Wednesday, May 1, 2019

8th or 9th Grade Week 5

Vocabulary and Spelling

WORD POS DEFINITION & NOTES
1. Advocate n. -one that pleads the cause of another
2. Belabor v. -to explain or insist on excessively
3. Complaisance n. -disposition to please or comply
4. Corpulent adj. -having a large bulky body
5. Debut n. -a first appearance or formal entrance into society
6. Effectual adj. -producing or able to produce a desired result
7. Filibuster n. -the use of tactics to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly
8. Galvanized adj. -subjected to the action of an electric current for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
9. Impropriety n. -an improper or indecorous act or remark
10. Minutiae n. -a minor detail
11. Ostracism n. -exclusion by general consent
12. Peccadillo n. -a slight offense
13. Rent v. -synonymous to the past tense of tear
14. Ribald adj. -crude, offensive
15. Solace v. -to comfort in grief or misfortune
16. Tare n. -a weed of grain in fields; an undesirable element
17. Torpid adj. -lacking in energy or vigor
18. Undermined adj. -weakened insidiously or secretly
19. Virulence n. -extreme bitterness or malignity of temper
20. Vivacity n. -the quality of state of being lively in temper, conduct, or spirit

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 12

Tuesday
Grammar workbook pg 13
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 -ir words

Tuesday
Conjugate your verb list in present tense
for help

Wednesday
Conjugate your verb list in the imperfect tense
for help

Thursday
Watch this video on youtube

Art

Monday
Read about Claude Monet

Tuesday
Veiw paintings of Claude Monet

Wednesday and Thursday
Draw a landscape and color it to look like a Monet painting

History

Monday- Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 188-197
Tuesday- Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 198-204
Wednesday-  Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 205-221
Thursday-  Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 222-232

Biology

Monday
Read Chapter 3 sections 5 pgs 94-102
Write down all the words highlighted in yellow and their definitions

Tuesday
Do Section 5 assessment pg 102
Answer all questions and turn them in to me to be graded

Wednesday
Draw a copy of the cell cycle on pgs 98-99

Reading

Monday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 9

Tuesday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 10

Wednesday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 11

Thursday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 12


Math

Monday-Thursday with mom

Scriptures 

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