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.

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 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 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.