NOTE: This week will be a short week.There will be no school for students on October 27 and 28 and remember that Wed. is the "Dress-down" day.
I have 3:00 P.M. duty this week. It is indoors in the locker area. I will be available before school, at noon, and after school after 3:00 in the locker area. Next week I am back on noon duty.
GRADE SEVEN GRAMMAR AND SPELLING - Due to the "Highland Games" on Friday the Big SPELLING Test will be on Wednesday,
Period #1, Grammar II -
Grammar re-Quiz on Using Manuscript Form to be written on Wednesday, October 26.
Back to the dash and parenthesis today.
Spelling words 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. fastidious.
List #6 1. Apparition, 2. Cultivated Not in agriculture) 3. Dilapidated, 4. Quaint, 5. Rustic,
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 15- 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 Re-quiz tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 25. Exercise "A" on page 44.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 - Chapter 3 Egypt.
Watched a video on the history of Egypt. Engineering an Empire - Egypt.
H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 15. Answer questions 1- 4 on page 24. Read pages 21 - 24.
Period #4 English Literature 7
We continued "reading between the line"s in "Alas! Poor Annabelle!". We worked on answering the HW questions in class today. I read over all of the questions that are on the blog to make sure that the class understood what was being asked and so that they would know what to look for when I went over the material in class.
Questions on "Alas! Poor Annabelle"
1. How did Annabelle appear to be the perfect little lady?
2. What things did Annabelle do that antagonized Caddie and Tom?
3. How does the author, Carol Brink show that Caddie was masking her true personality?
4. What does Annabelle mean when she says "How quaint and rustic"?
5. How does Annabelle let her "Lady-like" character get in the way of common civility?
6. What did Mother give up to go out west to live with her husband?
7. How did Annabelle show herself to have some real grit in her?
8. Hetty was the picture of innocence. How did she show that she knew right from wrong?
9. There are often double standards in the world. Caddie thinks that she is being treated unfairly. What is the double standard and should it exist?
10. Caddie's father seems to have the whole thing figured out, regarding, Caddie, and being a lady. What is his philosophy towards what a woman (Caddie) should be?
11. Most people do not like injustice. Where did Caddie see injustice in her treatment by her mother?
12.How did Caddie see being a lady as being a great "responsibility"?
HW: Answer questions 4, 5, and 6 above on "Alas! Poor Annabelle!"
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 - this quiz will be spelling and definitions.Grammar re-Quiz on Using Manuscript Form to be written on Wednesday, October 26.
We had Life skills today. We looked at the crisis in the Congo.
Spelling List 4, words 20 - 25.
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 #6 - 1. Apparition, 2. Cultivated Not in agriculture) 3. dilapidated, 4. Quaint, 5. rustic,
HW: Spellin TEST tomorrow and Grammar re-quiz. Study.
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. fastidious.
List # 6 - 1. Comprehensive, 2. Affluence,
H. W. - Spelling words 20 - 25 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.) Grammar- 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.Spelling TEST and Grammar Re-quiz tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Period # 6 - Physical Education.
Period # 7 English Literature 8 -
We continued with "The Case of the Missing Will" today.
HW: Answer questions 1 - 3 from below, on "The Case of the Missing Will".
1. What appears to be Monsieur Poirot's attitude towards Miss Violet Marsh.
2. How did Miss Marsh end up in the care of Uncle Andrew?
3. People who are a lot alike tend to not get along with one another. Although Miss Marsh and Uncle Andrew are quite dissimilar, they do have a lot in common. What common traits do they conflict with?
4. Since the reader only gets on point of view in the first page of the story, how can it be seen as possibly being one-sided?
5. How could Miss Marsh be seen as a rebel in her time period?
6. How could you prove that Miss Marsh is not motivated by money?
7. Why does Miss Marsh want to possess Crabtree Manor?
8. How can Miss Marsh be seen as fair-minded and legalistic?
9. Is it fair in the "competition" for the estate to hire the private investigator?
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