Archive for March, 2009

DUE DATES for Oral Presentation/PowerPoint and CHINA LPS PROJECT

March 25, 2009

You have known about your oral presentation and PowerPoint presentation since Friday, March 20th. In fact, you were given a very clear explanation and list of topics. The project is due—NO EXCUSES—on March 31st.

You must do your presentation on Tuesday, March 31st! See the sheet that I gave you. Make sure you only stick to the topic that you picked unless you have agreed to switch with another person.

Do not lose the rubric that I gave you! You must give it to me Tuesday when you present!

The first part of your LPS China Project is due on Wednesday, April 1st.

New Spelling and Definitions Test

March 23, 2009

Greek Test #2 (“The Gift of Fire”)

Find the definitions for each of these words and be ready to write the test this Wednesday.  THIS THURSDAY INSTEAD (due to the Thai field trip on Wednesday).

1. Overthrew

2. Sacrifice

3. Withheld

4. Fury

5. Pandora

6. Misfortune

7. Sew

8. Zeus

9. Torment

10. Oblivion

11. Jar

Map of Ancient India Homework

March 11, 2009

You should be able to label the Map of India as follows (from the smallest to largest lettering):

Cities, Rivers, Seas and Lakes

LARGE AREAS OF LAND, OCEANS

COUNTRY NAMES

CONTINENTS

Now make sure you print neatly and clearly. Make sure that your labels are straight (unless you are labeling a river). Make sure that you have the proper sizing and capitalize when necessary. Cities, rivers, seas and lakes should only have the first letters of each word capitalized.

ESL: Find the definitions for the Spelling and Definitions Test this Wednesday

March 9, 2009

1. Democracy: citizens take part in a government by voting

2. Peninsula:

3. Settler:

4. Cultivate:

5. Surrounds:

6. City-state:

7. Metropolis: “mother city”

8. Urban:

9. Rural:

10. Greece:

11. Athens:

Samurai Spelling and Definitions Test on Wednesday for ESL Geography

March 2, 2009

Samurai Spelling and Definitions Test

Find the meaning of all the words and be prepared for your spelling and definitions test on Wednesday.

1. Primarily: mostly
2. Curve:
3. Considered
4. Isolated: alone and separated
5. Commit
6. Successfully
7. Saddle
8. Disgrace
9. Perfume
10. Armor
11. Troops
12. Firearms
13. Authority
14. Stealth
15. Assassin
16. Chopped
17. Avoid
18. Duel
19. Meditated
20. Ritual