Vocabulary # 9

Abortive: failing to produce the intended result

Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely

Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior

Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle

Ensconce: establish or settle

Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions 

In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning 

Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict

Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy

Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness 

Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on

Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner

Prescience: the power to foresee the future

Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something

Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down

Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry

Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized 

Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma

Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of.

Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

Hamlet Remix

Remix something from Act III of Hamlet that will help your blog's audience better understand the play and Shakespeare's techniques. Post it to your blog (and our YouTube channel if it's a vid) and invite your friends to view it.

**BEHIND THE SCENES OF ACT III **

MIDTERM Autopsy

[Post an autopsy on your vocab midterm to your blog.] 
Did you do as well as you expected/hoped?  To what do you attribute the outcome?  How can you improve for the final?

I think I did well, but I could have done better. At the start of the midterm I was confident, but I let my conscious get to me in the end. I blanked out and forgot all the last words causing me to guess. For the final, I could use the same study methods.

Tuesday's Guest Speaker: Kenn Heller

Just in case you missed it..

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 (HAMLET)

Ubi Kim and I took over the class in hopes of completing Act II Scene I of Hamlet. Our task was a success and I felt that that the majority of our class left understanding the scene. 

*In the first video, our class was reviewing Act II Scene I of Hamlet. We looked at what we understood from what was read and what we needed to get from the scene. 

In the second video, some students were confused on what was going on in Act II. Luckily, the air was cleared thanks to our brilliant classmates. 

Here is a sample of Katelyn Porraz's notes on Hamlet Act II .

Here is an example of Ashlie Pfeifer's notes on Hamlet Act II. 

Vocabulary # 8

abeyance (noun) A state of temporary disuse or suspension

ambivalent (adjective) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

beleaguer (verb) Beset with difficulties

carte blanche (noun) Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best

cataclysm (noun) A large-scale and violent event in the natural world

debauch (verb) Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

eclat (noun) An enthusiastic approval

fastidious (adjective) Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

gambol (verb) Run or jump about playfully

imbue (verb) Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality

inchoate (adjective) Just begun and so not fully formed or developed

lampoon (verb) Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm

malleable (adjective) Easily influenced; pliable

nemesis (noun) The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall

opt (verb) Make a choice from a range of possibilities

philistine (noun) A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

picaresque (adjective) Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the 

adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero

queasy (adjective) Nauseated; feeling sick

refractory (adjective) Stubborn or unmanageable

savoir-faire (noun) The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations

How my first midterm went..

a) What went well?   
-The test in general went well. I knew at least 80% of the material and was confident with my answers.  
b) What didn't go well?   
-The last section of the test didn't go as planned. I suffered a set back forgetting all the words. 
c) How much of the content will stick with you?   
- I'm sure all of the content will stick with me if I refer back to my flashcards. 
d) What can you learn from the experience to improve for next time? 
- I could focus more on the word itself than the definition. All the definitions were up on the board, but I forgot what word they belonged to.

Pre-Midterm

This is how I did this morning. Hopefully I do better on the REAL midterm. I need to work on spelling the words, not just remembering them!!

Dear Ophelia

{Write an advice column-style letter helping Ophelia; use at least 10 vocab words} Imagine you're answering a letter that says, My name is O. and I'm trapped in this weird sort of dating thing-- a prince says he loves me, but my father & brother hate him and tell me to stay away. What should I do?

I'm sorry to hear that the two men whom you look up to are trying to inhibit the feelings you have for this young Hamlet. Your father is a cantankerous fool for putting his feelings first over your own. If this young Hamlet has proposed his love and is showing empathy, then trust in him. Lets those feelings flourish and believe in the love you have towards one another. Your father and brother will try to attrition your self esteem, but don't fall for to their noxious beliefs. Dissimulate all that is good from their ears for they won't understand the meaning of young love. Your heyday will soon begin and I give kudos to those who stand by your side. Bicker with whom you must, but don't let those arguments beguile your mind. If the young Hamlet loves you like he says he does, then the situation will palliate. Do not be afraid. Hamlet will play his part as the charmer and truckle his way into your heart. Just give it some time. As for your father and brother, ignore them. If your love flourishes, if will be you wearing that wedding dress, not them.

Sincerrely

Michelle Arriaga

STUDY METHOD: DAY ONE

If you want to quiz yourself now, go on Quizlet and click Test. There you could choose how many words you'd like to get quizzed on and find out if you know the words or not. Below are images of the test I took. I started with 45, but you could do more or less. ENJOY!(: