April fools' Day
https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/16/world/april-fools-day-fast-facts/index.html
Coming up: Vocabulary quiz on Friday, April 5th (Vocab words are listed below)
Reminders: We will start the play Death and the King's Horseman tomorrow. Make sure to bring the play with you to school. There is only one copy per student; no extras. There will be a copy on the blog each day.
There will be a six question, matching-character quiz tomorrow as well.*** There is another copy of the character information for which you are responsible after the survey link.
In class: Today you will take the School Climate survey. The link is posted below. You will have the class period to complete the survey. The survey MUST be completed by the end of class.
Link to the survey:
https://apps.edvistas.com/
Elesin Oba ay-LAY-sihn OH-bah
Iyaloja ee-yah-LOH-jah
Sergeant Amusa ah-MEW-sah
Olunde oh-LEWN-day
Simon and Jane Pilkings
Elesin Oba ay-LAY-sihn OH-bah
Iyaloja ee-yah-LOH-jah
Sergeant Amusa ah-MEW-sah
Olunde oh-LEWN-day
Simon and Jane Pilkings
Death And The King’s Horseman Vocabulary
Quiz on April 5th
1. impudent: improperly forward or bold
2. bereavement: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
3. ostentatious: intended to attract notice and impress others
4. dearth: an insufficient quantity or number
5. usurp: seize and take control without authority
6. redolent: serving to bring to mind
7. prostrate: render helpless or defenseless
8. gbedu: a deep-timbred royal drum
9. opele: string of beads used in Ifa divination
10.robo: a delicacy made from crushed melon seeds, fried in tiny balls
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Death And The King's Horseman Play****************************************************
https://www.uibk.ac.at/anglistik/staff/davis/death-and-the-king-s-horseman---wole-soyinka.pdf
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