Monday January 12, 2015

Honors 9- Today I introduced the vocab words for this week. They come from chapters 2-4 in TKaM. Here are the words if you need them:

Kudzu

Benevolence

Tacit

Scuppernongs

Disapprobation

Auspicious

Iniquities

Expounding

Dispensation

Vexation

English 10- We continued to look at assisted suicide and the pro/cons surrounding it. Here are the questions for the article if you need them:

 1. What does the author want to do?  What is her problem?

2. What are some potential problems with assisting in someone’s death? 

3. What does the author think the difference is between “killing someone” and assisted suicide?

4. How did the mother react to being given the option of “suicide?”

5. What is the author’s claim?

6. What are the author’s best examples of supporting evidence?

7. What could the author do to make a stronger claim?

NOTE: Please include textual evidence for questions 5 and 6! Make sure you answer in complete sentences!