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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

HW -- week of 11/27

I apologize for delay in posting HW -- the blog site was experiencing technical difficulties.

Septimi (VII): MONSTER QUEST ON FRIDAY!!! 60 points -- check e-mail for review sheet and PPT.
HW:
Monday (for Tuesday): Study Argus, Charon, Charybdis, Chimaera, Furies.
Tuesday (for Wednesday): Study Griffin, Harpies, Gorgons, Nemean Lion, Polyphemus, Python. Finish exercise 8b in TB if not finished in class.
Wednesday (for Thursday): Study Satyrs, Scylla, Sirens, Cerberus, Minotaur. Finish Act. 8a & b in WB if not done in class.
Thursday (for Friday): STUDY Typhon, Centaurs, Fates, Pegasus and review ALL of the monsters.

Octavi (VIII): Vocab Quiz Chapter 21 part I on Friday -- top half of pg. 39 vocab is Latin-to-English and bottom half of pg. 39 vocab (the verbs) are English to Latin -- ALL FORMS!!!! Also quizzed on Perfect Tense endings -i, -isti, -it; -imus, -istis, -erunt.
HW: STUDY every night!
Monday (for Friday): Chapter 21 translation (pgs. 39-40!) due on FRIDAY!!! Pay very close attention to the tense of the verbs!!!
Wednesday (for Thursday): Act. 20g in WB
Thursday (for Friday): Act. 21c in WB and STUDY!!!!!!!! Chapter 21 due (remember that it's 2 pages long!)

Monday, November 13, 2006

HW - Week 11/13

Septimi (VII): Chapters 5-6 quiz on Monday; Chapter 7 vocab, derivatives, and house terms on Friday.

HW:
Monday (for Tuesday): Exercise Ib in TB (pg. 49)
Tuesday (for Wednesday): Exercise Ic in TB (pg. 49)
Thursday (for Friday): Study Ch. 7 words; derivatives (occupied; spectator; announce; convene; salutation; education; trade; tradition; prince/princess; urban; revoke; consult); Roman House terms (impluvium; compluvium; triclinium; tablinum; atrium; cubiculum; culina; latrina; hortus; ianua; fauces; ala; domus; balnea; peristylium; vestibulum; piscina; insulae)
Friday (for Monday): Read Page 49 and answer questions on page 50 (show the Latin that goes with it!)

Octavi (VIII): Ch. 20 vocabulary quiz on Friday (remember to learn BOTH pages of the chapter!)
Tuesday (for Thursday): Act. 20c in WB
Thursday (for Friday): STUDY!!!

Monday, November 06, 2006

HW -- Week of 11/ 6

This is a busy week for the seventh graders! Make sure to stay on top of your work so that you can boost your grade up A LOT!!!! (or ruin your grade A LOT!!!)

Septimi (VII): Grammar Quest Monday; Hephaestus Quiz Tuesday; Vocab Quiz Wednesday; *NOTE: Chapters 5-6 vocab quiz moved to NEXT Monday, November 13!!!*

HW:
Monday (for Tuesday) -- Study Hephaestus PowerPoint (called "Vulcan") Grammar Quest today.
Tuesday (for Wednesday) -- Study Chapters 3-4 vocab; ex. 7b in TB and Act 7b in WB. Hephaestus quiz today.
Wednesday (for Thursday) -- Act. 7h in WB Chapters 3-4 vocab quiz today.
Thursday (for Friday) -- Act. 7f in WB (BRING YELLOW BOOK!)
Friday (for Monday): Study Chapters 5-6 vocab.

Octavi (VIII): Perfect Tense Quiz on Tuesday.

HW:

Monday (for Tuesday): Study!!!
Tuesday (for FRIDAY): Summary of Chapter 20 in LATIN due on FRIDAY!!!!

Reminder: Saturnalia (TOGA PARTY!!!!) is this FRIDAY between 6-7:30 in the cafeteria! You must wear a toga (bring a bedsheet and we'll turn it into a toga for you) and a food item. You may also participate in the gift exchange (max. $10 value). Come for food, fun, and craziness!!!!