Wednesday, May 1, 2019

8th or 9th Grade Week 10

Vocabulary and Spelling

WORD POS DEFINITION & NOTES
1. Accolade n. -a mark of acknowledgement; award
2. Apothecary n. -one who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes
3. Askance adv. -with disapproval or distrust
4. Blunderbuss n. -a blundering person
5. Burnish v. -to polish
6. Cognitive adj. -of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity
7. Concupiscence n. -strong desire
8. Coterie n. -an intimate and often exclusive group with a unifying common interest or purpose
9. Debilitating adj. -impairing the strength of
10. Epigram n. -a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying
11. Hinder v. -to make slow or difficult the progress of
12. Impertinent adj. -given to or characterized by insolent rudeness
13. Pariah n. -one that is despised or rejected
14. Probate n. -the judicial determination of the validity of a will
15. Recumbent adj. -suggestive of repose
16. Recuperate v. -to regain a former state or condition
17. Stifle v. To withhold from circulation or expression
18. Tendentious adj. -marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased
19. Torturous adj. -painfully difficult or slow
20. Urban adj. -of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city


Monday and Tuesday
Spell words 3 times each

Wednesday
write each word in a sentence using completely correct grammar and punctuation

Thursday
 write a poem, fictional paragraph, or essay using at least 5 of these words

Friday
Spelling Test

Grammar

Monday
Grammar Workbook pg 29

Tuesday
Grammar workbook pg 30

Thursday
Using the sentences you wrote for your spelling words, circle the subject and underline the predicate for each sentence.

Spanish

Monday
Do a workbook page

Tuesday
Do a workbook page

Wednesday
Do a workbook page

Thursday
Watch this video on youtube

Art

Monday
Read about Manet

Tuesday
ask mom to show you some pictures

Wednesday and Thursday
work on your own drawings

History

Monday- Story of the World Volume 2 pgs 80-96
Tuesday- Story of the World Volume 2 pgs 97-107
Wednesday-  Story of the World Volume 2 pgs 108-128
Thursday-  Story of the World Volume 2 pgs 129-139

Biology

Monday
Read Chapter 7 section 3 pgs 226-235
Write down all the words highlighted in yellow and their definitions

Tuesday
Do Section 2 assessment pg 235
Answer all questions and turn them in to me to be graded

Wednesday
congratulations no science today

Reading

Monday
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt pgs 281-315

Tuesday
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt pgs 316-333

Wednesday
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt pgs 334-362

Thursday
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt pgs 363-389


Math

Monday-Thursday with mom

Piano

Learn a song of your choosing. You need to know 10 new songs by the end of the school year

PE

Do some exercise everyday. Get so you can run 3 miles without stopping. I'll sign you up for a race Apr 2020