Monday, November 26, 2012
Spelling week 12:
Pentathlon - 5 event competition
Hydraulic - Liquid pressure
Hygiene - Healthy living
Phenomenon - Amazing event/thing
Myriad - 10,000 (lots)
Epiphany - Ah Hah! moment
Amnesia - Forget
Ergonomic - Proper posture
Protein - Meat
Angelic - Holy
English 10
DOL, Spelling words, Vocab worksheets, Pass back papers. Verb tenses. See below.
Verb tenses
Past tense
and past participle are often different forms of a verb. We don’t ususally think about these until we
are confused by which one to use in a sentence.
- Present Perfect Tense: An action that happened in the past at an indefinite
time or began in the past and continues into the present.
- The race has ended.
I have eaten
- Past Perfect Tense: An
action that happened in the past before another past action.
- The race had ended, and the awards were given
out. I had eaten, before mom made
dinner.
- Future Perfect Tense: An action in the future that will happen before another
future action.
- The race will have ended before the awards will be
given out. I will have eaten,
before mom will have dinner made.
Write a
journal entry about a time you cooked some food, or a significant food
memory. Use at LEAST TWO examples of
each form of verb tense. Due Wednesday.
English 7:
DOL, New Spelling words,
Journal: Write about a significant memory you have about food as related to the Holidays. This could be a good memory (Grandma's cooking) or a bad memory (Eating too much and getting sick)
Daily Lesson:
The main
idea of a paragraph is what all the sentences are about. Read the paragraph and
ask, “What’s your point?” That will help you zero in on the main idea.
Read each paragraph carefully. Choose the best answer to the
questions that follow.
1. Juan loves to play games. His favorite
game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. Juan also likes to
play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers
Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If he’s alone, Juan likes to play
action video games as long as they aren’t too violent.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
a. Juan dislikes violence.
b. Juan likes to think.
c. Juan enjoys Monopoly.
d. Juan enjoys playing games.
2. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler
shouldn’t be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her
wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to
spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV!
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
a. Watching a lot of television isn’t good
for Maria.
b. Books are good.
c. All cartoons are bad.
d. Some cartoons are bad for Maria.
3. Samantha, I can’t eat or sleep when you
are gone. I need to hear your scratchy voice and see your lovely toothless
smile. I miss that special way that you eat soup with your fingers. Please come
home soon!
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
a. Samantha, you have bad manners.
b. Samantha, you should see a dentist.
c. Samantha, I miss you.
d. Samantha, I have lost my appetite.
4. Someday we will all have robots that will
be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We
will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to
respond in kind. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from
experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal
will be to make our lives easier.
Which sentence from the paragraph expresses
the main idea?
a. Someday we will all have robots that will
be our personal servants.
b. We will be able to talk to these mechanical
helpers and they will be able to respond in kind.
c. They will look and behave much like real
humans.
d. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be
able to learn from experience.
Main
Idea
Read the paragraph and then select
the main idea for the paragraph.
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When scientists explore a sea
vent on the ocean floor, what are they looking for? Far below the surface,
the atmosphere is dark, hot, and under a lot of pressure. Not only that,
sea vents expel toxic chemicals that would kill ordinary sea creatures. So,
what are they looking for? Life forms. That's right - they are looking for
unusual forms of life that thrive on sulfur. Explorers find Jericho worms,
orange worms, red palm worms, and giant tube worms living, and growing at
an amazingly fast speed, around sea vents.
The main idea in this passage is:
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creatures that live around sea
vents
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sea explorers
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Jericho worms
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How sea vents are explored
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Memorial Day - it's a great
holiday! It assures us that summer is just around the corner. Of course,
Memorial Day was first celebrated for a more serious reason. Memorial Day,
begun in 1868, was the day that Civil War soldiers were honored. Later, it
became the day to remember all American soldiers who had died in a war.
The main idea in this passage is:
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Memorial Day was first
celebrated in 1868.
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Memorial Day is the first
holiday of summer.
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Memorial Day is in May.
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Memorial Day honors fallen
soldiers.
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This state is a small one. It is
located on the East Coast. It is between Pennsylvania and Virginia. Its
capital is Annapolis. The Chesapeake Bay is in this state. It is called the
Old Line State. Its flag is red, white, black, and yellow.
The main idea in this passage is:
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the state of North Carolina
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the state of Maryland
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the state of Pennsylvania
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the state of Virginia
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Booker T. Washington knew what
it was like to be poor with no hope for the future. He helped others build
better lives for themselves. The school he founded over a century ago is
still helping young people to reach for their dreams.
The main idea in this passage is:
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Booker helped others reach
their dreams.
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If you are born poor, you'll
always be poor.
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Booker helped found a school.
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Booker didn't want to be poor.
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8th Grade English: Same as 7th Grade, except use your own DOL, and there is no journal assighment for 8th grade.
History: Quiz on chapters 10 - 16 on Witch of Blackbird Pond. Chapters 17-18 on Friday.
Political Cartoons for the new week.
Begin discussion on essential question: How did relations with England fall apart and result in a Revolutionary War between the Colonies and the Empire?
Powerpoint slides for the day: Bear with me. These don't translate very well from Powerpoint into this web format.
n Development
(Origins) of American Democracy
n From
Magna Carta
n to
n Constitution
n Development
of American Democracy
n Early
English colonists to the New World (America) brought the ideas of English
Politics, Law, and Tradition with them.
