Good Morning!
Please get ONLY your assigned netbook when you arrive.
*NOTE:
Cell phones are to be put entirely away when you enter this classroom
until you leave this classroom. At no time should they be out once you
are present in THIS class. This includes plugging them into an electrical outlet.
*NOTE: Please bring your independent reading book each day. I am expecting to see it with you, and I will be asking you. Be sure to select from the recommended list if you have not done so yet this semester.
*ENGLISH JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT: Island Civilization
Respond to the following statement: "'Wilderness' and 'civilization' can coexist in harmony." Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement -- or why you are unsure about your response. (This is Activity #2 on the handout that you received yesterday. In your English Journal label it as follows:)
Island Civilization
Activity #2: "'Wilderness and 'civilization' can coexist in harmony.
Activity #3: Surveying the Text -- Respond to the questions in your English Journal. Write complete sentences.
THEN, in your English Journal) define the following terms:
1. millennium
2. wilderness
3. civilization
4. transcend
5. myopia
6. legacy
7. tenure
8. advent
9. unencumbered
10. pastoral
11. mandate
12. antipode
13. intellectual baggage
14. bias
15. irony
HOMEWORK: Independent Reading
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