Friday, November 9, 2012

Vocab

HL Vocab Lesson 21 is due Tuesday 11/20, the quiz will be the same day! 


SL Vocab Lesson 21: 

This should go on page 6 of your notebook. It may spill over onto page 7, that’s o.k.
Copy words into your notebook. Be sure to leave 3 lines between each word.

ambrosia (84)
righteous (87)
indignation (87)
incessantly (120)
magnitude (172)
oblivious (173)
crevice (176)
anguish (199)
induction (206)
catacombs (206)


For your assignment:
1.  Write down the sentence that uses the word in the book, “The Secret Life of Bees” (I provided the page numbers in ( )'s after the word)
2.  Look up the definition, read through them, and write a definition in your own words.
3.  Write down the origin of the word. You will be able to find this on the dictionary.com page. 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Bees Check In

Today in class you will be doing two things.

First, sign into your google account.
Second,  click on this link and fill out the form.
Third, choose one of the historical/ current figures listed below. Next, create a document, SHARE IT WITH MS. ZUMBERGE, and tell me a little about the person you chose. Remember, YOU MAY NOT CUT AND PASTE, THAT IS PLAGIARISM. You will need to look this person up. Please include the URL of any sites you use to gather information.

Sophia Loren
Khrushchev
LBJ
1964 Civil Rights Act
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shakespeare
Thoreau
Elanor Roosevelt
Confederate Flag
Fort Sumter
Vietnam War
Castro
Malcolm X
The Beatles
Church bombing in Birmingham
Walter Cronkite
Fats Domino
Miles Davis
The Supremes
Dick Clark
Ed Sullivan