Week of October 8-12, 2012Ms. Fitz

UNIT 4 –LEVEL E VocabularyWeekly Syllabus

“Come what may—all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”

Weekly Syllabus• Monday—Weekly syllabus, vocabulary, work on

mandalas• Tuesday and Wednesday—Presentations, journal

and potential note taking on situational archetypes

• Thursday—Review for Vocabulary Unit 4, finish any presentations—complete any notes on situational archetypes

• Friday—Vocabulary Unit 4 –story due, quiz– If time permitting, begin notes on symbolic

archetypes

Monday, October 8

• 1. Collect SAT ONLINE activity• 2. Go over UNIT 4—Level E –Quiz on Friday, Story

due on Friday• 3. Organize portfolios• 4. Finalize any questions regarding project—

PROJECT IS DUE TOMORROW—to include: write-ups, quotes, completed mandala

• 5. Expectations for oral presentation tomorrow• 6. HOMEWORK: FINISH PROJECT!!!!

Oral Presentations—Tuesday and Wednesday

• Each student will present his/her mandala to the class for a quiz grade. Students will be graded on the following criteria:– Eye contact– Knowledge of quotes—relevance of quotes to attribute

and factual information related to the novel itself– Clear and confident explanation of past, present and

future parts of mandala along with the reading of two attributes—one of self, one of character

– Volume– Pacing– Positive and disciplined participation as an audience

member

AFFILIATED

(adj)—associated, connected

ASCERTAIN

(v) to find out

attainment

• (n) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

bequeath

• (v) to give or pass on as an inheritance

cogent

• (adj) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

converge

• (v) to move toward one point, approach nearer

disperse

• (v) to scatter, spread far and wide

esteem

• (v) to regard highly (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgment

expunge

• (v) to erase, obliterate, destroy

finite

• (adj) having limits; lasting for a limited time

invulnerable

• (adj) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack

malevolent

• (adj) spiteful, showing ill will

nonchalant

• (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned

omniscient• (adj) knowing everything; having unlimited

awareness or understanding

panacea

• (n) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

scrupulous

• (adj) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

skulk• (v) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

supercilious• (adj) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn

because of a feeling of superiority

uncanny

• (adj) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

venial• (adj) easily excused; pardonable

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