21 October, Friday

NOTE: Next week will be a short week.There will be no school for students on October 27 and 28.
I have 3:00 P.M. duty next week. I will be available before school, at noon, and after school after 3:30.
GRADE SEVEN GRAMMAR AND SPELLING - Due to the "Highland Games" on Friday the Big SPELLING Test will be on Wednesday, October 26
Period #1 English Grammar- Grammar Quiz on rules. Big SPELLING Test coming up after 100 words..... The test will be purely spelling. There will be five words from Lists one, two, and three and ten words from List 4. There will be a Quiz on List Four as well. The TEST will be Monday, October 24.
We will be studying Manuscript Form on page 2.
Spelling words 5 - 10 of List #5.
List # 5 1. Materialism, 2. Plebs (Plebian), 3. Capitulate, 4. Traumatic, 5. Conventional, 6. Impunity, 7. complicity, 8. Pandemonium, 9. Priority, 10. Relative (not meaning a family member),
11. Conceited, 12. Rakish, 13. Remorse, 14. Euphemism, 15. Malapropism, 16. Reluctant, 17. Stupendous, 18. Motes (as with particles) 19. Dupe, 20. Culprit, 21. Sampler (Re: crocheting), 22. solace, 23. facetious, 24. angst, 25. ,
Working on the apostrophe.
We will be spending a lot more time on the Grammar rules. Some people are having difficulty in specific situations and these need to be resolved.
H.W. - Spelling words 10 - 20 in List #5. Spelling (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.)Grammar: Nil.  Study for the Spelling TEST - Monday, Oct. 24.

Period #3 History 7 and 8 - We wrote the History Quiz today.

H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 14. We will be starting on Chapter 3 on Monday.


Period #4 English Literature 7
We continued "reading between the lines of "Alas! Poor Annabelle!". We spent a lot of the class on character (sins of omission, Masking personality traits etc.)
HW: Answer the first three questions at the end of "Alas! Poor Annabelle!"

We had Highland Games this afternoon.

Period #5 English Grammar 7 - Due to the "Highland Games" on Friday the Big SPELLING Test will be on Wednesday, October 26. The test will be purely spelling. There will be five words from Lists one, two, and three; and ten words from List #4. There will be a Quiz on List # Four incorperated into this.

Spelling List 4, words 15 - 20.
List #4 - 1. disdain, 2. longevity, 3. triage, 4. blog (verb), 5. endearment, 6. segregate, 7. foibles, 8. alms, 9. vex, 10. idiosyncrasy, 11. polytheists, 12. corruption, 13. transaction, 14. obliging, 15. credit, 16. defiant, 17. conscientious, 18. allay, 19. hysterics, 20. frenzy, 21. presentiment, 22. attribute, 23. interchangeable, 24. dogmatic, 25. erratic

List #5 - 1. Materialism, 2. Plebs (Plebian), 3. Capitulate, 4. Traumatic, 5. Conventional, 6. Impunity, 7. complicity, 8. Pandemonium, 9. Priority, 10. Relative (not meaning a family member),
11. Conceited, 12. rakish, 13. Remorse, 14. Euphemism, 15. Malapropism, 16. Reluctant, 17. Stupendous, 18. Motes (as with particles) 19. Dupe, 20. Culprit, 21. Sampler 22. solace, 23. facetious, 24. angst, 25.
H. W. - Spelling words 15 - 20  on List #4. (Know how to spell each word, define each word and use each word in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word.) Grammer- study rule one on page two and three. No Grammar exercises Due to the "Highland Games" on Friday the Big SPELLING Test will be on Wednesday, October 26.

Period # 6 - Life Skills on disabilities..

Period # 7 English Literature 8 - We wrote the English Literature QUIZ
We started "The Case of the Missing Will" today.
HW: Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 24. Read "The Case of the Missing Will".