Remember that scripture is due tomorrow, April 05. It must be done Thursday before you leave for the weekend.
I have early morning bus duty this week.
Tomorrow is casual day as it is the last day of the school week.
The third quarter ends on Thursday April 05. Be sure that you have any unwritten tests or quizzes completed before Wednesday, April 04. Natalya, Chantal, Ericka and Adrielle all have zeros for quizzes. Get in and write something down. Anything is better than a zero.
Grammar 8 - Grammar Test on Unit 10 and review of 1- 9 during the week of April 05.(Beka test.)
We completed our review today.
We wrote the Spelling Quiz on List # 15
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 - Study for your TEST.
Home Work - Study for your TEST.
Period #3 History 7 and 8 -
We started 7.2c on Julius Caesar.
Chapter 7.2c Questions.
1. How did Julius Caesar and Pompey work out a deal so they both came up with a win-win political situation? How did they both benefit politically?
2. What was Caesars motivation for asking for a military posting in Gaul?
3. Explain how extensive Caesar's conquests were in Europe.
4. What did Caesar write about in Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
5. Explain the story behind the saying "crossing the Rubicon".
6. What role did Caesar take as rule of Rome from 49 - 44 BC?
7. List six measures that Caesar put in place to secure his political position.
8. Explain the significance of "the Ides of March" (March 15, 44 BC).
Home work.- Answer Question 3, 4 and 5 above.
Period #4 English Literature 7 Literature Quiz on "Shelter from the Storm" and diction. JLCH quiz. Fill in blanks and short answers. To be written on Thursday, April 05.
We answered 7, 8, and 9.
We answered 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: Re-read the next short story A Song is in the Heart. Answer questions 3, 4, and 5 above.
Period #5 English Grammar 7 - There will be a Grammar Test on Unit 9 and review of 1- 8. This will be on Thursday, April 05. (BEKA test.)
Life Skills.
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.
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 - List #15 words 10 - 15. Study for test tomorrow.
Period # 6 - Physical Education
We went over the HW and read.
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 10 and 11 above.Study for the quiz.
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