Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Wednesday morning Girls and Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary:  Continue to review all 100 Greek and Latin Roots.

Literature:  Read to Chapter 30 in Tom Sawyer.
Make your corrections to your Persuasion papers.


This is for Wed. Class: Our field trip is next week during our class time. Let's meet at 9:45 and return to my house by 1.
 Entrance to Penn Center is $3.00  and then lunch money for Chick-fil- A.


Tuesday Morning And Thursday morning

Vocabulary:  Quiz next week.

1. elliptical: extreme economy of expression
2. prudence: discretion in practical matters
3. pallor: unnatural lack of color in the skin
4. ardent: intense emotion
5. squeamish: easily disgusted
6. canto: division of a long poem
7. kindle" cause to start burning
8. fervor: feelings of great warmth and intensity
9. bashful: timid
10. presuppose" take for granted as a given

 Literature: Read to Chapter 2 in "Lena Linguard"
Thursday class: Please finish the book.

US History: Read Chapter 23 and answer all Section Review questions.



Sunday, April 24, 2016

Thursday morning class

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

1. sheaf: a package of several things tied together
2. indulgent: given to yielding to the wishes of someone
3. demure: shy or reserved
4. cordial: warm and friendly; polite
5. clad: wearing or provided with clothing
6. mollify: cause to be more favorably inclined
7. prodigy: an unusually gifted or intelligent person
8. unscupulous: without principles
9. stalwart: having rugged physical strength
10. dersision: treating with contempt

Literature: Make corrections to your Gatsby papers.
Read the second section of the novel call " Hired Girls".

US History: Test on Chapters 17 and 18

Field trip : Friday, April 29!!!!



20 Greek and Latin roots

Latin:
1. mare; sea; marina
2. sal, salis: salt; salt
3. folium: leaf; foliage
4. humus: earth, soil; humility
5.mons, montis: mountain; mountain
6. dorsum: back; dorsal fin
7. cor, cordis: heart; courage, core
8. cutis: skin, hide; cuticle
9. cornu: horn; cornucopia, cornet
10. sanus: healthy, not diseased; sanitary
11. medicus: physician: medicine
12. ludo, lusus: play, mock;  illusion, ludicrious


 



Greek:
1. dromos: race course, runway; hippodrome
2. agon: contest, struggle, trial; agony
3. athlon: prize, award; athlete
4. derma: skin, hide, shell; epidermis
5. rhinos: nose, snout; rhinoceros
6. holos: whole, entire, complete; whole
7. iatros: doctor, physician; podiatrist
8. schole: leisure time; school

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Wednesday morning class and Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: Begin reviewing all 100 Greek and Latin roots.
                    The twenty words we reviewed in class are on a separate blog entry.

Literature:  Read Chapters 1-13 in Tom Sawyer.
                    I will return your papers next week.

Tuesday morning class

Vocabulary: Quiz next week.

1. sheaf: a package of several things tied together
2. indulgent: given to yielding to the wishes of someone
3. demure: shy or reserves
4. cordial: warm and friendly; polite
5. clad: wearing or provided with clothing
6. mollify: cause to be more favorably inclines
7. prodigy: an unusually gifted or intelligent person
8. unscrupulous: without principles
9, stalwart: having rugged physical strength
10. derision: treating with contempt


Literature: Make corrections to your Gatsby paper.
Read to Chapter 9 of "The Hired Girls" section of My Antonia.

US History: Test on Chapters 17 and 18.

Important dates:

History Workshop: Saturday, April 23.
Field trip: April 29th.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon



Vocabulary: You will be responsible for derivatives, origins, and definitions.
Latin:
1. saeculum: age, century; secular
2. ordo, ordinis: row, array, command; order
3. novus: new: novel, novice
4. porto, portatum: to carry; portable
5. porta: door, gate, entry; portal
6. cardo, cardinis: hinge; cardinal
7. navis: ship, boat; navy

Greek:
1. heteros: other, different; heterogeneous
2. homos: same, common; homonym
3. naus: ship, boat; nautical

Literature: Write a 500-600 rough draft on Persuasion. The prompts are on another blog post.


Tuesday morning and Thursday morning

Vocabulary:  Quiz next week.
1. obelisk: a stone pillar tapering towards a pyramidal top
2. encumbered: loaded to excess
3. decorum: propriety in manners
4. covert: secret or hidden
5. uncouth: lacking refinement
6. gesticulation: a deliberate gesture
7. doleful: filled with sadness
8. exultation: feeling of joy
9. emaciated: very thin
10. furtive: secret or sly


Literature:  Read The first book in My Antonia.

I would like for you to listen to the following:
"This Land is your Land" by Woody Guthrie
"America, the Beautiful" by Ray Charles
" Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" by Irving Berlin


I would also like for you to look at the following paintings:
" Hard Work" by George Laugee
"Texas Cowboy" by Stanley L. Wood
"The Cowboy" by Frederic Remington


US History: Complete the Study sheet for Chapter 18. We will review in class. Test on April 26/28.

Important dates:

History workshop April 23
Field trip April 29.

Friday, April 8, 2016

Essay prompts for Persuasion

Your essay is not due until the 20/21, but I wanted you to have the prompts as you finish the reading.

Write a 500-600 word essay on Persuasion using one of the following prompts: (Please include examples from the book and some outside research).

1. Discuss the title for the book. Is it fitting? Jane Austen probably did not title the book. It was probably named after her death. Include any research for possible titles before Persuasion.


2. Discuss the examples of behavior of parents to their children in the novel. Give specific examples from the text.

3. Discuss the irony and sarcasm that Jane Austin uses in the text. Give specifics from research and your own reading.


Thursday, April 7, 2016

Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary Quiz:

All Latin:

1. primus: first; primary
2. secondus: second; secondary
3. teritus: third; tertiary
4. quartus: fourth. quart, quarter
5. quintus: fifth; quintet
6. sextus: sixth; sextuplets
7. septimus: seventh; September
8. octavus: eighth, October
9. nonus: ninth; noon
10. deicmus: tenth, dime


Literature:  Finish reading the book Persuasion.
Please watch for examples of sarcasm.
Please make sure you have a copy of Tom Sawyer.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Tuesday morning and Thursday morning

Vocabulary: There is no quiz next week.

Literature: Your Gatsby rough draft is due. Please choose a prompt from last week's blog. Please remember that I am collecting no late papers.

US History: Read Chapter 18 and do the Section Reviews. We will complete the study sheet in class.

Important dates:

Field trip is April 29th to Charleston.
US History work day is April 23. Meeting place TBA.