Tuesday, September 25 ~ POO Chapter 1

Prefix

• federis - league, pact
• frater - brother

Suffix

• ion, sion, tion - act, result or state of
• ist - one who, that which

Root

• fac, fact, fic, fect - do, make
• dict - say, speak

Word Parts Quiz on block day. 


Finish up J10 from yesterday

• Journal Checks while you work.

Add these to Journal 10. Familiarize ourselves with some of the vocabulary found in Chp. 1 (many words are Dutch). 

• billy-o - British term for hard, strongly 
• gibbering - to chatter unintelligibly 
• Mevrou - Mrs.
• lowveld - grassland, 500-2000 feet above sea level.
• Zulu - largest ethnic group in South Africa (10-11 million)
• Afrikaans - third-most-spoken language in South Africa. Originated from Dutch settlers.
• Boers - Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer. Identifies the Dutch settlers in South Africa.
• Rooinecks - racial slur used by the Dutch when referring to the English. Dutch version of  redneck.
• kaffir - used to refer to a black person. Became offensive during apartheid.
• indaba mat - indaba is an African word meaning gathering.
• Zululand - northeastern section of South Africa.
• Shangaan - a tribe of people in South Africa.
• kraal - enclosure for cattle.

HW: Read Ch.1
Journal 11: After reading Chapter 1, what do you believe the author, Bryce Courtenay, is telling us readers about the nature of human cruelty?