Monday August 31st

Agenda

• Bell Ringer

• Supplies Check

• Portfolio Log Handout

• Vocabulary List #1 Handout

Bell Ringer

• I want you to write about a time when nature ruined your day. What I mean by that is give me a situation when the weather stopped you from something you were looking forward to, or in the middle of. Maybe a swarm of hostile wasps roamed the streets of your neighborhood one holiday weekend, or maybe that time you were held prisoner in your tent because of a wandering bear? Please write at least 4 – 5 sentences.

Portfolio Assignment Log

• This will help keep track of your work and hopefully help you stay organized.

• As you receive your assignments back from me, simply check or “x” the line next to the specific assignment, but not until you get it back please!

• This is to be the first sheet in your binder

• Please label your dividers as follows in this order:• Vocabulary

• Classwork

• Writing

• Tests/Quiz

• Handouts

Vocabulary List #1

• You’ll be given 6 Vocabulary lists this quarter every Monday.

• Every Friday there will be an assignment attached to these lists for a grade.

• At the end of the 9 weeks there will be a summative test on all the words from every list.

• Please: • define the word

• Identify its part of speech (verb, noun, etc…)

• Write a sentence using the word correctly (you may change the tense of the word if necessary, for example if your word was “charge”, you may write: “The King smiled as the enemy armed charged his palace gates.”)

Teeming

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: be full of or swarming with

“The coral reef is teeming with fish.”

Adept

Adjective

Definition: very skilled or proficient at something.

“He is adept at surfing large waves.”

Squander

Verb

Definition: waste (especially money or time) in a reckless or foolish manner.

“entrepreneurs squander their profits on expensive cars”

Congregate

Verb

Definition: gather into a crowd or mass

“Students congregate in the gym for the pep rally.”

Malevolent

Adjective

Definition: Wishing evil or harm to another or others

“I can sense malevolence in the Joker’s smile.”