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This Week's Agenda = __Reading Instructional Focus:__ Cluster 1 - 4 Review = = __Literary Analysis:__ Symbolism and Figurative Language = __Word of the Week:__ en masse (adverb) as one body; as a whole = The security guards moved the inmates en masse to the new prison. = **__Essential Question:__** Why do some people make New Year's resolutions? Is it a good idea? Why or Why not? **__Quote of the Week:__** "All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination." Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

__Unit 9 Spelling & Vocabulary __
 * convoluted || twisted; complicated ||
 * disparage || to belittle; express disapproval ||
 * deviant || differing from accepted from social standards ||
 * dichotomy || a division into two ||
 * duplicity || deception; trickery ||
 * eloquent || fluent and persuasive in speech ||
 * ephemeral || short-lived ||
 * eccentric || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">odd; irregular ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">exotic || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">foreign and unusual ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">fallacious || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">based on a false idea or assumption ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">equivocal || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">ambiguous and misleading ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">explicit || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">very clear ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">exacerbate || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">to make worse ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">decimate || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">to kill a large part of a group, destroy ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">decorum || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">proper behavior ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">deference || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">respect; regard for another's wish ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">dispel || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">to drive out ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">dubious || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">doubtful ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">enervate || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">weaken ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">elated || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">joyful ||

= **__MONDAY__** =

3) Identifying Text Structure (Methods of Organization)
= **__Homework__** =