May 13 homework

All – Translate the following sentence

into English: Vīllam et viam spectāmus.
into Latin: I fight the people of the messenger.

Grade 6 – Study your Latin vocabulary. Read Chapter LIX, “Revenge,” in The Count of Monte Cristo aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:

1. Chapter LIX: What do Albert and Mercédès decide to do?
2. Where will Mercédès go?
3. Why does the Count de Morcerf change his mind about fighting the Count of Monte Cristo?
4. What do you think it is that happens at the very end of the chapter?

Grade 7 - Study your Latin vocabulary. Read from page 147 to page 165 in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Read aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:

1. Feb. 3, 1944 – What do you think is “invasion fever?”
2. What is the gist of the conversation?
3. What is Anne’s feeling at the end of her diary entry?
4. Feb. 12, 1944 – What does Anne long for?
5. Feb. 13, 1944 – What has Anne discovered, to her “great joy?”
6. Feb. 14, 1944 – Why does Peter admire Anne?
7. Feb. 16, 1944 – What gives Anne ”rather a pang” about Peter?
8. Feb. 18, 1944 – What is Mummy concerned about? Do you think she’s justified?
9. Feb. 19, 1944 – What is Anne’s fear?
10. Feb. 23, 1944 – According to Anne, what is the “best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy?” Why?
11. Mar. 1, 1944 – Describe the burglary.
12. Mar. 2, 1944 – Why does Anne think Mummy is jealous?
13. Mar. 3, 1944 – Who is it that “governs” Anne’s moods?

Grade 8 - Study your Latin vocabulary and endings. Using your Vietnam War handout as reference, in your own words write the next paragraph for your paper on Vietnam. Your map of Vietnam should be finished by now. Be ready for a check on Thursday. Read chapters 16 and 17 in To Kill a Mockingbird aloud to an adult and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:

1. Chapter 16: What does Atticus say about Mr. Underwood, and why does Aunt Alexandra object?
2. How does Atticus respond when Scout wonders why Mr. Cunningham wanted to hurt Atticus?
3. Why does Jem say the Raymond children are “sad?”
4. What are Jem’s comments about the possibility of “mixed blood” in the Finch family?
5. Chapter 17: Tom Robinson’s trial opens with the testimony of what official?
6. What does Scout conclude is the only thing separating Mr. Ewell from the black people around him?
7. What is Ewell’s attitude as he’s cross-examined?
8. Atticus reveals that Mr. Ewell is left-handed. Why is this significant?

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