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GREEK WEEK SINCE WE HAD A SHORT WEEK, WE EXPLORED A THEME: WE STUDIED ALL THINGS GREEK! -WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE METRIC SYSTEM IN MATH, WHICH USES GREEK ROOTS (THINK CENTIMETER, KILOMETER, MILLILITER...) -WE ALSO LEARNED THAT SO MANY WORDS IN ENGLISH ARE DERIVED FROM THE GREEK LANGUAGE! WE STUDIED PREFIXES SUCH AS "ACADEM-" (SCHOLARLY,) "GEO-" (EARTH,) AND "DYNA-" (POWER.) WE BRAINSTORMED AND LOOKED UP DIFFERENT WORDS WE KNOW WITH THESE ROOTS. -WE READ A FEW GREEK MYTHS. -WE HAD OUR FIRST SOCRATIC SEMINAR! WE DISCUSSED THE GREEK MYTH "PERSEPHONE AND THE POMEGRANATE."
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