Friday, May 10, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Greek Gods Baseball Cards
Greek Mythology
Gods and Goddesses
Baseball Cards
To understand The Odyssey, you
will be researching the 12 Olympians to create baseball cards.
ONLY CHOOSE EIGHT REQUIRED! THE OTHERS ARE EXTRA CREDIT!
The Olympians are a group of 12 gods who
ruled after the overthrow of the Titans.
All the Olympians are related in some way. They are named after their dwelling
place Mount Olympus.
- Poseidon
- Hades
- Demeter
- Hera
- Ares
- Athena
- Apollo
- Aphrodite
- Hermes
- Dionysus
- Hephaestus
- Research an additional god or goddess not included in the Olympians.
For each god, you will include the following information on the front of
the card:
1. Drawn and colored picture
of the god or goddess
2. Realm
3. Picture of their
symbol
On the back of the card include a paragraph on the following
information:
1. Summary of the
deity’s character
2. Explanation of
accomplishments
3. Relationship to
other gods
Assignment due date: FRIDAY, 4/19
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
VOCAB!
Here are ALL the words! Let me know if your have questions!
-ist: one who
-less: without
-ism: belief
-y: full of
-ful: full of
-er/-or: one who
supercilious: prideful
philanthropist: one who loves mankind
fickle: not reliable
lucrative: moneymaking/profitable
sage: a very wise person
mar: to damage or ruin
hoopla: excitement around an event
incredulous: skeptical/hard time believing something
3rd Quarter Vocab
Roots:
ang: bend
belli: war
clar: clear
counter: against
gram: writing
luc: light
lum: light
tele: far
vor: eat
ang: bend
belli: war
clar: clear
counter: against
gram: writing
luc: light
lum: light
tele: far
vor: eat
rupt: break
vac: empty
sol: alone
Prefix:
Anti:
against
semi: half
sub: under
Vocab:
amiable: friendly/good/natured
Vocab:
amiable: friendly/good/natured
comply: to follow
condone: to allow a behavior that's wrong to occur
fervor: intense emotion
heed: to listen to
hypercritical: excessively critical
heed: to listen to
hypercritical: excessively critical
inadvertent: accidental
indifferent: not caring one way or another
obscure: unclear/hard to understand
obscure: unclear/hard to understand
repress: to hold back
tangible: touchable
verbose: talkative
tangible: touchable
verbose: talkative
SECOND
QUARTER
Roots:
anthrop: man
phil: love
photo: light
migr: move
anthrop: man
phil: love
photo: light
migr: move
Therm: heat
Aero: air
Sect:cut
Term:end
Fic: make
Sci: know
Tact: touch
-ist: one who
-less: without
-ism: belief
-y: full of
-ful: full of
-er/-or: one who
supercilious: prideful
philanthropist: one who loves mankind
fickle: not reliable
lucrative: moneymaking/profitable
sage: a very wise person
mar: to damage or ruin
hoopla: excitement around an event
incredulous: skeptical/hard time believing something
zealous:
having great energy and enthusiasm
dearth: a
lack of something
ostracize:
to exclude
diligent:
hard working
FIRST
QUARTER
aud-hear
bi-two/halves
biblio/bibl
-book
bio-life
cap-head
chron-time
corp -body
cred-believe
credulous
dem-people
div-divide/part
egregious
egregious
eradicate
falter
gen-birth
graph-write
im-not
implore
lavish
mort-death
obliterate
pacify
pervade
pervade
pop-people
post-after
pre-before
re-again
scrupulous
snarky
spec-see
squander
struct-build
un-not
vid-see
VOCAB MEANINGS:
VOCAB MEANINGS:
Credulous:
gullible, easily believe something
egregious:
shocking or very bad
eradicate:
to get rid of
falter: to
mess up or lose momentum
fickle: not
reliable
hoopla:
excitement around an event
implore: to
beg urgently
incredulous:
skeptical, have a hard time believing something
lavish:
rich or luxurious
lucrative:
profitable/moneymaking
mar: to
damage or ruin
obliterate:
to completely destroy
pacify: to
calm
pervade: to
spread throughout
philanthropist:
a person that helps others
sage: a
very wise person
scrupulous:
very careful while doing something.
Snarky:
rude or sarcastic
Squander:
to waste something (money or time)
Supercilious:
thinking you’re better than others
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
RANKING RELATIONSHIPS
Relationship
Ranking
Each of the following scenarios describes a relationship. Read each scenario and rank them from the scenario that describes the best love relationship (1) to the scenario that describes the worst love relationship (3). Make sure you can support your opinions. Write two sentences for
each explaining why you gave it the
ranking you did.
Each of the following scenarios describes a relationship. Read each scenario and rank them from the scenario that describes the best love relationship (1) to the scenario that describes the worst love relationship (3). Make sure you can support your opinions. Write two sentences for
each explaining why you gave it the
ranking you did.
_____A
Joseph always felt uneasy at parties, especially parties that
included people from Forest View. Forest View was Elk Grove’s chief rival in
every sport, and Joseph and his friends had been competing against kids from
Forest View for as long as he could remember. And sometimes those competitions
got pretty heated. So who could blame Joseph for saying his good-byes early? As
he headed out the door, however, Joseph caught a glimpse of Sara. Even all
decked out in Forest View’s colors, she was, Joseph thought, the most beautiful
girl he had ever seen. Bolstering up his courage, Joseph went over to say
hello. And it wasn’t long before he was involved in a friendly conversation
with Sara and several of her friends. An hour flew by, and Joseph really did
have to go home. But he felt changed. Monday at school he confided to his best
friend that he was in love, and with someone from Forest View on top of it. The
kidding he got was intense; he and his best friend almost got into a fight over
it. But Joseph was sure. He couldn’t wait to see her again. He spent all week
searching to find a party that she might attend.
___ B
Mary and Martin have been next-door neighbors since the fifth
grade, and for seven years they’ve walked to school together. Since high school
started, though, once they got to school, they went their separate ways—Mary
was an athlete and Martin a musician. But on that mile walk they shared a lot
of talk about everyday events, hopes, and heartbreaks. The senior prom was
approaching and neither Mary nor Martin had a date. They decided to go
together. It was funny: they broached the subject on the same day, and in fact,
they couldn’t figure out who asked whom. The prom was great; they laughed and
danced and kidded with their friends. They didn’t go on an after-prom trip,
though. They had decided that it would make them seem too much like a couple,
and they didn’t want any awkwardness to interfere with their friendship. That
night both of them thought that the prom was one of the best dates they had
ever had. It was too bad that their “real” dates never went so well.
___ C
What a whirlwind of a romance, thought Amy. Ever since she had
met Tom, things had been, well, fantastic. Nightly phone calls. Dinners at
expensive restaurants. Gifts. She didn’t mind that Tom insisted she spend all
of her time with him. After all, her friends should understand, and if her
grades slipped a bit, who cares? She’d always be able to get into some college.
She had a bit of a twinge when he asked her not to go out for the musical, but
the dozen long-stem roses made that twinge fade. What a romance!
Friday, February 15, 2013
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