Wednesday, May 1, 2019

8th or 9th Grade Week 6

Vocabulary and Spelling

WORD POS DEFINITION & NOTES
1. Confer v. -to compare views or take counsel
2. Denounce v. -to pronounce to be blameworthy or evil
3. Dispatch v. -to send off or away with promptness or speed
4. Dispensation n. -a general state or ordering of things
5. Edifice n. -a large or massive structure
6. Flippant adj. -lacking proper respect or seriousness
7. Gerontocracy n. -rule by elders
8. Idyll n. -a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes
9. Inefficacious adj. -lacking the power to produce a desired effect
10. Irradiate v. -to cast rays of light upon
11. Opaque adj. -hard to understand or explain
12. Quixotic adj. -foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
13. Superlative adj. -of very high quality
14. Tyro n. -a beginner in learning
15. Unfrock v. -defrock: remove from a position of honor or privilege
16. Unscathed adj. -wholly unharmed; not injured
17. Vicarious adj. -performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another
18. Whet v. -to make keen or more acute
19. Whittle v. -to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually
20. Wizen v. -to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or failing vitality

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 15-16

Tuesday
Grammar workbook pg 17-18
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 Van Gogh

Tuesday
Veiw paintings of Van Gogh

Wednesday and Thursday
Do a coloring that looks like a Van Gogh work of art

History

Monday- Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 233-238
Tuesday- Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 239-253
Wednesday-  Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 254-262
Thursday-  Story of the World Volume 1 pgs 263-277

Biology

Monday
Read Chapter 4 sections 1 and 2 pgs 110-115 and pgs118-123
Write down all the words highlighted in yellow and their definitions

Tuesday
Do Section 1 and 2 assessments pgs 115 and 123
Answer all questions and turn them in to me to be graded

Wednesday
Do lab on pgs 124-125

Reading

Monday
Autobiography of Parley P Pratt pgs 1-12
Tuesday
Autobiography of Parley P Pratt pgs 13-34

Wednesday
Autobiography of Parley P Pratt pgs 35-52

Thursday
Autobiography of Parley P Pratt pgs 53-63


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