Wednesday, Nov. 19

Periods 3, 5, 7
1. Word wall
2. News of the day
3. Neutral/biased
4. New vocabulary

1. Contention: belief (noun): Is it your contention that teachers are unfair? Is it your belief that teachers are unfair?

So is your contention correct?

2. Bewitch: to attract as if by the power of witchcraft (V): Her look was very bewitching. Her look was very attracting

http://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.com/archives/filmstills/bewitching%20attraction.jpg

Who can think of someone who is bewitching?

3. bizarre: weird (adj): Of all the cities in the country, San Francisco is probably the most bizarre. Of all the cities in the country, San Francisco is probably the most weird.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/everlessaday/cinqmidi/pregnant-man-trans-beatie.jpg

Who can name someone or something that is bizarre?

4. burgeoning: blossoming: (adj): The wine industry is burgeoning. The wine industry is blossoming.

http://mm.news-record.com/drupal/files/imagecache/zoom_view/files/Images/Duplin_and_Westbend_pioneered_N_C__s_burgeoning_wine_industry.jpeg

Who can think of a rapper who is burgeoning?

5. bereaved: suffering the death of a loved one (adj): The bereaved sons tried to move on with their lives. The suffering the death of a loved one sons tried to move on with their lives.

http://www.cafod.org.uk/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/rwanda/images/two-bereaved-rwandan-women/9742-2-eng-GB/two-bereaved-rwandan-women_3column00_nospace_landscape.jpg

when is the last time you were bereaved?

6. boast: brag (v): Just because you are athletic doesn’t mean you have to boast. Just because you are athletic doesn’t mean you have to brag.

Do you know anyone who likes to boast?

7. fathom: understand (V): I can’t really fathom why he skipped my class. I can’t really understand why he skipped my class.

8. blissful: happy (adj): My brother was blissful after seeing his baby for the first time. My brother was happy after seeing his baby for the first time.

http://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/images/screenshots/blissful_sunset.jpg

9. callous: feeling no emotion (adj): The Holocaust survivor was callous after having seen so many people die. The Holocaust survivor felt no emotion after having seen so many people die.

10. contrite: showing sorrow (adj): Barack Obama was contrite for having snorted cocaine. Barack Obama was showing sorrow for having snorted cocaine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/us/politics/09obama.html

5. Complete VIS