Jan 28-Feb 1

Last week, the students took a 40 point vocabulary quiz.  If your son/daughter scored poorly on this quiz, he/she can come to RAM period to retake it.  Please check Parent Connect if you would like to view your child's score. 

This week we will be finishing up the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  At the completion of the novel, we will be tested in the form of a unit exam.  Please encourage your child to read the remainder of the book (he/she should have a reading assignment for homework every day this week). 

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at derickson@d220.org.

Thanks,

Don Erickson

January 22-25

We will have our first vocabulary quiz of the second semester tomorrow (Thursday, the 24th).  I have included the word list below in case you would like to help your son/daughter study for the quiz.

Thanks,

Don Erickson

Set #8

mercurial (adj):  emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood

candor (n):  honesty; truthfulness

delineate (v):  to describe accurately; to draw in outline

capricious (adj):  whimsical; quick to change one’s mind or stance

metamorphosis (n):  a magical change in appearance; a sudden and striking change

proselytize (v):  to attempt to convert someone from one religion or belief to another

transient (adj):  temporary

vicissitude (n):  a change in fortune; an upheaval

torpid (adj):  apathetic; devoid of feeling

ostentatious (adj):  showing off; pretentious