Sept. 28/2011, Tuesday

It is a long weekend, have fun but be careful. See you on Monday.
I have early morning duty next week so that means that I will only be available at noon and after school. 
NOTE: You may come up to the room at noon if you are  going to do work or make up time. Some still owe me washroom time from last week.
 There are still five students who have not sent me their E-mail address(mostly grade 7) and there are at least 13 students who have not brought in their boxes of facial tissue (i.e. Kleenex). When you don't bring your boxes, I end up paying for them and I do not really want to buy 30 boxes of tissue.
I accidentally deleted the blog for Sept 22.
P.S. My computer is acting up and words are popping up all over the place. This happened with my last computer just about a month before it died. I am just warning you that sometimes a word may be missing or pop up somewhere unexpectedly. I will exercise due diligence BUT it means that I have to check everything that I write, over, over, and over.
Period #1 English Grammar  Had class photos today.
Grammar on semicolon again. Spelling 11 - 15.
LIST #3 - 1. drowsy,  2.proclamation, 3. disgruntled, 4. dastardly, 5. recalibrate, 6.discrete, 7. pervasive, 8. propensity, 9. pixel, 10. sync. 11. pontificate, 12. belittle, 13. skeptic, 14. desecrate, 15. innocuous, 16. obligation, 17. procrastinate, 18. obstinate, 19. ostracize, 20. propagate, 21. Prudence, 22. Procure, 23. pall, 24. phenomenon, 25. precarious.
List #4 1. disdain, 2. longevity, 3. triage, 4. blog (verb),  
 
 H.W. - Spelling words 1 - 15 in List #3. Spelling (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.)  

Period #3 History 7 -I returned the Chapter 1 Quiz
Grade 8 students will have the Chapter 1 quiz on Monday.  
We got into Chapter 2 and covered up to page11. 
 The grade eights worked on their map of the Middle East, reading of chapter 1, and answering of questions.
H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 10. Make sure that you have read to the end of page 11 for Monday.

Period #4 English Literature 7
We read over some more of  "I Meet the Sheriff". I explained more details about the story and talked about setting again.
We talked about fine detail, geographic description. I spoke ten minutes on each part of this and explained what each could contain.
 H.W. -Learn the parts of a setting. Organize your notes, that I gave to you on setting, so that they make sense to you. Answer Questions 1, 3 and 4 from "I Meet the Sheriff"

Period #5 English Grammar 7 - We wrote the Spelling Quiz on List #2. More nightly study is required in order to do well on these quizzes.
Parts of the "All-Purpose Paragraph" (Always follow the rules for Formal Writing that I gave you in class)
1. Introduction -
     This introduces the topic of the paragraph to the reader. It does not state how it will be covered or the context of the topic.
2. Statement -
     This indicates how the subject will be covered, the point that is to be proven, the sources for proof and shows how the topic will be covered.
3. Example -
     In order to prove a point there needs to be examples or sources. At this point the evidence, usually in the form of examples, is presented.
4. Explanation -
     At this point the example must be tied in to the topic or point that is being made. The connections need to be made between the example and the topic. How does the example prove the point.
5. Conclusion -
     This part of the paragraph reflects the statement but also comments on how it was proven.

LIST #3 - 1. drowsy,  2.proclamation, 3. disgruntled, 4. dastardly, 5. recalibrate, 6.discrete, 7. pervasive, 8. propensity, 9. pixel, 10. sync. 11. pontificate, 12. belittle, 13. skeptic, 14. desecrate, 15. innocuous, 16. obligation, 17. procrastinate, 18. obstinate, 19. ostracize, 20. propagate, 21. Prudence, 22. Procure, 23. pall, 24. phenomenon, 25. precarious
List #4 1. disdain, 2. longevity, 3. triage, 4. blog (verb),   
  
H. W. -Spelling (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.)   Know the parts to the all-purpose paragraph.

Period # 6 Life Skills/Physical Education - Physical Education today and tomorrow. Bring your gym clothes.

Period # 7 English Literature 8  
We had a half class of Life Skills.

I read over "The Lady of Shallot". 


Substitute Question #4 - How was Marilla's response to Anne's adventure different from Matthew's response and why were they different?
HW: Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 12.
P. S. Do you need me to re-teach any of the following: plot, theme, setting, or character?? Think on these things.