12 Dec. 2011 Monday, Day #2

I have noon duty all week this week (Dec. 12 - 16) so extra help will only be available in the morning and after school unless you get it down stairs in my duty room. 


Period #1: Grammar 8 - Spelling Test on Monday, Dec. 12, rescheduled from Friday. Grammar Quiz on Thursday or Friday on the same material as the last time.
 We talked about complements as is explained below. Worked in pairs.
List #8 - 1. onus 2. disseminate 3. entity 4. calamity 5. cynical 6. ostentatious 7. extricate 8. engulf 9. ensure 10. modify 11. inevitable  12. entrails 13. discern 14. cogitate 15. rancid 16. ascertain 17. quibble 18. embark 19. validate 20. estrange 21. analytical 22. marginal 23. notorious 24. disenchanted 25. burgeoning. 
List #9 - 1. wistfulness, 2. beguiled, 3. timidity, 4. decorum, 5. gregarious, 6. specter, 7. oblivious, 8. conjured, 9. contrite, 10. mayhem,  11. conscription, 12. desolation (desolate) 13. simplicity 14. logistics 15. bipolar, 16. extricate, 17. disproportionate, 18. esoteric, 19. monotonous,20. elated.

Complements

Subject   +   Action Verb

Subject    +   Linking verb

Subject   +   Verb   +  adverb

Subject    +   Verb   +   complement (Subject complement, verb complement)

Subject   +   Linking Verb   +   Subjective complement (Predicate nominative, Predicate Adjective)

Subject   +   Action verb   +   Complements of the verb (Direct Object, Indirect Object, Objective Complement)

After the verb, there may appear two types of complements – complements of the subject or compliments of the verb. Complements of the subject will follow the linking verbs and complements of the verb will follow the action verb.

Complements of the subject – they either rename the subject (Nominative) or they describe the subject (modify the subject).

Complements of the verb – are called objects and are divided into three classifications. They receive the action from the subject. Complements of the verb will receive the action directly from the verb (Direct object), receive it indirectly (Indirect object) or they will receive as a result of renaming the direct object (objective complement)  
                                   
H.W. - Do Exercise "Exercise" on page 65. Spelling tonight  will be words 1 - 5 on List #9. Remember: there will be a test at the end of this list.

Period #3 History 7 and 8 - Quiz on Wednesday, Dec. 14 as we discussed in class on Thursday.
 We started Chapter 5.1(b).We watched  the second part of the video on the Chaldean Empire (Neo-Babylonian).

Chapter 5
      The Assyrian Empire (Assur) - capital Nineveh
          Significant Emperors - Tiglath-Pileser III (745 B. C. - 727 B. C.)
                                             Shalmanaser V (727 - 722)  Deported 10 Tribes of Israel in 722.
                                             Sennacherib (705 - 681) Murdered by his own children.
                                             Ashurbanipal (669 - 626) Last great Assyrian King.
          Ninevah fell to the Chaldeans in 612
      New Babylonian Empire (Chaldean Empire)
            Significant Emperors - Nabapolassar (625 - 605)Established the New Kingdom of Babylon. Capital in Babylon. Allied with Medes and the Scythians. Conquered all of Mesopotamia.
                                               Nebuchadnezzar (605 - 562) - Destroyed Jerusalem. Built the Hanging Gardens. Conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem carried the inhabitants of Judah into captivity. Nearly as ruthless as the Assyrians. Daniel rose as chief adviser. Pride in building. Hanging Gardens. Reduced to a madman for seven years.
                                               Nabonidus (556 - 539) The last great Chaldean king. Son of Nebuchadnezzar.
                                               Belshazzar (539 -          Ran the empire for his father, Nabonidus.
       Had banquet where the writing was on the wall. Attacked by the Medes and Persians.
  The Persian Empire.    
             Significant Emperors - Cyrus the Great (559 - 550) United Persians, led them to overthrow the Medes, conquered the Chaldean and built a huge empire
                                                Darius (522 - 486)

H.W.-   Read over pages 46 to 48 Answer questions 1 - 4.

Period #4 English Literature 7 Read a passage and then went over a question.
HW : Continue on the psychological traits of Scrooge.
It seems that Charles Dickens cannot resist commenting on the things that he sees in the world around him, even if the things that he sees are not good. The thing is that he seems to take the philosophy that  "If you can't say anything nice, then say it in a way that it seems nice." Comment on this philosophy as it is shown in "A Christmas Carol".

  A Christmas Carol - Questions

1. Why do you think Scrooge wants to talk to his clerk? What do you think he would say?
2. Why had the “fair young girl in the black dress” want to break up with Scrooge?
3. The Bible talks about false idols. What does The Bible say and how does it apply at here?

Page 186.                                        

5. What does Scrooge’s former fiancée mean when she says “…and I release you. With a full heart, for the love of him you once were”?
6. What does Dickens mean about Scrooge when he says “…he turned uncomfortably cold, when he began to wonder which one of his curtains this new specter would draw back”?
7. Scrooge’s room had undergone a great transformation. How was it different from its old state?
8. How did the Ghost of Christmas Present have a family of 1800?
9. Why was Scrooge surprised that the ghost “blessed” Bob Cratchit?

Page 187.

10. What are some signs that the Cratchit family is poor?
11. What was the general attitude of the Cratchits towards those who had not yet arrived? What attitude might they have expressed in such a situation.  

Page 188.

12. How does Tiny Tim show his big heart and how he wants to be used by God?
13. How is community shown when getting the dinner ready?
14. In column “B” and column “A” on page 189, there are a number of good examples of Dickens saying one thing but insinuating another. Give some of these examples and explain what he really meant.
15. How can Mrs. Cratchit be seen as a “worry wort”?

Page 189.

16. What is the true portrait that is painted of the Cratchits near the top of column “B”.
17. How are “laughter and good humor” contagious?

Page 190.

18. What does Scrooge’s nephew Fred reveal about the character of Uncle Scrooge?
19. Give examples of how Scrooge showed that he enjoyed the party.
20. How is Scrooge portrayed in the game of “yes and No”?
21. How does Fred show that, in spite of the way Scrooge treated him, he still cared for the man?
22. What other travels did Scrooge and the Ghost take?

Page 191.

23. What did the last spirit look like?
24. What is Scrooge’s new attitude towards these ominous spirits?
25. It was business as usual at the stock exchange even after the death of Scrooge. What is the topic of conversation?
26. What was the purpose of the introduction of the pawnshop and its clients?

Page 192.

27. What was the attitude of the two old ladies towards Scrooge? Give examples to prove these attitudes.
28. When the spirit returned to Scrooges apartment, did scrooge recognize the dead man? Explain your answer.
29. What is the rest of the scripture that Peter started “And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them”? How does it suit this occasion from many standpoints?

Page 193

30. What is the double meaning of the line “But he was very light to carry”?
31. Explain the meaning of the paragraph that starts “He broke down all at once.”
32. Explain the meaning of Scrooges question that begins “Men’ courses will…”
33. What does Scrooge pledge in the cemetery regarding his character?

Page 194.

34. When Scrooge awakes to his new reality, we see a quite different man. What difference can be seen in his character?

Page 195.

35. How does Scrooge start his spending spree?
36. “….nothing ever happened on this globe… outset”

Period #5 English Grammar 7 -  Life Skills today. We worked in pairs on Grammar..
 
List #6 - 1. Apparition, 2. Cultivated (Not as in agriculture) 3. dilapidated, 4. Quaint, 5. rustic, 6. cursory, 7. Etiquette, 8.artificial, 9. opulent, 10. rigour, 11.Scant, 12. odour, 13. obliterate, 14. morph, 15. delinquent, 16. plaid, 17. unique, 18. punctual, 19. proficient, 20. obnoxious, 21. activism, 22. bond, 23. movement, 24. occupy, 25. stocks.

List #7 - 1. bailouts, 2. defaulting, 3. corporate, 4. loiter. 5. repugnant, 6. procrastinate, 7. solicit, 8. crowd mentality, 9. manifest, 10. graven, 11. vain, 12. sabbath, 13. adultery, 14. covet, 15. Decalogue, 16. theocracy,  17. default, 18. momentum, 19. corporation, 20. repossess, 21. innovation, 22. visionary, 23.CEO(Chief Executive Officer) 24. vaccines, 25. jolt.

List #8 - 1. onus 2. disseminate 3. entity 4. calamity 5. cynical 6. ostentatious 7. extricate 8. engulf 9. ensure 10. modify 11. ostracize 12. entrails 13. discern 14. cogitate 15. rancid 16. ascertain 17. quibble 18. embark 19. validate 20. estrange 21. analytical 22. marginal 23. notorious 24. disenchanted 25. burgeoning.   

 List #9 - 1. wistfulness, 2. beguiled, 3. timidity, 4. decorum, 5. gregarious, 6. specter, 7. oblivious, 8. conjured, 9. contrite, 10. mayhem, 11. conscription, 12. desolation (desolate) 13. simplicity 14. logistics 15. bipolar, 16. extricate, 17. disproportionate, 18. esoteric, 19. monotonous,20. elated.

H. W. - Spelling words 20 - 25 in List #6. Spelling Quiz on Thursday.

Period # 6 - Life Skills Conflict Minerals.


Period # 7 English Literature 8 -  . Quiz on Monday, Dec.12.This will be four questions valued at 2, 3 4 and 4. You will have a choice with all but the two mark question. Also, paragraph to be written in class this week to be submitted, and to be marked. Went over the poem " In School-Days".
HW : Study. Read over the poems and go over what we talked about in each stories.