10/31/13 Happy Halloween!

Remember to review the TOEFL week 5 words for the quiz tomorrow. You will need to make sentences. Also, your Study Guide 5 is due tomorrow, complete it tonight. 

10/30/13

Here are the TOEFL week 5 words for Friday's quiz. You will need to make sentences.

facetious	egotistic	dynamic	exemplary	emissary
exceptionable	elucidate	ephemeral	elicit	fallible
ensue	dolorous	edify	edict	exaltation

Remember to study the John Muir Chapter 4&5 vocabulary from Part A for the spelling quiz tomorrow. You will also need to make sentences for 5 of the 10 words that you will spell.

bustling	route
whittled	settlers
consumed	constructed
patriotic	malaria
specimens	roundabout
intrigued	awe-inspiring
allegiance	locusts
wading	resident
sympathetic	interfered
tramp	tremendous

10/29/13

Complete your TOEFL week 5 chart. I will post the words for the quiz on Friday tomorrow.

10/28/13

Complete Study Guide 5 Parts A&B. The words from Part A along with the words from chapter 4 will be on a spelling quiz this Thursday.

Next Thursday (11/07/13) is the mid-term test covering the vocabulary and information from chapters 1-5. There will also be a Story Corp listening section and a TOEFL vocab section for the words from the quizzes on weeks 1-5. 

10/25/13

Read Chapter 5 over the weekend. Remember that Parts A&B will be due on Tuesday. Also, the words from this chapter and chapter 4 will be on a spelling and sentence quiz on Thursday.

Have a wonderful weekend. :) 

10/24/13

Remember that your Study Guide 4 is due tomorrow! We won't have time to work on it in class, so finish it up this evening. :)

It is also a good idea to review the TOEFL week 4 words for the quiz tomorrow. You will be writing a paragraph.

10/23/13

Here are the words for the TOEFL quiz on Friday. You will make a paragraph.

crucial	craven	devout	diverse	cryptic
delete	culpable	curb	deplete	cringe
deference	demure	credible	demeanor	dissent

Continue to work on your Study Guide 4. It is due on Friday. :) 

10/22/13

Complete your TOEFL week 4 chart. I will post the words for Friday's quiz tomorrow. 

10/21/13

Remember to complete Study Guide 4 Parts A & B tonight. We will share and discuss the vocab and answers to the comprehension questions together tomorrow.

10/18/13

Read Chapter 4. Remember that Parts A&B of Study Guide 4 are due on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend! :)

10/17/13

Review the TOEFL Week 3 words for the quiz tomorrow. You will make sentences. Remember to continue working on your Study Guide 3. It should be completed by the end of class tomorrow. You will have time after the TOEFL quiz to work on the Study Guide since we won't be having 130/140 Discussion. 

10/16/13

Here are the words for the TOEFL 3 Quiz on Friday:

caricature	chronic	clement	clamorous	compensation
chicanery	cogent	coercion	condole	circumvent
collusion	civil	candid	condone	celestial

Remember to review the Ch. 2&3 vocab from the John Muir book. We will have a spelling quiz for those words tomorrow. You will spell 10 words, then choose 5 words and make your own sentence.

Remember to continue working on your Study Guide for chapter 3, which is due at the end of class on Friday. We will have time after the quiz to work on the Study Guide in class. There is no 130/140 discussion this week. Let me know if you have any questions! 

10/15/13

Remember to complete your TOEFL Week 3 chart tonight. I will share the words for Friday's quiz tomorrow.

Also, remember that we will have a John Muir Vocab Quiz on Thursday for chapters 2&3. It will be a spelling quiz. Here are the words again:

strict	plentiful
fascinated	backbreaking
frugal	thrashing
suffocating	barometer
contraption	quarantine
booked passage	porridge
ornithologist	imitating
shivered	exhausted
ventilated	primitive
scootchers	devout

10/14/13

Complete Study Guide 3 Parts A&B.

If you are celebrating Eid, have a wonderful holiday tomorrow. All of your assignments for the day are excused. Make sure the Study Guide is completed by the end of class on Friday. 

10/11/13

Read chapter 3. You can start working on the Study Guide 3 if you like. Parts A&B should be complete by Tuesday.

Have a great weekend! :) 

10/10/13

Continue to work on completing your Study Guide 2. It is due on Friday at the end of class (noon). Review your TOEFL vocabulary for the TOEFL Week 2 quiz. You will use the words to write a paragraph. 

10/09/13

Here are the TOEFL 2 words that will be on the quiz on Friday:

augment	bibliophile	asylum	articulate	callous
avarice	bland	banal	artful	assiduous
ascetic	benevolent	auspicious	baneful	autocratic

You will use the words this week to make a paragraph. :) 

Continue to work on completing your Study Guide 2. It is due at noon on Friday.

10/08/13

Finish your TOEFL Week 2 Chart. I will post the words that will be on Friday's quiz tomorrow morning after I grade your charts.

Remember to use good grammar and punctuation in your own example sentences for each word! 

10/07/13

Complete Study Guide 2 Parts A&B. I will check for completion, and you will share with a small group to compare & correct your answers.

10/04/13

Remember that your Study Guide is due today!

For this weekend, read Chapter 2. You can start on Study Guide 2 if you'd like. Parts A&B will be due on Tuesday.

Relax and have a great weekend! You've worked hard this week. :) 

10/03/13

Complete your Study Guide for chapter 1. It is due tomorrow at 12:00 (noon).

Remember to review the TOEFL words for the quiz. You will need to make sentences. 

10/02/13

These are the TOEFL Week 1 words that will be on the quiz on Friday. You will need to use them in a sentence.

accelerate	abet	academic	abandon	apathy
allure	arid	allude	abridge	accord
affable	adversary	allay	adversity	accede

Review the spelling of the Chapter 1 Study Guide Vocabulary. We will have a quiz tomorrow morning.

Also, continue to work on completing Study Guide 1 parts D&E. It is due at 12:00(noon) on Friday.

10/01/13

Remember to complete your TOEFL Week 1 Vocab Chart.

I will post the words for the quiz on Friday after I have reviewed your charts tomorrow morning. :)