This is the lesson from 15 November 2018.

Lesson

Lesson of Thursday, November 15, 2018
Third Week, Day Eleven

English

Sentences

Sentences are built like this:

Sentence

Subject	Predicate
Noun	Verb
Adjectives	Adverbs

Parts of Speech

Nouns

Nouns are things. Nouns can be classified as: Noun, Proper Noun, Pronoun.

Nouns are just name a thing like desk, door, floor. Proper Nouns name a specific person or thing. Examples of Proper Nouns: Tom, Jane, Lynn-They are proper nouns because they list a specific person.

Adjectives describe nouns.
Verbs are action words.
Adverbs describe verbs.

Prepositions

Prepositions link nouns to other words. Examples of prepositions are: to, or, in, with.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are words that link words, phrases, and clauses. They are also used sometimes to link two sentences together to make one sentence. Examples of conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Interjections

Interjections are words that are not necessary to the meaning of a sentence, but express the emotion of the writer. They can stand alone or be part of a sentence. Examples of interjections are: Ouch! Okay. Hey. Oh.

Handwriting

Practice handwriting so you can get faster.

Math

Fractions

A fraction is one number over the other like this:

Number	Numerator and Denominator
6	is the numerator
7	is the denominator

7	is the numerator
8	is the denominator

Notice that if the numerator is larger the fraction is greater than (>) 1. Some fractions may be reduced as the one above has been.

New Mathematical Symbols

< means less than as in 2 < 4
> means greater than as in 4 > 2
sometimes used to indicate multiplication instead of x
/ division
÷ division
() grouping symbols
[] grouping symbols
{} indicating a set of numbers or things
π pi equals approximately 3.14159265… which is an unending number and is the circumference of a circle of 1 unit
∞ infinity
≠ not equal to
≤ less than or equal to
≥ greater than or equal to
square root
) ¯¯¯ long division sign

Multiplication Tables

Study the multiplication tables and addition tables on the dining room table.

Reading Comprehension

Read the following story. Identify nouns, pronouns, proper nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, interjections, prepositions and conjunctions. Then guess the theme of the story.

The Merchant and The Foolish Barber

In a small town there lived a merchant named Martin. He and his wife were very generous and kind. Everyone in the town knew them and visited their house and enjoyed their hospitality. One day. Martin lost all his ships in a storm at sea. They were loaded with valuable cargo. All the people who had lent him money for trading demanded immediate repayment. Martin had to sell all his possessions and pay them. In the end he was left with nothing. Along with his wealth, all his friends also left him. Martin was very discouraged. “Even my friends have deserted me. They just liked my wealth,” he thought bitterly.

“I have nothing to give my wife and children except pain and suffering. Maybe it is better to end my life. I can’t bear to see them suffer.” With such disturbed thoughts, Martin went to sleep. That night he had a strange dream. A monk appeared in his dream and said, “If you touch me on my head with a stick I will change into enough gold to last many lifetimes.” In the dream Martin saw himself touching the monk with a stick and the monk turning into a huge pile of gold coins. The next morning Martin woke to the sound of someone knocking at the door. “Can my dream be true? Will I ever become rich again?” thought Martin to himself.

“The barber is here for you,” called out his wife from the door. “How foolish of me to believe in a dream. It will never come true,” said Martin to himself as he sat down for his shave. Just then, there was a knock at the door. Martin got up and opened the door. To his surprise, there stood a monk looking at him silently and meaningfully. Martin picked up a stick and in a daze, touched the monk on his head with it. And there in front of him was a huge pile of gold coins. Martin was overjoyed. He sent the barber away with a generous measure of gold coins, advising him to keep things to himself.

The barber was a greedy man. He was also very foolish. “So when you hit these monks on the head, they change into gold. Now I know how to become rich. I am tired of shaving and cutting people s hair and earning a rupee or two, he thought.”

He went to a monastery and invited a few monks to his house for a feast As soon as the monks entered his house, the barber took a stick and started to beat them on their heads. The poor monks were terrified. One of them managed to escape from the barber’s house and called the soldiers for help. The soldiers arrested the barber and took him to the Judge. “Why did you beat the monks with a stick?” asked the judge. “When Martin hit a monk on his head, he turned into a heap of gold,” answered the barber. The judge called Martin and asked him if that was true. Martin explained the whole story to the judge in detail. On hearing the story, the judge realized that the barber had acted due to greed and dishonesty and punished the foolish barber.

Themes

What is the theme of the above story?

Barbers are mean
Monks can turn into gold
Greed and dishonesty are bad
None of the above

Social Studies

Geography and World History

Civilizations

The first civilizations developed in river valleys where people could carry-on large-scale farming. As populations grew, so did cities and the need for more crops. These river valley civilizations, such as those developed by the Sumerians, Egyptians, and the Indus peoples, developed techniques for irrigation and canal building, diverting the flow of rivers to feed their crops. As the power and influence of these early civilizations grew, they also built vast road networks and cleared entire forests for building materials and additional land for use in agriculture.

History

World War I (Part III)

January-March 1917: In a German U-Boat campaign, enemy and neutral ships, including some U.S. ships are sunk on sight.
April 6: The United States declares war on Germany over the sinking of U.S. ships.
October 1918: The allies recover France and Belgium from German occupation.
October: The allies push Turkey back forcing Turkey into armistice treaty.
November: The allies push the Germans back beyond their critical line of defense.
November 9: Kaiser Wilhelm III of Germany abdicates his rule.
November 11: An armistice is signed bringing the war to an end.

Credits

This lesson was originally made with LibreOffice Writer by John M. Harpster.
Formatted with Notepad++ for space removal.
This was made and published to PDF with LibreOffice Writer and Microsoft Word by John T. Harpster.

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