Block Day, Week 8: Don't Panic, It's Organic (well, paper and blood, perhaps)

* Open

• Pray

* Middle Age Crisis Quest

* Vocabulary

• Perjury (n.): willfully giving false testimony under oath
• Latin: periurare "swear falsely," 
• from per- "away, entirely" + iurare "to swear"

• After Arron was convicted of perjury, he went to jail. 

• Preposterous (adj.): completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
• Latin: literally "before-behind" (compare topsy-turvy, cart before the horse), 
• from pre "before" + posterus "subsequent."

• What, some people prefer to texting over face-to-face conversation?  Why, that's preposterous! 

• Before moving on, please compose two sentences that propose preposterous ideas without perjury!

* Outside Reading Revelry

• Remember, you need to copy five words of your own choosing from your reading each week (now that I've reduced the original list by 5 per week).  These could come from your class reading or outside reading.
• Word (with part of speech)
• Definition
• Good Example Sentence 

HW: Enjoy Reading and Annotating Your Book

• Consider Entering a Contest or Sending An Idea to Your Local Paper (take a picture or screenshot of your work before you send it, though)
• Perfect Timing: You could send in a short story (perhaps one you've already written) to the Bookshop Santa Cruz Young Fiction Contest this weekend. Submit online by Sunday night.