02 of Nov/2011 Wednesday. Day 6.

Don't forget that Scripture is due tomorrow. 
This week I am back on noon duty. Don't tell anybody but next week I do not have any duty. That means that I will be available morning, noon and night.
Looks lke a pretty normal week this week. Tests and Quizzes coming up next week. Report cards the following week.
Period #1, Grammar II - 
Continuing the dash and parenthesis.
Spelling words of List #5.
We went over "Grammar Girl on parenthesis, dash and comma.
List #6 1. Apparition, 2. Cultivated Not in agriculture) 3. Dilapidated, 4. Quaint, 5. Rustic, 6. Cursory, 7.
H.W. - Spelling night off. Do the HW that you did not do last night and then Go to Youth.

Period #3 History 7 and 8 - Life Skills - "Oh, how thngs have changed!!!"
 Chapter 3 Egypt.
Went back to the origins of Egypt. Tomorrow we will cover the first two pages of Chapter 3.
H.W.- Read Genesis Chapter 17. In sentence form, explain each of the "Identify" words on page 24. Read pages 26 - 29. 


Period #4 English Literature 7
Went over the HW and continued through the story.
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 10, 11, and 12 above on "Alas! Poor Annabelle!"

Period #5 English Grammar 7 -
Spelling List # 5 words 10 - 15.
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, 
List #6 - 1. Apparition, 2. Cultivated Not in agriculture) 3. dilapidated, 4. Quaint, 5. rustic, 

H. W. -  You should have this almost completed from class. Write out rule # 2 "b", "c", "d", and "e" on page two and three. Write out the rule and "Note:". Make up a sentence with the rule - Note - exhibited as being an error and then correct it properly. Spelling words 10 - 15.

Period # 6 - Phys. Ed.

Period # 7 English Literature 8 - 
We will continued with "The Case of the Missing Will" tomorrow - last day.
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? Explain.
10. I try to solve a story like this when I read it but sometimes I am thrown off by the information that the author presents and how he presents it. What are some weaknesses in the presentation of this case and what was some of the information that was injected to throw off the reader, in trying to solve the case? This is covered once Poirot arrives at Crabtree Manor. You may have to read the tale end of the story over again to get this one.
HW: Answer Question 10. "The Case of the Missing Will".