Tuesday Classes

Grammar:  Hopefully everyone is a little more confident with pronouns. We will have the pronoun test next week. If you do not have a copy of the test, I will bring my version.

Vocabulary:  Quiz on the new ten Greek and Latin roots. You will just be responsible for the definitions.

 Latin:                                                     Greek:
1. dico dictum: speak                                1. photos: light
2. liber libri: book                                     2. graph: to write, to draw
3. scio scitum: know                                 3. tele: far away, distant
4. discipulus: student                                4. biblos: book
5. amo amatum: love                                5. sauros: lizard

Literature: Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Please keep our class discussion in mind.
If you did not finish your tale, please have it ready next week.

History: Project will be presented on November 18.
Read Chapters 18-22 in SWB's Medieval History.

Timothy has volunteered to bring snacks. Thanks!

Remind me to talk about the chicken project for Christmas!!

Thursday Afternoon

Vocabulary: No quiz this week. Begin to review for the big test on all 49 Greek and Latin root. Literature: Write your rough draft for your Rifles for Watie essay. You should have all three choices in your notes. I will try to post them in a few days. Read Chapter 1 of Little Men. Please remember to do your research question if your were assigned one. We will hear your answers in class. If you did not share your poem last week, please come prepared next week.

Thursday Morning Medieval History and Literature

Grammar: Complete the Pronoun test as a review exercise. I will search for more review help. Vocabulary: There will be no quiz next week. Please review all 40 Greek and Latin roots for the big test. Literature: Read "The Friar's Tale". Write the rough draft of your own tale. It should be 400-500 words. Please watch your MLA format. You should include a main character with a physical and occupational description, a moral, and some kind of journey. (The journey can be physical, spiritual or emotional). History: Test on Chapters 9-17. Use your study sheets. Please do not wait to work on your project. It is due Nov. 18.

Tuesday Classes

Thank you to Jessica and Nicole for the snack you provided. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
Please make sure you are keeping up with the homework. It is going to get intense as the holidays creep up.

Grammar: Pronoun test. Please review the test in your book.

Vocabulary: There is no quiz, however, please review all 40 Greek and Latin roots. We will review in class.

Literature: Read the "Friar's Tale" from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Write your own tale. It should be 800-900 words. It should have a moral and one main character. Please include a physical and vocational description. Tell the tale to your audience in first person.
Remember this is fiction.
Please have a copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Tolkein edition is best.

Medieval History: Test on Chapters 9-17 in SWB's Medieval History. Use your study sheets.
Projects due for presentation on November 18. Please begin your research. Specs are on a separate blog entry.

US History: Test on Chapters 3-4 in BJU's US History. Projects due for presentation on November 18.
Please begin your research. Specs are listed on separate blog entry.

Thursday afternoon literature

Vocabulary: Quiz on the last 20 Greek and Latin roots. They are listed on the separate blog entry. You will be responsible for the definitions, origins and derivatives.

Literature: Make corrections on your Scarlet Pimpernel paper. The final draft is due on Oct. 16.
Read the remainder of Rifles for Watie.

Our next book is Little Men by Louisa M. Alcott.

Please find a favorite poem to share in class.

Go to You Tube and Listen to the Pied Piper of Hamelin Rats song.

Thursday morning Medieval Literature and History

Grammar: Complete Exercise 3 on Pronouns as well as the Skills Support.

Vocabulary: Quiz on the last 20 Greek and Latin roots. You will be responsible for origins, definitions and derivatives. They are listed on the separate blog entry.

Literature:  Read the Yeoman's Tale of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Think about the following:
1. What is the moral of the story?
2. How would you change the ending of this tale?
3. How does it compare with the Nun's Priest Tale?
4. If you had to vote for a winner of the tales, what would be your vote?

History:  Read Chapters 15-17 in SWB's Medieval History. Complete the study sheet on these chapters. We will review chapters 8-17 in class.
Please be ready with the subject of your history project. The specs are on a separate blog entry.

Greek and Latin roots (second 20)

 Latin:

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

Greek:

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