Hunter made new vocabulary cards for five new words this week - disposition, callow, callous, impervious, and overzealous. We discussed FANBOYS - conjunctions or connectors to clauses and their use on the SAT. Hunter practiced vocabulary practice from Prentice Hall workbook with prefixes for "not" and completed sentences using these newly-formed words. I gave him a quick spelling challenge with words from the Master Spelling workbook.

We began watching "Master and Commander. The Far Side of the World." Explained the meaning of "HMS" (His/Her Majesty's Ship'), weevils in Royal Navy Hardtack (bread-the lesser of two weevils) and RN sailors forelock tugging, as a precursor to today's salute.

Today we reviewed vocabulary words. Hunter used them in sentences. He recognized parts of speech and correctly used adverbs. We reviewed grammar usage from Monday - singular and plural possessive nouns. We looked at a Cartoon Vocabulary book and page on "hospitable hospital". We read the prologue from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Hunter annotated the text and we discussed the central theme. We looked at Chapter 1 in the grammar book - the eight parts of speech and began reviewing different kinds of nouns.

We discussed activities planned for the term, including weekly examination of the NYT Book Review, poetry, literature and SAT prep.

Hunter and I discussed the course of study and plan for English IV this year. We made four new vocabulary cards. The first five new words were - fetch, baleful, lumber, winsome and mulct. I asked Hunter to answer some grammar quiz questions appropriate for 12th grade to gauge where he is. He did a great job. He seems to recall rules of grammar and punctuation. We put these skills to work by finishing sentences on the white board and using apostrophes with singular and plural possessive nouns. I created a homework folder for him and introduced the textbook and workbook we will be using this year.