R. Ross’ English Lesson Plans rross@asd5.org

Week of March	Objectives	Monday May 12th	Tuesday May 13th	Wednesday May 14th	Thursday May 15th	Friday May 16th
Sports Lit (2)		Vocabulary Quiz #1 1^st List of Words for Final	Motives Assignment Due Quiz – NSP Chapters 1-5	NSP Discuss 6,7&8 Chapter Questions Due at the end of the period	Vocabulary HW Due Vocabulary Quiz	District TRI Day
Fresh. English (4,5,6)		Final on The Odyssey/Greek Gods Assign Ecology Research Paper · Rough Draft · Work Cited Page · Outline · Final Draft	Research in the Library Cite and Print three sources	Research in the Library Cite and Print three sources	Vocabulary Quiz #22 Work on Vocabulary #23	District TRI Day
Soph. English (7)		Textbook Antigone Page 1062 Letter to Character	Read Antigone Letters to the Class	Antigone Word Search	Latin Roots Test #13 Homework Due @ Beginning of Period Vocabulary Homework #14	District TRI Day

Reading EALR’s:

1.The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read 2.  The student understands the meaning of what is read

3.        The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes. 4.        The student sets goals and evaluates the progress to improve reading.

Writing EALR’s:

1.The student writes clearly and effectively.  2.        The student writes in a variety of forms for different audiences and purposes.

3.        The student understands and uses the steps of the writing process. 4.        The student analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of written work.

Sports Lit (LIST #1)

25 WORDS EVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW…

KEEP THIS PAPER!! YOU WILL NEED IT FOR THE FINAL!!!

1. Abjure - to renounce, repudiate, or retract
2. Abrogate - to abolish by formal or official means
3. Fiduciary - a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another
4. Lexicon – a wordbook or dictionary
5. Precipitous - extremely or impassably steep
6. Sanguine - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
7. Totalitarian - of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life
8. Gauche - lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness
9. Filibuster - the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority.
10. Facetious - not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
11. Evanescent - vanishing; fading away; fleeting.
12. Epiphany - a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
13. Enfranchise - to set free; liberate, as from slavery
14. Circumnavigate – to sail or fly around
15. Antebellum - before or existing before the war, esp. the American Civil War.
16. Feckless - having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
17. Infrastructure - the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area,
18. Kinetic – pertaining to motion
19. Photosynthesis - synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) 
20. Recapitulate - to sum up statements or matters
21. Reparation - the making of amends for wrong or injury done
22. Loquacious – talkative
23. Paradigm – an example serving as a model; pattern
24. Gamete – a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
25. Incognito - having one's identity concealed

Sophomore

Latin Vocab/Lesson Thirteen

Word Parts and Meanings

1. LUD, LUS- play, deceive
2. RID, RIS- smile, laugh
3. LACHRYM, LACRIM- tear
4. OSCILL- swing
5. OSS- bone
6. VACILL- waver
7. SPIR- breathe
8. SIB- whisper, hiss
9. BIB- drink
10. EBR- drink
11. SUD- perspire

Vocabulary

12. Ludicrous- causing laughter because of its foolish absurdity
13. Elusive- escaping perception or mental grasp
14. Deride- to attack with scornful laughter
15. Risibilities- the ability or inclination to laugh
16. Lachrymose- given to shedding tears
17. Illusion- the act of deceiving, a misleading image presented to one’s vision
18. Oscillation- to swing to and fro
19. Ossification- hardening into bony substance, the formation of bones
20. Vacillate- to sway unsteadily
21. Inspire- to infuse an animating, quickening, or exalting influence into
22. Sibilant- characterized by a hissing sound
23. Bibulous- addicted to alcoholic drinking
24. Inebriate- to make drunk or intoxicated
25. Sudatory- a sweat room in a bath
26. Exude- to ooze out, to display conspicuously or abundantly

Freshman

Lesson 22 “FID”

Word Parts and Definitions

1) fid – to trust 2) punct; pung – point; prick

Word and Definitions

1) affidavit – sworn statement in writing

2) perfidy – act of violating a trust

3) infidel – one who does not hold the faith

4) confident – self-assured

5) confidant – one to whom secrets are confided

6) fiduciary – holding in trust, as the value of currency

7) fidelity – state of being faithful

8) poignant – keen; touching; moving

9) compunction – sense of guilt

10) pungent – acrid; biting; caustic

11) expunge – to erase or blot out

12) punctilious – conforming exactly and in detail