November 28, 2016  -- Monday


On the board:

1. Warm-up:  "funny words"
2. B. the G. pages 373-380 -- discussion
3. vocabulary quiz on chapter 7 will be this coming Wednesday
4. Describe what you ate on Nov. 24th
5. B. the G. Chapter 9 Critical Thinking -- possibly the most important chapter of the textbook -- pages 442-447 -- do exercises 9.1, 9.2, 9.2

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You must MAKE UP  a believable FAKE  meaning for each of the words below.  Then you must use it in a convincing original sentence.  Real meanings not allowed.  You may work in pairs.  NO CELL PHONES, of course!  They wouldn’t help you with this assignment, 

anyway.

palimpsest

narthex

cattywampus

widdershins

gustatory

What people in our class ate on Thanksgiving:

ham                                turkey                         barbecued ribs

mac and cheese           rice                               mashed potatoes

gravy

stuffing/dressing:  bread crumbs and celery, chestnut, corn bread and sausage, oysters, etc.

peas                                sauerkraut                 salad

mole                               tamales                       lechon                 posole

sushi (!)

pies:  pumpkin, apple, pecan

other desserts:  strawberry cake, chocolate cake, apple crumble, ice-cream-on-a-cookie

Homework:

1. exercises 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 in B. the G. chapter 9

2. study for vocabulary test on Chapter 7 of B. the G.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

1. All Six Concept Preps will be due on Friday, Dec. 2.  NO LATE CONCEPT PREPS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

2. Final Exam will be on December 14th, Wednesday, in LWH 2005, at 8 a.m. (30 minutes earlier than our regular class time)