October 19-23
Grade 12:
We are presenting some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in class, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 20th. This assignment fuflills the Speaking and Listening component of this term's work, worth 20 per cent of the term.
Novel essays are due on Wednesday.
A test on the third Literary Period will be held on Friday, with a prepatory quiz on Wednesday.
Grade 9
We are working on the story "Paris and the Golden Apple, page 209.
Questions on “Paris and the Golden Apple”
1. Not many myths involve ordinary people. Why do you think that is so? Why do the myths and epics focus on gods and goddesses, kings and princes?
2. There were two predictions that the city of Troy would be destroyed; what were the two predictions?
3. What did each of the three goddesses promise Paris, for his choosing which goddess was the most beautiful or the fairest of all? What other story do you know that the question is asked, “Who is the fairest of all?”
4. What were the special powers of each of the goddesses? Can you think of a story where a mortal wanted one of the other special gifts offered by Hera or Athena?
5. Who helped Odysseus come up with a plan to defeat Troy, and retrieve Helen? Why was this help given?
6. What would be some of the themes of this story? Explain your answer.
Novel assignments are due on Wednesday.
We are finishing the short story "Moon Maiden."
Vocabulary on the story:
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Ultraviolet: beyond the visible colour spectrum
Apennines: a mountain range in Italy
Cumbersome: burdensome, troublesome
Smoggy: a form of air pollution
Isolation: solitude, a closing off from people
Hallucination: to see images that do not exist outside the mind
Imaginary: existing only in the imagination or the mind
Escorted: a group of people accompanied by a group leader, led by someone
Mare Tranquillitatis: a place on the moon
Regolith: layer of loose rock resting on bedrock, i.e. moon rocks that are loose on the moon’s surface
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Thrum: to drum or tap idly
Tranquility: calm, peaceful
Aisle: a lane or walkway as in a store, or on a plane
Claustrophobic: afraid of confined spaces
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Wasteland: land that is barren (empty) or uncultivated
Sacred: devoted or dedicated to a deity (god) or having some religious purpose
Plaque: a plate attached to something giving an explanation
Kimono: traditional Japanese dress
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Purposeful: full of purpose or having good use, or useful
Entreaty: a earnest or humble request, a prayerful or pleading request
Jarringly: shake or vibrate, or a harsh sound
Faceplate: front part of a helmet, transparent part of an astronaut’s helmet
Disembark: to leave a ship, plane (embark means to board a ship or plane)
Intent: purpose, design, or intention
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Misfits: something or someone that fits badly
Eccentric: deviating from the accepted practice
Flotsam: items floating in the sea
Pulse: a throbbing, as in blood moving in the veins, pushed by the heart
Intricate: involved or delicate design or entanglement
Pedestrian: a person who walks or travels on the street or path
Agitated: to move of force into violence
Emblazoned: a adorn or decorate a surface
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Undertone: a low or subdued or quieted tone or sound
Restorative: pertaining to restoration or taking back to an original place, making amends
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Wanly: a natural or sickly colour
Page 134:
Immortal: living forever
Exiled: removed from a place, and cannot go back
Ecstasy: extreme pleasure
Impish: mischievous
Irritably: easily annoyed
Demonstrated: provide an example
Dismissive: to ignore, or let go
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Desolate: barren or to lay to waste
Drab: dull, cheerless
Expelled: to let go or to remove
Vaguely: unclearly
Sapling: a very young tree
Page 136:
Pagoda: a temple or sacred place, usually in Asia
Insubstantial: not substantial
Page 138:
Mesmerized: to hypnotize; to spellbind; fascinate
Cumbersome: awkward, troublesome
Comprehension: understanding
Modeling (as in clay): shaping a piece of sculpture
Inquiring: asking
Tilted: to lean to one side
Forlorn: lonely and sad; forsaken
Wisped: a thin puff of smoke or vapour
Hovering: to hang fluttering or suspended in the air
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Cure: successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
Clutched: to seize or grasp tightly
Exquisite: of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry.
Inhabited: to live or dwell in (a place)
Sphere: any rounded body approximately of this form; a globular mass, shell
Homecoming: a return to one’s home
Folktale: any belief or story passed on traditionally, esp. one considered to be false or based on superstition
Questions on the story:
1. How did the author develop the background information in the story?
2. Give several examples of how the main character was developed. State the technique used by the author (by what the character said, did, and so on.
3. Give several examples of the setting being developed in the story. State whether the choices were developing time, place or atmosphere.
4. What was one of the themes in the story? How was this theme developed? (By the change that occurred in the character, by some event in the story, by the conflict?
5. What do you think is the benefit of reading science fiction? What would be some popular science fiction stories, movies, television shows today? What do you think makes them so popular? Which is your favorite and why?
Root words for this week are:
Flu, fluct, flux: flow
Examples: flue: pipe or chimney to exhaust fumes or smoke from a
building
fluid: something that will flow, cna be liquid or gas
flux: the action of flowing
fluidity: the qualit of being fluid
Fort: strong
Examples: fortify: to strengthen
enforce: to force obedience
fortress: a citidel or large fort
reinforce: to make stronger
gen: birth, origin, race (of people)
Examples: genre: a kind or style of literature or art
indigenous: native to a country, before any immigrants arrive
progeny: children or offspring
genealogy: study of one's ancestry
geo: earth
Examples: geography: study of earth's climate, surface, and peoples,
cultures
geology: study of the earth's crust
geothermal: using the heat of the earth
geodesic: having a curve like the shapeof the earth.
Grade 12:
We are presenting some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in class, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 20th. This assignment fuflills the Speaking and Listening component of this term's work, worth 20 per cent of the term.
Novel essays are due on Wednesday.
A test on the third Literary Period will be held on Friday, with a prepatory quiz on Wednesday.
Grade 9
We are working on the story "Paris and the Golden Apple, page 209.
Questions on “Paris and the Golden Apple”
1. Not many myths involve ordinary people. Why do you think that is so? Why do the myths and epics focus on gods and goddesses, kings and princes?
2. There were two predictions that the city of Troy would be destroyed; what were the two predictions?
3. What did each of the three goddesses promise Paris, for his choosing which goddess was the most beautiful or the fairest of all? What other story do you know that the question is asked, “Who is the fairest of all?”
4. What were the special powers of each of the goddesses? Can you think of a story where a mortal wanted one of the other special gifts offered by Hera or Athena?
5. Who helped Odysseus come up with a plan to defeat Troy, and retrieve Helen? Why was this help given?
6. What would be some of the themes of this story? Explain your answer.
Novel assignments are due on Wednesday.
We are finishing the short story "Moon Maiden."
Vocabulary on the story:
Page 127:
Ultraviolet: beyond the visible colour spectrum
Apennines: a mountain range in Italy
Cumbersome: burdensome, troublesome
Smoggy: a form of air pollution
Isolation: solitude, a closing off from people
Hallucination: to see images that do not exist outside the mind
Imaginary: existing only in the imagination or the mind
Escorted: a group of people accompanied by a group leader, led by someone
Mare Tranquillitatis: a place on the moon
Regolith: layer of loose rock resting on bedrock, i.e. moon rocks that are loose on the moon’s surface
Page 128:
Thrum: to drum or tap idly
Tranquility: calm, peaceful
Aisle: a lane or walkway as in a store, or on a plane
Claustrophobic: afraid of confined spaces
Page 129:
Wasteland: land that is barren (empty) or uncultivated
Sacred: devoted or dedicated to a deity (god) or having some religious purpose
Plaque: a plate attached to something giving an explanation
Kimono: traditional Japanese dress
Page 130:
Purposeful: full of purpose or having good use, or useful
Entreaty: a earnest or humble request, a prayerful or pleading request
Jarringly: shake or vibrate, or a harsh sound
Faceplate: front part of a helmet, transparent part of an astronaut’s helmet
Disembark: to leave a ship, plane (embark means to board a ship or plane)
Intent: purpose, design, or intention
Page 131:
Misfits: something or someone that fits badly
Eccentric: deviating from the accepted practice
Flotsam: items floating in the sea
Pulse: a throbbing, as in blood moving in the veins, pushed by the heart
Intricate: involved or delicate design or entanglement
Pedestrian: a person who walks or travels on the street or path
Agitated: to move of force into violence
Emblazoned: a adorn or decorate a surface
Page 132:
Undertone: a low or subdued or quieted tone or sound
Restorative: pertaining to restoration or taking back to an original place, making amends
Page 133:
Wanly: a natural or sickly colour
Page 134:
Immortal: living forever
Exiled: removed from a place, and cannot go back
Ecstasy: extreme pleasure
Impish: mischievous
Irritably: easily annoyed
Demonstrated: provide an example
Dismissive: to ignore, or let go
Page 135:
Desolate: barren or to lay to waste
Drab: dull, cheerless
Expelled: to let go or to remove
Vaguely: unclearly
Sapling: a very young tree
Page 136:
Pagoda: a temple or sacred place, usually in Asia
Insubstantial: not substantial
Page 138:
Mesmerized: to hypnotize; to spellbind; fascinate
Cumbersome: awkward, troublesome
Comprehension: understanding
Modeling (as in clay): shaping a piece of sculpture
Inquiring: asking
Tilted: to lean to one side
Forlorn: lonely and sad; forsaken
Wisped: a thin puff of smoke or vapour
Hovering: to hang fluttering or suspended in the air
Page 139:
Cure: successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
Clutched: to seize or grasp tightly
Exquisite: of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry.
Inhabited: to live or dwell in (a place)
Sphere: any rounded body approximately of this form; a globular mass, shell
Homecoming: a return to one’s home
Folktale: any belief or story passed on traditionally, esp. one considered to be false or based on superstition
Questions on the story:
1. How did the author develop the background information in the story?
2. Give several examples of how the main character was developed. State the technique used by the author (by what the character said, did, and so on.
3. Give several examples of the setting being developed in the story. State whether the choices were developing time, place or atmosphere.
4. What was one of the themes in the story? How was this theme developed? (By the change that occurred in the character, by some event in the story, by the conflict?
5. What do you think is the benefit of reading science fiction? What would be some popular science fiction stories, movies, television shows today? What do you think makes them so popular? Which is your favorite and why?
Root words for this week are:
Flu, fluct, flux: flow
Examples: flue: pipe or chimney to exhaust fumes or smoke from a
building
fluid: something that will flow, cna be liquid or gas
flux: the action of flowing
fluidity: the qualit of being fluid
Fort: strong
Examples: fortify: to strengthen
enforce: to force obedience
fortress: a citidel or large fort
reinforce: to make stronger
gen: birth, origin, race (of people)
Examples: genre: a kind or style of literature or art
indigenous: native to a country, before any immigrants arrive
progeny: children or offspring
genealogy: study of one's ancestry
geo: earth
Examples: geography: study of earth's climate, surface, and peoples,
cultures
geology: study of the earth's crust
geothermal: using the heat of the earth
geodesic: having a curve like the shapeof the earth.
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