26 Oct/2011, Wednesday

 Next week I am back on noon duty.


Period #1, Grammar II -
Back to the dash and parenthesis today.
Spelling words of List #5.
List # 5 1. Materialism, 2. Plebs (Plebeian), 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. Write out rule # 1 "a", "b", "c", and "d" on page 2. Make up a sentence with the rule exhibited as being an error and then correct it properly.

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 5 to 8, on page 24. Read pages 24 - 26.


Period #4 English Literature 7
We wrote the re-quiz,checked the HW, and continued "reading between the line"s in "Alas! Poor Annabelle!".
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.
Spelling List # 5 starts on Monday.
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:
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. -

Period # 6 - Phys. Ed.

Period # 7 English Literature 8 - Re-quiz on Monday Oct. 31 of the Lit. from last week on the parts of the story. It will be the exact same test. Life Skills on Dubai.
We continued with "The Case of the Missing Will" today.
HW: Answer questions 1 - 3 from below, on "The Case of the Missing Will".
Questions 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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