9 Spelling Words week 4

Here you are guys - just 10 this week as you also have your draft to do.  Don't forget, learn them, write the definition and use them in a sentence (in your books or on your laptops - I don't mind which)

astronomy
inspiration
thematic
cinematographer
concise
dramatic
industrial
relevance
aeronautical
explosive

Cheers!

October Sky character profiles

Name	Personality/Attribute	Evidence
Homer	-Determined/doesn’t give up -Intelligent -Wants to leave Coalwood -Friendly, kind -Disagreed w/father – different ideas -Responsible	-Rocket building – taught himself the maths/science he needed -Able to learn quickly -Trying out for football team in order to work towards scholarship -Not too concerned about sitting w/Quentin -Future of the town/importance of mining -Goes to the mine after his father’s injury
Quentin	-Intelligent -Confident/self-assured about academics (not girls) -Friendly -Poor family	-Broad vocab, knowledge demonstrated in class -able to speak to adults confidently, won’t let Homer copy his work -Makes friends w/Rocket Boys -Small house, poor area in town, shares room w/young siblings
Roy Lee	-Cool and confident (ladies man) -Abusive step-father (real father died) -Resilient -Not ‘book-smart’	-Tries to teach Homer to pick up girls -Step-father beating him after the forest fire arrest -Keeps going despite very tough home life -“Prodiginous” instead of ‘prodigious’
Sherman O’Dell	-Quiet -Father died	-Doesn’t blurt out stuff like Roy Lee, thinks before he speaks -Fight in forest – “…piece of slate took his head clean off.”
Miss Riley	-Strong-willed -Believed in Homer and the boys -Proud of Homer’s achievements	-Standing up to the principal on many occasions -Ordering Homer the book or rocket and missile design -Only one instance where she wasn’t proud – walking away when he dropped out to go to the mine
John Hickham (Homer’s dad) Stoic – reserved in demonstrating emotion	-Strict -Heroic/brave -Family-oriented -Stubborn -Strong moral compass -Very similar to Homer	-Limiting Homer’s rocket-building – threw equipment in the bin -Saves lives of miners on 2 separate occasions – injured badly 2nd time -Wants the best for his sons      - Jim’s scholarship      - Homer mining – thinks is best -Won’t give up on the town/mine -Protects Roy Lee from abusive step-father
Elsie Hickham (Homer’s Mother)	-Kind -Not as strict as John -Reserved emotionally -Reluctance to have conflict w/John -Painting a mural of Myrtle Beach	-Wanted to help Homer w/rockets – support -“Don’t blow yourself up.” -reaction to mining accident and shots at house -Doesn’t fight for Homer’s rocket dreams – lets equipment be thrown out (this does change – threatens to leave John if he doesn’t help -Myrtle Beach is special to the couple – demonstrates her own, hidden desire to get out of Coalwood

9 RE - Church as a solid

It's easy to get caught up in the concept of the Catholic Church as an abstract organisation, led by groups of men far away.  However, the Church is also something that's right down the street, or across town too.  When we brainstormed 'church' in week 1, one of the words we came up with was BUILDING.

Your task is to create a presentation using PowerPoint, movie maker, Prezi, whatever you like, to teach people about the history of the Church with reference to it's buildings.  You need to focus on a Catholic perspective for this.

You need to outline - different types of church buildings (chapels, churches, cathedrals, etc).  Explain the differences
                              - choose at least three different styles of church building from throughout history and find examples of each, explaining the style of architecture and art used (if any).  Also describe the period of history in which they were built - did this have an impact on the style of building?
                              - which is your favourite style and why?

Email me your final result before 3pm Tuesday, and I will see you all on Wednesday to see what you have created.

Welcome To term 3!

It's going to be....

So get ready for a great time and plenty of hard work.   As always, check back regularly for homework tasks, spelling and plenty of other nifty stuff in between.

There may even be dancing.