20/01/12 Friday, Day 2

Tuesday will be the last day for completing assignments, quizzes, and tests.

I have after school duty ever day this week and next. All extra help will have to be in the morning or at noon.

Period #1: Grammar 8 - We will have a Grammar test next week, probably on Wednesday.

Started on "recognizing helping verbs". Spelling words 1 - 5 on List # 11.

List #10 - 1. Miniscule, 2. din, 3. roost, 4. prank, 5. shards, 6. oligarchy, 7. tyrant, 8. cognizant, 9. logistics, 10. perked, 11. admonish, 12. perpetuate, 13. entail, 14. subjugate, 15. remorse, 16. abdicate, 16. devour, 17. consume,  18. audacious, 19. extrude, 20. static, 21. obnoxious, 22. obliterate, 23. crumple, 24. devoid, 25. archaic.      

List #11 - 1. arid, 2. rehabilitation, 3. penchant, 4. facet, 5. copious, 6. embellish, 7. regurgitate, 8. apprehensive, 9. dichotomy, 10. apprehension, 11. scuttle, 12. emancipation, 13. venture, 14. regurgitate, 15. apprehensive,  16. scuttle, 17. enabler, 18. renounce, 19. articulate, 20. frieze, 21. disingenuous, 22. critique, 23. bizarre, 24. sophist, 25.embellish, 


List #12 - 1. atheist, 2. nuance, 3. egalitarian, 4. draconian, 5. renounce, 6. articulate, 7. frieze, 8. anomaly,           

H.W. - Spelling list #11, words 1 - 5. Read over page 91 on helping verbs.

Period #3 History 7 and 8 - We wrote the History Quiz on 6.1. 

  H.W.- Read over 6.2.

Period #4 English Literature 7 Worked on "Writing the All-Purpose Paragraph". 

We wrote a paragraph on the topic ( A person can succeed even when s/he fails.)

HW :Complete the paragraph in its final form with an outline.

Period #5 English Grammar 7 - We wrote the Grammar Quiz on complements, diagramming verbs, and parts of speech.

Worked on the sentence fragments, run-on sentence again.

List #10 - 1. Miniscule, 2. din, 3. roost, 4. prank, 5. shards, 6. oligarchy, 7. tyrant, 8. cognizant, 9. logistics, 10. perked, 11. admonish, 12. perpetuate, 13. entail, 14. subjugate, 15. remorse, 16. abdicate, 16. devour, 17. consume, 18. audacious, 19. extrude, 20. static, 21. obnoxious, 22. obliterate, 23. crumple, 24. devoid, 25. archaic.

 List #11 - 1. arid, 2. rehabilitation, 3. penchant, 4. facet, 5. copious, 6. embellish, 7. regurgitate, 8. apprehensive, 9. dichotomy, 10. apprehension, 11. scuttle, 12. emancipation, 13. venture, 14. regurgitate, 15. apprehensive,  16. scuttle, 17. enabler, 18. renounce, 19. articulate, 20. frieze, 21. disingenuous, 22. critique, 23. bizarre, 24. sophist, 25.embellish, 


List #12 - 1. atheist, 2. nuance, 3. egalitarian, 4. Draconian,  5. renounce, 6. articulate, 7. frieze, 8. anomaly,                    

H. W. -  Spelling words 1 - 5 on List # 10.

Period # 6 - Life Skills - the topic was a continuation of the one on success

Period # 7 English Literature 8 - This week we will write a paragraph to be submitted.

Our next unit will be on plays. Before that I would like to do a unit on something that you would like help in..

HW: Think of something that you would like help with before the next unit.