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__Unit 11 - Vocabulary__
 * __ Essential Question: __** Why do some people remain homeless despite the availability of assistance?
 * __ Word of the Week: __**** //latent// ** (adj**//)//** hidden; dormant
 * __ Quote of the Week: __** "Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 * 1) declaim - to speak forcefully about a subject
 * 2) reclaim - to ask for the return of something
 * 3) vouch - to give personal assurance; supply supporting evidence
 * 4) evocative - tending to call to mind or memory
 * 5) revoke - to cancel by reversing or withdrawing
 * 6) claimant - one who makes a claim or asks for something he or she believes rightfully belongs to him or her
 * 7) vocation - an occupation or profession for which one is speciallysuited or trained
 * 8) invoke - to call upon for assistance; use or apply
 * 9) clamor - loud noise; a strong expression of discontent or protest
 * 10) disclaim - to deny or give up any claim to; to reject as untrue

__ Monday February 11, 2013 __ Junior Achievement Field Trip __ Tuesday February 12, 2013 __ Warm Up: The Example (Literary Devices) __ Agenda __ Unit 11 Vocabulary list Characterization – Team Oher p.76 Interpreting the Data – p.77 __ Wednesday February 13, 2013 __ Warm Up: Eagles Poem p.143 (Literary Devices) __ Agenda __ A Running Brook of Horrors – Stamina Practice Inference, Characterization __ Thursday February 14, 2013 __ Warm Up: Leading Yourself (Main Idea and Details) __ Agenda __ Foster Care and Homelessness Part II p.78 – 80 __ Friday February 15, 2013 __ Warm Up: Check Weekly Warm Up __ Agenda __ When Two World’s Meet (Cause & Effect) Sarah Knight's Journey (Inference)