Davis' Oasis

These words go with my dictation vocab test and two crossword puzzles (1 with a word bank and 1 without one) for my TWENTY word set of vocab from Saki's "The Interlopers." “The Interlopers” 20 Word Vocabulary List pinioned pinned compact an agreement between 2 parties affrays fights or disturbances of the peace unstrung unstable or nervous pious showing religious devotion retorted replied sharply reconciliation a friendly end to a quarrel condolences expressions of sympathy muster to gather for

I had one particular sophomore Honors English class I taught do a timed write in response to one of two anti-war prompts I gave them. They were to write about the degree to which they agreed with the prompt. I was surprised that they almost unanimously agree with the anti-war prompts, so I wrote a "rebuttal" of sorts: my personal response to one of the prompts. Then I had them look for and point out devices/elements of my essay (allusion, parallel structure, rhetorical question, transitions, hoo