7th & 8th Grade:
Week 5
Lit Terms:
Ballad:
A song or songlike poem that tells a story
1. influenza
– Flu
2. pistachio
– nut
3. incognito
– disguised
4. vendetta
– out for revenge
5. mascara
– eye liner
6. virtuoso
– prodigy
7. stucco
– wall mud
8. ballerina
– dancer
9. malaria
– mosquito sickness
10. scenario
– situation
Grammar Link:
Subject and Predicate
In
a sentence, there are two parts
–
the Subject (who did it)
-
and the predicate
(what they did).
Joe ate a cake
Bob and Jillian are trainers on
the show “Biggest Loser”
In a question, the
subject and predicate might be in a different order.
Where did Elsie go? (Elsie did go where?)
How come I have to do all
this work? (I have to do
all this work, how come???)
You still ask the same questions.
- Who did it?
- What did they do?
Homework:
Try and write a ballad, set to any tune you want. Subject:
Burlington life
Ex:
Set to 10 little Indians
There once was a boy who lived in Burlington
Walked everywhere for lack of transportation
Didn’t matter much cause the town was so tiny
He could get round just fine.
Then one day he came across a mustang
Grabbed the wheel and went off a-screeching
Now he’s in jail cause the cops came a
chasing
Till he pays the massive fine
Mom came and got him from incarceration
Dad came and spanked him till red inflamation
He learned his lesson, now he is a-waitin’
Till he’s 16, that’s just fine.
After we finished the weekly spelling words, we held our spelling bee for 7th and 8th grade today, to see who would represent us in Lovell at the District Bee on Feb 27. Final rounds will conclude tomorrow, and the winners will be announced on the blog.
10th Grade:
Week 5
Diction – an
author’s choice of words based on thier correctness, clearness, or
effectiveness. There are several kinds of diction. The following are some of them: (You will be expected to know all of these terms for the test on Friday.)
·
Archaic
– old fashioned phrases or words – Wherefore art thou?
·
Colloquialism
– local speech patterns common to a certain area. Very informal – I used to could.
·
Jargon
– Technical, specific language used by specialty groups. 504, IEP, ELL, SIP, Mom and Dad
·
Profanity
– disrespect for sacred things
·
Slang
– very common, street language – take a chill pill, chillax!
·
Vulgarity
– swearing, gross, crude language. –
used too often in movies to make it “Real.”
Spelling - Week 5
1. Aerial – In the sky
2. Affect – the input (Effect – the outcome)
3. Agreeable – willing, to your liking
4. Aisle – tiny passageway on planes
5. Alcohol – Libations
6. Alignment – how things line up
7. All right – OK – NEVER one word!!!!!!! a’ight
8. Anecdote – story with a point to it.
9. Annihilate – completely destroy
10. Anonymous – secret identity
Antecedent –
Always goes with a pronoun. Identifies
the pronoun in the sentence.
I went with
Margaret to the dance. She looked really
pretty.
Bob is my
best friend, although he can be a real jerk sometimes.
My cat is
stupid – she refuses to drink out of anything but the toilet or the fish tank
Homework: Write a 1
page journal entry about a family vacation you took – include 5 antecedents and
identify them in your paper with a highlighter.
Due Wednesday.
After we completed the spelling, we listened to a persuasive speech by Dr. Benjamin Carson from last week. You can easily look it up on Youtube. It is about 27 minutes long, and was given at the National Day of Prayer, attended by President Obama. It is a fabulous example of persuasive speaking, and even though it was given at a religious function, it is not really a religious text, but more of a "How to save yourself and America" talk. Look it up. Listen to it. It may be the most profound thing you hear all year.
No comments:
Post a Comment