Tuesday, April 8

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Finish work from yesterday
2. New vocab:

diverse: varied: (adj): Most of the school in Broward Couunty are diverse
accentuate: emphasize (verb): The guest speaker accentuated the importance of graduating high school
divergent: different (adj): The brothers took divergent paths to success
impervious: unable to be affected (adj): The musician was impervious to criticism
diparage: criticize (verb): Please don't disparage those people who are different from you
saccharine: sweet (adj): I didn't like the movie because it was too saccharine
almagamation: merger (noun): The companies agreed to the almagamation
divisive: caused conflict (adj): The meetings didn't solve anything; if anything, they were divisive
apocalypse: end of the world (noun): Some people think the apocalypse is near
retract: withdraw (verb): The New York Times retraced its story on John McCain

Periods 6-7
1. Complete Ghandi graphic organizer while reading story with partner
2. New vocab
3. Complete VIS

1. Compassion: sympathy (noun): Show compassion to those who are less fortunate.
2. Inferior: lower in importance (adj): An ant is inferior to an anteater.
3. Compartment: enclosed space (noun): Most cars have a compartment to hold papers.
4. Passengers: travelers (noun): All the passengers boarded the train.
5. incident: event (noun): The incident at lunch caused a lot of noise.
6. reputation: what people think of someone (noun): He has a reputation for being a bully.
7. obligation: something you must do (noun): I have an obligation to babysit on Thursdays.
8. comply: to go along with (verb): To stay out of trouble, you need to comply with the teacher. To stay out of trouble, you need to go along with the teacher.
9. relinquish: give up (verb): Too many traffic tickets caused him to relinquish his drivers license.
10. associate: to connect (verb): We connect Martin Luther King with peace.

4. Word wall
5. Read Aloud
6. Fluency
7. SSR