| 4th Period - SEI : English Language Arts |
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This Week's Unit:: "Pandora's Box" |
Pandora's Box is a Greek myth about a girl who did not do as she was told. The myth explains how evil got into the world. Who gave Pandora the box? What else was in the box?
DOL TEST THIS FRIDAY!
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4th Period SEI will be learning English through oral discussions, listening, basic English grammar rules, vocabulary, reading, and writing.
Remember to practice your English everyday!!
And read, read, read!
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Vocabulary: PowerPoint Vocabulary Quiz is on FRIDAY! |
1. ability - skill
2. curious - interest
3. mortals - humans
4. curiosity -inquisitive, wondering, questioning
5. confident - assured
6. peek - a quick look
7. advice - suggestion
8. misery - unhappiness
9. warn - caution
10. despair - depression
11. forbidden - not allowed
12. cruelty - meanness
**AND DON'T FORGET:
1. daring - brave
2. claim - "It is mine!" or to say something is true
3. hire - to give a job to someone
4. quarrel- to fight with words
5. befriend -to be a friend to someone
6. posse - a group that gets together to go after a bad guy
7. swore - to say that you did not do it
8. revenge - something done in vengeance because they did something to you
9, pardon - to excuse someone for something they did
10. testify - to go to court and tell what happened
11. convict - when a judge gives someone jail time - (You are guilty!)
12. sentence - the amount of time a judge gives to someone guilty
**AND DON'T FORGET:
1. goal - an aim; something wished for
2. hardy - tough; able to stand harsh conditions
3. victory - success
4. overcome - conquer and defeat
5. opponents - people trying to win the same race
6. weariness - very tired
7. determination - the will to go on and not quit
8. loneliness - feeling of being very alone
9. rugged - rough and bumpy
10. endure - put up with
**AND DON'T FORGET:
1. hike (2)- go! or to take a long walk
2. musher - the person who drives the sled dogs
3. epidemic - a rapid spread of disease
4. serum -contains antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual
5. dismantle - to take apart
6. epic - famous and heroic
7. trek - journey or trip
8. remarkable - amazing, unbelievable
9. traverse - to go across
10. temporary - for a short time
1. attempted - tried to do something
2. racers - those who run in a competition
3. glimpse - a quick look
4. permitted - allowed
5. shortcut - a quick way to get somewhere
6. shrieked - screamed in a high voice
7. gaining - coming closer
8. regained - got back again
9. gap - a space
10. risk - a chance of danger
1.epidemic - a disease affecting many persons at the same time
2.restore power to bring back or turn on the electricity, gas,
3.rise to go up
4.ruins - the remains of a building or city that has been destroyed
5.separate to take away; to keep apart
6.sewer an underground pipe that carries away waste water
7.supplies things that are needed
8.tent city a small area of structures to help house the homeless
9.threatened - To be a danger to
10.take good care of - look after, watch over, nurse
11.earthquake a series of shaking inside the earths crust
1.bustle - to hurry
2.festivity - a festive celebration
3.bishop - a person who supervises a number of local churches
4.peer - 1) to look narrowly , 2) a person who is equal to another
5.keg - a large wooden barrel
6.misinterpret - to not understand correctly
7.commence - to begin
8.aroma - a nice smell (fragrant)
9.spoiled -1) to go bad, 2) a child who has been given too much and wants too much
10.ought - should
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Daily Oral Language Test on FRIDAY! |
D.O.L. = Daily Oral Language - Find the mistakes in punctuation and grammar.
1. the story of echo was wrote down by the ancient greek god zeus
2. hermes the god of messages give her a message
3. yesterday they name her athena which means wisdom
4. apollo has gave juan a horse brown
See corrections below:
1. The story of Echo was written down by the ancient Greek god, Zeus.
2. Hermes, the god of messages, gave her a message.
3. Yesterday they named her Athena, which means wisdom.
4. Apollo has given Juan a brown horse.
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Reading Comprehension and Grammar Practice |
Vocabulary practice
Learning different Greek Myths and their characteristics
Complete sentences
Analyzing Greek myths
Writing a Greek myth
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