December 14/15, 2009

December 14/15, 2009
Spelling test --
Prefix to study:   mis- which means incorrect, bad
1.    mistake
2.    misprint
3.    misplace
4.    misinform
5.    misuse

Extra credit:
Tell what the word parts for this word mean:
misanthropist:
    1)  miso = hate
    2)  anthrop = man, human being
    3)  -ist = one who


2. Spelling for next time: 
-less = without  (This suffix creates adjectives.)  Be able to tell which part of speech this suffix creates when you add it to a word base.


hopeless
useless
careless
fearless
worthless


( Apostrophes  -- (B2 needs to do the apostrophe exercise with Captain Underpants.)

3. Words By Heart  


 B1 end of chapter one to page 17 after  5 paragraph -- "scared of changes." 
B2  from page 15, top of page to page 21.
B4  from   page 15, top of page to end of chapter 2

A1 from page 7 4th paragraph to page 14 "you don't need to be told." 2nd paragraph


A2  from very top of page 17 after ". . . is true for her" to to page 20, after 4th paragraph, "arithmetic lesson for tomorrow."


A4 from page 14 "You don't need to be told to page  19, chapter 3.


4. View a few projects


5. Prepare for writing about your historical fiction novel next time.  Do you remember your wiki user name and password? 
See

Writing About Your Book

December 10/11, 2009

December 10/11, 2009

Turn in Book-of-the-Month Research Projects.
Here is the original assignment:

November/December Book Assessment

FAQ's about the Project

Have your book entirely read by the 16th/17th, 
and bring it to school that day.  


1. Spelling test on
-ist = one who

artist   (no extra credit)
physicist  (pertaining to nature)
chemist (from alchemy)


2. Receive the next spelling assignment: 
Prefix to study:   mis- which means incorrect, bad
1.    mistake
2.    misprint
3.    misplace
4.    misinform
5.    misuse

Extra credit:
Tell what the word parts for this word mean:
misanthropist:
    1)  miso = hate
    2)  anthrop = man, human being
    3)  -ist = one who

3. Apostrophes  -- (B2 needs to do the apostrophe exercise with Captain Underpants.)

4. Words By Heart  


B1  from page 5, end of paragraph 1 to  (page 15, top of page?)
B2  from end of chapter one to   ?  (page 15, top of page?)
B4  from page 7, 4th paragraph to  page 15, top of page.


A1 from page 7 4th paragraph to  (no reading today)


A2  from very top of page 17 after ". . . is true for her" to




A4 from end of chapter 1 to page 14 "You don't need to be told





Here's another example for a Works Cited Entry:
For the facts, you need to cite (like with easybib.com or citationmachine.net) the sources.

Here is a works cited entry from  easybib for a fact from one student's project. I just put in the URL she provided (after I'd selected Click Here to Select a Source, Web Site), clicked on AutoCite, then on Create Citation -- lower on the page.  Then I could copy that citation, or wait until I had them all and copy the whole works cited/bibliography from easy bib.
This is the works cited entry:

"Roman Social Class and Public Display." VROMA :: Home. Web. 09 Dec. 2009.    
.