English

**English A** **By: Oli-Kaijah Ward and Joseph Garza.**

English this year is has been challenging for some. This is why this page is here to help you. This year consists of a lot. Here is some of he things that will be on the final. This is a study guide for our 2011 final. toc =Questions=
 * Questions from the books we have read, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Summary of the books when read.
 * State some of the Internal and External conflicts within some of the books.
 * The final will most likely contain questions asking about internal and external conflicts.

=Vocabulary= Vocabulary words for the "Giver" __The Outsiders__ Slyly- Roguishly- Incredulous- Nonchalantly- Cheesy cat- Weed- Pop- Vaguely- Half-crocked- Madras- Corvairs- Rank (adj.)- Ornery- "Like it or lump it" Soused "You ain't a'woofin" "Reeling pickled" Unceasingly Hilt Bootlegging Apprehensive Towheaded Defiance Contemtuously Ruefully Hermits Premonition Imploringly "One-horse store" Gallant Dash (noun) Hue Subsides Elude Transplanted Indignant Wistfully "Green around the gills" Bewilderment JD's Billfold "Eat like horses" "Got spruced up" Wisecracks Grimacing "Mock Superiority" "Off my nut" Conformity Stifled Smoldering (adj.) Ruefully Leery " You savvy real good" Taut "Swearing blue and green" " A double take" Delirious Indignantly
 * Vocabulary- defining words and using them in sentences
 * 1) dwelling- A building or place of shelter to live in; noun
 * 2) grim- having harsh,surly, forbidding
 * 3) palpable-readily or plainly seen
 * 4) apprehensive- uneasy or fearful of something
 * 5) wheedle- to persuade by such words or acts
 * 6) prominent- leading ; important
 * 7) beckoning- to signal
 * 8) aptitude- quickness in learning
 * 9) petulantly- showing sudden
 * 10) chastise- to criticize
 * 11) remorse- regret for wrong doing
 * 12) bewilderment
 * 13) gravitating- to tend to lowest level
 * 14) hasten- to move or act with hate
 * 15) serene- calm; peaceful
 * 16) frail- having delicate health
 * 17) slyly- to be slay
 * 18) chortled- to chuckle gleefully
 * 19) reluctantly- struggling in option
 * 20) emblem- a design that identifies or represents something
 * 21) murky- dark and gloomy
 * 22) throng- a multitude of people crowded
 * 23) reprieve- to delay the impending; punishment
 * 24) exuberant- abounding in vitality
 * 25) transgression- an act of transgressing
 * 26) infringe- to commit a breach
 * 27) meticulous- showing extreme care
 * 28) scrupulous- minutely careful
 * 29) prestige- influence a rising from successes
 * 30) avert- to turn away
 * 31) kinship- relationship by nature
 * 32) benign- expressive of genteelness
 * 33) jaunty- smartly trim
 * 34) fleeting- passing swiftly
 * 35) conspicuous- easily seen
 * 36) deftly- skillful
 * 37) daub- to spread over something
 * 38) lingered- to remain alive
 * 39) forsaken- past participle of forsake
 * 40) assuage- to make milder
 * 41) ominous- portending evil and harm
 * 42) placidly- pleasantly calm
 * 43) tentatively- unsure, uncertain
 * 44) optimistic- disposed to take a favorable
 * 45) permeated- to pass into
 * 46) trudge- to walk laboriously
 * 47) obediently- obeying
 * 48) syringe- like a knife
 * 49) mimicked- to copy
 * 50) fugitives- a person who is fleeing
 * 51) lethargy- the quality or state of being drowsy

__Haroun and the Sea of Stories__
 * 1) Queue
 * 2) Melee
 * 3) Quiff
 * 4) Miscreant
 * 5) Remote
 * 6) Tawdry
 * 7) Snooty
 * 8) Brocaded
 * 9) Opulent
 * 10) Aubergines
 * 11) Blunder
 * 12) Bulbul
 * 13) Anonymity
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Expostulated
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Viz.
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i.e.
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rheumy
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Archipelago
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Corrugated
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dignitary
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Purloined
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Churls
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dastards
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Varlets
 * 25) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mutinously

=Grammar=
 * Grammar- using and defining

=Writing=
 * Writing an essay or story

You will most likely end up writing a paper and a great way to practice is to go revise papers and take lessons on http://www.wpponline.com.
 * Short Answer Essays-
 * Give at least 3 examples( 2 can be OK)
 * use evidence from the book, if used quote it and write the page number in parenthesis, ex. "I play soccer" (48)