1. IRB

2. New Good Words due on Friday. Good Words Quiz Monday…new words posted below.

3. Continue preparing your ABCs of Islam.

4. Start looking over your Crusades and Islam packet. Expect a test in about two weeks.

5. Memorize your pageant lines!

6. Last chance to donate for the Pennies for Patients!

Core A

1. Pirouette: A rapid whirling around of the body
2. Awestruck: Filled with or revealing shock
3. Despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage
4. Muzzle: A guard, typically made of a strap of wire, fitted over an animals mouth/face so it stops biting or barking
5. Fiscal: Of or relating to financial matters
6. Stimulus: Anything that may gave an impact on a system
7. Compulsive: Governed by an obsessive need to conform, coupled with an inability to express positive emotions.
8. Verb: A word that describes an action
9. Thermostat: A device that regulates heat
   10. Integrate: Combining one thing with another to make a whole

Core B

1. Vaulted: Arched roof or ceiling
2. Antonym: A word opposite in meaning to another word
3. Sinewy: Lean. A piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone.
4. Geriatric: Relating to old people
5. Swabs: An absorbent pad
6. Cult: Religious worship system
7. Homophone: Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins or spelling. Ex: New and Knew
8. Feeble: week, not strong
9. Sanctions: To approve something for a course of action
   10. Prolong: Extend the duration of.

1. IRB

2. ABCs of Islam letter ongoing

3. Memorize your pageant lines!

4. Good word cards due tomorrow. New good words due Friday.

1. IRB

2. Literature Circles meet tomorrow

3. Current Events = Lindsay’s Group & Isabel B’s Group

4. Valentine day cards due for buddies

1. IRB

2. Literature Circles meet on Monday. Get a “4”!

3. Current Event prep ongoing

1. IRB

2. Current Events tomorrow – Julia & Lindsay

3. Read the “Age of the Crusades” packet. My expectation is (at least) every other page has at least one bit of annotation on it (a defined word, a note in the margin, etc.)

1. IRB

2. Current Event prep ongoing.

3. Literature Circles meet again on Thursday.

4. Medieval Pageant Writing (due Thursday)

Situation:
A fiery Jinn has stolen a boy’s unique dream. The Jinn can not dream himself, so every night he takes this dream from the boy to share with his kind. The dream is beautiful and wholly good.

Directions:
You will write the dream in play form (dialogue). This dream should not be longer than 4 pages or shorter than 2 pages.

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1. IRB

2. Literature Circle work due Thursday. Be creative. Be innovative. Get a 4!

3. Current Events prep ongoing. Julia’s group presents on Thursday.

1. IRB

2. Continue to prepare your Current Events

3. Your next Literature Circle meeting is Monday. Get a 4!

1. IRB

2. Continue to prepare your Current Events

3. Your next Literature Circle meeting is tomorrow. Get a 4!

1. IRB

2. Literature Circle work due on Thursday – this is your second meeting!

3. Continue preparing for your Current Events!