Monday November 15, 2010 vocab Rite of Passage

You are beginning a new unit. The novel is Richard Wright's Rite of Passage.

Please find below the vocabulary you are responsible for this week. There will be a test on Friday.

Note that the ten sentences at the bottom are homework due tomorrow: Tuesday November 16.

Rite of Passage vocabulary Test Friday
1. elation (noun) - great joy
2. garish (adjective)- showy, flashy, meant to attract
3. vestibule (noun)- foyer, waiting room
4. vacant (adjective)- unoccupied, empty
5. estrangement (noun)- separation
6. adulation (noun)- high praise, worship
7. zoot-suit (noun)- baggy man’s suit that was popular in the 1940’s.
8. austerity (noun)- having only the minimal amount.
9. to alienate- (verb)- to exclude
10. vintage- (adjective)- classic, something that has survived the test of time.
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Using the words above, complete the following sentences as practice. Use the correct verb tense. Tear of the bottom part. Due Tuesday 16 November
1. When heading out to the Cotton Club to hear some smooth jazz, Jimmy would put on his ______________________________.
2. Unfortunately, she and her sister were ________________________ and had not spoken in many years.
3. On VJ day, that is Victory Japan, the city of New York was filled with people hugging and dancing with _____________________________.
4. The clothing one wears to an interview should be modest, not _______________________, in order to exude professionalism.
5. People would gather to hear his wise words and listen in ____________________________.
6. __________________________ buildings should be torn down to build parks and new housing.
7. Some people prefer to shop at stores that sell _____________________________clothing, as they like the styles that have stood the test of time.
8. The congregation was asked to leave their umbrellas in the ________________________, rather than bringing them inside the church.
9. An _________________________ budget was put in place, and services were cut, as there was not enough money in the budget.
10. Because of his rude and disruptive behavior, he found himself ______________________ from his friends.

Wednesday November 10: Odyssey

Last night you were to have read the chapters The Pig Woman and Alive Among the Dead

There is no school tomorrow. By Friday, you should have finished the book. Over the weekend there is a take home final assessment on Homer's The Odyssey. This is due on Monday. I will post a copy of the test tomorrow. Write out the reponses on a separate sheet of paper, if you are absent and do not have the copy handed out in class on Friday.

AS WELL, REMEMBER YOU HAVE A VOCABULARY TEST ON FRIDAY.

Monday November 8, 2010 Odyssey

Your weekend homework was to read the first two chapters of The Odyssey by Homer: Yearning for Home and The Sea God's One-Eyed Son. Although we are reading the story in prose form, The Odyssey, like The Iliad, was an epic poem. As said in class, an epic poem is a long and highly stylized narrative poem celebrating the heroic achievements of its hero. A narrative tells a story. An epic poem also shows the values of a culture.

For Tuesday: read chapters 3 and 4: The Brass Island and The Bag of the Winds and The Pig Woman.
Below is a copy of this week's vocabulary. There will be a test on Friday.

Vocabulary 2 The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
1. To eliminate (verb)- to remove or get rid of
2. vengeful (adjective)- spiteful; wanting revenge
3. impervious (adjective)- incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected
4. ransom (noun)- the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.

5. astonished (adjective)- sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze:
6. to retrieve (verb)- to recover or regain
7. awestruck (adjective)- filled with overwhelming fear
8. to pillage (verb)- to rob with open violence
9. alliance (noun)- a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.

10. retribution (noun)- requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil

11. Paris – the son of King Priam; he was living as a shepherd when he had to choose who was the most beautiful goddess. His choices were Athena (goddess of wisdom) Hera (Zeus’ wife and goddess of the home)and Aphrodite (goddess of love).

12. Homer- the author who wrote down the oral stories of the Trojan War, which became The Iliad and The Odyssey.

13. Helen- “the face that launched a thousand ships’; married to Menelaus, but taken by Paris to Troy.

14. King Agamemnon- Menelaus’ brother. He organizes the Greek forces to capture Troy.

15. Achilles- Greek warrior who killed Hector, King Priam’s son, and then desecrated his body. He is immortal, except on the back of his heel. This is where his mother Thetis dipped him into the River Styx.

16. Trojans- people from Troy.

17. Ajax- Greek warrior

18. Odysseus- Greek warrior known for his cleverness. He comes up with the ruse of the Trojan horse.

19. Cassandra- King Priam’s daughter. She can read the future, but no one will believe her.

20. Laocoon- Trojan priest, who warns King Priam not to bring the Trojan horse inside the city. A sea serpent is sent by Poseidon, god of the seas, to destroy him.