Block Day, Week 8

* Open

• Pray

* Anglo-Saxon Quest

* Vocabulary

• Perjury (n.): willfully giving false testimony under oath
• Latin: periurare "swear falsely," 
• from per- "away, entirely" + iurare "to swear"

• After Arron was convicted of perjury, he went to jail. 

• Preposterous (adj.): completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
• Latin: literally "before-behind" (compare topsy-turvy, cart before the horse), 
• from pre "before" + posterus "subsequent."

• What, some people prefer to texting over face-to-face conversation?  Why, that's preposterous! 

• Before moving on, please compose two sentences that propose preposterous ideas without perjury!

* Outside Reading

HW: Enjoy Your Book!