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		<title>week 9&#8211;BRACHIATE</title>
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Brachiating through the trees, the orangutan performed the most amazing moves.  He flipped and three-sixtied; he twirled and somersaulted.  He outdid himself with every reach of his arm. When he finally soared deeper into the trees, we could only silently stare at the space he had filled with his dance.
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This week:

Monday&#8211;

New Seats; Check lesson 8 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=683&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/week-9-brachiate/</link>
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		<title>week 8&#8211;TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA</title>
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&#8220;Past disasters linked to the number 13 hardly help triskaidekaphobics overcome their affliction.  The most famous is the Apollo 13 mission, launched on 4/11/70 (4+11+70=85; 8+5=13), from Pad 39 (3 x 13=39), at 13:13 local time, and struck by an explosion on April 13th.&#8221;

This week:

Monday&#8211; Check Lesson 7 flashcards; Word of the Week; Citizenship Self-Evaluation; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=660&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/week-8-triskaidekaphobia/</link>
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		<title>week 7&#8211;FACETIOUS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes my facetious remarks are taken too literally.  For instance, I was being facetious when I told Dr. Culverhouse that I thought the Language Arts teachers would teach much better after a day at a spa.  How did I know she&#8217;d take me seriously?  Should I tell her I was kidding or take the spa?
This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=653&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/week-7-facetious/</link>
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		<title>week 6&#8211;SOMNAMBULATE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marvin opened the refrigerator and pulled out the bread, mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, ham, roast beef, turkey, swiss cheese, cheddar cheese, and bacon.  He worked for the next twenty minutes creating a masterpiece of a sandwich.  It had five layers of lightly toasted bread and didn&#8217;t even topple off its plate.  Just before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=645&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/week-6-somnambulate/</link>
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		<title>Opinnionaire&#8230;continued</title>
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		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/opinnionaire-continued/</link>
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		<title>week 5&#8211;SINUOUS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like a sinuous beast, the fog crawled along the valley, shrouding the land in a dense grey mist.
This week:

Monday&#8211;Check lesson 4 flashcards; Word of the Week; Discuss TKAM ch. 1 [retest of literary devices quiz @ lunch or after school]

HW:Lesson 4 ex. A &#38; B, STUDY for tomorrow&#8217;s test


Tuesday&#8211;Review ex. A &#38; B; TEST&#8211;elements of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=636&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/week-5-sinuous/</link>
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		<title>week 4&#8211;CANTANKEROUS</title>
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It was Curtis&#8217;s fifteenth birthday party.  He had sent out the handmade invitations more than a week ago and everyone replied that they&#8217;d be there.  The party was at 2:00.  It was now 10:00.  Curtis&#8217;s mood blackened by the hour.  When the doorbell finally rang, the latecomers were not greeted by their loving friend; instead they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=601&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/week-4-cantankerous/</link>
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		<title>week 3&#8211;INDEFATIGABLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I made breakfast, cleaned my room, did the family&#8217;s laundry, took my little brother to the park, made dinner, and did all my Silver homework; and I still had enough energy to read for half an hour.  I was indefatigable!
This week:

Monday&#8211;Word of the Week; Check flashcards; Continue Elements of Fiction notes

HW: Vocab Lesson 2 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=596&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/week-3-indefatigable/</link>
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		<title>week 2&#8211;RHINORRHEA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The doctor looked kindly at my mom and said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s just a severe case of rhinorrhea.  And I know the number of a good carpet cleaner.  You&#8217;ll have all that mucus out in no time!&#8221;
 
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Monday&#8211;Word of the Week; Check flashcards; Formatting Papers; Finish notes&#8211;Literary Devices

HW: Vocab. Lesson 1 ex A &#38; B, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=593&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/week-2-rhinorrhea/</link>
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		<title>week 1&#8211;ETYMOLOGY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Words are the voice of the heart&#8221; &#8211;Confucius

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say,
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
Emily Dickinson (1830 &#8211; 1886)

Words are powerful things.  Over the course of this year we will examine them from many angles&#8211;their meanings &#38; etymologies, their connotations, how they act in the hands of one author [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silver215.wordpress.com&blog=390510&post=569&subd=silver215&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://silver215.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/week-1-etymology/</link>
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