October 15 and 16, 2025 Blackboard Skills

 Since we are using an archived lesson today, I will simply add just a few of our usual sections to keep us learning about idioms, literary terms, and more! Have fun!

Part One
Idiom of the Day
Example: When Jeffrey stepped onto the stage to address the audience, he suddenly had butterflies in his stomach. Luckily, this did not stop him from doing a great job!
My Definition of the Idiom:
Question: Have you ever experienced butterflies in your own stomach? Describe it here!

Part Two
Grammar Challenge
Directions: We have been speaking about proper nouns in class recently. We know that they name specific persons, places, and things, and because of this, they begin with capital letters. Please edit the following sentences for correct capitalization of proper nouns!
1. If you take a walk through somerville, massachusetts, you will find some great pizza places, such as angelina's pizza that is right down the street form scale!
2. I went to the rockingham mall and found some wonderful winter coats at macy's.
3. Aunt barbara planned to take her family, including her five grandchildren, to disney world during the winter.
4. Do you enjoy watching wheel of fortune and jeopardy on TV?
5. It is especially fun to visit canobie lake park during summers in new england.
6. My dad is so talented in repairing anything in our home; I asked mom when she found out just how talented dad truly is!

Part Three
Literary Devices
Device of the Day: Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing describes the method of dropping hints during a story about what is to happen later! 
This device is often used in mystery stories in which we are trying to solve a crime and have to look at every clue in order to fit the pieces of our (story) puzzle together!

Part Four
Greek and Latin Roots
Root: bene-
Origin: Latin
Meaning: good
Examples: benefactor, benevolent
Sentence Examples:
1. The benefactor provided many scholarships for students who wished to study the arts.
2. The benevolent ruler was loved by all.
 
Can you use context clues to talk about the meaning of these two words? Write your answers here!

​Can you also think of other sentences in which benefactor and benevolent can be used?