DAVENPORT WEST HIGH SCHOOL
FRESHMAN ACADEMY
BLUE HOUSE
WEEKLY EMAIL BLAST
This document is designed to inform you about upcoming activities/assignments in each of our
classes or to serve as a reminder about late work. Please feel free to send any of us an email with
questions or concerns. Thanks and have an excellent weekend!
Quote of the Week
“Nobody can coach desire, Pre.”
-Bill Bowerman
The last conferences of the year are April 24th.
What’s happening in Class next week?
Mr. Rietz – Language Arts:
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English 9:
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Monday to Friday: Begin Act 4 in Romeo & Juliet. Act 4 Questions. Act 4 Quiz.
Unit 5 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle due Monday.
Unit 5 Vocabulary Test Tuesday.
Honors English:
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Monday to Friday: Finish Act 3 of Romeo & Juliet. Act 3 Quiz. Begin Act 4.
Unit 5 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle due Monday.
Unit 5 Vocabulary Test Tuesday.
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Wednesday: Lit. Circle Collaboration #7. Students must have the following pages
FINISHED BEFORE class along with 10 Reading Log entries and their Lit. Circle Worksheet:
Animal Farm (63-75)
Lord of the Flies (155-168)
Frankenstein (147-164)
Catcher in the Rye (157-174)
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UNIT 5 VOCABULARY
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Inference: a conclusion drawn from available information
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Tragedy: a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or
character who are involved in historically or socially significant events
3.
Allusion: referring to a well-known person, place, or thing
4.
Comic Relief: a humorous scene, incident, or speech that is included in a serious
drama to provide a change from emotional intensity
5.
Soliloquy: a speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud; character is generally
alone on stage
6.
Aside: a dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud in
words meant to be heard by the audience but not the other characters
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Blank Verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter Juxtaposition: an act or instance of
placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
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Foil: a character who provides a striking contrast to another character
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Iambic Pentameter: lines of five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed
syllable in poetry
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Tragic Flaw: a weakness or serious error in judgment that leads to his or her downfall
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Pun: a joke that comes from a play on words
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Chorus: a person or group who serves as a narrator, often foreshadowing or
commenting on events in the play
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Simile: a figure of speech that makes a comparison using the word like or as
15.
Metaphor: a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are
basically unlike but have something in common
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Personification: a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an
object, animal, or idea
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Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
18.
Oxymoron: putting two opposite words together to create a new concept (i.e., jumbo
shrimp)
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Sonnet: a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter
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Comedy: a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone, usually ending
happily with a peaceful resolution
Mr. Wells– Math: [email protected]
Helpful math websites:
Phschool.com
purplemath.com
khanacademy.org
Algebraic Principles - Start a chapter of Solving Equations
Algebra - Start a chapter of Polynomials
Geometry – Continue in chapter 6 of Using Similarity. Getting close to a quiz, possibly end of the
week.
Mr. Yoder – Science:
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Earth and Space Science:
Monday: Layers of the atmosphere activity
Tuesday: Atmospheric pressure
Wednesday: Solar Radiation
Thursday: Greenhouse effect, conduction, and convection
Friday: Temperature, seasons, and latitude
Mr. Cousins – Social Studies:
9th Grade American History:
Monday: Vietnam
Read ch 50
Tuesday: Vietnam
Read ch 51
Wednesday: Vietnam
Read ch 51
Thursday: Vietnam
Read ch 52.
Friday: Vietnam
Read ch 49
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CHECKING GRADES:
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to check on your student’s progress. Call the main office to register for the
Parent Portal.
* While you are waiting to access the parent portal, you can check your
student’s grade by logging on to Campus Portal with your student’s
username/id and password.