Thursday, October 1, 2015

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.

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