8th Grade Language Arts
Homework Due 5/8, 5/9 (homework)
due May 8, 2012

A.             Vocabulary Quiz Tues, Wed.

B.             Computer Essay Final Draft Due Tues, Wed.  

C.            Outside Reading

 

 

English Words (Fill in the blank, use 5 in sentences)

conduct, n.                                          

conduct, v.                                          

compel, v.                                           

contract, n.                                          

contract, v.                                          

deduce v.                                            

depend v.                                            

detract, v.                                            

impel, v.                                              

impulse, n.                                           

impulsive, adj.

incantation, n.                                      

intermittent, adj.                                   

intersperse, v.                                        

intractable, adj.                                    

transmit, v.

sparse, adj.

 

 

Latin Root Words (Matching)

cano, canare, canavi, canatus = “to sing”

com/con = from cum “with,” “together”

de = prep. “from,” “off”

duco, ducere, ductus = to lead

in = “in, into”; sometimes “not”

inter = “between”

mitto, mittere, misi, missus = “to send”

pello, pellere, pepulli, pulsus = to push, hurl

pendo, pendere, penditus = to hang, to dangle (from)

spargo, spargere, sparsus = to sprinkle

traho, trahere, tractus = to drag, to pull

trans = prep. “across”