Today we checked vocab assignments, learned three more root words (see below), and did some more direct object practice. Most classes are getting quite good at it! Tomorrow will be a big day filled with Independent Reading Time (bring your book!), submitting iMovies (make sure they're done!), turning in a direct object worksheet (assigned today, due tomorrow!), and doing some self evaluation for the iMovie project. And you thought the MCAs were hard!
This Week's Root Words:
SEPTEM = seven as in septuplets, september, siete
OCTO = eight as in octogon, ocotmon, octogenarian
NOVEM = nine as in november, novemdigitate
ASSIGNMENT:
- Bring Independent Reading Book tomorrow
- iMovie due tomorrow (lab time available after school Thursday)
- Direct Object worksheet due tomorrow
A note on the names of months to quell the disagreement in 8th hour:
The Roman calendar originally began with the month of March. As such, September would have been the 7th month, October the 8th month, and November the 9th month. It is true that July was named for Julius Ceasar, and August was named for Augustus. However, this did not push September to the 9th month. These months were REnamed from Quintilis (the fifth month) and Sextilis (the sixth month). This is not what changed the number of months from 10 to 12.
According to tradition, the Roman ruler Numa Pompilius added January and February to the calendar in the 7th Century BC. The current Gregorian calendar, the internationally accepted calendar, "was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582" (Calendar Through the Ages).
Bibliography:
"Calendar Through the Ages." Web Exhibits. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Technology, 2008. Web. 15 Apr. 2010.
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