Monday, 1/23: Reading

* Pray

* J24: Reach ch. XI-XV (11-15). Answer two questions from each chapter and supply two sentences of your own for the following words:

Vocabulary XI-XV

21. dexterous
22. discernible
23. dejected
24. repose
25. sovereign
26. vagary
27. chaste
28. exult
29. morose
30. unscrupulous

* Read in class

* Tea party this week, block day: Leave a comment to today's entry with your period and what you are bringing. Everyone brings something.


1.  Things that must be covered (in bold).  These are the essentials.
Water: Bring individual bottles of water, 10-15 per period. 
Something to heat the water for tea (electric)
Tea
CUPS
Those are the bare minimum.  

2. But you want it to taste good; bring:
Honey or Sugar
Small carton of milk or cream (for you if you want it...or maybe you and a friend; I don't want to throw out full cartons of milk)
Napkins or paper towels

3.  Now that essential are covered, we move on.
If we have all of those are covered, we can add snacks:
Crackers
Bread
Scones
Biscotti
Plates
More Napkins or paper towels
Butter
Plastic knives
Cookies, Cake, Pie, Cupcakes, Baked goods
Fruit, Dried fruit, Nuts

If breads and crackers are covered, bring spreads:
Cheese, Cream cheese, Clotted cream
Jam, Curd
Dried meat (like dry salami or prosciutto...not like roast beef or turkey or ham)
Hard-boiled eggs
Salt
Pepper

Do not bring:
Rice
Dinner food
Things you have to heat up
Things that go bad quickly
Things that are really messy, sticky, etc.
Beans
Fish or seafood of any kind
Pasta
Baked Potatoes
Macaroni salad, potato salad, vegetable salad
Anything with a dressing

At the end of the day? We throw food away.

HW: Work on J24