Monday, March 24, 2025

Bell Work - Complete the "Parallel Structure Review" handout

Get a sheet of paper and put today's date

Paragraph 1 Vocabulary

1. stock market - a place where shares of a company are bought and sold

2. hedge fund - an investment fund that invests large amounts of money using risky methods

3. fluctuation - irregular rising and falling in number or amount

4. voyeuristic - having the quality of being an obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects

5. morbidly - unhealthily; unwholesomely gloomy or extreme

6. travails - pains and suffering because of hardships

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Get the video transcript and pull up the YouTube video of "$50bn Ponzi Scheme: How Madoff Did It"

We are going to watch the video through 3:44. Then we will stop and you will answer the follwing questions:

1. A hedge fund is an investment fund that invests large amounts of money using risky methods. What is the difference between a hedge fund and Madoff's "Collar Method"?

2. Why would the scheme the video outlines not make a profit?

We will discuss answers as a class.

We will finish the video and you will answer the following questions:

3. What is the "classic trick" Madoff used to make his payments?

4. What is the source of "profit" in a Ponzi scheme?

5. What usually happens to a Ponzi scheme?

We will discuss answers as a class.

I am going to give you a reading that we are going to read together. This is a book review, or an informational text, that gives information about the book and its topic, as well as an opinion of the quality of the book. The book being reviewed is "The Wizard of Lies" by Diana Henriques. Notice Dianan Henriques is not the author of this book review. the author of this review we are reading is Liaquat Ahamed.

As we read the first paragraph keep this in mind:

Determine the central idea in the first paragraph of "How Bernard Madoff Did It." How does this idea emerge and what details shape its development?

I will read paragraph 1 to you as you follow along.

You will reread paragraph 1 and answer the following questions:

6. According to Ahamed what makes the Madoff scandal different from others?

7. What does Ahamed mean by "others found a certain 'voyeuristic' pleasure in the financial 'travails' of the rich and famous"?

8. What might "travails" mean in this context?

9. Why was the public "morbidly fascinated" by the Madoff scandal?

Now annotate paragraph 1 to help you find your central idea. Ask yourself these two questions:

          Who or what is the paragraph about?

          What does the author want me to know?

Determine the central idea in the first paragraph of "How Bernard Madoff Did It." How does this idea emerge and what details shape its development? In other words, use textual evidence to explain your central idea.

We will finish reading the article and you will answer the last two questions:

10. In two or three sentences describe how a Ponzi scheme works.

11. What makes a Ponzi scheme a crime?

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Write the following vocabulary on your own paper

1. festering - putrefying or rotting

2. refuse - anything thrown away; waste; rubbish

3. subterranean - existing below the earth; underground

4. Dante-like - referring to a famous Italian poet of the 14th century, and in this case his vivid descriptions of hell in the poem "Inferno" from the "The Divine Comedy"

5. miasma - pollution in the atmosphere, esp. noxious vapors from decomposing organic matter

6. forlorn - expressive of hopelessness; despairing

7. ambling - going at a slow, easy pace; strolling

8. gauzy - transparently thin and light

9. rickshaw - a small two-wheeled passenger vehicle drawn by one or two men, used in parts of Asia

10. repulsed - produced a feeling of aversion or distaste

11. distress - pain or hardship

12. exploit - to use selfishly for one's own ends

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Read the short story "The Landlady" together as a class.

Complete the questions that go with the story. you may write on my paper, but make sure you answer the questions completely.

Friday, March 28, 2025

accept - to receive

Ex: Gary did not accept the bribe.

except - to leave out; to exclude

Ex: Everybody except me knew the answer.

affect - to influence

Ex: Working part time did not seem to affect his study habits.

effect - a result of some action

Ex: Teens need to understand the effects of their actions on others.

allusion - an indirect reference to something

Ex: This story has an allusion to "Noah's Ark" in it.

illusion - mistaken idea or a misleading appearance

Ex: Stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion of wood grain textures.

between - refers to two things at a time

Ex: A strong bond exists between the twins.

among - refers to all members of a group rather than to separate individuals in the group.

Ex: We distributed the pamphlets among the crowd.

fewer - used with plural nouns and tells "how many"

Ex: There are fewer whales than there once was.

less - used with singular nouns and tells "how much"

Ex: We should have bought less meat and more vegetables.

1. The tasks were divided evenly (among, between) the two scouts.

2. The audience was deeply (affected, effected) by Simon Estes's powerful baritone voice.

3. No one (accept, except) the sophomores will attend.

4. Penicillin has had a profound (affect, effect) on modern medicine.

5. Uncle Joe said that the crosslike rays radiating from the moon were an (allusion, illusion) caused

    by the screen door.

6. In his remarks about Dr. King, the speaker last night made an (allusion, illusion) to Ghandi, whose

    nonviolent protests paved the way for the civil rights movement in the United States.

7. The heat has (affected, effected) the growing season; we'll harvest (fewer, less) olives this year.

8. Don't forget that you can mix cursive, printed, capital, and lowercase letters to create

     (affects, effects) like the ones in these ambigrams.

9. Thanks to modern medicine, there are (fewer, less) cases of tetanus and diphtheria nowadays.

10. Ahead of us on the desert, a lake seemed to sparkle, but it was only an (allusion, illusion).

11. This prolonged water shortage will (affect, effect) the whole state (accept, except) for two

    counties.

12. Because of the indiscriminate slaughter, each year there were (fewer, less) bison.

13. The disagreement (between, among) the two friends caused a number of problems.

14. The illness has had a strange (affect, effect) on everyone.

15. Meeting Governor Jones had a big (affect, effect) on the students and on me.

Setting up your document in Word:

Times New Roman

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Your name

English I

My name

Friday's date 

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NOTE: The first two body paragraphs will be your claim and the third body paragraph will be your counterclaim.

Setting up your document in Word:

Times New Roman

12 Font

Double spaced

Your name

English I

My name

Friday's date 

                                                          Title (Centered)

NOTE: The first two body paragraphs will be your claim and the third body paragraph will be your counterclaim.

1. The workers (which, that, who) put up that new office building certainly finihsed it quickly.

2. Some churches have parish (counsels, councils) that provide guidance and oversight.

3. The (capital, capitol) of Alaska is Juneau.

4. Ronald E. McNair was aboard the space shuttle (which, that, who) exploded in January 1986.

5. From our hotel room we could see the dome of the (capital, capitol).

6. We have ordered pizza for the main (coarse, course).

7. I sought (counsel, council) from a local master gardener before planting my first vegetable garden.

8. The D.A. hasn't decided whether to charge the suspect with a (capital, capitol) offense or a lesser crime.

9. Her dress perfectly (complements, compliments) the shade of her eyes.

10. Proper nouns begin with a (capital, capitol) letter.

11. He will always (complement, compliment) her when she brings home a great report card.

12. The dress is made of (coarse, course) fabric.

13. Our family therapist provided (counsel, council) on how to communicate more effectively.

14. He offered a kind (complement, compliment) to the chef of the restaurant.

15. Do you think the white tulip (complements, compliments) this flower arrangement?

16. This is the best race (coarse, course) on the continent.

17. Use of (coarse, course) language is prohibited in school.

18. Municipalities have city (counsels, councils) as part of their governmental structure.

Setting up your document in Word:

Times New Roman

12 Font

Double spaced

Your name

English I

My name

Friday's date 

                                                          Title (Centered)

NOTE: The first two body paragraphs will be your claim and the third body paragraph will be your counterclaim.

We will take notes over parallel structure and discuss the notes as we go...the PowerPoint can be found linked at the bottom of the page.