Pilgrim Progress Prompts

Your paper is not due until later, but you may want to start this essay and have a rough draft option.

 Write a 600-800 word essay on one of the following. MLA format is required. Please use examples from the work and any outside source you may find.


1. How do the allegorical names contribute to the plot of Pilgrim's Progress? If the characters had real names, would it change the story?

2. In the second part of the book, Great-heart kills three giants: Maul,
Despair, and Slay-good. What does each giant represent in the allegory and why must each be destroyed? Use scripture to support your statements.

Tuesday Morning

Merry Christmas. I hope you will all take time to worship the God of Christmas.

Literature: You do not have a lot of homework. I will accept "Our Town" papers until Friday.

 US History:No history reading.

Please make sure you come to class with a copy of The Old Man and the Sea.

I will see you all on January 6.

God bless,
Mrs. Fowler

Thursday afternoon

Thank you to Mrs. McDaniel for joining us in class.

Vocabulary: Please continue to review the Greek and Latin roots.

Literature: Read 50 more pages of Pilgrim's Progress. Also, create a timeline of the journey of Christina's wife and family to compare to his.
You guys did a great job on the illustrations today.

Next week is our Christmas Party. We will have regular class for about one hour and then stop for the party. Please bring a small snack to share and a white elephant gift if you would like to participate in the gift exchange. We plan to stay until 4 o'clock.

God bless you all!!!

Thursday morning

Vocabulary: Please continue to study your vocabulary words.

Literature:  Write a 600-800 word rough draft of one of the following: ( MLA)

1. Was Thornton Wilder's view of small town living positive or negative? Use specifics from "Our Town" to defend your argument.

2. Discuss the character of the stage manager in the play. How did he fit into the life of the play? Use specific examples from the play.


US History: Test on Chapters 7 and 8. You must also be able to write the Preamble to the Constitution. Use your study sheet.

We will meet at our regular time for class. If you would like to bring snacks to share, that is fine.

God bless you all.

Wednesday girls

Vocabulary: Please continue to review your Greek and Latin roots.

Literature: I know we are all getting weary of Mr. Bunyan, but please read 50 more pages of Pilgrim's Progress. As you read the journey of Christian's wife and family, please make a timeline to compare with Christian's journey.


Next week will be our last class before Christmas. We are going to meet for an hour of class and make our way to Chick-fil-a to share a holiday lunch. Mrs. Raisch has offered to drive with me to transport everyone. All moms are invited to join us. I will contact all of you soon.

God bless and Merry Christmas!!!

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary: Continue to review all vocabulary words. We will resume after the Christmas break.

Literature: Answer all questions on study sheet for Act III of "Our Town".

Rough draft review for those who turn in papers next week.

Write a 600-800 word essay (MLA) on one of the following:

1. Is Thornton Wilder's view of small town life positive or negative? Discuss and use specific examples from the text.

2. Discuss the character of the stage manager. How does he fit into the life of the play? Use specific examples from the book.

US History:  Test on Chapters 7 and 8. Use your study sheet. Also, be ready to write the preamble to the Constitution. It will be part of the test!!


Please remember that we will celebrate in class. Please remember your assigned snacks and your white elephant gift if you choose to participate.

Thursday afternoon

On Thursday, December 17th, we will meet until 4 p.m. for our Christmas party. Details will be announced next week at class.

Vocabulary: Continue your own review of Greek and Latin roots. No quiz this week.

Literature: Read the next 50 pages of Pilgrim's Progress. I would like all the reading completed before Christmas.

Please remember " Socks for Romania".

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary: Continue your own review of all vocabulary words. NO quiz this week.

Literature: Read the remainder of Act I and Act II of "Our Town". Complete the study questions you received in class.

US History: Read Chapter 8 and answer all Section review questions.

We are collecting money for " Socks in Romania". If you would like to donate, I will have the bag available on Thursday.

Christmas is almost here. Please remember the reason for all the celebrating!!!

Wednesday Girls

Vocabulary: Continue to review cards for Greek and Latin root words.

Literature: Read 50 more pages of Pilgrims Progress.  My goal is to finish by Christmas.

Tuesday morning

If you are interested in donating to"Socks for Romania", please do so in the next two weeks.

Vocabulary: Continue to review first semester words.

Literature: Read Act II of "Our Town" and answer questions for Act I and Act II on study sheet.

US History: Read Chapter 8 and answer all questions for the Section Reviews.

Christmas plans TBA.

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: No quiz next week. Please begin your review of root words studied so far.

Literature: Read the next 50  in Pilgrim's Progress.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thursday morning

No vocabulary quiz. Please begin a formal review of words studied so far.

Literature: Finish reading Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Bring copy of "Our Town" to class.


Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Wednesday girls

Please have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Read 50 more pages in The Pilgrim's Progress.

God bless you all,
Mrs. Fowler

Tuesday morning

Please have a great holiday. Your only assignment is to read the rest of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Please bring "Our Town" to class after Thanksgiving.

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: NO Quiz this week. Please bring your cards to class. We will begin our review.


Literature:
If I do not have your story. It is due!!
 Read pages 1-50 in Pilgrim's Progress. You may need to make a character list.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary: No quiz this week. We will review all words to this date.

Literature: Read Chapters 31-34 in Uncle Tom's Cabin. If you have time, read on.
Complete your fictional work. It is due!

Please make sure you have a copy of "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.

US History: Projects are due. You will present on Thursday!!!

Wednesday gilrs

Vocabulary:No quiz this week, Please begin your big review and bring your cards to class.

Literature: Read the first 50 pages of Pilgrim's Progress.

 God bless you all.

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary: NO quiz. Please begin your own review of all the words to date.

Literature: Correct your papers. Final drafts are due on Tuesday. Please be mindful of your conversation punctuation.

Read Chapters 31-34 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Please make sure you have a copy of " Our Town" by Thorton Wilder.

US History: Project are due!!!

No class on November 24.

Thursday afternoon.

Vocabulary: QUIZ!!!

Latin:
1. cors. cordis: heart
2. dorsum: back
3. mons, montis: mountain
4. humus: earth
5. folium: leaf
6. sal. salis: salt
7. mare: sea, ocean

Greek:

1. athlon: prize, award
2. agon: contest, struggle
3. dromos: race course


Literature: Finish your stories. Send them to me when you are finished.
Read the Apology of Pilgrim's Progress.

 Please remember Socks for Romania.

Thursday morning

Vocabulary: Quiz.

1. amity: a cordial disposition; state of friendship
2. bucolic: relating to shepherds or herdsmen
3. candid: openly straightforward and direct
4. clairvoyant: foreseeing the future
5. copious: large in number or quantity
6. deplete: use or exhaust resources
7. entourage: the group following or attending to an important person
8. expedite: process fast and efficiently
9. furtive: marked by quiet, caution and secrecy
10. glean: gather, as of natural products, to pick over in search of relevant materials


 Literature: Read Chapters 25-31 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
 Work on your short stories. Send me anything you would like.

US History: Read Chapter 7 and answer all the section review questions.
Projects are due Nov. 19!!

Wednesday girls

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

Latin:
1. cors, cordis: heart
2. dorsum: back
3. mons, montis: mountain
4. humus: earth
5. folium: leaf
6. sal. salis: salt
7. mare: sea

Greek:
1. athlon: prize, award
2. agon: contest, struggle
3. dromos: race course

Literature: Finish your stories. Send them to me when you are finished.
Read the "apology" for Pilgrim's Progress.

Please remember Socks for Romania.

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

1. amity: a cordial disposition; state of friendship
2. bucolic: relating to shepherds or herdsman
3. candid: openly straightforward and direct
4. clairvoyant: foreseeing the future
5. copious: large in number or quantity
6. deplete: use or exhaust resources
7. entourage: the group following and attending to an important person
8. expedite: process fast and efficiently
9. furtive: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
10. glean: gather, as of natural products, to pick over in search of relevant materials


Literature: Read to Chapter 25-31 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
As soon as you have something to read of your fictional work, please send it to me.

US History: Read Chapter 7 and answer the section reviews.
History projects are due on November 17!!

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary:

Greek:
1. schole: leisure, free time
2. iatros: doctor. physician
3. holos: whole, entire, complete
4. rhinos: snout, nose
5. derma: skin, hide, shell

Latin:

1, ludo, lusus: play, mock
2. medicus: physician
3. sanus: healthy. not diseased
4. cornu: horn
5. cutis: skin, hide


Literature: Work on your original story. Have your rough draft ready next week.

Please make sure you have a copy of Pilgrim's Progress.

Thursday morning

Vocabulary:

1. abdicate: to cast off or relinquish
2. affable: friendly; outgoing disposition
3. burgeon: grow and flourish
4. chagrin: strong feelings of embarrassment
5. confide: reveal in private
6. distend: swell from internal pressure
7. gregarious: enjoying the company of others
8. husbandry: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
9. hybrid: mixed offspring
10. incite: to provoke


Literature: Read Chapters 20-23 of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Write the rough draft of your story.

US History: Projects are due November 19.
Test on Chapters 5 and 6.

Wednesday girls

Vocabulary:

Greek:

1. schole: leisure, free time
2. iatros: doctor, physician
3. holos: whole, entire, complete
4. rhinos: nose, snout
5. derma: skin, hide, shell

Latin:
1. ludo, lusus: play mock
2. medicus: physician
3. sanus: healthy, not diseased
4. cornu: horn
5. cutis: skin, hide


Literature: 
Read " The Lady or the Tiger"
Compete the rough draft of your original story.
Please make sure you have a copy of Pilgrim's Progress.

Please remember to hand your grade reports to your mom.

Socks for Romania-- Our Christmas project!!!

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

1. abdicate: to cast off or relinquish.
Prince Albert decided to abdicate the throne to marry a commoner.
2. affable:  friendly: outgoing disposition.
Her affable personality helped her be a better salesperson.
3. burgeon: grow and flourish
The fertilizer caused the plants to burgeon.
4. chagrin: strong feeling of embarrassment
Much to his chagrin, he forgot his lines in the play.
5. confide: reveal in private.
The young wife would only confide in her husband.
6. distend: swell from internal pressure.
His abdomen began to distend after his surgery.
7. gregarious: enjoying of other's company
The gregarious young man was always in the student center.
8. husbandry: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
You can study animal husbandry at Clemson.
9. hybrid: mixed offspring.
The hybrid flowers were beautiful.
10. incite: to provoke
The patriots used propaganda to incite the citizens.


Literature:

Read Chapters 20-23 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Work on your original work of fiction. You need something on paper this week.

US History: Test next week on Chapters 5 and 6. Use your study sheet!
History project are due November 17.

Thursday Afternoon

Vocabulary: Quiz on all 30 Greek and Latin root words. Please make sure you know definitions, derivatives and origins.

Literature: Read "The Lady or the Tiger".
Create a working outline for your work of fiction. You will begin writing the text next week.

Please make sure you have a copy of Pilgrims Progress.

Thursday morning

Thank you all for your understanding for the cancellation of class. My mom is stable and feeling better.
I want to make sure we do not get behind, so I am going to do my best to pass along all the information you need.


Vocabulary:  I have added a sentence to help with the usage of each word.

1. fidelity: the quality of being faithful. The fidelity of the couple aided their successful marriage.

2. frugal: avoiding waste. The frugal young wife was able to build the couple's savings.

3. futile: producing no result or effect. It was futile to try and reason with the toddler.

4. guile: the use of tricks to deceive someone. The villain in the story was full of guile.

5. hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration. The author's use of hyperbole made the novel unbelievable.

6. idiosyncratic: peculiar to the individual. The FBI was able to use the idiosyncratic habits of the criminal to identify him.

7. insolent: marked by casual disrespect. Insolent remarks from teenagers are not tolerated in the school.

8. irrefutable: impossible to deny or disprove. Evidence that is irrefutable is essential in a court case.

9. jargon: a characteristic language of a particular group. The young people's jargon was hard for others to understand.

10. jocular: with humor/ characterized by jokes and good humor. The jocular personality of the girl made her popular among her friends.

Literature: Read Chapters 15-19 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Create a working outline for your work of fiction. Please keep Freytag in mind.

History: Review Chapter 6 and complete study sheet. I am going to email it to each of you.
Projects are due November 19.

Wednesday morning

Vocabulary: Test on all 30 root words. You must know definitions, derivatives and origins.

Literature: Read "The Rules of the Game".
Develop your outline for your work of fiction. Please come ready to share and for the next step in the process.

Please make sure you have a copy of Pilgrims Progress.

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary:

1. fidelity: the quality of being faithful. The fidelity of the couple aided their successful marriage.

2. frugal: avoiding waste. The frugal young wife was able to build the couple's savings.

3. futile: producing no result or effect; unproductive of success. It was futile to try and reason with the toddler.

4. guile: the use of tricks to deceive someone. The villain in the story was full of guile.

5. hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration.  The author's use of hyperbole made the book unbelievable.

6. idiosyncratic: peculiar to the individual. The FBI was able to use the idiosyncratic habits of the criminal to identify him.

7. insolent: marked by casual disrespect. Insolent remarks from teenagers are not tolerated in the school.

8. irrefutable: impossible to deny or disprove. Evidence that is irrefutable is essential in a court case.

9. jargon: a characteristic language of a particular group. The young people's jargon was hard for others to understand.

10. jocular: with humor/ characterized by jokes and good humor. The jocular personality of the girl made her popular among her peers.


Literature: Read Chapters 15-19 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Create a working outline for your work of fiction. Please keep Freytag in mind.

History: Review Chapter 6 and finish study sheet.
Projects are due November 17!!

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: No test next week, but add these following to your review:

Greek:
1. peri: around; perimeter
2. theos: god; theology
3. anthropos: man, mankind; anthropology
4. pais, paidos: child; pediatrician


Latin:
1. deus: god; deity
2. divinis: god-like; divine
3. homo, homonis: man, human being; human
4. vir: man, manly; virtue
5. femina: woman; female
6. infans, infantis: inability to speak; infant


Literature: Begin working on your own character for your work of fiction. Be ready to share.
Read the following short stories:

" The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by Stephen Crane
" Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan

Thursday Morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary: NO voacbulary this week.

Literature: Read Chapters 8-14 in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Watch for HBS's parallell plots.
Begin to delvelop your own character for your work of fiction.

US History:  Read Chapter 6 of BJU US History. Answer all Section Reviw questions.
Project topics are due nest week!!

Wednesday Girls

Vocabulary: No test this week, but review these words.

Greek:
1. peri: around; perimeter
2. theos: god; theology
3. anthropos: man, mankind; anthropology
4. pais, paidos: child; pediatrician

Latin:
1. deus: god. deity
2. divinis: god-like; divine
3. homo, homonis: man, human; human
4. vir: man, manly; virtue
5. femina: woman; female
6. infans, infantis: inability to speak; infant


Literature: Find and read the following short stories:

1. "Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry
2. " The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
3. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by Stephen Crane

Begin to develop your own character. Please be ready to share.

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary: No quiz or review this week.

Literature: Read Chapters 8-14 of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Begin working on a work of fiction. Please think of a character and be ready to share time, setting and general idea next week. This work will be due at the end of the novel.

History: Read Chapter 6 and answer all Section Review questions. Please be ready for project topics next week.

History Projects

2015 History Projects are due on November 17 and 19.

Choose a person, event or other interest from Chapters 1-10 of your text. Conduct 5-6 hours of research and choose one of the following to present your project:

1. Create a timeline using people, dates. and events from Chapters 1-10 of the text. You must have a least 30 entries on your timeline. You will need to be familiar enough with your material to share in class.

2. Prepare a powerpoint presentation on your topic, and using your research be ready to share with the class. You must present at least 20 frames to reflect your work.

3. Create an artistic representation of your topic based on your research. It may be a song, sculpture, painting, drawing or a meal. It should be shared with the class and accompanied by a 500-600 word paper to support your work.

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Please continue to review. NO quiz next week.

Latin:
1. omnis: each, every, all; omnioptent
2. ambi: on both sides; ambidextrous
3. malus: bad, ugly, evil; malice
4. e-ex: out of, beyond; exit
5. arcus: bow, arc; archery
6. circum: around about; circumference

Greek:
1. amphi: both; amphibian
2. eu: well, good, pleasant; eulogy
3. archos: chief, principal; archbishop
4. kyklos: ring, circle, wheel; cycle




Literature: Please make corrections on your Jungle Book essay if you have not already done so.
Read the following short stories:
" The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
" The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
" Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry

Please write a couple of sentences in response to each. Bring to class with your poetry responses.

Thursday morning

Thank you to Brooke's family for hosting us today. We are grateful.

Vocabulary: Review and be ready for vocabulary test. Use study sheet to study.

Literature: Correct your Scarlet Letter essays and turn in the final draft next week. Please attach rough draft to your final.
Read Chapters 1-7 of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

US History: Read Chapter 5 in BJU US History. Answer all questions of the Section reviews and quizzes.
Do your individual research for your group question.

History projects are due November 19. Please see separate blog entry for specs. Look for History Project".

Wednesday girls

Vocabulary: Review the following:

Latin:
1. omnis: each, every, all; omnipotent
2. ambi: on both sides, around; ambidextrous
3. malus; bad, ugly, evil;malice
4. e-ex: out of. beyond; exit
5. arcus: bow, arc; archery
6. circum: around, about; circumference

Greek:
1. amphi: both; amphibian
2. eu: well. good. pleasant; eulogy
3. archos: chief, principal; archbishop
4. kyklos: ring, circle, wheel; cycle

Literature: Read the four poems from class. Write a few sentences in reflection of each.
 Make your corrections on your Kipling essay. Please return rough draft with final.
It was fun writing poetry with all of you.

Tuesday Morning

Vocabulary: Quiz next week on the handout given and reviewed in class.

Literature: Make corrections to your Scarlet Letter essays. Please turn in both final and rough draft next week.
Read Chapters 1-7 of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

History: Choose topic for history project.
Read Chapter 5 and do research for your group's assignment.

 Specs will be posted on a separate blog entry. Look for "History project".

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: Review these root words. No quiz.

Latin:
1. canis: dog; canine
2. feles: cat; feline
3. equus: horse; equestrian
4. caballus: horse: horse; cavalry
5. porcus: pig, swine. hog;   pork
6. avis: bird; aviation
7. grex, gregis; flock. herd; congregation

Greek:
1. leon: lion; lion
2. hippos: horse; hippopotamus
3. ornis, ornithos: bird; ornithology

Literature: I want to put a hold on more Jonathan Swift for the time period.
I would like for to find and read the following poems:

"If" by Rudyard Kipling
"A Sunset" by Victor Hugo
" Hymn of Trust" by Oliver Wendell Holmes
" My Lost YOuth" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Write two or three sentences on each poem about what you think the poet is saying.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary: No quiz this week. Please review all words for class.

 Literature:   Read Hawthorne's "The Birthmark". Write a one page reaction paper to this story. Please use first person.

 Please make sure you have a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin.


US History:  Test on Chapters 3 and 4.
Projects coming.

Wednesday Morning

Vocabulary:

 Review the following. No quiz.

Latin:
1.  canis- dog;  canine
2. feles: cat;   feline
3. equus: horse;  equestrian
4. caballus: horse;  cavalry
5. porcus: pig, swine, hog: pig;  pork
6. avis: bird; aviation
7. grex, gregis: flock, herd, group; congregation


Greek:
1. leon: lion;   lion
2. hippos: horse;  hippopotamus
3. ornis, ornithos: bird; ornithology


Literature: Read Jonathan Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput".
Watch for Swift's satire and political statements.

Tuesday Mornings

Thank you to Mrs. Keith for being with us today.

Vocabulary: No vocabulary quiz. Please review vocabulary review sheet.

Literature: Read Hawthorne's story "The Birthmark".
Please make sure you have a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The rough drafts of your papers will be ready for you next week.


US History: Test on Chapter 3 and 4. Use your study sheet.

Thursday Afternoon

Thank you to Mrs. Mc Nair for helping us in class.

No vocabulary this week.
I will be reading your papers and I will return them for revision.

Literature: Read  "A Voyage to Lilliput" from Gulliver's Travels.
Watch for these things as you read:

1. Why did Gulliver take his trip?
2. Who did he meet on the way?
3. What obstacles did he encounter?
4. What do think Swift was saying about the "egg cracking" dispute?

Research Jonathan Swift this week. Please be ready to discuss his family background and his politics.
Was he successful during his lifetime?
Was he influential with his writing?
Did he influence change with his writing?

Thursday Morning

Vocabulary: Please review all vocabulary words up to this point. They are all listed on the former blogs. You should find four lists. We will review all in class.


Literature: 
Write a 700-800 word essay on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. This will be your rough draft. Please bring it to class ready for a review.
Choose from one of the following:

1. What was harder in the book? public or private guilt? Give specific examples.
2. Compare and contrast the present view of adultery to that of a Puritan society. How is it exhibited in The Scarlet Letter?
3. What was the significance of "the scarlet letter"? What did it mean to Hester? What did it mean to the community? Give specific examples from the book.

 ****We will look at " The Birthmark" in class. If you have a copy in your book, please bring it. I will have some handouts.

US History:  Read Chapter 4 of BJU's US History. Answer all questions in the Section Reviews.

Wednesday Morning Girls

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

Greek:
1. peri: around
2. theos: god
3. anthropos: man, mankind, humankind
4. pais, paidos: child

Latin:
1. deus: god
2. divinis: god-like
3. homo, homonis: man, human-being
4. vir: manly, masculine
5. femina: woman
6. infans. infantis: inability to speak


Literature:

Write a 600-700 word essay on one of the following:
( Your rough draft will be due next week).

1. Foreshadowing is used by Kipling throughout The Jungle Book. Give three examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to tell the events yet to come.

2. Compare and contrast the wolf pack's mistrust of Mowgli and the loyalty of Mowgli's friends, Baloo and Bagheera.

3. Compare and contrast Mowgli's life in the village compared to life in the jungle.

Tuesday Morning

Thanks to Mrs. Malphrus for being with us today.  We were grateful for your presence!

Vocabulary:  Quiz next week.

1. fallow: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons.
2. fastidious: giving careful attention to detail
3. foster: help grow
4. garner: store grain; assemble or get together
5. generic: any product that can be sold without a brand name
6. glib: marked by a lack of intellectual depth
7. grotto: small cave
8. hiatus: an interruption in time
9. hone: make perfect or complete
10. hinder: put at a disadvantage


Literature: Write a 700-800 essay on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Choose from one of the following:

1. What was harder in the book, public or private guilt? Give specific examples.
2. Compare the present view of adultery to that of a Puritan society. How is it exhibited in The Scarlet Letter?
3. What was the significance of "the scarlet letter"? What did it mean to Hester? What did it mean to the community? Give specific examples from the text.

 This will be your rough draft, but it must be a complete paper.

******* We will look at "The Birthmark" in class. If you have a copy in your book, please bring it.
 I will have some handouts.

US History:
Read Chapter 4 of BJU US History. Answer the questions for each Section Review.
Also, go online and listen to the sermon called, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".

Thursday Afternoon Class

Thank you to Mr. Snyder today. We appreciate your presence.

Vocabulary:

 Latin:
1. omnis: each, every, all
2. ambi: on both sides
3. malus: bad, ugly, evil
4. e-ex: out of, beyond
5. arcus: bow, arc
6. circum: around, about

Greek:
1. amphi: both
2. eu: well, good, pleasant
3. archos: chief, principal
4. kyklos: ring, circle, wheel

Literature:  Choose one essay prompt and write a 600-800 word essay.
Your rough draft will be due on Thursday. It must be complete.
Use examples from Kipling's writing.

1. Foreshadowing is used by Kipling throughout The Jungle Book. Give three examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to tell the events yet to come.

2. Compare and contrast the wolf pack's mistrust of Mowgli and the loyalty if Mowgli's friends, Baloo and Bagheera.

3. Compare and contrast Mowgli's life in the village compared to life in the jungle.

Prompts taken from Bookrags.com

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary:  Quiz this week.

1. edict: proclamation having the force of law
2. erudite: well read or esteemed for knowledge
3. extol: praise, glorify, or honor
4. evanescent: tendency to vanish like a vapor
5. daunt: cause to lose
6. decorous: dignified in conduct or manners
7. distain: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
8. docile: easily handled or managed
9. dubious: not convinced; fraught with uncertainty or doubt
10. censure: rebuke formally

Literature:  Finish reading The Scarlet Letter.
Is Hester the first American heroine?

US History:
Read Chapter 3 and answer all Section Review or Quiz questions.

Research: Who was Charles Willson Peale?

Wednesday morning girls

I missed being with you the entire time today. I know you enjoyed your capable substitutes. Thanks to Mrs. Leha and Nicole!!

Vocabulary:

Latin:
1. omnis: each, every , all
2. ambi: on both sides
3. malus: bad, ugly, evil
4. e-ex: out of. beyond
5. arcus: bow, arc
6. circum: around, about

Greek:
1. amphi: both
2. eu: well, good, pleasant
3. archos: chief, principal
4. kyklos: ring, circle, wheel


Literature: Read "Rikki Tikki Tavi".
 Complete your character charts. Please come ready to share next week.

Tuesday Morning class

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

1. edict: proclamation having the force of law
2. erudite: well read or esteemed for knowledge.
3. extol: praise, glorify, or honor
4. evanescent: tendency to vanish like a vapor
5. daunt: cause to lose something.
6. decorous: dignified in conduct or manners.
7. distain: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
8. docile: easily handled or managed
9. dubious: not convinced; fraught with uncertainty or doubt
10. censure: rebuke formally



Literature:  Finish reading The Scarlet Letter.
Is Hester the first American heroine?

US History: Read Chapter 3 and answer the Section Reviews.


Research: Who was Charles Willson Peale?

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

Latin:
1. deus: god
2. divinis: god-like
4. homo, hominis: man, human being
5. vir: man, manly
6. femina: woman
7. infans, infantis: inability to speak


Greek:
1. peri: around
2. theos: god
3. anthropos: man, mankind


Literature:  Read " Rikki Tikki Tavi".
Create a character chart with 4 main characters from Kipling's stories with their attributes and examples of each. Follow directions given in class.


Please make sure you have a copy of the Gulliver's Travels stories.

Thursday Morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary:

1. accolade: tangible symbol of approval or distinction
2. atrophy: any weakening or degeneration
3. bane: something to cause misery or death
4. blunder: an embarrassing mistake
5. brevity: the attribute of being brief or fleeting
6. callous: emotionally hardened
7. capitulate:surrender under agreed conditions
8. clemency: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders of a rule or law
9. credence: the attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
10. cupidity: greed and strong desire or wealth

Literature: 
Read Chapters 11-20 in The Scarlet Letter.
Create a character chart with Hester, Chillingworth, and Dimesdale.
Include their attributes and examples.

Wednesday Morning Girls

It was so nice to meet and see all of you today. I am very excited about our class.
Here are your assignments for next week:


Vocabulary:  Quiz next week. I would strongly suggest making flash cards.

Latin:                                             Greek:
1. canis : dog                                          1. leon: lion
2. feles: cat                                              2. hippos: horse
3. equus: horse                                        3. ornis, ornithos:  bird        
4. caballus: horse
5. porcus: pig, hog, swine
6. avis: bird
7. grex. gregis: flock, herd, group


Vocabulary: Read the following stories in The Jungle Book for next week:

"Toomai of the Elephants"
"The Miracle of Purun Bhagat"
"How Fear Came"
" Her Majesty's Servants"
If one of these chapters in not in your text, you can probably find it online.


Katie,
These are the chapters from last week:

" Mowgli"s Brothers"
" Kaa's Hunting"
" Tiger- Tiger"
"The White Seal"

Tuesday Beaufort Class

Vocabulary:  Quiz next week.
1. accolade: tangible symbol of approval or distinction
2. atrophy: any weakening or degeneration
3. bane: something to cause misery or death
4. blunder: an embarrassing mistake
5. brevity: the attribute of being brief or fleeting
6. callous: emotionally hardened
7. capitulate: surrender under agreed conditions
8. clemency: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders of a rule or law
9. credence: the attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
10. cupidity: greed and strong desire for wealth


Literature:
Read Chapters 11-20 in The Scarlet Letter. 
Be prepared to discuss characters and his/her qualities.

US History: Test on Chapters 1 and 2 of text. Use study sheet and book for prep.

Specs for projects coming soon.

Thursday Afternoon

Vocabulary:   Quiz next week.

Latin:
1. omnis:  each, every, all
2. ambi:  on both sides, around
3. malus:  bad, ugly, evil
4. e-ex:  out of, beyond, from
5. arcus:  how, arc
6. circum: around, about


Greek:
1. amphi: both
2. eu: well, good, pleasant
3. archos: chief, principal
4. kyklos: ring, circle, wheel

Literature:
Read the following chapters of the Jungle Book:

" Toomai of the Elephants"
"Servants of the Queen"
" How Fear Came"
" The Miracle of Puran Bhagat"


Research: Are there wolves in Africa?

Thursday morning

Vocabulary:  Quiz next week.

1. Abjure: to formally reject a belief
2. Abrogate: to abolish
3. Acumen: keen insight ( discernment)
4. Antebellum: before the war ( especially the American Civil War)
5. Auspicious: promising success
6. Abstemious: moderate in eating and drinking
7. Belie: to be in contradiction ( misrepresent)
8. Bellicose: eager to fight
9. Bowdlerize: to remove objectionable material from a written work
10. Chicanery: artful deception

Literature:  Read Chapters 3-10 in  The Scarlet Letter.
Keep in mind our question about Hester.


US History:  Read Chapter 2 in  BJU US History.
Please answer all questions in Section Reviews and Quizzes.

Research: Find the names of the 8 Lord Proprietors of SC.


I missed those of you who were sick today. I hope feel better soon.

I will keep you informed about the building situation.

Wednesday morning

Ladies,

I am so sorry that we will not be able to gather tomorrow. I want to stay on track with your reading, so please read the following in The Jungle Book:

" Mowgli's Brothers"
" Kaa's Hunting"
" Tiger-Tiger"
" The White Seal"

God bless you all. I will see you next week.
Mrs. Fowler

Tuesday Morning

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

1. abjure: to formally reject a belief
2. abrogate: to abolish
3. acumen: keen insight  (discernment)
4. antebellum: before the war ( usually the US Civil War)
5. auspicious: promising success
6. abstemious: moderate in eating and drinking
7. belie: to be in contradiction ( misrepresent)
8. bellicose: eager to fight
9. bowdlerize: to remove objectionable material from a written work
10. chicanery: artful deception


Literature:  Read Chapters 3-10 in  The Scarlet Letter. Keep in mind our question about Hester. Is she the first American heroine?

US History:
Read Chapter 2 of BJU US History. Answer all section review questions.

Research: Find the names of the 8 Lord Proprietors of SC.

History projects coming soon!!

Thursday afternoon ( Beaufort)

Thank you for your attendance today. It was fun.

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

Latin:
1. canis: dog
2. feles: cat
3. equus: horse
4. caballus: horse
5. porcus: pig
6. avis: bird
7. grex gregis: flock, herd


Greek:
1. leon: lion
2. hippos: horse
3. ornis ornithos: bird

Literature:
Read the following parts to Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
" Mowgli's Brothers"
" Kaa's Hunting"
" Tiger-Tiger"
" The White Seal"

Research:
Identify all the rain forests in the world. Bring a map if possible.

Thursday Morning ( Bluffton)

Thank you so much to the Behrens family for hosting us today. I think it was a nice beginning.


Vocabulary quiz next week.

1. analyze: examine in detail
2. compose: write or create
3. correlate: have a mutual relationship or connection
4. critical: expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements
5. determine: cause (something) to occur in a particular way
6. differentiate: recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different
7. engage: occupy, attract, or involve
8. emerge: become apparent, important, or prominent
9. evolve: develop gradually, especially from a simple form to a more complex form
10. infer: deduce or conclude ( information) from evidence
11. omit: leave out or exclude
12. precede: come before something in time
13. redundant: not or no longer needed or useful
14. reflect: throw back without absorbing it
15. relevant: closely connected or appropriate

Literature: Read "Custom House" and Chapters 1 and 2 of The Scarlet Letter.
Make a note of any unfamiliar word.
Keep in mind our question, "Is Hester the first American heroine?"

US History: Map quiz on the Thirteen colonies.
Read Chapter 1 in BJU US History and answer all the questions for the section review or section quizzes.

Research: What was the Proclamation line of 1763?
European ships of 1300's and 1400's.

Tuesday Morning Class

It was so nice to see you all this morning. I hope you are ready to get back in the swing of school.
My email on the board was incorrect. The correct address is srfowler79@gmail.com.

Your assignments are as follows:


Vocabulary: Quiz next Tuesday.

1. analyze: examine in detail
2. compose: write or create
3. correlate: have a mutual relationship or connection
4. critical: expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements
5. determine: cause (something) to occur in a particular way
6. differentiate: recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different
7. engage: occupy, attract or involve
8. emerge: become apparent, important, or prominent
9. evolve: develop gradually, especially from a simple form to a more complex form
10. infer: deduce or conclude( information) from evidence
11. omit: leave out or exclude
12. precede: come before something in time
13. redundant: not or no longer needed or useful
14. reflect: throw back without absorbing it
15. relevant: closely connected or appropriate


Literature: Read "Custom House" and Chapters 1 and 2 of The Scarlet Letter.
Make a note of any word you do not know.
Keep in mind our question,"Is Hester the first American heroine?"


US History: Thirteen colony map quiz.
Read Chapter 1 in BJU US History. Answer in your notebook all of the "Section Reviews" for the first chapter. We will review all of the answers in class.

2015-2016 Book Lists

10-12 Graders
Classical/ American Literature

September: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
                   Short stories by Hawthorne (I will provide a handout)


October: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
 
November: Our Town by Thornton Wilder

December: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

January : Frankenstein by Mary Shelly  (This is not an American author)
                "Essays on the Conduct of Life" by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( handouts)

February: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

March: My Antonia by Willa Cather

April: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

May: original work


US History: Bob Jones US History
I have the third edition, but they are so much alike it shouldn't make any difference.






8th and 9th Grade
Late Renaissance/ Early Modern Literature

September: The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
                   " Rikki Tikki Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling ( internet download will work)

October: "A Voyage to Lilliput" and ' A Voyage to Brobdingnag" by Jonathan Swift
               These are selections form Gulliver's Travels

November: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan ( please make sure this is unabridged)

December: " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and " Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving

January: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

February: Persuasion by Jane Austen

March: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

April: Poetry unit

May: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne




     

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: Take your "C" list and mark all the words you do not recognize. Please be ready to share.

 Literature: Read pages 1-99 of The Red Scarf Girl. We will continue in class.

Next week is our last week. I will be available until four o'clock for you guys to play volleyball.
I think we decided that everyone would bring a snack to share.


I will have your grade reports ready.
God bless.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Grammar: No grammar homework.

Vocabulary: Take your "C" list and mark all the words you do not recognize. Please be ready to share.

Medieval Literature: Read the last section of King Arthur. I would also like for you to read Act 4 of "Romeo and Juliet". Please bring your copy to class.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 80, 81 and 82 of SWB's Medieval History.

Next week will be our last class. I will have grade reports ready.
God bless you all.

Tuesday classes

Next week is our last class. We will work for a short while to finish our material.

Vocabulary: Please review your "C" list. Highlight each word you do not know.

Medieval Literature: FInish the King Arthur book.
Bring "Romeo and Juliet" to class.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 80, 81 and 82 or if you are reading the text, please read any article about the First Crusade and the events that led to it.

US History: Read Chapter 25 for homework.

I will have grade reports ready for class next week.
Congratulations to Zachary and Autumn as they graduate.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: Review your "B' list and highlight every word you do not know. Be ready to share. We will look at the " C' list in class.

Literature: Finish reading  Air Raid  and bring Red Scarf Girl to class.

 I will bring snacks.

Thursday class

Grammar: Please bring your grammar book to class. We will try to finish Pattern 3 together.

Vocabulary: Please highlight any word on your " B" list you do not know and be ready to share.
We will look at the " C" list in class.

Medieval Literature: Read the next part in King Arthur and His Knights. It is entitled "Sir Pellias".
Please read Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet and bring your copy to class.

Medieval History: Be ready to share your poster again in class and present the following chapters:
( I will bring the supplies)

Chapter 71: Sarah and Jessica
Chapter 72: Sophie and Dakota
Chapter 73: Leilani and Logan
Chapter 75: Ross and Libby
Chapter 76: Mrs. Fowler

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: No homework, but please bring your grammar books to class. We are going to try and finish the work in Pattern 3 of Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary:  Please highlight any "B" word you might not know. We will review and look at a "C" list in class.

Medieval Literature: Please read the next part in King Arthur and His Knights.  It is entitled "Sir Pellias".
Please make sure you bring Romeo and Juliet to class.

Medieval History:

Please be ready to present you poster in class from last week. We will keep the same groups present our information in class. Each group should be ready to "teach" the following chapter to class.

Chapter 69: Mrs. Fowler
Chapter 70: Hannah Wise and Timothy Edwards
Chapter 71: Trey, Justin and  Abigail
Chapter 72: David Wise and Cole Floyd
Chapter 73: Woods and Turner
Chapter 75: Mrs. Fowler
Chapter 76: Mrs. Fowler


US History: Read Chapters 23 and 24  for class.

7th and 8th Grade Class

Vocabulary: Using your "A" list, highlight every word you do not know. Please be ready to share.

Literature: Read Chapters 1-7 in Air Raid. Find and record three facts in each chapter that you think are important.

Our last day of class is May 21. Everyone has agreed to bring a snack and there will be a fellowship time. Moms are welcome to class. Perhaps they will join a game of monster.

Thursday classes

Grammar: We will do Exercise 3 of Pattern 3 in class next week. Please make sure you have completed Exercise 2.

Vocabulary: Using your "A" list,  please highlight the words you do not know.
Be ready to share in class.

Medieval Literature: Papers, papers, papers!!!
Read the Merlin section in King Arthur and his Knights.
Bring "Romeo and Juliet " to class.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 70, 71 and 72.
If you have colored markers, please bring them to class.

 Prom information is on Tuesday class blog entry.

May 21 is our last day of class.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Please do the odd sentences in Exercise 3 of the Pattern 3 section. We will check them all in class.

Vocabulary: Using your "A" list, highlight each word you do not know.

Medieval Literature: Please complete any paper not finished.
Read The Merlin section in King Arthur and his Knights.
Bring your copy of "Romeo and Juliet" to class.

Medieval History : If you are using the text, please read Chapters 71, 72 and 73.
If you are not using the text, read any article on the following: the Rus attack on Constantinople, the conversion of the Rus to Christianity, Otto, Louis the Sluggard, Hugh Capet, Peace of God movement, Ghaznavid empire, Chola domination in southern India.

US History: Read Chapter 22.



Hannah Wise asked me to post the following:

Light Up the Night Prom at the Beaufort MCAS Log Cabin on May 8th, 7-11 p.m.. Prom is open to all homeschoolers 9th-12th grade in the Beaufort County area. Tickets are $15.00 a person, $25.00 a couple. The ticket deadline is May 4th, in which there is a 10 dollar late fee for purchases after that date. Ticket sales will be completely shutdown on May 8th. Make sure you make a nomination for Prom King and Queen on our website!

For more information about tickets and /or dress code, please visit our website: bit.ly/homeschoolprombft

We are looking for tulle and white string lights to decorate with. If you have one or both of these items that you can lend out, please contact me, Hannah Wise. ( Please attach names to all items to be returned.)

Parents, if you are interested in becoming a chaperone, contact me using the information I will list below. We are asking for the chaperones to be willing to help clean up the cabin for at least a short period of time after the prom is over.

Questions or concerns?
My contact info:
Website: bit.ly/homeschoolprombft
E-Mail: homeschoolprombft@gmail.com
Cell Phone: (843) 592-1904


Thanks,
Hannah Wise

All Classes

Grammar: We will continue the exercises on Pattern 3 in Analytical Grammar. Please bring your book to class.

Vocabulary: No vocabulary this week.

Medieval Literature: Please make sure you have an unabridged copy of "Romeo and Juliet".
Read Part 3 in King Arthur.
If you are not finished with your paper, please let me know your status.

Medieval History: If you are reading the text, read Chapters 65, 67 and 69. If you are not using the text, please read any article on Henry the Fowler, Norse colony of Greenland, Sweyn Forkbeard, Edmund the Just, and the capture of Bagdad in 945.

US History: Read Chapter 21 in BJU's US History.


Bluffton class,
You guys are amazing! What other teacher can be gone and not need an sub?  I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday!! God bless.


7th and 8th Grade Lit. 
Thank you Mrs. Fitzgerald for stepping in and helping me so much. I am sure the students loved you being in class. You were a God send.

You will have no vocabulary this week.

I hope you have Theodore Taylor's book. We will finish our discussion of Corrie's book and begin Air Raid in class.
I know some of you are still waiting on your corrections for your paper. I am slowly attacking them. Thank you for your patience.

God bless!!

Thursday afternoon

What a wonderful field trip. I praise God for our safety and the weather. He is good!!

Vocabulary: Your exam on all 100 Greek and Latin roots is next week  (April 23).

Literature: Finish reading Corrie this week. We will talk about her adventure in class. Bring Air Raid to class.

Please continue to work on your research papers. Let me know if you need something from me.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Thank you all so much for helping Ale' yesterday. She said you were great. I know that is true.

I apologize for not having all the papers. I will find you on Sunday, Jessica.


Grammar: I would like for you to read the Pattern 3 intro and try to work on Exercise 1 at home. This introduces indirect objects. I think you will get it.

Vocabulary: Your big exam is next week. I am sure you will be happy for this to be over.

Medieval Literature: Please do any work on your research paper that is due. We need to get these finished.
Read the third chapter in King Arthur Part 1 and Chapters 1-3 in Part 2.


Medieval History: Read Chapters 61. 63, 64 and 65 in SWB's Medieval History.

Please call me if you need me.
God bless.

Tuesday classes

Grammar: Please finish Exercise I in the Patterns 3 section.

Vocabulary: Exam on all 100 Greek and Latin roots.

Medieval Literature: In King Arthur read Chapter Third of Part I and Chapters First, Second and Third in Part II.
Please bring your books to class.

Medieval History: If  you are using the text, please read Chapters 61, 63, 64 and 65.
If you are not using the text, please read any information on the following:

US History: Read Chapter 20 of BJU US History.

Our last day of class will be May 19.

Thursday afternoon

I hope you are all feeling better. I missed many of you yesterday.

Please remember we will leave for our field trip at 8 a.m. sharp on Thursday. Please let me know if there is a problem with you being on time.

Vocabulary: Exam on 100 Greek and Latin roots will be on April 23.

Literature: Make your corrections on your paper.
read as much of Corrie as possible. We will finish the book by the 23rd.

Please make sure you have a copy of Air Raid on Pearl Harbor. Theodore Taylor is the author.

Thursday morning class

Please remember you will have a substitute on this day. Please be helpful and kind to her.

Grammar: Please compete the test for Patterns 1 and 2 for a practice exercise; this the work we began in class.

Vocabulary: Review the 100 Greek and Latin roots for the exam on April 23.

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters First and Second in King Arthur.
Make any corrections on your research paper.

Medieval History: Test on Chapters 54-60.

I will be praying for all of you.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Finish the Section test from Patterns 1 and 2. We will review together in class.

Vocabulary: Review all 100 Greek and Latin roots. test will be April 21.

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters First and Second in King Arthur and His Knights.
Make corrections to your papers. Please turn in your rough and final draft together.

Medieval History: Test on Chapters 54-60. Use study sheets for review.

US History: Read Chapter 19 in BJU US History.

Some of you did not see me for directions on your paper. Please give me a call or email me. You do not want to ignore the corrections.

God bless.

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Review all 100 Greek and Latin roots on your study sheets. The test will be on April 23.

Literature: Please get your rough draft of your research paper to me as soon as possible.
Please make sure you have a copy of Air Raid on Pearl Harbor by Theodore Taylor.

Field trip will be on April 16.

Thursday morning (Bluffton)

Grammar: No homework. We will work on the unit test together in class for practice.

Vocabulary: Review all 100 Greek and Latin roots.

Medieval Literature: Please make sure you have a copy of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle.
If I do not have your rough draft of your research paper. Get it to me as soon as you can.

Medieval History:  Read Chapter 59 and 60. We will test on Chapters 52-61 on April 16.
We will complete study sheets in class next week.

Leilani is working on a social event for us.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: No grammar this week.
                 We will complete the next test in class a practice.

Vocabulary: You now have all 100 Greek and Latin roots. We will review next week.

Medieval Literature: Please find a copy of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle. This text is on line there no reason to purchase unless you are like me and want a "book" to hold.
Make sure I have your rough draft of your research paper.

Medieval History: Please read Chapters 59 and 60. If you are not using the text, please research the following: The Fatimid Caliphate, the Saffarid and the Samanid dynasties, Viking attack on Cordoba, Alfred of Wessex, Kenneth the first, Ivar the Boneless, Treaty of Wedmore.

US History: Test on Chapters 16-18.

Thursday afternoon 7th and 8th grade

Vocabulary: Begin your review of today's study sheet.

 Literature: Rough drafts of your paper are due next week. Remember it may be very rough. I just want to be able to give you some feedback.

Please call me if you need me.

Field trip on April 16.
Information email coming soon.

Thursday morning (Bluffton)

Grammar: Please compete the Skills Support section of the 1 and 2 Patterns Unit in Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary: Begin reviewing study sheet. We will continue our saturation next week.

Medieval Literature: Rough drafts of papers are due.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 56 and 57 in SWB's History of the Medieval World.

Call me if you need me.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Compete the Skill Support for the 1 and 2 Patterns section in Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary: Review study sheet. We will take a couple of weeks on this list.

Medieval Literature: Rough drafts of papers are due.

Medieval History: If you are using the text, please read Chapters 57 and 58 ( not page 447).  if you are not using the text, read any articles  about the following:
The Indian battle for Kannauj, the Pratihara, rebellion of Dhruva, invention of new Slavic alphabet, Louis the German and Michael III.

US History: Complete study sheets on Chapters 16-18.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: No homework this week. We will begin our next review soon.

Literature: We will read Chapter 5 in The Hiding Place. Please bring your book to class.

Continue working on your research paper. Now that you have done 10 hours of research paper, please begin formulating your outline and writing your paper. I would like to see evidence of both in class. Please bring that work. My suggestion is to finish your outline and to try and write a rough 3 pages of text. Let me know if you need any help or assistance.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Good morning. I enjoyed seeing you all yesterday.
 Here are your assignments for the week:


Grammar: No grammar homework. We will attack the next section together.

Vocabulary: No homework. I will begin our review this week.

Medieval Literature: Continue working on your paper. Now that you have done 10 hours of research, please begin formulating an outline and the beginning of your paper. I would like to see evidence of both in class. Please bring your work to class.
Also, if you have a copy of Dante', bring that to class also.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 54 and 55. We are skipping 52 and 53.

Tuesday classes

Field trip on Thursday. 9:30 at USCB.

Grammar: No grammar this week. We will work in class, so please bring your books.

Vocabulary: No vocabulary. We will begin next week.

Medieval Literature: Continue to work on your research paper. Bring an outline and some written text to class next week. Rough drafts will be due on March 31.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 54 and 55. We are skipping 52 and 54.

US History: Read the remainder of Chapter 17 and the Chapters 18.  I will bring study sheets to class.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: There is no vocabulary for a couple of weeks. We will resume soon.

Literature: Please read Chapter 3 in The Hiding Place.
Do 5 more hours of research this week. Please schedule your time. Begin to think of your information in light of the outline we discussed today.
Mrs. Cushman will be with you at the beginning of class next week. I will be there for the second half of class.

Your field trip is April 16. It will be here soon.

Thursday morning classes (Bluffton)

FIELD TRIP NEXT WEEK. MEET AT USCB IN BEAUFORT AT 9:30!!
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST OR HAVE TROUBLE. 476-1215.


Grammar: Complete Exercise 2 in the Patterns 1 and 2 portion of Analytical Grammar. These will all be the N-V-N pattern,

Vocabulary: No vocabulary for a couple of weeks We will resume soon.

Medieval Literature: Please do 5 more hours of research toward your paper. Begin to think of your information in terms of the outline we discussed today.
Please bring Dante' to the next class.

Medieval History: Please take your test on Chapters 42-52 and bring them to the field trip.

Check the blog after the field trip. Your new assignments will be posted.

Tuesday classes

Grammar: Complete Excersies 2 in Patterns 1 and 2.
These will all have the N-V-N pattern.

Vocabulary: No vocabulary this week.

Medieval Literature: Spend 5 more hours in research this week. Please bring your notes to class. You should be firm on your topic by the middle of this week and to conduct meaningful research.

Medieval History: Test on the study sheets from Chapters 42 to 52.

US History: Read Chapter 16 and to page 398 in 17.


 Field trip will be March 19. Please be at USCB at 9:30. We will go to Chick-fil-A after the play.

Thursday afternoon class

Thank you so much to Abigail's father for the technical assistance today. You were a life saver!!
Thanks also to Mac Richardson. Abigail Snyder and the Cerillo family for snacks. Everyone enjoyed them so much.

 I hope you all enjoyed the movie. I thought it was a good option for our current topic.

Vocabulary: You have a two week reprieve from vocabulary.

Literature: Review the paper options on the Feb. 27  blog entry.
Spend 5 hours of research this week taking notes, recording sources and picking your paper topic.
 We will spend next week on formatting. Please come ready.

Also, read Chapter 1 in The Hiding Place. Bring your books to class.

Thursday Morning (Bluffton)

Grammar: Please complete Exercise 1 in the Patterns section of Analytical Grammar. We will review them in class.

Vocabulary: Two week reprieve from vocabulary.

Medieval Literature: Complete any Ivanhoe reading.
Begin your research for your paper. Check the paper prompts on the Jan 28 blog entry.
Read and research 5 hours this week. Make notes, record sources and choose you topic for your paper.
We will look at formatting next week.

Please bring your copy of Dante's Inferno to class.

Medieval History: Please make sure your current study sheets are compete. We will review in class for the nest test.

Field trip is March 19 in Beaufort.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Complete Exercise 1 in the Patterns unit.

 Vocabulary: No quiz this week.

Medieval Literature: Conduct 5 hours of research for your research paper. Find the prompts on the separate blog entry from  Jan. 28. Be prepared to commit to a topic next week. Take notes as you research and keep up with your sources. The due date is March 31.
 We will look at formatting next week.


Medieval History: Review Chapters 42-52 or the last study sheets if you are not using the textbook.


US History: Test on Chapters 13, 14, and 15.

Field trip on March 19. We will meet in Beaufort. We will meet at USCB at 9:30 a.m. We will all get lunch at Chick-fil-A after the performance.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary:  Exam on 50 Greek and Latin roots. We will complete this first thing in class.

Literature: Finish the Hitler biography. Please make sure you have a copy of The Hiding Place.  You will continue reading even though you are researching for your paper.


We will watch the film Miracle at Midnight in class. Your parents and younger siblings are invited to join us, The film is 89 minutes long, so it will take the majority of the class time. We may run a few minutes late.

Prompts  for your paper:
This paper will be due on April 5. You will have a lot of time to work and edit. I will teach formatting on March 5 and 12. Please work in my timeline.

Research and discuss in 2000-2500 words one of the following:

1. Compare and contrast the rise of power of both Hitler and Stalin.

2. Research and discuss the influence of Hitler and Stalin on the world.

3. Research and discuss the use of propaganda and its effects as used by Hitler and Stalin.

Thursday morning Class ( Bluffton)

Grammar: Complete the Adverb test in Analytical Grammar for practice. We will review in class.

Vocabulary: Exam on 50 Greek and Latin roots. We will do this first next week.

Medieval Literature: Do your best to finish reading Ivanhoe. Use you character list if you need it. We may watch a film in class. Begin reviewing the prompts for your research paper.

Medieval History: read Chapters 51 and 52. We will review and test soon. These will be the last chapters before the test.


Field trip on March 19.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: No assignment this week. Please bring your books to class/

Vocabulary: Exam on 50 Greek and Latin roots. The last word is Latin: ignis: fire; ignite.

Medieval Literature: Finish reading Ivanhoe. Please look at the prompts for the research paper. It will begin soon.

 Medieval History: If you are using the text, please read Chapters 51 and 52. If you do not choose to use the text, please research the following:
Irene of Constantinople
Charlemagne's conquest in the name of Christ.
Charlemagne allowing himself to be crowned emperor.
786-814 Abbasids merchants
Charlemagne becomes Protector of the Faith in Jerusalem
Bulgarian khan Krum
New Sennacherib

US History:
Please make sure you have completed your presidential sheet for Lincoln - Kennedy.
We will review next week for the test on 13,14 and 15. Please bring all three study sheets.
Test will be March 10.
I have divided Chapter 15 for discussion.
You are all responsible to lead the discussion for your pages:
Baden: pages 331-334
Jaiden: pages 335-338
Nicole: pages 339-342
Me: pages 343-end.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: No quiz this week, but begin your review for the test on March 5. Please use the study sheet you were given during class.

Literature: Please read the next two chapters in Hitler.  The titles are: " The March of Conquest" and " Barbarossa".  For each chapter write a two sentence response to your reading. Please be ready to share.

Your research paper is coming soon. The prompts are coming.

Thursday morning class

Grammar: Please complete Exercise 3 for Adverbs in Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary: No quiz this week, but begin your review for the big vocabulary test on March 5.
Use the study sheet from class to review.

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 31-39 in Ivanhoe. Please review the prompts for the upcoming research paper. They are on a separate blog entry.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 48 and 49 in SWB's Medieval History.

Field trip is on March 19. We will meet at USCB at 9:30. Your ticket has been purchased, but we all plan to go to lunch afterward.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Adverb test on Tuesday. Prepare by completing the Adverb test in Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary: No quiz next week, but review the 49 Greek and Latin Roots on your study sheet.
 Vocabulary Exam will be March 3.

 Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 31-39 in Ivanhoe. Please review prompts for the upcoming research paper. They are listed on a separate blog entry.

 Medieval History: If you are using the text, please read Chapters 48 and 49. if not read any article on the following:
The Abbasids
Khazars converting to Judaism
Umyyad
Charlemagne
Iron Crown of the Lombards going to Charles the Great

We will finish the study sheet in class.


US History: Complete the new president list. Research and give one fact for each US President: Lincoln thru Kennedy.
Read Chapters 15. We will complete the study sheet in class.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: No quiz this week. We will begin our big review soon.

Literature: Read the next two chapters in Hitler by Albert Marrin. They are The Path to Power and The Land without Justice. Please write two sentences in response to each chapter.

Research the following:
1. Does Hitler have a tomb? If so, what is on the stone?
2. What is the word for the hatred for a specific group of people?
3. Find one song written during WWII. Be ready to share at least the lyrics.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Grammar: Complete Exercise 2 in the Adverb section of Analytical Grammar. Please label the parts of the sentences and diagram them.

Vocabulary: No quiz this week. We will begin our big review soon.

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 21-30 of Ivanhoe. Please begin to review the paper prompts on the January 28 blog entry.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 42, 45, 46, 47 and 48 of SWB's History of the Medieval World.

Field trip on March 19.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Complete Exercise 3 in Adverbs in Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary: No quiz this week. We will begin our review and study of the second 50 words.

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 21 -30 of Ivanhoe.
Please watch and make notes of the class divisions and the treatment of women. Please come with specific passages for examples.


Medieval History : If you are using the text, please read Chapters 42,45, 46. 47, and 48.
If you are not using the text, please research the following topics:
1. Establishment of Lombardy
2. North Africa falling to Islam
3. Division of Bulgarian rule
4. Odo of Aquitaine
5. Charles Martel
6. Battle of Tours
7. Umar II
8. Pope given a kingdom of his own
9. The Abbasids


US History: Read Chapter 14.  Research Clara Barton and her Beaufort connection.

All Classes

Grammar: Tuesday class: Complete Exercise 2 in the Adverb section of Analytical Grammar.
                  Thursday Class: Complete Exercise 1 in Adverbs of Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the following:

They are all Latin this week. You must know definitions and derivatives.

1. figo fixum: fix, fasten, attach; fixture
2. jungo junctum: join, unite, connect; joint
3. digitus: toe, finger, inch; digit
4. caput capitis: head; cabbage
5. manus: hand; manufacture
6. pes pedis; foot; pedal;
7. bracchium: arm; bracelet
8. dens dentis: tooth; dentist
9. corpus corporis: body; corpse
10. unus: one; unit
11. duo: two; duet
12. tres: three; trio
13. quattuor: four; quarter
14. quinque: five, quintuplets
15. sex: six; sexdigital
16. septum: seven; September
17. octo: eight; octopus
18. novem: nine; November
19. decem: ten; decimeter
20. centum: hundred; century

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 8-20 in Ivanhoe. 

Medieval History: Test on Chapters 28-41. Use your study sheets to study.

US History: Read Chapter 13 in BJU US History.

Field trip on March 19. Tickets to the play are $15.00.


Thursday afternoon Class:

Vocabulary: Quiz on the 29 Greek and Latin roots listed above.
Literature: Read the Prologue and Young Adolf in the Hitler book.
Make corrections to your Stalin paper.

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Quiz on 20 Greek and Latin roots. They are listed on the separate blog entry.

Literature: Please write a 600-800 word essay on the Stalin book. The choices are as follows:

1. Research and explain Stalin's rise to power. Use specifics from the book.
2. Compare and contrast Russia during Stalin's reign and the free world at the time.
Please use specific examples from your reserch.
3. Discuss the use of propaganda in Stalin's reign. Use examples and graphics if necessary.

This will be a rough draft and I will make corrections in class.

Please bring your Hitler book to class.

 Field trip to Charleston in April.

Vocabulary (Tests on Feb 3 and 5)

You will be responsible for definitions, origins, and derivatives.

Greek:
1. metron: measure; meter
2. tropos: turning; tropics
3. philia: love, friendship; Philadelphia
4. phobos: fear; phobia
5. syn: with, together; synchronize
6. thesis: put, place, position; thesis
7. kinesis: movement; kinetic
8, phone: sound; telephone
9. skopeo: look at, inspect, consider, examine; scope
10. Logos: word, study; logic




Latin:
1. sonus: sound; sonic
2. video visum: see; television
3. verbum: word; verb
4. nomen nominis: name; nominate
5. pro: for, before, forward, in place of; prologue
6. prae: before, in front of; preamble
7. ad: to, toward, near, next to; adhere
8. jacio jactum: throw; eject
9. pono positum: lay, put, place; pose
10.  cum: with, together; community

Thursday Morning (Bluffton)

Reminder: Please bring $15.00 for the field trip. This money is for your ticket to Midsummer Night's Dream. I have to pay for the tickets next week, and it would be a great help if everyone would send their money. Thanks!


Grammar: Test on the Subject and Verb portion of Analytical Grammar. The test is taken from the practice sentences.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the 20 Greek and Latin roots. They are listed on a separate blog entry.

 Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 1-7 of Ivanhoe.
Make your corrections to your Paradise Lost paper.


 Medieval History: Big review next week. Prepare a practice test with 25 questions form the study sheets from chapters 28-41.

Medieval Lit Research paper ideas (After Ivanhoe)

I am still working on some ideas, but Matthew Holmes asked to have these on the blog so as you read Ivanhoe, you may keep these in mind.

1. Research and discuss the theme of chilvary in Medival Literature. (Use one or more of our selections)
What are the character's opinions about chilvary? How does he/she come to this conclusion?
 What are the ideals of chilvary? Are they displayed in your slections?


2. Compare and contrast the characteristics of one of our heroes to that of another medieval character or personality. How are they alike? How are they different? Use specifics from the texts and your own research.

3. Compare and contrast themes in Beowulf, Robin Hood and Ivanhoe to that of other "hero" based writing. This may include modern day.

This paper should be 2500-3000 words. It should be in MLA format and should follow the 80/20 rule. This means no more than 20% of your paper should be quotes.

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: Complete Exercise 1 in the Adverb section of Analytical Grammar. Please diagram the sentences.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the following Greek and Latin roots. You must know origins, derivatives and definitions:
( words after the semi-colons are the derivatives)
Greek:
1. metron: measure; meter, geometry
2. tropos: turing; tropics
3. philia: love, friendship; Philadelphia
4. phobos: fear; phobia
5. syn: with, together; synchronize
6. thesis: put, place, position; thesis
7. kinesis: movement; kinetic
8. phone: sound; telephone
9. skopeo: look at, inspect, examine, consider, examine; scope, microscope
10. logos: word, study; logic

Latin:
1. sonus: sound; sonic
2. video visum: see; television
3. verbum: word; verb, verbal
4. nomen nominis; nominate
5. pro: for, before, forward, in place of; prologue
6. prae: before, in front of; preamble
7. ad: to, toward, near, next to; adjective
8. jacio jactum: throw; eject
9. pono positum: lay, put, place; pose
10. cum: with, together; community

Medieval Literature: Read Chapters 1-7 in Ivanhoe.
Make corrections to your Paradise Lost paper.
 Ivanhoe prompts to come.


Medieval History: Make a practice test for a fellow student using the study sheets from Chapters 28-41.
Test will be on Feb. 10.

US History: Test on Chapters 10-12 of BJU's US History.

Greek and Latin Roots. Tests on January 27 and 29

 Latin:

1. sonus: sound

Greek:

1. skopeo: to look at, inspect, examine
2. phone: sound
3. kinesis: movement
4. thesis: put, place, position
5. syn: with, together
6. phobos: fear
7. philia: love, friedshio
8. tropos: turning
9. metron: measure

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: Quiz on the new Greek a nd Latin roots. They are listed on a separate blog entry.

Literature: Compete the Stalin book. Create a Stalin timeline with three events from each chapter of the book.  Please make sure you have a copy of the Hitler book.

Poetry memorization: Be ready to wirte the poem " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" on Thursday.

Field trip in April. More information to follow!!!

Thursday Morning Classes ( Bluffton)

Grammar: Please complete the test on Subject and Verbs for a review.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the new Greek and Latin root words. They will be listed on a separate blog entry.

Poetry memorization: Be ready to write the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. Remember the
punctuation.

Medieval Literature: Rough draft of your Paradise Lost paper is due. 900-1000 words. The prompts are on the January 8, 2015  blog. Please make sue you have a copy of Ivanhoe!!

Medieval History: Read Chapters 39-41 in SWB's Medieval History of the World. We will complete the study sheet in class.

Field trip to Midsummer on March 19. More information to come!!!

Tuesday classes

Grammar: No assignment. We will begin adverbs next week.

Vocabulary: 
Greek:
1. skopeo: look at, inspect, consider, examine
2. phone: sound
3. kinesis: movement
4. thesis: put, place, position
5. syn: with, together
6. phobos: fear
7. philia: love, friendship
8. tropos: turning
9. metron: measure
Latin:
1. sonus: sound


Poetry: Be ready to write "If" by Rudyard Kipling.

Medieval Literature: Write a 900-1000 essay on Paradise Lost. The prompts are on the January 13th blog. This is a rough draft!!!  Please make sure you have a copy of Invanhoe.

Medieval History: If you are using the text read Chapters 39-41. If you not using the text, use your study sheet as a research guide. We will finish the study sheet together in class.

US History: Review study sheets for Chapters 10-12. We will play a reivew game next week.
Test will be on Feb. 10.

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Quiz on new Greek and Latin root words. They are listed on a separate blog entry.

Poetry memorization: Be ready to write " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudy" from memory on January 29. Begin watching the punctuation.

Literature:  Read the next two chapter in Stalin, Russia's Man of Steel by Marrin.

Field trip in April. More information to come.

Greek and Latin Roots for week of January 20-22

 Latin:

1. cum:  with, together
2. pono positum:  lay, put, position
3. jacio jactum:  throw
4. ad:  to, toward, near, ext to
5. prae:  before, in front of
6. pro:  for, before,forward, in place of
7. nomen nomenis:  name
8.verbum:  word
9. video visum:  see


Greek:
1. logos: word, study

Thursday A.M. Bluffton

Grammar: Please complete Section 3 of Subject and Verbs in Analytical Grammar. We wi;; diagram the sentences in class.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the ten new Greek and Latin roots. They are listed on a separate blog entry.

Medieval Literature: Complete the reading of Paradise Lost.You may want to look at last week's blog for paper ideas. No paper until  next week!!

Poetry memorization: Write "If" by Rudyard Kipling on January 29.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 35-37 in SWB's History of the Medieval World.

Field trip on March 19. More information to follow!!

Tuesday Classes

Grammar:  Quiz next week on the Subject and Verb Unit. Study entire unit for best results.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the following:

Latin:
1. cum: with, together
2. pono positum: lay, put, place
3. jacio jactum: throw
4. ad: to, toward, near, next to
5. prae: before, in front of
6. pro: for, before, forward, in place of
7. nomen nominis: name
8. verbum: word
9. video visum: see

Greek:
1. logos: word, study

Poetry memorization: Be prepared to write from memory the poem, "If" by Rudyard Kipling on January 27.

Medieval Literature: Finish reading Paradise Lost.
Prompts for next week's paper.
1. How do Adam and Eve differ before and after the Fall? Give specifics form the text.
2. Compare and contrast God the Father and Satan in the epic. Use three characteristics and give specifics from the text.
3. Based on the text of Paradise Lost, how do you think Milton would justify his alterations and additions to the Bible given the fact that he claimed to be a devout Christian?


Medieval History: Complete new study sheet and read about Gregory the Great or Chapters 35-37 if you are using the text.

US History: Read Chapter 12 and work on your president's list.