Week 12/17/07-12/21/07

Monday

12/17

Complete the following assessment tests

• Super's Work Values Inventory: V93539RYM
• Kuder SkillS Assessment: S93537RYM
• Kuder Career Search with Person Match

JA Session 2

For those who have completed all assessment test, please work on the following -

• (extra credit) Write a different end to the story, assuming that either Mme Loisel never lost the necklace or that she found the necklace
• (extra credit) Draw a strip cartoon representing the moment Mme Loisir noticed Mme Forestier in the Champs-Elysees to the moment they parted.
• HW #43 Respond to the following quotations-

  a. Explain what it means
  b. Explain if you agree with the statement or not.
  c. Find a real-life experience (your own, someone you know or a story you read) to illustrate the quotation.

  • "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."----Walt Disney
  • "Our prime purpose in this life is help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."----Dalai Lama
  • "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."-----Alice Walker
  • "A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decided to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."---Nolan Bushnell
  • "Above all things, reverence yourself".----Pythagora
  • "The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."---Alexander Chalmers
  • "To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die."---Vauvenargues
     

  12/20/07

  Aim: Why is Soapy getting uneasy as the he sees the wild geese fly south?

  Do Now:

• Copy WOD
• Do Test-Prep Question
• Read and copy one of the most interesting news summaries including the headline in your notebook

Procedure:

• Read the story The Copy and the Anthem
• Look up the meaning of the following new vocabulary:
  1. cognizant
  2. Vesuvian
  3. Boreas: the Greek god of the north wind
  4. hegira: a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation : exodus
  5. Philanthropy
  6. encumbered
  7. eleemosynary: of, relating to, or supported by charity
  8. inquisition
  9. unduly: in an undue manner : excessively <an unduly harsh punishment> <unduly sensitive>
  10. insolvency: insolvent : inability to pay debts
  11. protoplasm: the organized colloidal complex of organic and inorganic substances (as proteins and water) that constitutes the living nucleus, cytoplasm, plastids, and mitochondria of the cell
  12. demi-tasse :a small cup of black coffee; also : the cup used to serve it
  13. mallard: a common and widely distributed wild duck
  14. epicurean: one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine. synonyms:, gourmet, gourmand, gastronome
  15. coveted: to wish for earnestly <covet an award> 2 : to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably
  16. minions: a servile dependent, follower, or underling 2 : one highly favored : idol 3 : a subordinate or petty official
  17. flapjacks: pancake
  18. execrated: to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
  19. impudent: lacking modesty2: marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others : insolent
  20. contemptible
  21. litany:a resonant or repetitive chant <a litany of cheering phrases
  22. insular : of, relating to, or constituting an island b: dwelling or situated on an island <insular residents>
  23. transplendent
  24. welkin: the vault of the sky : firmament <the sun of heaven…made the western welkin blush — Shakespeare> b: the celestial abode of God or the gods : heaven2: the upper atmosphere
  25. Arcadia: a region or scene of simple pleasure and quiet
  26. sauntered:to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll <sauntered slowly down the street>
  27. turmoil: a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion
  28. loitered :

      1: to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle2 a: to remain in an area for no obvious reason b: to lag behind synonyms see delay

  29. convolutions:1 : a form or shape that is folded in curved or tortuous windings 2 : one of the irregular ridges on the surface of the brain and especially of the cerebrum of higher mammals 3 : a complication or intricacy of form, design, or structure
  30. immaculate:  having no stain or blemish : pure2: containing no flaw or error3 a: spotlessly clean b: having no colored spots or marks <petals immaculate>
  31. mire: wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) 2 : heavy often deep mud or slush 3 : a troublesome or intractable situation <found themselves in a mire of debt>
  32. faltering: to walk unsteadily : stumble b: to give way : totter <could feel my legs faltering> c: to move waveringly or hesitatingly2: to speak brokenly or weakly : stammer <her voice faltered>3 a: to hesitate in purpose or action : waver <he never faltered in his determination> b: to lose drive or effectiveness <the business was faltering>transitive verb: to utter hesitatingly or brokenly
• Discuss and answer the following questions:
  1. Why did Soapy do to try to get himself arrested?
  2. How did he get out of each trouble?
  3. What was he thinking when he heard the choir in the church?
  4. What was Soapy like when he was younger?
  5. What could have made him the way he was as described in the story?
  6. What would happen to Soapy now as story ended in such an ironic way?

HW#44 Look up the words and study the definitions. Pick 20 words from the list and make one sentence using each word.

HW#45 Answer the 6 questions.