants to present on cereal box project can present for extra credit-on Thursday • Informational text Test 1/28 • Remember to not include your opinion in your essay • Also-seriously-do not include contractions (shouldn’t, don’t, didn’t, etc) • In addition, do not forget your citations (includes works cited)

5. 3rd Period Vocab • Obsolete-adj. no longer in use • Obscure-adj. not clearly understood or expressed • Oblivious-adj. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of • Odious-adj. unequivocally detestable • Talisman-n. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease • Tangential-adj. of superficial relevance if any • Tout-v. advertize in strongly positive terms • Temperament-n. your usual mood • Tactile-adj. of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch • Magnanimous-adj. noble and generous in spirit

6. 3rd vocab • Magnitude-n. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) • Malevolent-adj. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred • Malice-n. feeling a need to see others suffer • Malignant-adj. dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) • Mar-v. make imperfect

7. 1st, 2nd, and 4th vocab • Marvelous-adj. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers • Bellow-v. shout loudly and without restraint • Pardon-v. accept an excuse for • Vigor-n. active strength of body or mind • Sob-v. weep convulsively(crying uncontrollably) • Snarl-v. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone • Pell-mell-adv. in a wild or reckless manner • Despondent-adj. without or almost without hope • Smithereens-n. a collection of small fragments considered as a whole • Grim-filled with melancholy(sadness) and despondency

8. Jan. 14th • Bellringers • Discuss persuasive techniques and advertising assignment with magazine ads • Also advertising assignment with ad slogans

9. Bellringer • What are some methods that advertizers use to sell people products?

10. Jan. 15th • Bellringer • Assignments with Seuss and propaganda • The ButterBattle book • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK027qfwyd4 • http://english11poets.pbworks.com/w/page/19005446/The%20Butter%20Battle%20Book • Yertle the Turtle • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CheU6UvSes4 • http://www.spunk.org/library/prose/sp000212.txt

11. Bellringer • What do you know about satire and propaganda?

12. Jan. 16th • Bellringer • Review for vocabulary quiz • Anyone who wants to present on cereal box project can present for extra credit • Advertising assignment in textbook pgs. 374-377 all questions • 3rd Period receives new book to read outside of class-read for next Thursday

13. Bellringer • What have you learned these last two weeks about advertising?

14. Jan. 17th • Bellringer • Vocab quiz • Essay due • Time to work on essay-if done work on informational text review assignment • If not done work on informational text review assignment for homework

15. Bellringer • Write two sentences using two of your vocabulary words.