September 09/11

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Period #1 English Grammar 8
From now on we will have literature during last period. We went over Gram. HW and spelling. Assigned Ex. "E" on Page 11.
Spelling -  11. heirloom, 12. elocution 13. grammar 14. objective 15. sigh 16. vernacular, 17. vociferous, 18. oblivious, 19. innuendo, 20. ambiguous, 21. succinctly, 22. bias, 23 exhale.
 H.W. - Spelling 11 - 15. (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.)  Exercise "E" in grammar on page 11.

Period #3 History 7
We went over the "Map" book. We talked about prevailing winds, map legends, map coordinates (Latitude and Longitude), "World Records"
H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 4. Learn the four oceans of the world, and the world records on page 9 of the map book.

Period #4 English Literature 7 We doubled up on History today.
We discussed the ending of the story, "Mama and the Graduation Present". We talked about the concept of a "coming of age" story and I explained the plot and its parts. I drew it on the board and labelled it and then explained each part. Students should have notes on this.
 H.W. - Answer question #1 on page 5 from "Mama and the Graduation Present". Learn the parts of the plot. Be able to label a diagram of a plot.

Period #5 English Grammar 7
Life Skills today - I spoke on Society and its values past and present.
Spelling -  6. coax, 7. loftily, 8. academic, 9. enthrall, 10. superiority, 11. heirloom, 12. elocution. 13. grammar 14. objective 15. sigh 16. vernacular, 17. vociferous, 18. oblivious, 19. innuendo, 20. ambiguous. 21. succinctly, 22. Bias, 23 exhale. We went over the rules for formal writing. These were written on the board and should be applied to all formal writing in English 7/8.
H. W. - Spelling words 5 - 10. (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.)

Period # 6 Life Skills/Physical Education - I talked about note-taking. Watched a video by Derek Webb (My Enemies are My Friends)
Topics submitted by you - Recycling, How to save money, Congo/fair trade, Bowery Mission, euthanasia, friendship, perspectives, Atlantic/Guatemala,  Woman's Rights in China, stress, sign language, the power if influence, energy conservation, camping. I am sure that there are more topics. Please submit them at any time.

Period # 7 English Grammar 8
Life skills today. CBC Special on 911.
We went over the rules for capitalization from the Grammar text and I assigned exercise "A" for HW.

Yesterday we went over the rules for formal writing. These were written on the board and should be applied to all formal writing in English 7/8.
H.W. - Answer question #1 from "Mama and the Doctor's Wife". Spelling 6 - 10. (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.)  Exercise "A" in grammar on page 9.