Daily Portfolio Entries

10/15/01

Describe how your weekend went.

Liability – disadvantage, burden

10/16/01

1st – 4th no entry (assembly)

5th and 6th – What was your favorite part of the assembly?

Dreadnaught – fearless; unconquerable

10/17/01

"Pot if like a gang of Mexican bandits in your brain, They wait for thoughts to come down the road, then tie them up and trash them." Kevin Rooney COMMENT ON THIS QUOTE

Irrelevant – not relating to a subject; not important

10/18/01

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence and success is sure" Mark Twain

COMMENT ON THIS QUOTE

Laconic – use of a few words

10/19/01

"The first years of life are ruined by our parents. The rest is ruined by our kids." Clarence Darrow

COMMENT ON THIS QUOTE

Lax – slack or loose, lacking in rigor

10/22/01 What does school pride mean to you?

Jaunty – neatly dressed.

10/23/01

What issues do you think are uniting or dividing America today?

Larceny – Theft or nonlegal taking

10/24/01

What motivates you when all else fails?

Melodramatic – over reacting, overly emotional

10/25/01

If you could be somebody else for a day, who would you be and why/

Manifest – to show itself plainly

10/26/01

Do you see you glass as half full or half empty? Explain.

Manipulate – to control or influence dishonestly.

10/29/01

Will you go to the mall on Oct. 31?

Mimic – one who imitates another.

10/30/01

"It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him." Olin Miller

Menial – trivial, unimportant, work fit for a servant

10/31/01

No entry

Metaphor - A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison

11/1/01 Ossama Quiz

Q: What do Bin Laden and Hiroshima have in common?
A: Nothing.......yet.

Q: How do you play Taliban bingo?
A: B-52...F-16...B-1...

Q: What is the Taliban national bird?
A: Duck

Q: How is Bin Laden like Fred Flintstone?
A: Both may look out their windows and see Rubble.

Q: What do Ossama bin Laden and General Custer have in common?
A: They both want to know where those Tomahawks are coming from!

Q: What's the five day forecast for Afghanistan?
A: Two days.

Q: What's the difference between Christmas and Ossama bin laden?
A: There will be a Christmas in December

Monotonous – a steady droning sound; boring

11/2/01

"Be Ware of Dog" – what funny/crazy/erroneous signs have you seen lately?

Meander – to wind a course without cause or concern

11/5/01

Does the loss by the NY Yankees effect our national pride?

Malinger – v – to pretend to be sick to purposely avoid work or duty.

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11/9/01

What is your favorite aspect to the MCHS/DCHS rivalry?

Obsession - compulsive behavior that cannot be escaped

11/12/01

What does Veterans Day mean to you?

Nominal - small, insignificant

11/13/01

Will yesterdays crash effect your travel plans for the holidays?

Mottled - marked with spots, blotches, or streaks of different colors.

11/14/01

11/15/01

"Some things cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." Oscar Wilde

Write this quote down and describe that always brings a smile to your face.

Murky - dark, gloomy, misty, or difficult to understand.

11/16/01

Free Writing

Nimble - light and quick

11/19

Write one things you are thankful for. Thursday, pull out that piece of paper and read it to your family.

Navigator – a person who charts routes for a plane or ship.

11/20/01

Describe what would make your Thanksgiving Holiday perfect.

Nether – position beneath or below

11/26/01

Describe everything the Pledge of Allegiance means to you.

Ostracize – to leave out or ban from a group.

11/27/01

Choose the word pair that is the closest in relation: cell: membrane::

  1. door: jamb
  2. yard: sidewalk
  3. seed: hull
  4. head: halo
  5. mountain: clouds

Orthodox – adhering to abducted beliefs, especially in religion

11/28/01

Misanthrope: People::

  1. patriot: country
  2. reactionary: government
  3. curmudgeon: children
  4. xenophobe: strangers
  5. miscreant: dogma

Obtuse: not sharp-edged or pointed

11/29/01

What is special about 8,549,176,320

Optimistic – expecting the best or inclined to look on the bright side

11/30/01

Riddle

What is greater than God

More evil than the Devil

Poor people have it

Rich people want it

If you eat it you will die.

Oppressive – the pinning down of lower forces by higher forces.

12/3/01

What best puts you in the Christmas Spirit?

Officious – giving advice that is not wanted or needed.

12/4/01

12/5/01

no entry

12/6/01

What 3 letters make a man of a boy? a, g, e (age)
What are sometimes sharp, but have no points? Wits
I have a face but cannot see. What am I? A clock
What's always flying, but never going anywhere? time

Opportune - to make the most of a situation; propitious

12/7/01

What is special about today's date?

What have you enjoyed most about the entries for this 9 weeks?

12/10/01

Portfolios DUE

12/14/01

1st (ECON) and 6th (World Geo) FINALS

12/17/01

2nd (World History) and 5th (World Geo) FINALS

12/18/01

3rd and 4th (APUSH) FINALS