World Literature 102A Ms. Fitz Week of September 19-23, 2011

World Literature 102AMs. Fitz

Week of September 19-23, 2011

MONDAY

• 1. Go over weekly schedule• 2. Take Alchemist Quiz –to page 113• 3. Discuss quote, “Each man kills the thing he

loves.”—Oscar Wilde—(time permitting)• 4. Continue reading The Alchemist –test on

Monday, September 27• 5. Vocabulary Unit 3—LEVEL E on Friday,

September 24

WEEKLY SYLLABUS

• Monday- Reading Quiz to page 113• Tuesday—Discussion and Vocabulary Unit 3• Wednesday—Group Project• Thursday—Group Project—Review• Friday—Test Review, Vocabulary Quiz 3

.• 1. What is the Elixir of Life?• 2. What is the Philosopher’s Stone?• 3. Who is the Englishman in search of on his journey?• 4. What did the boy learn from the Englishman? 1-2 paragraphs• 5. Who did the boy see (92, 92) and what language (as a result of

seeing this person) did he immediately understand?• 6. What is the person’s name that he met?• 7. Why is she (the girl) so accepting of Santiago’s return to the desert?• 8. Explain the vision of hawks. Describe the scene. Then, explain the

message of the vision. 1-2 paragraphs• 9. What happens between the boy and the horseman?• 10. What quality is most essential in understanding the language of the

world? 1 paragraph• 11. What do you believe is the quality that is most essential in

understanding the Language of the World and why? 1 paragraph• 12. **In one paragraph, discuss the changes that the boy has made

throughout his journey. How has he matured? What insights has he received?

ADVERSARY

• (n) –an enemy, opponent• SYNONYMS: antagonist, rival, foe• ANTONYMS: friend, ally, supporter, confederate

ALIENATE

• (v) to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

• SYNONYMS: separate, drive apart, estrange• ANTONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile

ARTIFICE

• (n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

• SYNONYMS: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

COERCE

• (v) to compel, force• SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain• ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole

CRAVEN

• (adj) cowardly (n) a coward• SYNONYMS: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous• ANTONYMS: brave, courageous

CULINARY

• (adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

DELETE

• (v) to erase, wipe out, cut out• SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge• ANTONYMS: insert, add, retain, include

DEMISE

• (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position• SYNONYMS: decease, pass away• ANTONYMS: birth, beginning, commencement

EXHILIRATE• (v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to• SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite, gladden• ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

FALLOW

• (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow (n) land left unseeded (v) to plow but not seed

• SYNONYMS: unproductive, inert, dormant• ANTONYMS: productive, fertile, prolific

HARASS

• (v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

• SYNONYMS: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer

INCELEMENT

• (adj) stormy, harsh; sever in attitude or action

MUSE(v) To think about in a dreamy way; to ponderSYNONYMS: to meditate, contemplate, daydream

NEGLIGIBLE

• (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded• SYNONYMS: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant• ANTONYMS: significant, crucial, momentous

PRECEDENT

• (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

• SYNONYMS: guide, tradition, model

PERPETUATE

• (v) to make permanent or long lasting• SYNONYMS: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely• ANTONYMS: discontinue, abolish, abandon

PUNITIVE

• (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment• SYNOONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory

REDRESS

• (v) to set right, remedy (n) relief from wrong or injury• SYNONYMS: (v) to rectify, correct, mitigate

SOJOURN

• (n) a temporary stay (v) to stay for a time• SYNONYMS: visit, stopover, brief stay

URBANE

• (adj) refined in manner or style, suave