This is the lesson from 27 November 2018.
Lesson
- Lesson of Tuesday, November 27, 2018
- Fourth Week, Day Thirteen
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 | Result |
| 9 | is the numerator | Larger than 1 |
| 7 | is the denominator | |
| Notice that if the numerator is larger the fraction is greater than (>) 1. | ||
| 4 | is the numerator | 1/2 |
| 8 | is the denominator | |
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.
Exact Change
He’s not normal. He wears sweaters in summer, t-shirts in the briskness of fall. He always wears white, as if he’s some fallen angel averse to colors. Maybe he’s just trying to disappear, to not stand out. He waits in line at the coffee shop for a single small black coffee. He comes in every morning, makes the same order, counts out exact change. By now Kelly doesn’t even tell him the amount; he has it memorized, has his nickels and dimes and quarters and pennies ready for her by the time she places the Styrofoam cup on the counter in front of him.
Today, though, he does something different: he smiles at her. He’s never done that before, never said a word beyond his request for coffee and his simple thank you. He smiles, looking at her name tag, and says her name with his thanks. “I’m Will,” he adds. “See you tomorrow.”
The other server grimaces at Kelly as they stand at the cappuccino machine. “Creepy; he’s using your name now. Next thing you know he’ll be bringing you flowers and telling people you’re his girlfriend.”
She says nothing; she’s not sure she’d mind.
Themes
What is the theme?
- Coffee tastes good in the morning.
- White shirts make you disappear.
- Sometimes being nice to a girl you like works to make her like you back.
- Elephants are big and ugly.
- None of the above.
Social Studies
Geography and World History
Evidence of Evolution
Paleontologists are scientists who collect who collect and study fossils. Fossils are the remains or impressions of organisms that lived a long time ago. Fossils provide direct evidence of evolution. They can consist of the imprints of organisms that became trapped under layers of materials – sand, mud, small rocks – until the layers formed sedimentary rock. Fossils collected from sedimentary rock have been dated and form what scientists call the sedimentary record.
History
World War II: The European Theater (Part II)
German Aggression
The start of World War II was signaled by the German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939. Following this action, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Following this, German invaded Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands (Holland), and France. France capitulated, and Southern France was allowed to govern itself until the American invasion of North Africa during Operation Torch.
German invaded Yugoslavia, and was forced to help its Italian ally when Italy invaded Greece (Italy failed to take Greece alone). The British Channel Islands were also taken.
Germany’s last act of invasion was the Invasion of Russia (then the Soviet Union) in 1941.
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.