It’s time for a Christmas short story. 🙂 One of the greatest, of course, is the Gift of the Magi. I was excited to find this orally presented on Back to the Bible. Thoroughly enjoy . . . and prepare for the twist in the plot that O. Henry is famous for.
Homemade Donuts
My daughter’s friend’s mother made donuts. She enjoyed eating them so she looked up a recipe:
1 can of biscuits
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 tablespoons of milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Cut holes in biscuits with hole cutter. Drop into hot deep grease until golden.
Algebraic Word Problem
Three times the width of a certain rectangle exceeds twice its length by three inches, and four times its length is twelve more than its perimeter. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Algebraic Steps
Grammar Lesson 20
Three other specific classifications for nouns are collective nouns, count nouns and mass nouns. Collective nouns name groups as team, class and choir. Count nouns can be counted as one boy, six sheep and many days. You can use a, an, many or a number before it. Mass nouns are not countable as gasoline, water or dirt.
Find the nouns in these sentences and classify them as collective nouns, count nouns or mass nouns.
1. Get some gasoline, or the class will be late arriving.
2. The alien group should come by bus soon.
3. The orchestra will be playing in the arena in the evening.
4. The water at the beach was covered with oil.
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O Come, O Come Emmanuel
To repeat a Bible verse, “Even so Lord Jesus, Come!” That’s what I say, not just referring to the excitement of the Christmas season but looking forward to when Jesus comes again, to take me away from this tainted life where sin tries to rule and pureness and holiness can be difficult to sustain.
Darkness, Not Dark To God :)
A depressed person can feel down and out, gloominess and little hope can reign in their life. But God says in darkness He brings light and hopefulness and strength. Psalm 139 talks of how well He knows us. I’ve memorized this passage in my life several years ago when a big disappointment hit my life but I hadn’t taken to heart the two comforting ending verses. Here they are:
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Here are the preceding verses:
Christmas Memory Verse
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
And hath raised up an horn
of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began:”
~Luke 1:68-70
Common And Proper Nouns Practice
Tell whether the nouns in the sentences are common or proper. A common noun names a whole group of persons, places, or thngs. A common noun begins with a small letter. A proper noun manes a particular person, place, or thing.
A proper noun begins with a chapital letter. Sometimes a proper noun has more than one word.
1. Terry saw the Washington Monument.
2. There are many swamps on Louisiana.
3. Many castles are still standing in Europe.
4. This map shows the state of Vermont.
5. My brother went to Louisville on Friday.
6. The storm moved from Iowa to Illinois.
7. The album Andy wants is by the Eagles.
8. That building is made of glass and steel.
9. June and Randy enjoy badminton, hockey, and baseball.
10. The first man to fly in space was Alan Shepard.
Write a proper noun for each of the common nouns listed below.
1. city ____________________
2. song ___________________
3. Athlete _________________
4. singer __________________
5. book ___________________
6. car _____________________
7. school __________________
8. classmate _______________
9. holiday __________________
10. river ____________________
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Linda's Thoughts 