Aug 21 Journal #1 (practice) Summarize in a half page or more the story of

“Little Red Riding Hood” as you know it.

Aug 21 Vocabulary Energizer #1 Macabre (adj)

Definition: gruesome, horrible, causing fear, suggesting the horror of death

Example: Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King are masters of the macabre.

Synonyms: grim, hideous, horrid, dreadful

August 22: Journal #2

• What I know about the Titanic…

Aug 22: Vocabulary Energizer #2 Pittance (n)

Definition: small amount or portion, especially of money

Example: Some people feel that Congress provides a pittance for education compared to the lavish expenditures for the military.

Synonyms: trifle, insufficiency, ration, minimal wage, modicum

Aug. 23: Journal #3

• My favorite science fiction book or movie…

August 23 Vocabulary Energizer #3

Preposterous (adj) Definition: ridiculous, obviously absurd,

contrary to reason Example: It would be preposterous to kill a

fly with a cannon. Synonyms: foolish, nonsensical, silly,

unreasonable, irrational, ludicrous

August 24: Journal #4August 24: Journal #4

My favorite musical genre…My favorite musical genre…

Aug. 24:Vocabulary Energizer Aug. 24:Vocabulary Energizer #4#4

Farce (n)Farce (n)DefinitionDefinition: : ridiculous, light comedy; ridiculous, light comedy;

slapstick comedy; absurd thing; mockeryslapstick comedy; absurd thing; mockeryExample:Example: Intentional Intentional farcesfarces amuse us in amuse us in

T.V. situation comedies and films, but T.V. situation comedies and films, but farcesfarces in justice where criminals go free in justice where criminals go free are not amusing.are not amusing.

Synonyms: Synonyms: mockery, absurdity, mockery, absurdity, nonsensenonsense

Aug 27: Journal #5

• I like/do not like stories or movies with surprise endings…. Some stories or movies with surprise endings that I have read or watched….

Aug 27: Vocabulary Energizer #5Aug 27: Vocabulary Energizer #5

• Bombast (n)

• Definition: speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning.

• Example: Today, lofty, flowery, high-sounding language lacking meaningful content is bombast, for it is essentially little more than padding.

• Synonyms: wordiness, grandiloquence

August 28: Journal #6

• I do/do not like to go camping because…

August 28: Vocab Energizer #6

Pedigree (n)

Definition: ancestry or record of ancestry, line of descent

Example: Heathcliff, the passionate and almost demonic central character of Emily Bronte’s romantic novel Wuthering Heights, was an orphan without a pedigree.

Synonyms: descent, family tree, lineage, geneology

August 29: Journal #7

• Animals can sometimes be like people when…

August 29: Vocabulary Energizer #7August 29: Vocabulary Energizer #7

Spartan (adj)Spartan (adj) DefinitionDefinition: severe, rigorous, disciplined: severe, rigorous, disciplined ExampleExample: Following a : Following a SpartanSpartan regimen of regimen of

diet and exercise, I managed to lose thirty diet and exercise, I managed to lose thirty pounds in a month.pounds in a month.

SynonymsSynonyms: self-denying, plain, spare, : self-denying, plain, spare, restrained, strict, stern, austererestrained, strict, stern, austere

August 30: Journal #8

• What I would do if I saw someone being bullied…

August 30: Vocabulary August 30: Vocabulary Energizer #8Energizer #8

• Gadfly (n)Gadfly (n)• DefinitionDefinition: person who continually : person who continually

annoys othersannoys others• ExampleExample:: Martin Luther King, Jr., holder Martin Luther King, Jr., holder

of a Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston of a Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University and a great admirer of University and a great admirer of Socrates, roused the conscience of our Socrates, roused the conscience of our nation in his role as nation in his role as gadflygadfly for civil for civil rights.rights.

• SynonymsSynonyms: critic, pest, faultfinder, goad: critic, pest, faultfinder, goad

August 31: Journal #9

• My favorite movie is…

• The basic situation, complications, climax, and resolution of this movie are…

August 31: Vocabulary Energizer August 31: Vocabulary Energizer #9#9

Homage (n)Homage (n)DefinitionDefinition: action showing respect and honor: action showing respect and honorExampleExample: Baseball plays : Baseball plays homagehomage to great to great ballplayers with the Hall of Fame, Hollywood ballplayers with the Hall of Fame, Hollywood pays pays homagehomage to its performers with the Academy to its performers with the Academy Award, and the world pays Award, and the world pays homagehomage to to humanity’s outstanding contributors with the humanity’s outstanding contributors with the Nobel Prize.Nobel Prize.SynonymsSynonyms: honor, admiration, esteem, : honor, admiration, esteem, reverence, tributereverence, tribute

September 4: Journal #10

• Respond to the following quote. What do you think it means? What can you learn from it?

• The girl you just called fat? She is overdosing on diet pills. The girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her. The boy you just tripped? He is abused enough at home. See that man with the ugly scars? He fought for our country. That guy you just made fun of for crying? His mother is dying. You never know what it’s like until you walk a mile in their shoes.

September 4: Vocabulary Energizer #10

Spurn (v) Definition: scornfully refuse or reject Example: “Spurn” still kicks where it hurts

when the boy or girl of our dreams spurns us.

Synonyms: scorn, repel, despise, decline, dismiss, repudiate