Due October 30 (Saint Essay, vocab)

Your assignment is to write a wonderful 5 paragraph essay about a Saint. 

Here is a great resource: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/sod-calendar
These are listed calendar style so you'll need to know your Saint Feast Day to find him/her here.

Another great resource: http://catholicsaints.info

All Dress-ups in each body paragraph
Openers: 2, 4, 5, 6 in each body paragraph
1-different DEC in each of the 3 body paragraphs

INTRO:
hook sentence(s), get the reader interested!
Thesis statement  (NCFCA peeps - this is like a roadmap)

CONCLUSION:
restate (briefly) the topics of each body paragraph
clincher sentence:  "The most significant/important thing to remember about Saint __________ is ___________.

Our introductory and concluding paragraphs are bare bones this week. Let's get the structure - the bones - right. We can add details and more interest to them in later essays.

PLEASE do the work to prepare your topics (brainstorm like we did in class).
Create a serious KWO to guide you and record your research -- writing it afterward is completely unacceptable.

You should have a minimum of TWO sources. List your sources!!
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VOCABULARY WORDS:

Deference	n. respect; regard	Her deference to the elderly makes her the perfect candidate for an internship at the retirement center.
Deficient	adj. not enough in degree or amount	I feel as though the sources for my paper are deficient.
Demonstrate	v. to do as an example       v. gives evidence for	Could you demonstrate the dance move for me? This book’s use of words such as “grim” and “bleak” demonstrates the author’s mournful tone.
Demur	v. to object to	She demurred at my request to transfer to a different department.
Deplete	v. to (over)use over time (usu. resources)	The lost campers quickly depleted their supply of food.
Desolate	adj. bare, barren, empty	The moon is one giant, desolate landscape.
Devise	v. to come up w/ (a plan)	Lana devised a plan to make herself famous.
Dilemma	n. a problem, usually requiring a choice between two options	The main dilemma is whether to pay for a commercial or not.
Diligence	n. conscientiousness; the quality of being committed to a task	Diligence and confidence will get you far in life.
Diminish	v. to become smaller in scope or degree	The itchiness of mosquito bites usually starts to diminish after a few days.