Period #1 Grammar 8 BEKA Quiz this week, pages 122 - 134. Tuesday, May 22.
We had Chapel and group photos this AM.
Home Work - Exercise "C" on page 133.
Period #3 History 7 + 8
BEKA Quiz on 8.1 and half of 8.2(Page 88) on Wednesday of next week. May 23.
We started 8.2 today.
BEKA Quiz on 8.1 and half of 8.2(Page 88) on Wednesday of next week. May 23.
We started 8.2 today.
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 divided the empire into two parts. He gave the West to co-emperor Maximian.
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 divided the empire into two parts. He gave the West to co-emperor Maximian.
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: Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 90. Study Trajan's contribution to the Roman Empire.
Period #4 Literature 7Literature -
We learned the terms: simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, pun, malapropism, oxymoron, paradox, pun, alliteration, irony. HW: Look for figures of speech and literary devices in "Summer Again".
Period #5 Grammar 7 Beka Quiz on pages 111 - 117 for Wednesday, May 23.
BEKA TEST on Units 8, 9 an 10 with a review of 1 - 8 scheduled for next week when we complete Unit #10.
BEKA TEST on Units 8, 9 an 10 with a review of 1 - 8 scheduled for next week when we complete Unit #10.
Probably next Thursday or Friday.
Prepositional phrases.
Home Work - . Complete exercise Exercise on page 117. Do not diagram it, just indicate the appositives, words referred to and the nouns of address.
Home Work - . Complete exercise Exercise on page 117. Do not diagram it, just indicate the appositives, words referred to and the nouns of address.
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: Figures of Speech and Lit. Dev. in "Your Love is a Song"
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