Category Archives: Archived

J10- Write a 1 page story using the words: crumpled, straw, paper, gravel, love, win, camel. J11- If you could invent something to help mankind, what would it be? J12- Describe a day of your life, in chronological order, 15 … Continue reading →

Spelling 16- 7th grade Adaptable Available Attainable Agreeable Regrettable Forgettable Adorable Advisable Excitable Noticeable Changeable Visible Audible Legible Edible Honors~ Controllable Manageable Possible Credible Tangible

Spelling 15- 9th grade Laconic Trite Belligerent Evince Fratricide Incisive Scourge Anguish Histrionics Polemic Shroud Bedlam Maudlin Maverick Mesmerize Honors~ Nemesis Herculean Procrustean Agnostic Cognomen

Post THREE notes from the Historical Background section in “Grapes…” here: Due by Friday February 1st.

Grapes of Wrath Vocabulary 1 Bemuse- to confuse or bewilder Perplexity- state of confusion or uncertainty Disperse- to drive or send off in various directions; to scatter. Furrow- to make wrinkles or grooves Protrude- to thrust forward; to project Quid- … Continue reading →

J5- Free Write J6- What keeps a family together? How important is family unity in today’s society? J7- What does the setting of teh opening scene in “Grapes…” suggest about the novel? About the Joad family structure? J8- How does … Continue reading →

J4- Compare the setting of “Dark They Were…” to the setting of your life. J5-Discuss something from yesterday’s reading that stood out to you? J6-Why did the Bitterings leave behind all of their Earthly things? What does this suggest? J7- Have … Continue reading →

J5- You were just granted a superpower of your choice. What would it be and why? J6- Alphabet Story- write a story with each word starting with the next leter of the alphabet. (A Boy Came Down…) J7- You come … Continue reading →

Spelling 14- 9th grade   Nonchalance Olfactory Philanthropist Panorama Perjury Poignant Quibble Proximity Reek Relevancy Remembrance Reservoir Redundant Martyr Succinct Honors~ Ubiquitous Uncanny Spasmodic Scavenger Squalid

Spelling 15- 7th grade   Transmitting Omitted Admitting Permitted Transferring Preferred Referring Conference Difference Suffering Offered Happening Galloped Orbiting Visited Honors~ Piloting Entered Altering Murmured Laboring