Questions

How did WWII start?
How many people did Hitler kill?
What is antisemitism?

SAT 2/25

1. Reparations
2. Treaty
3. Transient
4. Literate
5. Plateau

Compromises

Compromise of 1850: defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North that arose following the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The compromise, drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Democrat Stephen Douglas avoided secession or civil war at the time and quieted sectional conflict for four years.


Compromise of 1877: also known as the Corrupt Bargain, refers to a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election and ended Congressional ("Radical") Reconstruction. Through it, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.


Great Compromise:  was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature, resulting in the current United States Senate and House of Representatives.

Political Machines

A political machine is a disciplined political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts. 

Pronoun POV Practice

Accepting who one is shows gratitude for being born into this world. Changing who one is for the benefit of others is displaying a sense of ungratefulness and lack of self-confidence. Why not be proud of one's identity? Who is to say he or she is nobody just because of his or her skin tone? The person who says it is exposing himself or herself as a hypocrite unworthy of someone's presence.

SAT Week 25

1. When Johnny hurled a cupcake across the cafeteria, no one could have ever imagined the severity of the food fight that would _ensue_.

2. Joanie always felt the presence of _serendipity_ in her life; she found a one hundred dollar bill as a child, she found a 2,000 dollar Coheri Indian Warhead as a teen, and she first met her future millionaire husband in Burger King.

3. After losing four straight times to the school's number one tennis player, Jake's _morale_ finally plummeted, so he decided not to play him anymore and risk embarrassment.

4. After living in Las Vegas, Nevada for three years, Jenni's _morals_ changed as she no longer found fault in many things she used to when living at home, such as gambling and regular consumption of alcohol.

5. If Tahler and Dan were to incite their classmates to storm The White House and burn it down, this would be a form of _sedition_.

Goal

To not fail.

SAT Practice

1. D
2. B

Worst Day at Work

Since I don't have a job my "work" is school and I hate getting up and coming to school so pretty much every day is the worst.

SAT Prep

E
A

Most Distinctive Summer Memory

Going to the beach and having funnnn.

What I want to be when I grow up?

A professional studio musician.

PBL

Challenge - group members (Katie & Shea)

Joy - dancing with Matt Gray

SAT W.O.T.D. Practice (week 23)

1.Marilyn seems to be trying to _disavow_ her earlier statements about the man she is now engaged to marry; formerly, she stated, “He is a pig, and I would not touch him with a ten foot pole.”


2.Since no one in AP Biology except Katie will be able to attend the important study session after school today, her friends are begging her to take _copious_ notes so they will not miss anything important they need to know to pass the exam.

3.During his restroom break, Tim decided to _saunter_ down VAPA's main hall; he was caught by Principal McRae without a note and landed in Dr. Duckworth's office.

4.It _baffles_ me that Alexa makes Cs and Ds in most of her classes yet she scored a 2,050 on the SAT.

5.During the argument, the prosecutor brought to attention the fact that the defense attorney seems to _contradicts_ himself; earlier he stated “James has been known to have anger problems, but he is not a killer,” but then later he said, “James has solid control over his anger, and no one really has taken note of his so-called anger problems.”

Colored

"Colored" usually means an African American person, with a negative connotation normally. Hurston redefines this by giving it a different connotation, with a meaning that almost represents uniqueness and individuality.

DBQ & Synthesis

Similarities
Use documents to support a thesis
Must cite sources
Read for 15 minutes (suggested)
Do not simply paraphrase -- no "laundry list"
Must "enter into a conversation"
Consider the author's purpose, audience, and point of view
Must develop a clear, organized argument

Differences

Sources provided
Documents provided

Primary and secondary sources used
Only primary sources used

Suggested writing time: 40 minutes
Suggested writing time: 45 minutes

Outside information not required
Outside information required

Must use a minimum of three sources
Expected to use more than half of the documents (not specifically stated in the directions)

Prompt in three parts: directions, introduction, and assignment
Directions with statement or question