Thursday morning

Thank you all for your understanding for the cancellation of class. My mom is stable and feeling better.
I want to make sure we do not get behind, so I am going to do my best to pass along all the information you need.


Vocabulary:  I have added a sentence to help with the usage of each word.

1. fidelity: the quality of being faithful. The fidelity of the couple aided their successful marriage.

2. frugal: avoiding waste. The frugal young wife was able to build the couple's savings.

3. futile: producing no result or effect. It was futile to try and reason with the toddler.

4. guile: the use of tricks to deceive someone. The villain in the story was full of guile.

5. hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration. The author's use of hyperbole made the novel unbelievable.

6. idiosyncratic: peculiar to the individual. The FBI was able to use the idiosyncratic habits of the criminal to identify him.

7. insolent: marked by casual disrespect. Insolent remarks from teenagers are not tolerated in the school.

8. irrefutable: impossible to deny or disprove. Evidence that is irrefutable is essential in a court case.

9. jargon: a characteristic language of a particular group. The young people's jargon was hard for others to understand.

10. jocular: with humor/ characterized by jokes and good humor. The jocular personality of the girl made her popular among her friends.

Literature: Read Chapters 15-19 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Create a working outline for your work of fiction. Please keep Freytag in mind.

History: Review Chapter 6 and complete study sheet. I am going to email it to each of you.
Projects are due November 19.

Wednesday morning

Vocabulary: Test on all 30 root words. You must know definitions, derivatives and origins.

Literature: Read "The Rules of the Game".
Develop your outline for your work of fiction. Please come ready to share and for the next step in the process.

Please make sure you have a copy of Pilgrims Progress.

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary:

1. fidelity: the quality of being faithful. The fidelity of the couple aided their successful marriage.

2. frugal: avoiding waste. The frugal young wife was able to build the couple's savings.

3. futile: producing no result or effect; unproductive of success. It was futile to try and reason with the toddler.

4. guile: the use of tricks to deceive someone. The villain in the story was full of guile.

5. hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration.  The author's use of hyperbole made the book unbelievable.

6. idiosyncratic: peculiar to the individual. The FBI was able to use the idiosyncratic habits of the criminal to identify him.

7. insolent: marked by casual disrespect. Insolent remarks from teenagers are not tolerated in the school.

8. irrefutable: impossible to deny or disprove. Evidence that is irrefutable is essential in a court case.

9. jargon: a characteristic language of a particular group. The young people's jargon was hard for others to understand.

10. jocular: with humor/ characterized by jokes and good humor. The jocular personality of the girl made her popular among her peers.


Literature: Read Chapters 15-19 in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Create a working outline for your work of fiction. Please keep Freytag in mind.

History: Review Chapter 6 and finish study sheet.
Projects are due November 17!!

Thursday afternoon

Vocabulary: No test next week, but add these following to your review:

Greek:
1. peri: around; perimeter
2. theos: god; theology
3. anthropos: man, mankind; anthropology
4. pais, paidos: child; pediatrician


Latin:
1. deus: god; deity
2. divinis: god-like; divine
3. homo, homonis: man, human being; human
4. vir: man, manly; virtue
5. femina: woman; female
6. infans, infantis: inability to speak; infant


Literature: Begin working on your own character for your work of fiction. Be ready to share.
Read the following short stories:

" The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by Stephen Crane
" Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan

Thursday Morning ( Bluffton)

Vocabulary: NO voacbulary this week.

Literature: Read Chapters 8-14 in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Watch for HBS's parallell plots.
Begin to delvelop your own character for your work of fiction.

US History:  Read Chapter 6 of BJU US History. Answer all Section Reviw questions.
Project topics are due nest week!!

Wednesday Girls

Vocabulary: No test this week, but review these words.

Greek:
1. peri: around; perimeter
2. theos: god; theology
3. anthropos: man, mankind; anthropology
4. pais, paidos: child; pediatrician

Latin:
1. deus: god. deity
2. divinis: god-like; divine
3. homo, homonis: man, human; human
4. vir: man, manly; virtue
5. femina: woman; female
6. infans, infantis: inability to speak; infant


Literature: Find and read the following short stories:

1. "Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry
2. " The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
3. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by Stephen Crane

Begin to develop your own character. Please be ready to share.

Tuesday morning

Vocabulary: No quiz or review this week.

Literature: Read Chapters 8-14 of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Begin working on a work of fiction. Please think of a character and be ready to share time, setting and general idea next week. This work will be due at the end of the novel.

History: Read Chapter 6 and answer all Section Review questions. Please be ready for project topics next week.