Take the spelling test on the post- words with extra credit opportunities.
Prefix to study: post- which means after
1. postgraduate
2. postpone
3. postwar
4. postscript
extra credit: script comes from scribere which means “to write.” (1 Point)
Extra Credit from looking here: In the word "postpone," the "pone" part means "to put," so to postpone something is to "put it after."
More Extra Credit:
[The word posthaste is from the phrase "haste, post, haste," a direction on letters.]
Word History for posthaste --
Just interesting to know:
1545, usually said to be from "post haste" instruction formerly written on letters (attested from 1538), from post (3) "system for sending mail" + haste. The verb post "to ride or travel with great speed" is recorded from 1558.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper____________________________
Receive new spelling assignment: Test on January 22/25
Suffix to study: -ly which means "in the manner of" (adverb)
1. sincerely extra credit: < L sincerus pure, clean, untainted
2. usually
3. finally
4. carefully
5. immediately
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The Giver -- Reading Chapters --
Chapter 3 = 10 minutes
Chapter 4 = 12 minutes
Chapter 5 = 9 minutes
Chapter 6 = 15 minutes
Chapter 7 = 16 minutes
Chapter 8 = 10 minutes
B1 -- Chapter 4 -- Track 9 about 2/3 through page 56 through CD 2, track 2 to track 3, page 56
B2 -- chapter 4 -- just started chapter 5. Track 9 about 2/3 of the way through page 58
B4 --page 29, top of the page, track 6 about 1/3 of the way through to page 55, Disc 2, track 2, 4:05
A1 -- page 21, "Hippo" to top of page 44, Track 12, 5:00
A2 -- page 21, "he, too, had that look" to page 50, beginning of Chapter 7.
A4- page 23 Track 6, about 2/3 through "he had taken an apple home" to page 47, Track 13-- 2:49
Targets while reading:
Gather evidence by observation.
Visualize what you read.
Notice your own alignment with the text. From where are you viewing the action?
Answer questions about the text.
