This course is designed to build a solid foundation of knowledge, skills, and strategies that will be refined, applied, and extended as students engage in more complex ideas, texts, and tasks. Students will be enhancing their grammar and writing skills.
Monday, September 15, 2025 - Friday, September 19, 2025
Monday, September 15, 2025
Bell Work
Lesson 5
1. agitation - a violent shaking; an emotional disturbance or excitement; the arousal of public interest in social or political issues
2. genealogy - an account of the descent of a person or family from ancestors; lineage
3. obsession - a preoccupation; an idea, feeling, or impulse that a person cannot escape
4. palatial - like a palace; magnificent and grand
5. apparition - a ghost; a phantom; an appearance seen suddenly
6. benefactor - a person who has given help; a patron
7. moor - a large, open area of land, often marshy with heather growing on it; to keep a boat in place with ropes or cables fastened to the shore; to fasten
8. cope - to deal with; to handle problems or difficulties
9. aloof - cool or distant in relationships with others; indifferent
