2020-2021 Week 12

Language Arts

spelling
immobilize
impossibility
jalepino
lambaste
morale
nonfiction
occasion
pheasant
quavering
recipe

Monday

Write each spelling word two times each.

Grammar: Subject and Predicate

Subjects and Predicates are very simple and by the ninth grade this topic should be a review from years past.

The Subject is what the sentence is about or who or what is doing the action plus any of it's modifies such as articles and adjectives.

The Predicate is the verb and everything else.

Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.

examples:

I ate the pizza.
I is the subject and ate the pizza is the predicate.

The smiling goldfish swam gleefully through the sparkling clean water.The smiling goldfish is the subject and swam gleefully through the sparkling clean water is the predicate.


Worksheet:
Circle the subject and underline the predicate in each sentence.

1. The police immobilized a swat team after the bank robbery.

2. The fat girl thought that losing weight was an impossibility.

3. The fat man bit into the spicy jalapeno pepper.

4. The angry mob lambasted the priest with insults.

5. The school kids had heightened morale after the sports assembly.

Write 5 sentences of your own then circle your subject and underline your predicate.

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5.________________________________________________________________________________

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Tuesday

Write each spelling word in a sentence that uses only active verbs. That means you cannot use any form of the verb "to be": am, was, are, were, is.

Literary Device: Asyndeton

Asyndeton, derived from the Greek word asyndeton, which literally means “unconnected,” is a stylistic device used in literature and poetry that eliminates conjunctions between the phrases. Yet with asyndeton grammatical accuracy should be maintained. This helps in reducing the indirect meaning of a phrase to present the sentence in a concise form. It was first used in Greek and Latin literature.

Asyndeton can be used between phrases and clauses in a single sentence or to connect more than one sentence into one without conjuctions.


examples:

He loved, lost, mourned, wept all the days of his life.

Repent
the rain fell hard, fell fast, fast furious

'til the rivers bled over the banks

and the dams burst in sorrow

God stretched a weary hand

calling, calling, pleading, pleading

repent said the rain, repent said the wind,

repent said our God


Here are some famous examples:

Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?
~William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Without looking, without making a sound, without talking

~Sophicles, Oedipus at Colonus

Write 3 sentences using Asyndeton to emphasize your meaning and feelings.

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2._______________________________________________________________________________

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3._______________________________________________________________________________

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Write a five line poem using Asyndeton:

Wednesday

Write the spelling words two times each.

Reading Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions.

The Lady of Shalott
by: Alfred Lord Tennyson

On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road runs by
To many-tower'd Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.

By the margin, willow-veil'd,
Slide the heavy barges trail'd
By slow horses; and unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?

Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly,
Down to tower'd Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers ''Tis the fairy
Lady of Shalott.'

PART II


There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.

And moving thro' a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
Winding down to Camelot:
There the river eddy whirls,
And there the surly village-churls,
And the red cloaks of market girls,
Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad,
Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad,
Goes by to tower'd Camelot;
And sometimes thro' the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two:
She hath no loyal knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights,
For often thro' the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights,
And music, went to Camelot:
Or when the moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;
'I am half sick of shadows,' said
The Lady of Shalott.

PART III


A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley-sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd
To a lady in his shield,
That sparkled on the yellow field,
Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,
Like to some branch of stars we see
Hung in the golden Galaxy.
The bridle bells rang merrily
As he rode down to Camelot:
And from his blazon'd baldric slung
A mighty silver bugle hung,
And as he rode his armour rung,
Beside remote Shalott.

All in the blue unclouded weather
Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather,
The helmet and the helmet-feather
Burn'd like one burning flame together,
As he rode down to Camelot.
As often thro' the purple night,
Below the starry clusters bright,
Some bearded meteor, trailing light,
Moves over still Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;
On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flow'd
His coal-black curls as on he rode,
As he rode down to Camelot.
From the bank and from the river
He flash'd into the crystal mirror,
'Tirra lirra,' by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces thro' the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look'd down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack'd from side to side;
'The curse is come upon me!' cried
The Lady of Shalott.

PART IV


In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower'd Camelot;

Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott.

And down the river's dim expanse—
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance—
With a glassy countenance
Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.

Lying, robed in snowy white
That loosely flew to left and right—
The leaves upon her falling light—
Thro' the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot:
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy,
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly,
And her eyes were darken'd wholly,
Turn'd to tower'd Camelot;
For ere she reach'd upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses high,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came,
Knight and burgher, lord and dame,
And round the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.

Who is this? and what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they cross'd themselves for fear,
All the knights at Camelot:
But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said, 'She has a lovely face;
God in His mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott.'



1. What type of land is Shalott? What city is it near?______________________________________

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2. A curse comes on the Lady of Shalott if she does what?_________________________________

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3. For whom did the Lady of Shalott look upon that brought the curse and what cracked?_________

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4. What did the Lady of Shalott do when she knew she would die?__________________________

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Thursday

Poetry and Creative Writing

Let's move away from poetry for a few weeks and focus on  short stories. First let's look at Characters and character development. To write a good short story, you're going to need a good character that people can relate to. You'll have to start by brainstorming a few things.

1. Gender
2. Age
3. Communication style: How does your character talk?

4. History: Where does your character come from? What is his or her background?
5. Appearance: What does your character look like and dress like. Think about hair, eye color, body type, scars, teeth, the way he or she dresses and stands or sits.

6. Relationships: Who are your characters friends and family and how does he or she get along with them?

7. Ambition: What does your character want out of life?
8. Flaws and Weakness: What is your character good at? How does that affect how your character speaks and acts?

9. Strengths: What are your characters talents and skills?

Now take these 9 things and write up an outline for one character that will be a part of your first short story in two weeks time.

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Scriptures

Continue with your Book of Mormon reading. You're required to finish by the end of the semester. Read two to three chapters a day.

Reading

Pride and Prejudice 61 chapters
Monday- Chapters 25, 26, and 27
Tuesday- Chapters 28, 29, and 30
Wednesday- Chapters 31, 32, and 33
Thursday- Chapters 34, 35, and 36

Geography

Mon- Wed: Learn all of the Capitol cities of all of the Countries in Northeastern Europe.
Test on Thursday. Tests will be first in the day on Thursday