Vocabulary: Unit 2 : myopic, overt, pejorative

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Adv Comp 09 25 07

• Vocabulary Unit 2 myopic, overt, pejorative
• Grammar Misplaced Modifiers cont.
• Creative Writing Journal Writing FREE WRITING
• Literature Study Guide
• Chapters 10 11 due Sept 27
• Quiz Oct 1

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Adv Comp 09 24 07

• Vocabulary Unit 2
• myopic, overt, pejorative

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Vocabulary Unit 2

• Myopic (adj.) nearsighted lacking a broad,
  realistic view of a situation lacking foresight
  or discernment. a myopic foreign policy
• Over (adj.) Open, not hidden, expressed or
  revealed in a way that is easily recognized. an
  over threat to our society.

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Vocabulary Unit 2

• 15. Pejorative (adj.) tending to make worse
  expressing disapproval or disparagement. a
  pejorative expresson

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Adv Comp 09 24 07

• Grammar
• Misplaced Modifiers

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Misplaced Modifiers

• P 76 exercise 2
• in WRITING AND GRAMMAR workbook
• Complete an show me for a daily grade ?

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Adv Comp 09 24 07

• Creative Writing
• Use Unit 2 vocabulary
• Use Parallelism
• Do not misplace your modifiers
• Free writing
• One paragraph or two on anything you wish to
  write about.

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Adv Comp 09 14 07

• Literature
• Study Guide for Chapters
• 10 11
• For these chapters you are to make notes in your
  literature section
• Identify characters, events, motifs, inferences,
  metaphors, themes, similes .
• You are also to write a one page personal
  literary response to the chapters.