On Tuesday, March 3rd, we are celebrating the fact that we have finished our unit on Ancient Egypt by ordering food from a nearby Egyptian restaurant. You have already placed your order so bring your money on Monday or Tuesday at the latest! Our food will arrive (hopefully) by lunchtime on Tuesday.
Archive for February, 2009
Egyptian Food Feast
February 27, 2009ESL: Spelling and Definitions Test Tomorrow
February 25, 2009
“The Snow Wife” Spelling and Definitions Test
1. Violent: A violent man likes to hit and hurt people.
2. Revive: to make people conscious or alive again
3. Approach: to move towards something
4. Pining: to want something a lot
5. Perhaps: maybe
6. Stove: an oven that cooks something
7. Dismay: sadly lose courage or hope
8. Heap: a pile or quantity of something (e.g., a heap of rice)
9. Embroidery: sewing (stitching) thread onto material in a design, picture, etc.
10. Pale: white or lighter in color than usual (use as an adjective)
11. Celebrate: to party or honor something like a holiday, etc.
ESL GEOGRAPHY: Spelling and Definitions Test for Thursday, Feb. 11th
February 11, 2009Here are the words that you did not understand based on our reading of a portion of the Japan Chapter.
1. National
2. Branch
3. Influential: to affect other things or people
4. Emphasizes: to stress something
5. Focus: to see or think about one main thing
6. Concepts: ideas
7. “To make little sense” means “not easy to understand”
8. Concentrate: to focus one’s powers, efforts, or attention
9. Enlightenment: a big realization—to know something new.
10. Koan
If I have not given you the definition, YOU must find the definition yourself.
