This is the lesson from 30 November 2018.
Lesson
- Lesson of Friday, November 30, 2018
- Fourth Week, Day Sixteen
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 |
| 5 | is the numerator | Smaller than 1. |
| 7 | is the denominator | |
| 3 | is the numerator | Smaller than 1. |
| 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 guess the theme of the story.
The Lost Girls
The sun glittered on the water, like shards of glass. The girl stared out to sea, wondering how long she would have to wait.
Olive, Jasmine and Sandy the dog, had set off in their dinghy at eight in the morning, the air was thin. They felt glad that finally they were allowed on their dad’s fishing boat. All of a sudden, the wind picked up and carried the girls out to sea. After a while the girls woke up wondering where they were. They saw they were on a jungle island. They decided to look around and find shelter.
The trees were tall like giraffe’s necks. The ground, however, was muddy yet easy to saunter across. The monkeys swinging in the trees were as golden as a lion’s mane. The colorful cockle-birds flew overhead and deep into the sky. The girls, nevertheless, did not know that another person was on the island, shipwrecked four ago. The person had a gun which they weren’t afraid to use.
The girls found shelter in a cave and lit a fire. They became suspicious stomping footsteps were heard in the distance. Sandy started barking, the girls were alarmed a shadow was seen, the person appeared to be coming closer. When they met him, he seemed like a nice man, his name was Bob.
Bob had been planning to get off the island for years, Bob had collected stuff from around the island to build a raft but he wasn’t good at building. To Bobs surprise Jazmine and Olive were the star builders in their class, so they put the raft together.
They all pushed through the jungle and onto the beach, they attached the rope to the mast to see if it would float and it did. They finally set off, on the raft wondering how long it would take to get home.
Themes
What is the theme of the above story?
- Girls can be as smart as boys when the chips are down.
- Boys are stupid.
- Bob is happy.
- None of the above
Social Studies
Geography and World History
Evidence of Evolution
Besides the depth of burial of specimens, a more specific approximation for the age of rocks is done through absolute dating. This method uses radioactive elements within the rocks and determines each elements age based on its decay. Radioactive elements decay over time. Scientists can then measure how much decay has occurred to estimate the age of the rock. The oldest fossils are unicellular prokaryotes that are about 3.5 billion years old.
History
World War II
The European and Pacific Theater
| Event/Battle | Date | Location | Significance |
| Allies invade Sicily | July 1943 | Sicily | In largest amphibious invasion in history, over 250,000 American and British troops land. Germans and Italians escape to mainland of Italy. |
| Italy surrenders | September 1943 | Italy | Although Italian troops quit fighting Allies, Germans continue in fierce fighting. Rome finally surrenders on June 4, 1944. |
| D-Day Invasion | June 6, 1944 | Normandy coast of France | Allies use 4600 ships to invade German-held France. Suffering heavy casualties, the Allies were able to retake Paris in August. |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf | October 1944 | Pacific east of Philippines | 60 Japanese ships in largest naval battle in history. |
| Battle of the Bulge | December 1944 | French-German-Belgian border | German counteroffensive almost succeeds in retaking Belgium but is crushed with Allied reinforcements. |
| Tokyo Bombing Raids | March 1945 | Tokyo, Japan | American bombers destroy 250,000 buildings and kill 83,000 in massive fire-bombing. |
| Russians take Berlin | April 1945 | Berlin, Germany | Russians take German capital after house-to-house fighting. Hitler commits suicide. |
| V-E Day | May 7, 1945 | Europe | German government issues unconditional surrender to Allied forces. |
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.