Language Arts
~ read 20 min, and use log to record reading
~ Hand of Robin Squires ch 22-25 due next Wednesday. These are the questions due:
1) Find the 2 similes in chapter 22, and the one simile in chapter 24.
2) What is Edward suggesting to Billy Boles when he says on page 130, "Come, Mr. Boles. Use your imagination."?
3) What shows you that Robin is absolutely convinced that Billy Boles will soon murder him and that he is desperate to escape?
4) What words would you use to describe Actaudin, especially after reading chapters 23 and 24? Do you think he would make a good leader for his people? Why?
5) Why does Robin decide to go back to England?
6) Match the vocabulary in the following list with the proper definition below - gale (p.123); subsided, tethered (pg.124); pinioned, tourniquet (pg.133). Write each word and then its proper meaning out in your notebook. PLEASE watch your spelling!
- a device for stopping bleeding by compressing a blood vessel
- a very strong wind; a wind with a velocity of 50-88km/h
- fastened with a rope or chain
- sank to a lower level; became less active
- to bind the arms of
Hand of Robin Squires final project due April 30
There will be a comprehensive spelling test on all Hand of Robin Squires words (48) on Monday, May 3. Students should begin studying for this important assessment. These are the words:
embraced
pinioned
emotion
tourniquet
sizzled
channel
assemble
resume
gale
subsided
tethered
aloof
plunder
scuttle
booty
mutilated
fastidious
mirth
plentiful
vigilance
revulsion
skewer
malice
ruse
alleviate
indifferent
rancour
tedious
quay
dispensary
commotion
bulwark
defiance
vigilance
preoccupied
tragedy
nocturnal
hallucinations
docile
squire
gout
tenant
harangue
yearned
modified
gelding
inquisitive
permeated
prodigal
To help study for this, I put the words in a Hangman game called Word Duck. You may find this game website to the right of this blog entry under "Hand of Robin Squires".
Social Studies
~ Tuesday we began an assignment about timelines. Students wee to create personal timelines using events of their own lives. This was not meant to be overly personal or nosy, just a way for students to understand the passage of time in their short lives. This was due today.
6 Science
~ Today we had Electricity test retake. Most of the students hit the ball out of the park on this test, and will keep the marks they received. If they choose to rewrite, then they may use this test as a study guide for a retake on Tuesday. I also included a set of additional notes to studying from, for those who want to retake.
The topics are: static electricity, current electricity, series circuit, parallel circuit, conductors and insulators, renewable and non-renewable energy, and conserving power. Again, the Tuesday test will be a multiple choice and fill in the blank assessment.
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High School and Middle School Dinner Theatre Sunday April 25 @ 6PM.
GMCS Cinema Presents: Dear John (PG-13) Friday, April 30 @ 7pm. Hope to see you there!
