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Independent Work

Independent Work. 11/17 – 11/20. Tuesday 11/7. Power Words. DLP. Annie Dillard wrote An American Childhood so readers could learn why she became a writer. Do you think you could of written an essay like this about your childhood?. Tenable Capable of being held, maintained, or defended

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Independent Work

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  1. Independent Work 11/17 – 11/20

  2. Tuesday 11/7 Power Words DLP Annie Dillard wrote An American Childhood so readers could learn why she became a writer. Do you think you could of written an essay like this about your childhood? • Tenable • Capable of being held, maintained, or defended • School uniforms are a tenable position for most teachers. • Temporal • Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time; chronological • Seasons are temporal. • Teem • Bring forth; produce • When you study together, you teem good grades.

  3. Wednesday 11/18 Power Words DLP Annie was seven years old the boys were a little older The kids rushed through the streets like we thought they would. • Allegation • A positive assertion • Her allegation improved the community morale. • Licentious • Marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness • It is licentious when you are talking at the same time as the teacher. • Apathetic • Having or showing little or no feeling or emotion. • Arabians were certainly not apathetic during the food drive.

  4. Thursday 11/19 Power words DLP Annie wore timberline boots on account of the fact that they were waterproof. Because they were exhausted, the kids ran all the way down Edgerton Avenue. • Fetid • Having a heavy offensive smell • The litter boxes are fetid each night when I clean them. • Allay • To subdue or reduce in intensity or severity • It is more important to ally bad feelings than to be right all of the time.

  5. Friday 11/20 Power Words DLP It was december and the streets were very slippery. Mikey and her had nowhere to go because Edgerton Ave was a dead end. • Commiserate • To feel or express sorrow or compassion. • Americans commiserate the loss of presidents and former presidents. • Sanguine • Confident; optimistic • I am sanguine that each of you have the capability to pass seventh grade.

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