November 13, 2009

*There are a few grades online for the 2nd marking period. More will be entered this coming week. I will be giving a test on sentence structure on Wednesday of this coming week. I will use Monday and Tuesday to prepare the students. They will be allowed to use the sheets we did and their notes. It will be worth 70 points.



Homework:
None

Today:
Buzzword
Continued our study of sentence structure

Notebook
November 13, 2009
triskaidekaphobia (noun)
\tris-kye-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\
What does it mean?
: fear of the number 13
How do you use it?
Lewis was very nervous on Friday the 13th, especially since he suffered from triskaidekaphobia and couldn't even say the number 13 without great effort.
Are you a word wiz?
"Triskaidekaphobia" comes from the Greek words for "thirteen" ("treiskaideka") and "fear" ("phobia"). Three of the answers listed below name known phobias, but one is made-up. Which answer do you think names the made-up fear?
A. "ailurophobia," or the fear of cats
B. "ideophobia," or the fear of ideas
C. "tallophobia," or the fear of eating greasy food
D. "neophobia," or the fear of new things



Greasy foods may be frightening, but as far as we know there is no phobia called "tallophobia." A, B, and D, on the other hand, are documented phobias. Other phobias include "amaxophobia" (fear of being in or riding in a vehicle), "brontophobia" (fear of thunder), "doraphobia" (fear of touching the skin or fur of an animal), and what many of us suffer from on Mondays -- "ergophobia," the fear of work.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly. If there are no mistakes, choose “Correct as is.”

Arguing with my brother. It was a losing battle.
He wants to go to the art museum. After school.
Ayanna got a job. Teaching people about computers.