September 14/2011

Period #1 English Grammar 8 Spelling Quiz on Thursday, September 15.
We went over Gram. on the comma and spelling.
Spelling -   20. ambiguous, 21. succinctly, 22. bias, 23 exhale. 24. imperative, 25. subtle, 26. imperative, 27. verbatim, 28. derogatory, 29, brusquely, 30. paradigm, 31. Capitalism, 32, Socialism 33.
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 H.W. - Spelling 20 - 25. (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..

Period #3 History 7 - Map Quiz on Friday, September 16.
Life Skills - We talked about capitalism and socialism as well as taxes.
We started Chapter one.
Be able to locate these countries and waterways on a map: Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Syria. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan, The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Palestine, Lebanon, Oman, Sudan, Cyprus, (You do not need to learn these but you should have an idea as they are so much on the news: Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya.). Waterways:       Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Nile River, Suez Canal.
H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 6. Study the countries for the map. You will have two nights to try to achieve the goal of learning them and their location on a map, then we will work on the waterways.Continue reading chapter I to Rebellion on page 4.

Period #4 English Literature 7
We discussed the answers to the questions for the story, "Mama and the Graduation Present".
We read further and talked about Katrin's character.
1. Explain a conflict and a complication in "Mama and the Graduation Present".
2. How can Katrin be shown to be selfish? (Use examples)
3. What was the "rite of passage" that Katrin went through to show that she was now "mature". 

 H.W. -

Period #5 English Grammar 7 Spelling Quiz on Thursday, Sept. 15.
Spelling - We went over words 20 - 25 .
16. vernacular, 17. vociferous, 18. oblivious, 19. innuendo, 20. ambiguous. 21. succinctly, 22. Bias, 23 exhale 24. imperative, 25. subtle, 26. imperative, 27. verbatim, 28. derogatory, 29, brusquely, 30. paradigm, 31. Capitalism, 32, Socialism 33. .
Grammar: We went over "Getting to Know Your Library". We learned how to find a book in a library.

H. W. - Spelling words 20 - 25. (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.) . Read over the section in the Grammar text called "Getting to Know Your Library". Know what information you would find on an index card for a library book.

Period # 6 Life Skills/Physical Education -We had Phys. Ed. today.
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Period # 7 English Literature 8
We went over the answer for HW from yesterday.
HW: