1. Friday, January 9th and Monday, January 10th 10th Literature
Standard 2, 3, and 4
Grammar Work – Review Parts of Speech (handout)
Practice worksheet
Unit 6 Vocabulary words and definitions (11-20)
Lab time to work on web quest presentation
Please bring your ID next class so that you can check out The Kite Runner from the Library.

2. Grammar Notes
Please, write the following on your handout. Articles are: a, an and the Articles signal that a noun is going to follow. Example: Who invented the telephone? The wheel? The refrigerator? The airplane? A cat was chasing a mouse in my back yard.

3. Unit 6 Vocabulary words (11-20)
11. Officious – meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority 12. Ominous – unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen 13. Pinnacle – a high peak or point 14. Premeditated – considered beforehand, deliberately planned 15. Rampant – growing without check, running wild

4. 16. Solace – comfort, relief; to comfort, console
17. Stately – dignified, majestic
18. Supple – bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable
19. Suppress – to stop by force, put down
20. Venal – open to or marked by bribery or corruption