1. AVID
Vocabulary

2. Daily Reading and Writing
First answer the following prompt. You will be given credit for this.
Then, take out your reading material and read silently until I announce that the time is up.

3. Five Areas of Growth
1. Meticulous: Focus on organization and preparedness for all aspects of our academic, extracurricular, and personal lives
2. Urbane: Work on refining behavior in various situations. Expanding vocabulary as it relates to reading and writing.
3. Sagacity: Focus on grades and success on standardized tests.
4. Edify: Focus on ensuring each other’s success and building a family
5. Muse: Reflect on experiences to make better informed decisions about the future

4. Vocabulary: Meticulous
Part of Speech: adj.
Definition: excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
Example: The finicky millionaire was insistent that the housekeeper be meticulous in cleaning the bathrooms.

5. Vocabulary: Urbane Part of Speech: adj.
Definition: notably polite or polished in manner
Example: Her urbane behavior made it obvious that this was not her first visit to a fine dining restaurant

6. Vocabulary: Sagacity Part of Speech: n
Definition: the quality of being keen in judgement
Example: When selecting a college to attend, it is important to proceed with great sagacity.

7. Vocabulary: Edify Part of Speech: v
Definition: to instruct to improve, enlighten, or uplift
Example: The motivational speaker related a personal experience in order to edify his audience.

8. Vocabulary: Muse Part of Speech: v
Definition: to become absorbed in thought; to turn something over in the mind
Example: Sometimes she would sit and muse about the options for her future.