Monday, November 9, 2009

November 17/18, 2009

Spelling/Vocabulary
-ate means cause, make, operate upon (This suffix makes verbs.)
1. separate
2. create
3. segregate
4. dominate

Test next time. 
fore- means "front"
1. forehead 

2. forecast
3. forethought
4. forefront



cast -- to throw, calculate, prepare, contrive


O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc.

c.1290, from O.Fr. front "forehead, brow," from L. frontem (nom. frons) "forehead," perhaps lit. "that which projects," from PIE *bhront-, from base *bhren- "to project, stand out."

No retakes will be available, so study the words and word parts sets as they come.

Book Groups -- Doing Research

November 18 -- A-Day students, if you were absent, see the PowerPoint and Handout at
The handout to go with the PowerPoint:http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson983/student.pdf
This lesson has lots of great suggestions and helps for creating a PowerPoint and for citing sources and creating Works Cited page:  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=787