Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Complete Exercise 3 on Pronouns and do the Skills Survey for the Pronoun unit.
We will read all paraphrases in class.

Vocabulary:  Quiz on all twenty of the following. You will be responsible for definitions, origins and derivatives:

Latin:
1. plico plicatum: fold;  replica, duplicate
2. scribe scrotum: write; scriptures, manuscript
3. facio factum: do, make; factory, manufacture
4. verto versum: turn; universe, vertigo
5. curro cursum: run; current, cursor
6. urbs urbis: city; urban, urbanites
7. populous: people; population, popular
8. frater fratis: brother; fraternity, friar
9. mater matris: mother; matriarch, maternal
10. pater patris: father; patriarch, patron
11. magnus: big, large, great; magnify, magnitude
12. vivo victum: live; vivid, vivacity

Greek:
1. mikros: small; microbe, microscope
2. megas: great, big, large; mega, megaphone
3. demos: the people, the citizens; democracy, democratic
4. polis: city; police, metropolis
5. pathos: feeling, suffering; pathetic, sympathy
6. autos: self: autograph, autobiography
7. thermos: heat; thermal, thermometer
8. zoon: animal; zoo, zoology

Medieval Literature:
Read "The Prologue to the Yeoman's Tale" and "The Yeoman's  Tale"
from The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer.
1. How does the "Yeoman's Tale" differ from the "Nun's Priest's Tale" read in class?
2. What is the moral of the tale?
3. How would you retell the story in modern words?
4. If you had to vote for one of the tales, which one would win your vote?

Medieval History: Read Chapters 15-17 of SWB's Medieval History and complete the study sheet.
Please some ready with your project topic. The specs are on another blog entry.

US History: Please be ready with your project topic. The specs are on a separate blog entry.
Make sure you have completed the study sheet for Chapter 4. We will review Chapters 3 and 4 in class.
Test on Oct. 21.