Honors English 9 at Woodbury H.S.: October 2012

The following five (5) are all words for the look on a person’s face; that is, a facial expression.

1. Countenance

2. Demeanor

3. Visage

4. Aspect

5. Mien

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REMAINING WORDS:

Preposterous – ridiculous

Sagacious – wise, experienced, generous.

Morose – gloomy.

Latent – adjective to describe something that’s in the background, something that’s hidden or unformed.

Disconcerted – distracted

Confidence – secrets

Quail – to hide, to shy away (i.e., to act like a quail).

Ascertain – to make certain

Stipulate – to set a condition or a requirement. (Often, a lawyer’s term. In Great Expectations, Jaggers stipulates two things when Pip receives his “expectations”: 1. that Pip always keep his name; and 2. that the name of Pip’s benefactor remain a secret (until or unless the benefactor decides to reveal it).

Poetry Out Loud

By the time we’re back from the Thanksgiving holiday, choose two (2) poems from the Poetry Out Loud web site.

One poem can be 25 lines or fewer. The other poem needs to be 26 lines or longer. One of these two poems – either one – needs to come from before the 20th century: 1899 or before.

We will rehearse poems out loud during the week before winter break.

We will perform these poems in class during the first week of 2012. (Performance schedule TBA.)

The Woodbury school-wide contest will held on Thursday night, January 12, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.

Honors English 9 at Woodbury H.S.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

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