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Journals 19-20
J19- Discuss some healthy choices you made over Thanksgiving break.
J20- List 5 appropriate behaviors for student presentations.
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Journals 16-21
J16- Pick one of the six notes you took from your recent reading and write about why it stood out to you.
J17- Is Beaty a hypocrite? What does he mean by comparing books to a “loaded gun”?
J18- Write about something interesting that happened to you over Thanksgiving break.
J19- Why do you think Beatty hates books?
J20- What makes an empty relationship? What makes a relationship meaningful?
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Journals 14-18 (Nov. 26-30)
J14 Write about something interesting that happened to you over Thanksgiving break.
J15- Discuss the consequence of the white rabbit’s behavior from the story “Terrible Things.”
J16- Write about an experience you’ve had with prejudice, descrimination, stereotyping, or scapegoating.
J17- What could some consequences be for not standing up for someone who is being descriminated against?
J18-
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Journals18-22 (Nov. 26-30)
J18- Make a list of the 10 Worst Things that could happen to you on your way to school.
J19- Write about another one of the “10 Worst…” from the point of view of an onlooker.
J20- Pick one more of your “10 Worst…” and write a diary entry of the event.
J21- Write a newspaper article with the headline being: “Hospitals Won’t Help Dying Man”
J22- Write about anything– from the point of view of a freshly scrubbed floor.
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Journal 12-13 (Nov. 19-20)
J12- Rewrite the ending to “Terrible Things.”
J13- Write about how Thanksgiving started.
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Anne Frank Vocabulary 1
Anne Frank Vocab 1
- Appalled- shocked
- Tyranny- evil use of power
- Loathe- intense hatred
- Conspicuous- easily seen
- Ostentatious- showy
- Unabashed- unashamed
- Zeal- enthusiasm
- Gingerly- cautiously
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Spelling 10
Spelling 10 – 9th Grade
1. soliloquy
2. spasmodic
3. squalid
4. strenuous
5. stringent
6. subsequent
7. subsistence
8. succinct
9. summarize
10. supersede
11. surgeon
12. surveillance
13. swelter
14. synthesis
15. tantalize
Honors~
- Apparent
- Definitely
- Discipline
- Existence
- Maneuver
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Spelling 10
Spelling 10 – 8th
grade:
- benefactor
- colleague
- commute
- communal
- contradict
- benign
- collections
- comment
- commencement
- contraband
- contrast
- benefit
- collaborate
- commitment
- eulogy
- collision
- commodity
- commerce
- contrary
- euphoria
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Spelling 11
Spelling 11- 7th grade
- Emotionally
- Traditionally
- Nationally
- Accidentally
- Incidentally
- Temperamentally
- Sentimentally
- Historically
- Optimistically
- Periodically
- Musically
- Romantically
- Academically
- Athletically
- Frantically
- Drastically
- Sarcastically
- Specifically
- Dramatically
- Automatically
- Apparent
- Definitely
- Discipline
- Existence
- Maneuver
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Obituary Template
Obituary Template~
Use this section as an outline,
checklist, sample format, or template to writing an obituary.
The following headings are meant as a general guide. Make sure that you have
considered everything that is usually covered, then select what you would like
to include, and also decide what order you would like to use.
- NAME / ANNOUNCEMENT
- Full name of the deceased, including nickname, if any
- Age at death
- Residence (for example, the name of the city) at death
- Day and date of death (remember to include the year)
- Place of death
- Cause of death
- LIFE
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Names of parents
- Childhood: siblings, stories, schools, friends
- Marriage(s): date of, place, name of spouse
- Education: school, college, university and other
- Designations, awards, and other recognition
- Employment: jobs, activities, stories, colleagues, satisfactions, promotions, union activities, frustrations,
- Places of residence
- Hobbies, sports, interests, activities, and other enjoyment
- Charitable, religious, fraternal, political, and other affiliations; positions held
- Achievements
- Disappointments
- Unusual attributes, humour, other stories
- FAMILY
- Survived by (and place of residence):
- Spouse
- Children (in order of date of birth, and their spouses)
- Grandchildren
- Great-grandchildren
- Great-great-grandchildren
- Parents
- Grandparents
- Siblings (in order of date of birth)
- Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
- Friends
- Pets (if appropriate)
- Predeceased by (and date of death):
- Spouse
- Children (in order of date of birth)
- Grandchildren
- Siblings (in order of date of birth)
- Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
- Pets (if appropriate)
- SERVICE
- Day, date, time, place
- Name of officiant, pallbearers, honorary pallbearers, other information
- Visitation information if applicable: day, date, time, place
- Reception information if applicable: day, date, time, place
- Other memorial, vigil, or graveside services if applicable: day, date, time, place
- Place of interment
- Name of funeral home in charge of arrangements
- Where to call for more information (even if no service planned)
- END
- Memorial funds established
- Memorial donation suggestions, including addresses
- Thank you to people, groups, or institutions
- Quotation or poem
- Three words that sum up the life
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