Oct. 03/2011 Monday

I have early morning duty this week, so that means that I will only be available at noon and after school. 
NOTE: You may come up to the room at noon if you are  going to do work or make up time. Some still owe me washroom time from last week. 

 There are still five students who have not sent me their E-mail address(mostly grade 7) and there are at least 13 students who have not brought in their boxes of facial tissue (i.e. Kleenex). When you don't bring your boxes, I end up paying for them and I do not really want to buy 30 boxes of tissue.
I accidentally deleted the blog for Sept 22.

There will be Mother's Club tomorrow, so bring up all of your books for the morning.



Period #1 English Grammar- Spelling Quiz on Wednesday, Oct. 05.
Grammar on semicolon again. Spelling .20 - 25
LIST #3 - 1. drowsy,  2.proclamation, 3. disgruntled, 4. dastardly, 5. recalibrate, 6.discrete, 7. pervasive, 8. propensity, 9. pixel, 10. sync. 11. pontificate, 12. belittle, 13. skeptic, 14. desecrate, 15. innocuous, 16. obligation, 17. procrastinate, 18. obstinate, 19. ostracize, 20. propagate, 21. Prudence, 22. Procure, 23. pall, 24. phenomenon, 25. precarious.
List #4 1. disdain, 2. longevity, 3. triage, 4. blog (verb), 5. endearment, 6. segregate, 7. foibles, 8. alms,       9. vex, 10. haughtily, 11. polytheists, 12. corruption, 13. transaction, 14. obliging, 15. disdain, 16. defiant, 17. conscientious, 18. allay, 19. hysterics, 20. frenzy, 21. presentiment, 22. 
 
 H.W. - Spelling words 20 - 25 in List #3. 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 Ex. "A" on page 32/33.

Period #3 History 7 - Had Chapel during History class.We had people in from various mission fields.
We have L.S. tomorrow during History so I am giving HW for Wednesday. 
Grade 8 students wrote the Chapter 1 quiz.  
We got into Chapter 2 and covered up to page11. I checked the HW.
H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 12. Make sure that you have read to the end of page 13 for Tuesday and for Wednesday be sure to have answered Questions 3 - 7 on page 11.

Period #4 English Literature 7
  "I Meet the Sheriff".
We talked about all the parts of the setting and gave examples from the story. I gave a brief definition for theme.
 H.W. - Start a list of information on the setting. Break it down into its component parts as we did in class.

Period #5 English Grammar 7 - We wrote the Spelling Quiz on List #2. More nightly study is required in order to do well on these quizzes. Many are still not showing the meaning of the word in their sentence.
Parts of the "All-Purpose Paragraph" (Always follow the rules for Formal Writing that I gave you in class)
1. Introduction -
     This introduces the topic of the paragraph to the reader. It does not state how it will be covered or the context of the topic.
2. Statement -
     This indicates how the subject will be covered, the point that is to be proven, the sources for proof and shows how the topic will be covered.
3. Example -
     In order to prove a point there needs to be examples or sources. At this point the evidence, usually in the form of examples, is presented.
4. Explanation -
     At this point the example must be tied in to the topic or point that is being made. The connections need to be made between the example and the topic. How does the example prove the point.
5. Conclusion -
     This part of the paragraph reflects the statement but also comments on how it was proven.

LIST #3 - 1. drowsy,  2.proclamation, 3. disgruntled, 4. dastardly, 5. recalibrate, 6.discrete, 7. pervasive, 8. propensity, 9. pixel, 10. sync. 11. pontificate, 12. belittle, 13. skeptic, 14. desecrate, 15. innocuous, 16. obligation, 17. procrastinate, 18. obstinate, 19. ostracize, 20. propagate, 21. Prudence, 22. Procure, 23. pall, 24. phenomenon, 25. precarious
List #4 1. disdain, 2. longevity, 3. triage, 4. blog (verb), 5. endearment, 6. segregate, 7. foibles, 8.
  
H. W. -List #3 words 1 - 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 Exercise "A" on page 9 for Tues.

Period # 6 Life Skills/Physical Education - Life skills today. Bring your gym clothes for Physical Education tomorrow.

Period # 7 English Literature 8  .

I read and we talked about the concepts of romanticism and realism. 
Substitute Question #4 - How was Marilla's response to Anne's adventure different from Matthew's response and why were they different?
HW: Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 12.
P. S. Do you need me to re-teach any of the following: plot, theme, setting, or character?? We will go over these in class to see what you can remember from last year.