Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Regents Prep: Session One, Part A Essay on Ambush
ITHS
Ms. Hyde
Lourdes Vicuna
November 27, 20007
Assignment: Write the Session I Part A (REVISED)
The Aftermath
Ms. Hyde
Lourdes Vicuna
November 27, 20007
Assignment: Write the Session I Part A (REVISED)
The Aftermath
Tim O'Brien was a man grieving with sorrow ....
Regents Prep: Supporting Topic Sentences
Homework: With the sentences below, use them to support them with 3 sentences.
(1) Teachers reprimand boys more than girls in their classroom...
Due to the fact that girls are a lot more mature than boys, they tend to listen to the teacher more often. Boys tend to play around which makes the teachers upset and thus they get reprehened. Boys can also be irresponsible with work and like to slack off, all which can lead teachers to reprimand boys.
(2) Girls/Boys are more likely to drop out of school...
Both girls and boys view no point
(1) Teachers reprimand boys more than girls in their classroom...
Due to the fact that girls are a lot more mature than boys, they tend to listen to the teacher more often. Boys tend to play around which makes the teachers upset and thus they get reprehened. Boys can also be irresponsible with work and like to slack off, all which can lead teachers to reprimand boys.
(2) Girls/Boys are more likely to drop out of school...
Both girls and boys view no point
Regents Prep Vocabulary
HW: Define the following and use in sentences, personal testaments, or create a poem/rap.
1. banal clinches- a boring comment that is very of ten made and is therefore not original and not interesting.
s: The narrator of the Christopher Columbus documentation made banal clinches through out the entire documentation.
2. flux- continous change.
s: During the beginning of the year, students may experience flux in their schedule.
3. bedevil- to cause distress.
s: Some disscussion can cause bedevil if not chosen properly.
4. vocation- the work in which a person is regularly employed; occupation.
s: When you are in High School, it may be hard to choose a correct vocation.
5. idealistic- of or pertaining to idealism or idealists.
s: When it come to English Regents Prep, Ms. Hyde has the idealistic thinking of a teacher who wants her students to pass the Regents.
6. embark- to broad a ship, aircraft, or other vechicle as for a journey.
s: After the merchants had traded, they had to embark to go to their homeland with their new goods.
7. arduous- requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
s: Taking the SATs requires arduous effort and preperation.
8. novitiate- the state or period of being a beginner in anything.
s: The novitiate was a bit nervous in her first day of the job.
9. ethical- pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality.
s: The Bible is very clear as to ethical matters.
10. pragmatic- of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical onsiderations.
s: My mother is pragmatic in the conversations we have.
11.competent- having suitable or sufficient skills, knowledge, experience etc. for some purpose.
s: I think that I am competent enough to be in this Honors class.
12.preeminent- superior.
s: We must respect those preminent of us.
13. formidable- causing fear, apprehension, or dread.
s: I recently had a fight with a man at the train station and the found myself in an akward moment because he was formidable.
14.maneuver- a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships etc.
s: People maueuvered for the Civil Rights Movement.\
15.bureaucratic- of relating to, or having the characteristics of a
1. banal clinches- a boring comment that is very of ten made and is therefore not original and not interesting.
s: The narrator of the Christopher Columbus documentation made banal clinches through out the entire documentation.
2. flux- continous change.
s: During the beginning of the year, students may experience flux in their schedule.
3. bedevil- to cause distress.
s: Some disscussion can cause bedevil if not chosen properly.
4. vocation- the work in which a person is regularly employed; occupation.
s: When you are in High School, it may be hard to choose a correct vocation.
5. idealistic- of or pertaining to idealism or idealists.
s: When it come to English Regents Prep, Ms. Hyde has the idealistic thinking of a teacher who wants her students to pass the Regents.
6. embark- to broad a ship, aircraft, or other vechicle as for a journey.
s: After the merchants had traded, they had to embark to go to their homeland with their new goods.
7. arduous- requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
s: Taking the SATs requires arduous effort and preperation.
8. novitiate- the state or period of being a beginner in anything.
s: The novitiate was a bit nervous in her first day of the job.
9. ethical- pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality.
s: The Bible is very clear as to ethical matters.
10. pragmatic- of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical onsiderations.
s: My mother is pragmatic in the conversations we have.
11.competent- having suitable or sufficient skills, knowledge, experience etc. for some purpose.
s: I think that I am competent enough to be in this Honors class.
12.preeminent- superior.
s: We must respect those preminent of us.
13. formidable- causing fear, apprehension, or dread.
s: I recently had a fight with a man at the train station and the found myself in an akward moment because he was formidable.
14.maneuver- a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships etc.
s: People maueuvered for the Civil Rights Movement.\
15.bureaucratic- of relating to, or having the characteristics of a
Regents Prep: Session One, Part A
HW: Define the following.
1. situation: the way in which something is placed in relations to its surroundings.
2. obligations: the action of forcing oneself to a course of action.
3. relevant: connected with the matter in hand; pertinent.
4. specific: restricted to a particular individual, situation, relation or effect.
5. accurate: free from error especially as the result of care.
6. support: to argue or vote for.
7. appropriate: to take or make use of w/o authority or right.
8. organize: to cause or develop an organic structure.
9. logical: capable of reasoning or of using reason in an orderly coherent fashion.
10. coherent: logically ordered or integrated.
11. indicate: to point out
12. quotation: something that is quoted
13. conventions: a general agreement about basic principles or procedures.
1. situation: the way in which something is placed in relations to its surroundings.
2. obligations: the action of forcing oneself to a course of action.
3. relevant: connected with the matter in hand; pertinent.
4. specific: restricted to a particular individual, situation, relation or effect.
5. accurate: free from error especially as the result of care.
6. support: to argue or vote for.
7. appropriate: to take or make use of w/o authority or right.
8. organize: to cause or develop an organic structure.
9. logical: capable of reasoning or of using reason in an orderly coherent fashion.
10. coherent: logically ordered or integrated.
11. indicate: to point out
12. quotation: something that is quoted
13. conventions: a general agreement about basic principles or procedures.
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