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.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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
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!!
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, 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.
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.
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.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
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
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