Grade 7 Homework/Announcements April 22- 24

Grade 7 Homework

Announcements: 

Supper at Robideaus Tuesday night :  Turkey Soup is on the menu.   KCC Youth at 7:00.  We will have bottle sorting this week, so please stick around after school so we can all work together to sort the bottles at the depot before coming over to my house. 

Art Fair on Thursday, April 24^th during Chapel.  Sign up in the High School or with Meesha.  

Professional Development Day/CHEC Conference:  Friday, April 25^th   No school for students. 

NO CHALLENGE this week.  Take a break or choose your own weekly challenge, tell me about it, and if you complete it successfully, I will give you 20 credits.  

Social Studies:  The Ancient Greece Project is due today!  We will be presenting them through the next few days.  

Grade 7/8 Overnight Field Trip to Pines Bible Camp is May 29^th and May 30^th.  Mr. Kelly will be coming out with more information as to the minimal cost in the next little while.  I have had a few parents asking about chaperoning on this trip and sadly, we are unable to take any parent chaperones.  (a bit more info on this was given in the last newsletter and is now on the blog in the right hand column under announcements) 

Mrs. Robideau gone from May 1^st to 18^th – Another email/blog post will explain what is going on here.  

Spelling and Vocabulary #5 :  Test on Thursday morning

Propaganda (noun) – wrong information that is spread to cause people to believe things that are not true “The Nazi propaganda told the German people that Jews were inferior  to them.”	Plagiarism (noun) – To claim thoughts or works of another author as ones’ own. “Plagiarism might get you kicked out of school.”
Bibliography (noun) – A list of source materials that are used or consulted for essays, thesis, etc. “His bibliography was included at the end of his essay.”	Cite/site/sight (verb/noun/noun) 1) cite - to quote from an authority 2) site - physical location 3) sight - refers to vision. You need to cite your sources in your essay. You go camping at a campsite.  The sun can blind your sight.
Heretic (noun) – a professed believer who says something that goes against the established Church doctrine “Jesus was accused of being a heretic.”	Resented (verb) – to feel bitterness, hurt or displeasure “Some students resent having to do math work sheets in class.”
Miraculous (adj.) – performed by or involving a supernatural power. The feeding of the 5,000 was miraculous.	Infuriated (adj.) – To be consumed with anger. “Mrs. Robideau was infuriated by the state of the classroom.”
Expository (adj) – writing that explains a subject “Emily wrote an expository essay on the Ancient Spartans.”	Injustice (noun) – something that is not fair or unjust “The holocaust was an injustice towards the Jews.