1. Welcome! January 30th, 2018 Tuesday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Tuesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to guess the meaning of the word. Make sure you explain your thinking!
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. A tabloid journalist never scruples to reveal intimate details
Read the following sentence and guess the meaning of the word scruples based on the context.
A tabloid journalist never
scruples to reveal intimate details
about the lives of celebrities.
A scruple is a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
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3. Beowulf Jeopardy
Great news – we’re going to the dance performance on Wednesday! That means our test will be pushed back to Thursday, and we’ll watch the Beowulf film on Friday.
Today, we’re playing Jeopardy! Divide yourselves into five teams (not four – it needs to be five so it’s fair).
1st place – 10 bonus points
2nd place – 7 bonus points
3rd place – 5 bonus points
4th place – 3 bonus points
5th place – 1 bonus point