Thursday, August 27, 2015

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, August 25, 2015

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.