Wednesday, May 1, 2019

8th or 9th Grade Week 3

Vocabulary and Spelling

WORD POS DEFINITION & NOTES
1. Austere adj. -severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
2. Banal adj. -predictable, clichéd, boring
3. Belfry n. -a bell tower; a room in which a bell is hung
4. Chauvinist n. -someone prejudiced in favor of the group to which he or she belongs
5. Corroborate v. -to support with evidence
6. Crescendo n. -steadily increasing in volume, force, or pitch to a terminal peak
7. Dissemble v. -to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character
8. Emulate v. -to copy; to try to equal or excel
9. Expurgate v. -to censor or edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
10. Fecund adj. -fertile, fruitful, or productive
11. Frugality n. -tending to be thrifty or cheap
12. Grovel v. -to humble oneself in a demeaning way
13. Guile n. -deceit or trickery
14. Hegemony n. -the domination of one state or group over its allies
15. Luminous adj. -bright, brilliant, glowing
16. Nascent adj. -starting to develop or coming into existence
17. Parley v. -discuss, usually between enemies
18. Sanguine adj. -ruddy, cheerfully optimistic
19. Sportive adj. -frolicsome, playful
20. Stratagem n. -a trick designed to deceive or to gain advantage over

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 7

Tuesday
Grammar workbook pg 8
Thursday
Using the sentences you wrote for your spelling words, circle the subject and underline the predicate for each sentence.

Spanish

Monday
Write a list of 20 -er verbs

Tuesday
Conjugate your 20 verbs into present tense 

Wednesday
Conjugate your 20 verbs into imperfect tense

Thursday
Watch this video on youtube

Art

Monday
Read about Donatello


Wednesday and Thursday
Work on your own drawings

History



Monday- Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 110-121
Tuesday- Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 122-127
Wednesday-  Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 128-136
Thursday-  Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 137-141

Biology

Monday
Read Chapter 3 sections 1 and 2 pgs 74-78 and 80-85
Write down all the words highlighted in yellow and their definitions

Tuesday
Do Section 3 assessment pg 78 and Section 2 assesment pg 85
Answer all questions and turn them in to me to be graded

Wednesday
Do lab on pg 79

Reading

Monday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 1

Tuesday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 2

Wednesday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 3

Thursday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 4


Math

Monday-Thursday with mom

Scriptures

read 30 minutes daily

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