Junior Comp Notebook Check #2
Due: Monday, June 3
Activity #16- Vocabulary
 Vehement (adj/adv) – intense; impassioned
 Impetuous (adj) – characterized by sudden or rash energy.
 Denizen (n) – a resident
 Vacuous (adj) - empty
 Punctilious (adj) – very formal, precise.
Activity #17--Metaphors by Sylvia Plath
Activity #18—Sister Carrie CST practice: MC questions and #16 on pages
814-815
Activity #19 – Venn Diagram for YW, SH, and Metaphors STICKERED
Activity #20—Vocabulary Review for BC3: answering questions
Activity #21—Vocabulary
 Inept (adj) – unfit physically or mentally
 Ineffable (adj) – inexpressible
 Ramifications – a related aspect or a problem
 Lethargic – dull, drowsy and slow
 Nebulous – hazy, vague, indistinct; cloudy or cloudlike.
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Supercilious (adj) – having or showing arrogant superiority to
and disdain of those one views and unworthy.
Elicit (v) – to draw or bring out or forth
Reproach (v) – to find fault with; blame
Garrulous (adj) – excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout
manner, esp. about trivial matters.
CCWs: Whose; who’s
Activity #25—Nick as Narrator
 Journal about who should tell their story
 List why Nick is good narrator and why Gatsby’s story is worth
telling
 Handout of the first section of chapter 1 annotated
Activity #26—First Impressions
 Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle Wilson, George Wilson
 For each character
o Three adjectives
o One telling quote
CCWs: forth – forward; fourth—number; forty – number
Activity #27--Vocabulary
 Laudable (adj) – deserving praise; commendable
 Insidious (adj) – intended to entrap or trick
 Dilatory (adj) – tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
 Irreverent (adj) – not respectful, esp. of what is generally accept
or respected.
 Laden (adj) – burdened; loaded down
Activity #22--Preparation for Sexism Project due on Friday
CCWs: elicit, illicit
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Journal about all the ways you feel that society's expectations of
your gender limit you, aggravate you, make you angry
Copy from a classmate all the other notes for preparation
Get a 1/2 sheet example
Activity #23—“I hate it when . . .” list on how men/women communicate
Activity #24 -- Vocabulary
 Feign (v) – to imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend.
Activity #28—Venn Diagram for Myrtle and Daisy
Activity #29—Party Guests (stickered)
 Three adjectives
 Telling quote
Activity #30—Jay Gatsby (stickered)
 Rumors
 Three adjectives
 Quote
Activity #31—Book vs. Movi
Activity #32--Vocabulary
 Preposterous (adj) -- contrary to nature, reason, or common
sense
 Scathing (adj) – bitterly severe
 Brink (adv) – at the point of happening
 Inure (v) -- to accustom to accept something undesirable
 Boon (n) – a timely benefit.
CCWs: plain (adj) – simple; plane (n) – aircraft
Activity #33—Below the Surface for Nick, Jordan, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby,
George Wilson, and Party Guests
Activity #34—Vocabulary Review for BC #4
 A24, A27, and A32
 For each word, explain the meaning to your BFF
Activity #35--Vocabulary
 Dialectic (adj) - discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a
method of intellectual investigation.
 Dilute (v) -- to diminish the strength, flavor, or brilliance of by
admixture.
 Contrivance (n) -- an artificial arrangement or development
 Ascendancy (n) -- governing or controlling influence
 Fallacious (adj) – tending to deceive or mislead
CCWs: rational (adj) – having reason or understanding; rationale (n) –
principles of opinion, beliefs
Activity #36—Quote Analysis for chapter 5 (wkst)
Activity 37—Vocabulary
 Subterfuge (n) – a deceptive strategy or trick
 Pejorative (adj) – disrespectful; insulting, belittle (usually in
terms of language)
 Trepidation (n) – anxiety; state of alarm
 Tantamount (adj) – equivalent in significance, effect, or value
 Alacrity (n) – cheerful willingness; eagerness
CCWs: Lay (v) to put something down; lie (v)—to recline (include past
tenses)
Activity #38—“Image vs. Reality”
 Read some of Ice-T’s lyrics (copies in Gatsby file)
 Look at Ice-T’s bio (copy in Gatsby file)
 Venn Diagram on Ice-T and Jay Gatsby
Activity #39—Vocabulary
 Exorbitance (adj) – extreme, unreasonable expense or price;
being beyond reasonable or proper limits.
 Unabashed (adj) – obvious
 Pedantic (adj) – overly concerned with or narrowly focused on
book learning or formal rules.
 Extricate (v) – to free from difficulty or entanglement
 Trajectory (n) – The path of a moving object
CCWs: less (adj)—for things that CANNOT be counted; fewer (adj) – for
things that CAN be counted.
Activity #40--Vocabulary Review
 A35, A37, and A39
 For each word, write one synonym, one antonym, and either
draw one picture OR provide one example.
Activity #41--"In Another Country"
 Read pages 970-974 in the big lit book
 In the margins of the piece, there are questions labeled A-E.
Answer these in your comp notebook
 Answer questions 4 & 5 on page 975
Activity #42—Instructions for Portfolio
 Great Speech
 Transcendentalist project
 Performance Task (with self-evaluation)
 Sexism Project
 GG one-pagers
Activity #43—Slaughterhouse Five