Thursday, January 7, 2010

Brit Lit:

Today in class we had our test on poetry. Please see me soon if you were absent to schedule a time to take the make-up.

I passed out our last novel, which was voted on by both A and B block. Here is your reading schedule and vocab for the novel:

Quiz 1 pp. 1-43 Due Jan 8
Quiz 2 pp. 43-87 Due Jan 11
Quiz 3 pp. 88-122 Due Jan 12
Quiz 4 pp. 122-166 Due Jan 13
Quiz 5 pp. 167-197 Due Jan 14
Quiz 6 pp. 198-245 Due Jan 18

Vocabulary:
p. 5 varicose ulcer
p. 9 frowsy
p. 12 nebulous
p. 12 span (spanner)
p. 14 parody
p. 14 specious
p. 34 pneumatic
p. 39 proletariat
p. 43 queue
p. 43 philology
p. 57 furtive
p. 65 sinecure
p. 66 protuberant
p. 86 lassitude
p. 91 fatuous
p. 98 bluebell
p. 99 etiolate
p. 114 gratuitous
p. 123 febrile
p. 139 demur
p. 144 persiflage
p. 159 spurious
p. 162 execrate
p. 164 ruminant

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