“And the turtles, of course …all the turtles are free as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”
1. Meaningful and appropriate Touch
2. Spoken Word
3. Spoken word with great value added
4. Spoken word with great value added and a special future is pictured
5. The touch and the spoken words backed up with a commitment to see the blessing carried out!
ALL MAKE-UP WORK MUST BE IN ON FRIDAY — 5/30/08.
All sermons and publications are due this FRIDAY - 5/30/08!! Note: If you did a separate publication for English and your sermon — you need only run your separate publication through the Writer’s Workshop.
5/6 Etymology make-up quiz - Write out 10 etymology root words. Write ten complete sentences and make sure you underline the root word in the sentence.
7/8 Etymology make-up quiz - Write out 15 etymology root words. Write 15 complete sentences and make sure you underline the root word in the sentence.
All Reading - Charla’s Children, New Testament, Reading logs and Roll-over Due 6/2/08.
For Charla’s Children write down that you read the book or the last page you read to.
For the New Testament write down that you read the entire NT or the last book and chapter you read to.
Last reading log (5/26-6/1) is due on 6/2/08(REMEMBER no journals - BUT if you need to do make up journals - Do journal, and make note on the journal that it is a make-up). I will use any roll over time as make-up for missing logs or logs that are short on minutes. Please circle both your reading time up to date and your roll over time up to date on this last log! I will use those times to determine the Reading Winners and for making up your missing logs or minutes.
Book Board People (And you should know who you are) - Your book boards are due Monday, 6/2/08.
7/8th graders need to do two things with their sermons for class discussion that could be useful for their sermons in chapel, but I’m not making it mandatory for their sermons.
ONE: They need to summarize the background information of their book - Author, date, reason it was written, theme, main characters, setting, etc.
TWO: Students need to identify a key word or words in the passage they are preaching and do an in-depth word study. They need to find the Greek meaning and as much background info on the word that they can gather.
Step One: Pray and pray and pray some more.
Step Two: Find the main idea of your passage.
You will need to do the observation and interpretation steps of Bible Study to find the idea. Here are some questions to ask to help you: Who is doing the main action(or who is the? What action is being done? Why is this happening? What is causing this action to be done? When should this happen? How can this happen? Where did this happen (what culture, city, circumstance)?
If your passage is a narrative, that is a story, you can also use the SWBS - (Someone Wants But So) formula to find the main idea of the passage.
Step Three: Now you are going to persuade your audience to do something.
This is the application stage. Who do you want to do this? Why do you want them to do this? When do you want them to do this and how long and by what time? Where do you want them to do this? Whom do you want them to do this to? How do you want them to do this?
Step Four: Conclude with a challenge
You want your audience to leave with a purpose, with something they can do!!
Students took 10 root words from the master list and wrote a short story using the 10 random root words.
a prior (from before): reasoning from premise(argument statement) to logical conclusion — from cause to effect –or from a generalization to a particular instances (i.e., deductive or presumptive knowledge)
ab: from
abusus non tollit usum [abuse does not take away use]: abuse is no argument against use
abyssus abyssum invocat: deep calls unto deep
actus Dei: an act of God
ad: to or at; up to
ad finem (ad fin.) [to or at the end]: finally
ad glorium [for glory]
ad hoc [to this] an action taken for a specific purpose, case or situation
e.g. We need an ad hoc committee to consider the abuse of pets.
Ad infinitum [ad inf. Or ad infin.]: to infinity – endless, limitless, or forever
Ad verbum [word for word]: literally or to the letter
Alma mater [fostering mother]: a university or other institution where a person has been educated
Alter ego [one’s other self]: a best friend or a bosom buddy — another aspect of oneself
Amor proximi : love of one’s neighbor
anno Domini [(A.D.) in the year of the Lord]
ante [before]
ante meridiem or ante meridianus [(A.M. or a.m.) - before noon]
ante bellum [before the war]: before the American Civil War
augustus [majestic]
aurora borealis [northern dawn] : the northern lights
7/8th Bible: Our 3rd quarter test is on Wed, March 19. This test will cover the entire New Testament Walk-Thru, our memory verses, and our unit on How we got the Bible.
5/8th English: Mission story publication is due on the March 19. Teacher edit is due Friday, March 14.
5/8th Literature: Reading Log 3/10-3/19 is your last log for the third quarter. I extended the log for three extra days for those who need to catch up on their reading. I also am suspending the reading journal for this week only. I am not requiring reading over spring break, but I will give out logs for over the break to anyone who wants to get a head start on their reading for 4th quarter. These logs need to be signed by your parents and will count for roll-over for 4th quarter (no journals required).
Book boards are due 3/19 for those doing the modified journals.
5/8 Etymology: We will continue reviewing words we have learned.
7/8 Bible: Take your Mission Story Biblical passage and make at least five interpretations.
7/8 Etymology: God’s World News Quiz over the Abortion article, Professor Wordbrain and Defineline will be on Friday.
5/8 Literature: ALL DAY reading on Thursday!
7/8 Bible: Quiz over pledge and 2 Cor. 10:4-5; Observations and Interpretation questions.
7/8 Bible and 5/8 Eng, Lit, Etym.: Read your scripture passage that you have chosen for your story about something you want to change in your world three times. Each reading observe the passage and write down as many things as you see. Keep in mind how these observations may play into your story.
E.g. For instance your story might be to eliminate poverty in the world, and you have chosen the passage: Luke 12:13-32 and I am focusing on verse 15 - “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” — In this passage I might note the words “greed” and “abundance,” because they could relate to my story on eliminating poverty. I might believe that these key words will relate to my topic of poverty in some way.
So as you are observing your passages focus mainly on things that are going to relate to your story.
Use your appendix F and any other Bible study helps we have used in the past.
I am going to award team points to the persons who come up with the most observations and also for the most variety of observations.
E.g. Key words, repetitions, literary devices, setting, key characters etc.
