Monday
Saxon 71
This Country of Ours ch 91. Lincoln - the End of the War - The President's Death Oral Narration
Physics Lab in A Housewares Store: Potholders p. 68 Oral Narration
Age of Fable ch 26 Dianaand Endymion, Orion Written Narration (Notebook) Reading*
- Read over the questions you are going to have to answer and then read chapter 2 of Captains Courageous
- *Use this Venn diagram (or just draw your own) to compare and contrast Dan and Harvey’s upbringing. Label the lines at the top with either Dan or Harvey. What is the same about both their upbringings goes in the middle.
- Answer these questions in your notebook with complete sentences. Label the section on the page with “Chapter 2.” Any time you start a new page label it with the book title and the date.
- What do you think about the change in Harvey?
- What work does Dan and Harvey do when and after the dories come in for supper?
- List the various crew members and their traits.
- What makes Harvey hang in there when he’s dead tired?
Vocabulary
- Play your vocab matching words.
Tuesday
Saxon 72
Carry a Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt) pgs 68-82 Oral Narration
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 25, Wings Oral Narration
Reading
- Read over the questions below and then read chapter 3 of Captains Courageous. There is a lot of terminology in this chapter. Don’t get hung up on it.
- Answer these questions… (remember to write the chapter number)
- What reputation does Disco Troop have among the sailors?
- What happened to Penn to make him the way he is?
- Why does Troop decide to move the We’re Here and how does he do it?
- Add to your Venn diagram what you learn about Harvey’s upbringing.
- Write down one metaphor Kipling uses.
Spelling
- Play 8 letters.
Saxon 73
The Story of the World vol 4 second half of ch 6 (starting at pg 63), ch 7 Oral Narration
Madam and Lady Why Ch 12 Homeward Bound from "Oh! one has fallen into the sea!" to "And how the mackerel flew out of the water!" (bottom of pg 260-264) Oral Narration
Spanish Ch 2 Section 7 (2nd day) review for test tomorrow
Latin root words (Practice 2 weeks)
Reading
- Do this lesson on similes. Read the lesson and then click on the practice at the bottom of the page.
- Read chapter 4 of Captains Courageous.
- Answer the following questions in your notebook. (Remember to label any new page with the book title and the date.)
- What do the sailors do for amusement when the weather is too bad for fishing?
- What is a “jonah” and what are some of the jonahs the men identify? Where do you think the name comes from? Why?
- Who is Uncle Abishai, why are the men of the We’re Here dismayed to see him, and what happens to him and his schooner?
- Write one simile Kipling uses.
Writing
- Write five similes using any of your spelling words for any week so far. Example: He was as blunt as a butcher.
Thursday
Saxon 74
BOM: Halliburton 28 No woman's land . Written Narration (Notebook)
10 facts
Hillyer's Childs Geography of the World ch 53, 54 Written Narration (Notebook)
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Spanish Ch 2 Section 8 (test)
Latin root words (Practice 2 weeks)
Reading
- Read 1 Samuel 16:7 and Acts 13:22. What gives someone significance in God’s eyes?
- Read chapter 5 of Captains Courageous.
- Write in full sentences in your notebook…
- How does Harvey see his “former life,” now that he’s made a place for himself on the We’re Here, and what evidence is there that Harvey has changed?
- What are the tools available to the men of the We’re Here to keep track of each other in the fog?
- What kind of information does Disko record in his log book, “page after soiled page”?
Friday
Saxon 75
Spanish Ch 2 Section 9
Latin root words (Practice 2 weeks)
Music Apprecaition Listen to this one and this one
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