Weekly Enrichment Wall #5
Jul 10th, 2006 by lvbirders
Latin -
a posse as esse - from possibility to actuality
German -
Haben Sie eine sichere Reise. - Have a safe trip.
This is big brother’s wish for his 16 year old sister who is now visiting back home in Cincinnati, OH for the next two weeks. He is the very reason too that she is there as he paid for half her airfare so she could go. Nothing better than big brothers :)
Root Word -
Greek - dyn, dynam
dynamite
Grammar Rule -
Tricky Plurals
Spelling Rule -
Rule #5 - How to Make Nouns Plural
Word of the Week -
emblazon - transitive verb
to deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate
a good word for this fireworks month of July don’t you think :)
Poet/Poem -
John Clare (1793-1864) July 13
English peasant poet
Artist/Painting -
James Abbott McNeil Whistler - (1834-1903) July 10
American painter/etcher - Arrangement in Grey and Black (Whistler’s Mother) 1871
Our picture is missing off the wall of this painting as I ran out of ink in the printer but alas we have it as the background on our computer screen.
Composer -
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) July 12
musical lyricist - Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific, Oklahoma, Carousel, King and I, Sound of Music) Don’t you just love these old time musicals :)
History -
American -
Burr-Hamilton Duel July 11, 1804
World -
French Revolution Begins (Bastille Day) July 14, 1789
Current Events -
UN Council delays vote on North Korea sanctions July 10, 2006
Josh has been reading the news articles about this development since it started. We have had some good discussions on it, reviewing what we learned when we studied the Korean War last term. Today also we watched a show on the war on the History Channel. Intersting how things “pop” up everywhere when you learn about something.
Science -
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) demonstrates dynamite July 14, 1867
Math -
graphing - Death Valley, CA hits 134 degrees Fahrenheit July 10, 1913
As we live in Las Vegas we know a little about some of these high temps though not quite as high as this lol. Last year we went to Death Valley in the spring adn witnessed a beautiful wildflower display there. You can see a few of the pictures my husband took from that trip here. Just click on slide show on that site and sit back and watch the show :)
As of posting time we are missing two of our languages. Hopefully we’ll get those in too later.
Hello! I love your website.You are doing amazing things with Homeschooling.I only wush I could do as well with my Grandchildren.I am Char4511 on the Backyard Nature website.My name is Charlene,and we will be in Nevada sometime next week.I really hope we can get together,I could use your advice!
Welcome Charlene! Good to see you here and thank you for your kind comments. I would love to get together with you! Just say the word. :) Hope your move goes smoothly and don’t let the heat get to you, it does cool down…come September.