Writing the Right Way!

1. Absorption
2. Absence
3. Bulletin
4. Calendar
5. Distinction
6. Distinguished
7. Magnificence
8. Maintenance
9. Permanent
10. Conceivable
11. Reference
12. Referring
13. Syllable
14. Unanimous
15. Tyranny

Honors~

1. 16.   Ventriloquist
2. 17.   Tournament
3. 18.   Exhaustion
4. 19.   Cordially
5. 20.   Controversial

J20- Why is Rose of Sharon’s feeding the starving man an appropriate and significant ending to this novel? J21- What is th irony or significance of the rain at the end of the novel? Symbolism of it?

J20- Write about the visual (dead flowers). What do they make you think about? What comes to your mind when you see them? J21- Write about the worst thing that could happen on your way to school. J22- If you were to ever write a book, what would it be about? J23- What is the medium in which you prefer to express yourself? (writing, music, dance, drawing, etc…)

J15- Are all humans connected in a raw, fundamental way? …despite our differences. How? J16- What is “home” to you? J17- Is all worldly pleasure a sin, as John Casey believes it to be? J18- Discuss the theme of ‘anger’ in the novel? Where and how is anger portrayed? J19- Are words powerful? Should they be? Do we give them too much power?

1. Fundamentally
2. Gasoline
3. Merit
4. Pertain
5. Rehearsal
6. Technique
7. Vacant
8. Vacancy
9. Missile
10. Hygiene
11. etiquette
12. criticize
13. principal
14. principle
15. exercise

  Honors~

1. consistent
2. consistency
3. primitive
4. laborious
5. benefited

J14- Can humans sometimes be monsters? How? J15- Free Write! J16- What makes a gift special? J17- What is the most special gift you’ve ever been given? J18- What is the most special gift you’ve ever given? J19-Describe your morning, using cause & effect. J20- How do you knwo when someone is a true friend?

J15- You are going to lose all of your 5 senses except one, and you get to choose which one you keep. Which sense would you pick and why? J16- Imagine you just learned the world is going to end on Saturday. How are you going to spend the rest of this week? J17- Write a letter to someone you wish you could spend more time with. J18- You just discovered that you were lied to about something huge. What is it, and what do you do? J19- Write a poem. Any kind of poem. About anything. 🙂

J9- What turns a crowd into a mob? Describe a time when you witnessed, or were involved in, a mob. J10- In a story, what is the conflict? Does a story have to have a conflict? J11- Have you ever heard a a scary story that you didn’t really believe, but it scared you anyway? J12- Have you ever worried that someone might think that something about you is odd or different? J13- How do fear and mob mentality change the way people interpret and react to the behavior of others?  

Spelling 16- 9^th grade

1. Stretch
2. Questionnaire
3. Proposition
4. Liveliest
5. Liability
6. Island
7. Inquiry
8. Nuisance
9. Obstacle
10. Forfeit
11. Foreigner
12. Ascend
13. Breathe
14. Analysis
15. Definitely

Honors~

1. Etiquette
2. Dividend
3. Ecstasy
4. Cocoon
5. Handkerchief