Global History Regents Review!!!Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Vocabulary: Thursday, May 26, 2011
to convoy (v.)
*to accompany or escort, usually for protection
convoy (n.)
*protection provided by an escort
*a group of vehicles or people, accompanied by an escort for protection
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"Our convoy included a few children ten and twelve years old" (Wiesel, 45)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Vocabulary: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
to encumber (v.)
* to burden or weigh someone down* to hinder or prevent someone from doing something
"Nobody ever felt embarrassed by him. Nobody ever felt encumbered by his presence. He was a past master in the art of making himself insignificant, of seeming invisible" (Wiesel, 1).
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Calendar for Dates
Check out the calendar for upcoming dates and classes!
You can also download any worksheets you missed! Whoohoo!
Vocabulary: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
abhorrent (adj.)
*detestable, repugnant, loathsome*so horrible you can't stand it
Apartheid is, in my view, as abhorrent as anti-Semitism (Wiesel, 119).
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Causes of WWII Quiz - Wed. May 25!
Wednesday, May 25th, you will have a TIED paragraph quiz about the causes of WWII. You must complete the following in order to be prepared for this quiz.
- Causes of WWII notes from the blue World History book - If you don't have the terms, you can find them here.
- Germany after WWI packet describing the economy of Germany after the Treaty of Versailles - If you do not have the packet, you can find it here.
- Review the elements of a TIED paragraph here
Vocabulary: Monday, May 23, 2011
to gambol (v.)
*to skip about, as in dancing or playing; to frolic or playfully move around.When my niece Hannah & I were playing in the park, we frolicked and gamboled around. We felt like we were dancing!
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