Short week next week. Tuesday morning will be first day and Mothers Club so don't forget your books.
Period #1 Grammar 8 BEKA Quiz this week, pages 122 - 134. Tuesday, May 22.
Diagramming Appositives today.
Home Work - Exercise "C" on page 133.
Period #3 History 7 + 8 Life Skills today.
BEKA Quiz on 8.1 and half of 8.2(Page 88) on Monday of next week.
BEKA Quiz on 8.1 and half of 8.2(Page 88) on Monday of next week.
Summary of 8.2 high points:
The five "Good" emperors -
Nerva - (AD 96 - 98)
Trajan - (AD 98 - 117)
Hadrian - (AD 117 - 138)
Antonius Pius - (AD 138 - 161)
Marcus Aurelius - (AD 161 - 180)
Trajan's contributions to the Roman Empire
1. He pushed the boundaries of the empire to its greatest extent.
2. He improved the government in the provinces.
3. He encouraged news roads and other public construction projects.
4. Made it illegal to be a Christian.
Commodus - AD 180 - 193 - The mad emperor. This was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire.
"Year of the five tyrants" - AD 193.
The Severan emperors - AD 193 - 211
AD 235 - 285 were 50 years of civil wars with 26 different men claiming the title of emperor.
Persecutors of Christians from 235 - 250 - Maximus Thrax and Valerian
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Contributors to the downfall of Rome:
1. The army played a larger and larger role in the selection of the governors.
2. The increases in pay for the soldiers sent taxes sky-rocketing.
3. Financial problems caused the government to reduce the actual amount of silver in the coins, thus reducing the value of the money.
4. Confidence in the monetary system and government lead to the devaluation of the currency and the economy.
5. The empire was under attack from outside forces.
Diocletian's (AD 284 - 305) attempt to strengthen the Roman government.
1. He established government price controls.
2. He reorganized the army and the government of the provinces.
3. He built new fortifications along the empires frontier borders.
4. He dividee the empire into two parts. He gave the West to co-emperor Maximiam.
BEKA Quiz on 8.1 and half of 8.2(Page 88) on Thursday or Friday of next week.
The five "Good" emperors -
Nerva - (AD 96 - 98)
Trajan - (AD 98 - 117)
Hadrian - (AD 117 - 138)
Antonius Pius - (AD 138 - 161)
Marcus Aurelius - (AD 161 - 180)
Trajan's contributions to the Roman Empire
1. He pushed the boundaries of the empire to its greatest extent.
2. He improved the government in the provinces.
3. He encouraged news roads and other public construction projects.
4. Made it illegal to be a Christian.
Commodus - AD 180 - 193 - The mad emperor. This was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire.
"Year of the five tyrants" - AD 193.
The Severan emperors - AD 193 - 211
AD 235 - 285 were 50 years of civil wars with 26 different men claiming the title of emperor.
Persecutors of Christians from 235 - 250 - Maximus Thrax and Valerian
.
Contributors to the downfall of Rome:
1. The army played a larger and larger role in the selection of the governors.
2. The increases in pay for the soldiers sent taxes sky-rocketing.
3. Financial problems caused the government to reduce the actual amount of silver in the coins, thus reducing the value of the money.
4. Confidence in the monetary system and government lead to the devaluation of the currency and the economy.
5. The empire was under attack from outside forces.
Diocletian's (AD 284 - 305) attempt to strengthen the Roman government.
1. He established government price controls.
2. He reorganized the army and the government of the provinces.
3. He built new fortifications along the empires frontier borders.
4. He dividee the empire into two parts. He gave the West to co-emperor Maximiam.
BEKA Quiz on 8.1 and half of 8.2(Page 88) on Thursday or Friday of next week.
We start Unit 8.2 tomorrow.
HW: Read over 8.2.
Period #4 Literature 7Literature -
We learned the terms: simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, pun, malapropism, oxymoron, paradox, pun, alliteration, irony. HW: Secure a copy of the poem "Summer Again" by the Afters.
Period #5 Grammar 7 Beka Quiz on pages 111 - 117 for Friday, May 18.
BEKA TEST on Units 8, 9 an 10 with a review of 1 - 8 scheduled for this week when we complete Unit #10.
BEKA TEST on Units 8, 9 an 10 with a review of 1 - 8 scheduled for this week when we complete Unit #10.
Home Work - Read over page 116.
Period #6 -.Phys. Ed.
Period #7 - Literature 8 Literature
Your Love Is a Song - Switchfoot. Rhyme pattern, rhythm and meter. "The Shadow Proves the Sunshine" - apostrophe, irony, symbolism, rhetorical questions,
HW: Procure a copy of "Your Love is a Song".
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