Spelling, due May 21, 2010

Greek word: helios – sun

Latin word: sol – sun
Latin word: luna – moon

1. Helios – sun god; also called Apollo

2. heliotrope (tropos – turn) plant which turns toward the sun

3. helium – light gas used in balloons

4. perihelion (peri – around, near) closest point to the sun in earth’s orbit

5. aphelion (apo – away from) furthest point from the sun in earth’s orbit

6. helioscope (skopeo – look) telescope for looking at the sun

7. solar – pertaining to the sun

8. solar system – the sun with the objects which revolve around it

9. solarium – a sun dial; a glass-enclosed sun room

10. solstice (sisto, statum – set, cause to stand) stopping or standing still of the sun

11. parasol (Italian – parare – to ward off) a light portable sunshade

12. lunar – of or pertaining to the moon

13. lunatic – mad (crazy); affected by the moon

14. lunacy – madness caused by the moon; “moonstruck”

15. interlunar (inter – between) time between old and new moon when the moon is invisible

BONUS
16. clair de lune (French) moonlight

17. lunambulist (ambulo, ambulatum – walk) one whose sleep walking is supposedly caused by the moon

18. heliotherapy (therapeia - healing) sun baths for health

TASKS: On the other side.

TASKS: Complete four tasks for an A, etc., down to one task for a D.
*Complete Part 1.
*Sketch/draw/write while you listen to Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy, a French composer, and/or
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig von Beethoven.
*Do some research on how the earth orbits around the sun. Answer the following questions: When is the
earth closest to the sun? Farthest away? How does the angle of the sunrays affect the temperature on
earth? Draw a picture showing one year’s orbit of the earth around the sun.
*Make three columns on a separate sheet of paper. Label them with this week’s Greek and Latin roots.
Under each root, write the spelling words that derive from each root.
*Write each word twice. Circle the part of the word that contains the Greek or Latin root.
*Write a short science fiction story involving at least 5 of your spelling words.
*Research the phases of the moon. Sketch and label them.
*Find a collection of poetry (4+ poems) based either on the sun or the moon. Copy them, with the author’s
names, and reflect on why you like them.
*Write your own collection of poetry (4+ poems) based either on the sun or the moon.
*Make a list of things you appreciate about the sun, or activities you like to do in the sun. (15+)

PART I Fill in the spelling word that best fits the definition.

1. time between old and new moon when the moon is invisible _____________________

2. pertaining to the sun _________________ 3. pertaining to the moon _____________________

4. light gas used in balloons _____________________ 5. mad (crazy) _____________________

6. glass-enclosed sun room __________________ 7. light, portable sunshade __________________

8. farthest point from the sun in Earth’s orbit ___________________

9. sun god; also called Apollo or Phaethon ______________________

10. telescope for looking at the sun ____________________

11. stopping or standing still of the sun ___________________

12. plant which turns toward the sun ______________________

13. closest point to the sun in earth’s orbit _______________________

14. the sun with the objects which revolve around it _____________________

15. “moonstruck” ________________