February 15-19

Grade 9:
Three minute speeches are due Monday 22nd.
Topics for 3 minute speech:
1. Should olympic medal winners receive a cash award as well?
2. Should the government pay potential olympic atheletes to train?
3. Should governments insist students meet minimum athletic standards?
4. Is the Olympics good or bad for Canada?

Root Words:
pyr: fire
Example: pyrotechnics: fireworks
pyromania: having an urge to set things on fire
pyrography: literally drawing with fire, the art of burning
designs on leather or wood
Pyrex: glass that will not break when heated
pyrometer: an instrument for measuring high temperatures

quer, quest, quir, quis: ask, seek, inquire
Example: query: a question or an inquiry
inquest: an investigation
conquer: to win--as in a war, to defeat
inquisitive: curious, asking many questions
acquire: to attain or to obtain
questionaire: a printed list of questions

sci: to know
Example: omniscient: all knowing
science: knowledge based on facts
conscious: aware, able to feel, able to know
conscience: a person's sense of right and wrong
conscientous: doing what is right, honest

scop: look at, see or examine
Example: microscope: an instrument allowing one to see something micro
telescope: an instrument to see things far away
steroscope an instrument to see in three dimensions
macroscopic: visible to the naked eye
microscopic: invisible to the naked eye

Culinary 12-0

We are doing safety and sanitization in food service facilities.
Assignment 1 is due Friday.