LITERATURE/SPELLING/HISTORY for Week of September 3-7
This week, you will be taking
your test over the spelling and vocabulary from our first week of school, as
well as locating the 7 continents, 5 oceans, 7 important lines of latitude/
longitude, & map items, such as KEY and SCALE.
Below are your spelling words
for a test that you will have next Monday, September 10. These words are from King of the Wind. You will
have to match these words to their definitions.
stallion = a male horse
Arabian = a
breed of swift, graceful horses, native to Arabia
Thoroughbred = a breed of race horses developed
by crossing English
pure blood horses with Arabians
pure blood horses with Arabians
mosque = a Muslim temple or house of
worship and prayer
minaret = the towers attached to a Muslim mosque in which
the call to
prayers is sung by the muezzin
prayers is sung by the muezzin
granary = a
storage building for grain
amulet = a charm used to protect one from
evil or injury
Versailles = the
17th century palace of the French kings,
located outside Paris
located outside Paris
pedigree = the line of descent of a
pure-bred animal
cavalcade = a
ceremonial procession of horsemen and/or carriages
EXTRA
CREDIT: * be able to spell the
word muezzin & know what it means
(see minaret)
(see minaret)
*
be able to tell what Gog Magog was in the Book of
Revelations, and what it is in the Guildhall, London
Revelations, and what it is in the Guildhall, London
IMPORTANT DATES for the next two weeks:
Tuesday, September 4 — TEST over Continents, Oceans, Lines, Maps
Wednesday, September
5 — Field
Trip to the CAC after lunch
Friday, September 7 — Field
Trip to Waco: Mayborn Museum, Arabians Ltd.
Monday, September 10 — Spelling/Matching
TEST over words listed above
Tuesday, September 11 — TEST over MR. LIP and King of the Wind
Wednesday, September
12 — Island
Projects and Presentations DUE
