Grade 7- complete Le lapin et la tortue p. 75
Grade 8- grammar test- les adjectifs, les verbes au pluriel, les verbes au singulier, les verbes a l'infinitif
Friday, March 30, 2012
30/03/2012 Friday, Day #2
Read the Blog every night.
I have early morning bus duty this week.
Mrs. Loveless asked me to remind you that you have a Grammar Test on Monday. You have now been eminded.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05. Be sure that you have any unwritten tests or quizzes completed before Thursday April 04.
Double Double Monday, April 02 during periods 6 and 7.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 04 or 05. Looking like Thursday. (Beka test.)
Working on the review for the test next week.
LAST LIST #16 - 1. plausible, 2. ambiguous, 3. vent, 4. prodigious, 5. tectonic, 6. seismic, 7 fault, 8. continuous, 9. cautious, 10.redeem, 11. phaseout, 12. celebrity, 13. diode, 14. plausible, 15. potential, 16. facilitate, 17. gregarious, 18.halitosis, 19. ignominy, 20. urgent, 21.condor, 22. legitimate, 23. monotonous, 24. negligible, 25. optimum.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 15 - 20. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 112.
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
Period # 7 English Literature 8 - Literature TEST on April 03. This will cover plays and the short story "The Silver Outrigger".
I talked about diction again today. Hard words(cacophonic), soft words (Euphonic), archaic, old English, alliterative, symbolic, colourful, foreign, subject specific, cliche, slang, simple, complex, technical, connotative, formal, informal, shocking, local-isms, etc.
Home Work: Answer questions 2 and 3 above.
I have early morning bus duty this week.
Mrs. Loveless asked me to remind you that you have a Grammar Test on Monday. You have now been eminded.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05. Be sure that you have any unwritten tests or quizzes completed before Thursday April 04.
Double Double Monday, April 02 during periods 6 and 7.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 04 or 05. Looking like Thursday. (Beka test.)
Working on the review for the test next week.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
LAST LIST #16 - 1. plausible, 2. ambiguous, 3. vent, 4. prodigious, 5. tectonic, 6. seismic, 7 fault, 8. continuous, 9. cautious, 10.redeem, 11. phaseout, 12. celebrity, 13. diode, 14. plausible, 15. potential, 16. facilitate, 17. gregarious, 18.halitosis, 19. ignominy, 20. urgent, 21.condor, 22. legitimate, 23. monotonous, 24. negligible, 25. optimum.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 15 - 20. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 112.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 - Note the new date:Quiz on pages 67 - 74. on Tuesday, April 03. (A. Beka test.)
We went over Second and Third Punic war.
We went over Second and Third Punic war.
Chapter 7.2a Questions History 7-8 March/2012
1. Give a brief description of the early growth of the Roman Empire. (Include an explanation of the Latin League (Roman League).) This is on pages 71 and 72.
2. Explain the meaning behind the expression, “A Pyrrhic victory”.
3. Make a list, in sentence form, of the policies that the Roman’s adopted that kept conquered people from wanting to rebel. (There should be eight in all. Second paragraph in column "A", on page 72.)
4. Explain why Rome looked at Carthage as an imposing force that might come against their own emerging empire.
5. Why do they call the wars with Carthage the Punic Wars?
6. Explain the events of the First Punic War. (Causes, events, outcome and effects) You may eventually find some over-lap when you go into the subsequent Punic Wars as the effects of one war often are or lead to the causes of the next war.
7. Explain Rome’s new motive for acquiring an empire.
8. Same as “5” but with the Second Punic war.
9. Same as “8” but with the Third Punic War.
10. Briefly explain the war with Macedonia and then explain the clever way that Rome “conquered” Greece.
Home work.- Answer Question # 8, and 9 above.
Period #4 English Literature 7 Literature Quiz on "Shelter from the Storm" and diction. JLCH quiz. Fill in blanks and short answers.
We answered questions 5 and 6. We worked on questions 7, 8, and 9.
We answered questions 5 and 6. We worked on questions 7, 8, and 9.
Questions on A Song is in the Heart.
1. When a person feels as though they are a failure, they will often put up with a lot, including bulling, in order to have friends. Show how this is true of Stradivarius.
2. Explain the expression “The song is in the heart, and there are many ways of making music.”
3. Research “Stradivarius violins” on the internet. What did you find?
4. Explain how Stradivarius “made a purse out of a sow’s ear”.
5. What lesson of life can be found in the expression “One small bit of work done well each day, was what made a great violin in the end.”
6. What do you think is your “God-given talent” and how might you use it for good?
Home Work: Answer question seven, eight and nine above.
Period #5 English Grammar 7 - There will be a Grammar Test on Unit 9 and review of 1- 8. This will be either April 04 or 05. (BEKA test.)
Spelling Quiz on Monday, April 02.
Spelling Quiz on Monday, April 02.
Life Skills.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling words 20 -25 on List # 14. Grammar Exercise "A" 95.
Period # 6 - Life Skills: Hungry for change.
I talked about diction again today. Hard words(cacophonic), soft words (Euphonic), archaic, old English, alliterative, symbolic, colourful, foreign, subject specific, cliche, slang, simple, complex, technical, connotative, formal, informal, shocking, local-isms, etc.
Questions on The Silver Outrigger
“The Silver Outrigger” is a story of complications and suspense. The author uses descriptive words (diction) to get the reader’s interest and hold it.
1. Comment on the diction that Howard Pease uses by giving examples of his great use of adjectives.
2. Show how the author gets the rising action going in the story and keeps raising it with more coincidences, speculations, and complications.
3. Why did Rinaldo want to leave the plantation?
4. How does the author point the reader in the direction of thinking that Mr. Williamson is delusional?
5. What is pathetic fallacy and how is it used in this story?
6. What is revealed by Tod's description of Williamson? (Page 232, column “A”)
7. Explain the Jim Hart story.
8. Why does Williamson have a guilty conscience?
9. What clues are dropped to hint that this might be a “who-done-it” story rather than the ramblings of a delusional man in solitude too long? (Page 233 and 235)
10. What might lead a person to begin to suspect that Jim Hart might have been murdered?
11. What did Mr. Williamson mean when he said “You’ve given me back my life”
Home Work: Answer questions 2 and 3 above.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
29 March 2012 Thursday, Day #1
Read the Blog every night.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Double Double tomorrow - 5 and 6.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like next week now. (Beka test)
LAST LIST #16 - 1. plausible, 2. ambiguous, 3. vent, 4. prodigious, 5. tectonic, 6. seismic, 7 fault, 8. continuous, 9. cautious, 10.redeem, 11. phaseout, 12. celebrity, 13. diode, 14. plausible, 15. potential, 16. facilitate, 17. gregarious, 18.halitosis, 19. ignominy, 20. urgent, 21.condor, 22. legitimate, 23. monotonous, 24. negligible, 25. optimum.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 15 - 20. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 112.
Period # 7 English Literature 8 - Literature TEST on April 03
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again. I talked about diction again today. Hard words(cacophonic), soft words (Euphonic), archaic, old English, alliterative, symbolic, colourful, foreign, subject specific, cliche, slang, simple, complex, technical, connotative, formal, informal, shocking, local-isms,
Home Work: Have a good night.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Double Double tomorrow - 5 and 6.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like next week now. (Beka test)
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
LAST LIST #16 - 1. plausible, 2. ambiguous, 3. vent, 4. prodigious, 5. tectonic, 6. seismic, 7 fault, 8. continuous, 9. cautious, 10.redeem, 11. phaseout, 12. celebrity, 13. diode, 14. plausible, 15. potential, 16. facilitate, 17. gregarious, 18.halitosis, 19. ignominy, 20. urgent, 21.condor, 22. legitimate, 23. monotonous, 24. negligible, 25. optimum.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 15 - 20. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 112.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 - Went over map, wrote quiz, went over first Punic war.
Note the new date:Quiz on pages 67 - 74. on Tuesday, April 03. (A. Beka test.)
Chapter 7.2a Questions History 7-8 March/2012
1. Give a brief description of the early growth of the Roman Empire. (Include an explanation of the Latin League (Roman League).) This is on pages 71 and 72.
2. Explain the meaning behind the expression, “A Pyrrhic victory”.
3. Make a list, in sentence form, of the policies that the Roman’s adopted that kept conquered people from wanting to rebel. (There should be eight in all. Second paragraph in column "A", on page 72.)
4. Explain why Rome looked at Carthage as an imposing force that might come against their own emerging empire.
5. Why do they call the wars with Carthage the Punic Wars?
6. Explain the events of the First Punic War. (Causes, events, outcome and effects) You may eventually find some over-lap when you go into the subsequent Punic Wars as the effects of one war often are or lead to the causes of the next war.
7. Explain Rome’s new motive for acquiring an empire.
8. Same as “5” but with the Second Punic war.
9. Same as “8” but with the Third Punic War.
10. Briefly explain the war with Macedonia and then explain the clever way that Rome “conquered” Greece.
11. Add to your map: Carthage, Spain, Africa, Syria, Egypt(or show where it should be), Palestine, and Pergamum. Don't forget that we also did the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Home work.- Answer Question # 6, and 7 above.
Period #4 English Literature 7
We answered questions 3 and 4. We worked on questions 5 and 6.
We answered questions 3 and 4. We worked on questions 5 and 6.
Questions for "Shelter from the Storm"
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
Home Work: Answer question five and six above.
Period #5 English Grammar 7 - There will be a Grammar Test on Unit 9 and review of 1- 8. This will be during the week of April 02 - 06.
Spelling Quiz on Monday, April 02.
Spelling Quiz on Monday, April 02.
Life Skills tomorrow.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling words 20 -25 on List # 14. Grammar Exercise "A" 95.
Period # 6 - Life Skills
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again. I talked about diction again today. Hard words(cacophonic), soft words (Euphonic), archaic, old English, alliterative, symbolic, colourful, foreign, subject specific, cliche, slang, simple, complex, technical, connotative, formal, informal, shocking, local-isms,
Questions on The Silver Outrigger
“The Silver Outrigger” is a story of complications and suspense. The author uses descriptive words (diction) to get the reader’s interest and hold it.
1. Comment on the diction that Howard Pease uses by giving examples of his great use of adjectives.
2. Show how the author gets the rising action going in the story and keeps raising it with more coincidences, speculations, and complications.
3. Why did Rinaldo want to leave the plantation?
4. How does the author point the reader in the direction of thinking that Mr. Williamson is delusional?
5. What is pathetic fallacy and how is it used in this story?
6. What is revealed by Tod's description of Williamson? (Page 232, column “A”)
7. Explain the Jim Hart story.
8. Why does Williamson have a guilty conscience?
9. What clues are dropped to hint that this might be a “who-done-it” story rather than the ramblings of a delusional man in solitude too long? (Page 233 and 235)
10. What might lead a person to begin to suspect that Jim Hart might have been murdered?
11. What did Mr. Williamson mean when he said “You’ve given me back my life”
Home Work: Have a good night.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
28 March 2012 Wednesday, Day #6
Read the Blog every night.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Chapel this morning for most of Period #1.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like next week now. (Beka test)
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Period # 7 English Literature 8 - Literature TEST on April 03
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again. I talked about diction again today. Hard words(cacophonic), soft words (Euphonic), archaic, old English, alliterative, symbolic, colourful, foreign, subject specific, cliche, slang, simple, complex, technical, connotative, formal, informal, shocking, local-isms,
Home Work: Add to question one with the additional information given today in class.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Chapel this morning for most of Period #1.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like next week now. (Beka test)
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 10 - 15. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 111.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 - Life Skills today - complete personalities and share Eng Lit paragraph.
We will have a MAP QUIZ on Thursday. The map of Europe and Roman Empire. We will use all of the places from the blog. There are two lists on the blog - one we did at the first of this unit and the other is the last question below on this blog.
We will have a MAP QUIZ on Thursday. The map of Europe and Roman Empire. We will use all of the places from the blog. There are two lists on the blog - one we did at the first of this unit and the other is the last question below on this blog.
Note the new date:Quiz on pages 67 - 74. on Tuesday, April 03. (A. Beka test.)
Chapter 7.2a Questions History 7-8 March/2012
1. Give a brief description of the early growth of the Roman Empire. (Include an explanation of the Latin League (Roman League).) This is on pages 71 and 72.
2. Explain the meaning behind the expression, “A Pyrrhic victory”.
3. Make a list, in sentence form, of the policies that the Roman’s adopted that kept conquered people from wanting to rebel. (There should be eight in all. Second paragraph in column "A", on page 72.)
4. Explain why Rome looked at Carthage as an imposing force that might come against their own emerging empire.
5. Why do they call the wars with Carthage the Punic Wars?
6. Explain the events of the First Punic War. (Causes, events, outcome and effects) You may eventually find some over-lap when you go into the subsequent Punic Wars as the effects of one war often are or lead to the causes of the next war.
7. Explain Rome’s new motive for acquiring an empire.
8. Same as “5” but with the Second Punic war.
9. Same as “8” but with the Third Punic War.
10. Briefly explain the war with Macedonia and then explain the clever way that Rome “conquered” Greece.
11. Add to your map: Carthage, Spain, Africa, Syria, Egypt(or show where it should be), Palestine, and Pergamum. Don't forget that we also did the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Home work.- Answer Question # 4 and 5 above.
Period #4 English Literature 7
We answered the first and second question. We started work on questions 3 and 4.
We answered the first and second question. We started work on questions 3 and 4.
Questions for "Shelter from the Storm"
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
Home Work: Answer question #3 and 4 above.
Period #5 English Grammar 7 - There will be a Grammar Test on Unit 9 and review of 1- 8. This will be during the week of April 02 - 06.
Spelling Quiz on Monday, April 02.
Spelling Quiz on Monday, April 02.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling words 20 -25 on List # 14. Grammar Exercise "A" 95.
Period # 6 - Physical Education.
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again. I talked about diction again today. Hard words(cacophonic), soft words (Euphonic), archaic, old English, alliterative, symbolic, colourful, foreign, subject specific, cliche, slang, simple, complex, technical, connotative, formal, informal, shocking, local-isms,
Questions on The Silver Outrigger
“The Silver Outrigger” is a story of complications and suspense. The author uses descriptive words (diction) to get the reader’s interest and hold it.
1. Comment on the diction that Howard Pease uses by giving examples of his great use of adjectives.
2. Show how the author gets the rising action going in the story and keeps raising it with more coincidences, speculations, and complications.
3. Why did Rinaldo want to leave the plantation?
4. How does the author point the reader in the direction of thinking that Mr. Williamson is delusional?
5. What is pathetic fallacy and how is it used in this story?
6. What is revealed by Tod's description of Williamson? (Page 232, column “A”)
7. Explain the Jim Hart story.
8. Why does Williamson have a guilty conscience?
9. What clues are dropped to hint that this might be a “who-done-it” story rather than the ramblings of a delusional man in solitude too long? (Page 233 and 235)
10. What might lead a person to begin to suspect that Jim Hart might have been murdered?
11. What did Mr. Williamson mean when he said “You’ve given me back my life”
Home Work: Add to question one with the additional information given today in class.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
27March 2012 Tuesday, Day#5
Read the Blog every night.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Science Fair all afternoon.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like Friday.
One more spelling unit. We may do one more so we can get in another Spelling Test for the next Quarter.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Period # 7 English Literature 8 - Literature TEST on April 03
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again.
Home Work:Read over "Flatline".Read the short story "The Silver Outrigger". Answer question #1 above.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Science Fair all afternoon.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like Friday.
One more spelling unit. We may do one more so we can get in another Spelling Test for the next Quarter.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 10 - 15. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 111.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 - We will have a MAP QUIZ on Thursday. The map of Europe and Roman Empire. We will use all of the places from the blog. There are two lists on the blog - one we did at the first of this unit and the other is the last question below on this blog.
Quiz on pages 67 - 74. on Thursday, March 29.
Chapter 7.2a Questions History 7-8 March/2012
1. Give a brief description of the early growth of the Roman Empire. (Include an explanation of the Latin League (Roman League).) This is on pages 71 and 72.
2. Explain the meaning behind the expression, “A Pyrrhic victory”.
3. Make a list, in sentence form, of the policies that the Roman’s adopted that kept conquered people from wanting to rebel. (There should be eight in all. Second paragraph in column "A", on page 72.)
4. Explain why Rome looked at Carthage as an imposing force that might come against their own emerging empire.
5. Why do they call the wars with Carthage the Punic Wars?
6. Explain the events of the First Punic War. (Causes, events, outcome and effects) You may eventually find some over-lap when you go into the subsequent Punic Wars as the effects of one war often are or lead to the causes of the next war.
7. Explain Rome’s new motive for acquiring an empire.
8. Same as “5” but with the Second Punic war.
9. Same as “8” but with the Third Punic War.
10. Briefly explain the war with Macedonia and then explain the clever way that Rome “conquered” Greece.
11. Add to your map: Carthage, Spain, Africa, Syria, Egypt(or show where it should be), Palestine, and Pergamum.
Home work.- Answer Question # 4 and 5 above.
Period #4 English Literature 7 We wrote the quiz.
Questions for "Shelter from the Storm"
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
Home Work: Read "Shelter from the Storm" and answer question #2 above.
Science fair all afternoon.
Period #5 English Grammar 7 - There will be a Grammar Test on Unit 9 and review of 1- 8. This will be during the week of April 02 - 06.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling words 1 - 5 on List # 14.Grammar Exercise "A" 95.
Period # 6 - Physical Education.
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again.
Questions on The Silver Outrigger
“The Silver Outrigger” is a story of complications and suspense. The author uses descriptive words (diction) to get the reader’s interest and hold it.
1. Comment on the diction that Howard Pease uses by giving examples of his great use of adjectives.
2. Show how the author gets the rising action going in the story and keeps raising it with more coincidences, speculations, and complications.
3. Why did Rinaldo want to leave the plantation?
4. How does the author point the reader in the direction of thinking that Mr. Williamson is delusional?
5. What is pathetic fallacy and how is it used in this story?
6. What is revealed by Tod's description of Williamson? (Page 232, column “A”)
7. Explain the Jim Hart story.
8. Why does Williamson have a guilty conscience?
9. What clues are dropped to hint that this might be a “who-done-it” story rather than the ramblings of a delusional man in solitude too long? (Page 233 and 235)
10. What might lead a person to begin to suspect that Jim Hart might have been murdered?
11. What did Mr. Williamson mean when he said “You’ve given me back my life”
Home Work:Read over "Flatline".Read the short story "The Silver Outrigger". Answer question #1 above.
Monday, March 26, 2012
26 March 2012 Monday, Day #4
Read the Blog every night.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Science Fair all afternoon.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like Friday.
One more spelling unit. We may do one more so we can get in another Spelling Test for the next Quarter.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Period # 7 English Literature 8 - Literature TEST on April 03
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again.
Home Work:Read over "Flatline".Read the short story "The Silver Outrigger".
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05.
Science Fair all afternoon.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 26 - 30. It is looking like Friday.
One more spelling unit. We may do one more so we can get in another Spelling Test for the next Quarter.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling List # 15 words 10 - 15. Grammar exercise Exercise "B" on page 111.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 - We will have a MAP QUIZ next week - not on Monday. Map Quiz on Thursday. The map of Europe and Roman Empire. We will use all of the places from the blog. There are two lists on the blog - one we did at the first of this unit and the other is the last question below on this blog.
Chapter 7.2a Questions History 7-8 March/2012
1. Give a brief description of the early growth of the Roman Empire. (Include an explanation of the Latin League (Roman League).) This is on pages 71 and 72.
2. Explain the meaning behind the expression, “A Pyrrhic victory”.
3. Make a list, in sentence form, of the policies that the Roman’s adopted that kept conquered people from wanting to rebel. (There should be eight in all. Second paragraph in column "A", on page 72.)
4. Explain why Rome looked at Carthage as an imposing force that might come against their own emerging empire.
5. Why do they call the wars with Carthage the Punic Wars?
6. Explain the events of the First Punic War. (Causes, events, outcome and effects) You may eventually find some over-lap when you go into the subsequent Punic Wars as the effects of one war often are or lead to the causes of the next war.
7. Explain Rome’s new motive for acquiring an empire.
8. Same as “5” but with the Second Punic war.
9. Same as “8” but with the Third Punic War.
10. Briefly explain the war with Macedonia and then explain the clever way that Rome “conquered” Greece.
11. Add to your map: Carthage, Spain, Africa, Syria, Egypt(or show where it should be), Palestine, and Pergamum.
Home work.- Answer Question #2, 3 and 4 above.
Period #4 English Literature 7 We wrote the quiz.
Questions for "Shelter from the Storm"
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
1. Who was Martin Luther? Check him out on the internet. (BE sure that you are studying the founder of Protestant Reformation. Write a brief paragraph or list six facts (in sentence form) about his life.
2. Why did Martin's father work so hard and why was he not successful?
3. How did Martin's faith and determination provide for his education?
4. How did Luther overcome his desire to become a lawyer?
5. Explain the quotation "...great Christians are often the ones who have realized how wicked all sin really is."
6. What aspect of Christ was Luther missing when he tried to deal with his sin?
7. Why did reading the Bible for himself, change Luther's life? The church did not allow common people to read the Bible before this time.
8. As a preacher Luther was exposed to many "wrong ways" to heaven. What was the "right way" that he saw?
9. What was the second kind of storm that Luther had to stand against in this story?
Home Work: Read "Shelter from the Storm" and answer question #1 above.
Science fair all afternoon.
Period #5 English Grammar 7 - There will be a Grammar Test on Unit 9 and review of 1- 8. This will be during the week of April 02 - 06.
List # 14 - 1. alleviate, 2. misconstrue, 3. acclimatize, 4. coagulate, 5. prognosticate, 6. proximal, 7. distal, 8. recollect, 9. vulnerable, 10. disassociate, 11. ghetto, 12. gigabyte, 13.refract, 14. deluge, 15. postulate, 16. soliloquy, 17. analogue, 18. regurgitate, 19. discern, 20.promulgate, 21. immune, 22. retrospect, 23. compilation, 24. ameliorate, 25. nemesis.
LIST # 15 - 1. pragmatic, 2. expansive, 3. cunning, 4. instigator, 5. prognosis, 6. vile, 7. animosity, 8. tersely, 9. degenerate, 10. context, 11. extrapolate, 12 slur, 13. emulate, 14. relapse, 15. divine, 16. appease, 17. analogy, 18. nocturnal, 19. communal, 20. sabbatical, 21. ascertain, 22. computation, 23. connive, 24. postulate, 25. chagrin.
Home Work - Spelling words 1 - 5 on List # 14.
Period # 6 - Science Fair.
We are starting a unit on Short Stories again.
Questions on The Silver Outrigger
“The Silver Outrigger” is a story of complications and suspense. The author uses descriptive words (diction) to get the reader’s interest and hold it.
1. Comment on the diction that Howard Pease uses by giving examples of his great use of adjectives.
2. Show how the author gets the rising action going in the story and keeps raising it with more coincidences, speculations, and complications.
3. Why did Rinaldo want to leave the plantation?
4. How does the author point the reader in the direction of thinking that Mr. Williamson is delusional?
5. What is pathetic fallacy and how is it used in this story?
6. What is revealed by Tods description of Williamson? (Page 232, column “A”)
7. Explain the Jim Hart story.
8. Why does Williamson have a guilty conscience?
9. What clues are dropped to hint that this might be a “who-done-it” story rather than the ramblings of a delusional man in solitude too long? (Page 233 and 235)
10. What might lead a person to begin to suspect that Jim Hart might have been murdered?
11. What did Mr. Williamson mean when he said “You’ve given me back my life”
Home Work:Read over "Flatline".Read the short story "The Silver Outrigger".
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