Mr. Hawley - Burlington School Daily English Lessons

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.

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:

		creatures that live around sea vents
		sea explorers
		Jericho worms
		How sea vents are explored

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:

		Memorial Day was first celebrated in 1868.
		Memorial Day is the first holiday of summer.
		Memorial Day is in May.
		Memorial Day honors fallen soldiers.

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:

		the state of North Carolina
		the state of Maryland
		the state of Pennsylvania
		the state of Virginia

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:

		Booker helped others reach their dreams.
		If you are born poor, you'll always be poor.
		Booker helped found a school.
		Booker didn't want to be poor.

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.