Due:
Monday, October 27, 2025 - Friday, October 31, 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
Bell Work
Lesson 10
1. credentials - written evidence showing that a person has a right to a certain position or authority
2. genial - favorable to growth or human comfort; kindly and friendly
3. morbid - having an abnormal interest in the unwholesome; gruesome
4. cumbersome - clumsy; unweildy; hard to handle
5. hoax - an act that is intended to fool or deceive; something that has been established by fraudulent means
6. plaintiff - a person who initiates a lawsuit; the complaining party
7. larceny - theft; unlawful taking and carrying away of another's property
8. prospective - probable; expected in the future
9. quorum - the minimum number of members needed at a meeting to make official decisions
10. superfluous - more than is needed; excessive; surplus
We are going to read the article "The Complexity of Fear."
You will complete the questions that go with the reading.
You will write two paragraphs to answer the discussion question at the end of the article.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Lesson 10 - Exercise 2
We will listen to the short story "The Landlady" and discuss the story as we listen.
You will complete the questions that go with the story.
You will also complete the writing assignment that goes with the story.
Notes for the story:
Foreshadowing in "The Landlady" Warning Signs Billy Missed
The Bed and Breakfast sign The empty streets and lack of guests
The landlady's peculiar behavior The landlady's overeagerness
The guestbook Familiar names in the guestbook
The stuffed pets The stuffed dog and parrot
The tea The taste of the tea
The landlady's strange comments
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Lesson 10 - Exercise 3
You will complete the questions that go with the story "The Landlady".
You will also complete the writing assignment that goes with the story. Please see me for the handout for the writing.
Notes for the story:
Foreshadowing in "The Landlady" Warning Signs Billy Missed
The Bed and Breakfast sign The empty streets and lack of guests
The landlady's peculiar behavior The landlady's overeagerness
The guestbook Familiar names in the guestbook
The stuffed pets The stuffed dog and parrot
The tea The taste of the tea
The landlady's strange comments