Pre-AP: Read pages 3-11 tonight. If you miss class tomorrow for the PSAT (good luck!), please know that you will be expected to have through page 24 by class time on Thursday. You will also miss another journal entry; I”ll post the prompt after class tomorrow (no spoilers!).
English IV: Today I donned my history teacher hat as we explored background information relevant to the literature we’re about to start reading. Please bring your textbook with you tomorrow. Here is your new vocabulary list:
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degenerate (n.) |
an immoral or corrupt person; a person who has lost mental or moral qualities considered normal and desirable |
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engender (v.) |
to cause or bring about
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genre (n.) |
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
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cognate (adj.) |
related to or descended from a common ancestor
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innate (adj.) |
inborn; natural
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nascent (adj.) |
just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential
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transfigure (v.) |
to transform, esp. into something more beautiful or elevated
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fictive (adj.) |
created by imagination
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feign (v.) |
to pretend to be affected by
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parturient (adj.)
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pregnant; about to bring something forth (as in an idea) |
“pregnant” in the figurative sense of a “pregnant pause” in conversation
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repertory (n.) |
the performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals
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see also “repertoire” |
English II: Good start with F451! Please do your Study Island tonight and also read pages 11-24.
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