Week 9

Bible (OT): 2 Kings 23:31-37; Jer 22:10-13; 26:1-16; Lam 1:1-3, 12; optional: parts of 2 Kings 24-25 and Jer 18-20 ("Jeremiah and the Last Kings and the Fall of the Nation")
Bible (NT): Matt. 25:31-46 ("Christ in the Judgement")

Pick one verse to memorize for the week 



Monday 

Saxon 103/104

Age of Fable ch 27 The Iliad spend 3 weeks as needed Written Narration

This Country of Ours ch 95. Cleveland - Harrison - Cleveland Oral Narration

Physics Lab in A Housewares Store: Permeability, The Cone and Filter Coffeemaker p. 75 Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 8 assignment 5

Reading

1. Read summary of chapter 8: The king and queen make a progress to the frontiers.  The author attends them.  The manner in which he leaves the country very particularly related.  He returns to England.
2. Read chapter 8 of Gulliver’s Travels. (the end of part 2)
3. Answer these questions about part 2:

• What is unusual about the land of the Brobdingnags?
• What do you notice about the ruler of the Brobdingnags?
• How do the Brobdingnags govern themselves?
• What do you notice about the place of science and education in the land of the Brobdingnags?

Vocabulary

1. Play a level 5 vocabulary game.

Tuesday 

Saxon 105/106

Carry a Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt) pgs 129-141 Oral Narration

Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 29, The Thinking of Animals Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 8 assignment 6

Latin: 10 minutes a day TIMED. 

Reading

1. Read chapter 1 and 2 summaries:  Chapter 1  The author sets out on his third voyage.  Is taken by pirates.  The malice of a Dutchman.  His arrival at an island.  He is received into Laputa.  Chapter 2 The humours and dispositions of the Laputians described.  An account of their learning.  Of the king and his court.  The author’s reception there.  The inhabitants subject to fear and disquietudes.  An account of the women.
2. Read chapters 1 and 2 of part three of Gulliver’s Travels.  (Remember there is an audio version if you want to listen along.)
3. Remember to take notes on characters and settings and themes and include page numbers with your theme notes.

Grammar

1. Read about the different types of sentences–simple, compound, complex.
2. Copy from your reading one of each type of sentence.
3. Click here. (Remember not to click on anything else.)

Wednesday 

Saxon 107/108

The Story of the World vol 4 by Susan Wise Bauer ch 14, 15  Oral Narration

Madam and Lady Why Ch 12 Homeward Bound from "There. We are off at last" to "We are in the Box Tunnel." (pg 275-277)Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 8 assignment 7 

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Reading

1. Read summaries of chapters 3 and 4:Chapter 3
   A phenomenon solved by modern philosophy and astronomy.  The Laputians’ great improvements in the latter.  The king’s method of suppressing insurrections.Chapter 4
   The author leaves Laputa; is conveyed to Balnibarbi; arrives at the metropolis.  A description of the metropolis, and the country adjoining.  The author hospitably received by a great lord.  His conversation with that lord.
2. Read chapters 3 and 4 of Gulliver’s Travels.

Writing

1. Choose one of the places Gulliver visits and write about a day you spend there. Use simple, compound and complex sentences. Make sure this gets into your notebook. Hold onto this for next week’s grammar lesson.

Thursday 

Saxon 110/111

Hillyer's Childs Geography of the World ch 61, 62 Written Narration (Notebook) 

Ch. 62-63: Japan (12) (Southeast Asia map)

Locate and label Japan, Tokyo, Mount Fujiyama, Kyoto.  Let’s look at some pictures of Japan and eat Japanese food!  .

Reading

1. Read chapters 5 and 6:Chapter 5
   The author permitted to see the grand academy of Lagado.  The academy largely described.  The arts wherein the professors employ themselves.Chapter 6
   A further account of the academy.  The author proposes some improvements, which are honourably received.
2. Read chapters 5 and 6 of Gulliver’s Travels.

Vocabulary

1. Copy a sentence with a word you don’t know in it.
2. Look up the word. Write the word and its definition underneath the sentence.

Spanish Ch 4 Section  9

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Friday 

Spanish Ch 4 Section  10


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Week 8

Bible (OT): 2 Kings 20:1-11, 21; parts of 2 Kings 22-23 and 2 Chron 34 ("King Josiah and the Finding of the Book of the Law")
Bible (NT): Matt. 25:14-30 ("Talents Lent us by God")
Pick one verse to memorize for the week 



Monday 

Saxon 95/96

Age of Fable ch 27 The Iliad spend 3 weeks as needed Written Narration

This Country of Ours ch 94. Hayes - Garfield - Arthur  Oral Narration

Physics Lab in A Housewares Store: Pots and Pans p. 72 Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 5

Reading

1. Read this summary of chapter 1 of part 2: A great storm described; the long boat sent to fetch water; the author goes with it to discover the country.  He is left on shore, is seized by one of the natives, and carried to a farmer’s house.  His reception, with several accidents that happened there.  A description of the inhabitants.
2. Read chapter 1 of part 2. (Remember there is an audio version if you want to listen along.)
3. Remember to take notes. Include page numbers when you take notes about the themes.

Grammar

1. Dialog lesson read over and answer the questions. You’ll be writing a dialog tomorrow.
2. Write an example of dialog that uses each a speech tag, a descriptive tag and an action tag.

Tuesday 

Saxon 97/98

Carry a Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt) pgs 113-128 Oral Narration

Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 28, How Man is Superior to the Animals Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 6 

Latin: 10 minutes a day TIMED. 

Reading

1. Read this summary of chapter 2: A description of the farmer’s daughter.  The author carried to a market-town, and then to the metropolis.  The particulars of his journey
2. Read this summary of chapter 3: The author sent for to court.  The queen buys him of his master the farmer, and presents him to the king.  He disputes with his majesty’s great scholars.  An apartment at court provided for the author.  He is in high favour with the queen.  He stands up for the honor of his own country.  His quarrels with the queen’s dwarf.
3. Read chapters 2 and 3.

Writing

1. Choose any character from the book so far and write a dialog between you and the character. Use your paper from yesterday to remember your grammar rules for writing dialog.

Wednesday 

Saxon 99/100

The Story of the World vol 4 by Susan Wise Bauer ch 12, 13  Oral Narration

Madam and Lady Why Ch 12 Homeward Bound from "And what is that in the air? A bridge?" to "from Bristol right into the Somersetshire flats." (pg 271-275)Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 7 assignment 1

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Reading

1. Read the summaries of chapters 4 and 5.Chapter 4
   The country described.  A proposal for correcting modern maps.  The king’s palace; and some account of the metropolis.  The author’s way of travelling.  The chief temple described.Chapter 5
   Several adventures that happened to the author.  The execution of a criminal.  The author shows his skill in navigation.
2. Read chapters 4 and 5 of Gulliver’s Travels.

Vocabulary

1. Copy a sentence with a word in it you don’t understand.
2. Look up the definition and rewrite the sentence adding in the meaning. For instance, “I am flabbergastedat what just happened, completely shocked.” The end of the sentence explains flabbergasted.

Thursday 

Saxon 101/102

 Hillyer's Childs Geography of the World ch 59, 60 Written Narration (Notebook) 

Ch. 59-61: China, Siberia (14) (Asia map)

Locate and label China, Beijing.
Locate and label Canton, the Pearl River (does it have a different name now?), Shanghai, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Grand Canal and the Great Wall. Let’s read our book about the Great Wall and find some pictures of China.

Locate and label Siberia, Vladivostok, the Trans-Siberian Railway, Irkutsk, the Bering Strait.

Let’s eat Chinese food – can you use chopsticks?

Reading

1. Read summaries of 6 and 7. Chapter 6 Several contrivances of the author to please the king and queen.  He shows his skill in music.  The king inquires into the state of England, which the author relates to him.  The king’s observations thereon. Chapter 7 The author’s love of his country.  He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king, which is rejected.  The king’s great ignorance in politics.  The learning of that country very imperfect and confined.  The laws, and military affairs, and parties in the state.
2. Read chapters 6 and 7 of Gulliver’s Travels.

Writing

1. In your opinion, which episode so far has been the most entertaining. Why? (Explain thoroughly. For instance, if you say because it is funny, then give three examples of funny things that happened.)

Spanish Ch 4 Section 7 Assignment 2 and 3

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Friday 

Spanish Ch 4 Section 7 Assignment 4

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Week 7

Bible (NT): Matt. 25:1-13 ("About Church, Prayer and Bible Reading") Pick one verse to memorize for the week 

Monday 

Saxon 87/88

Age of Fable ch 27 The Trojan War

This Country of Ours ch 93. Grant - A Peaceful Victory  Oral Narration

Physics Lab in A Housewares Store: The Vacuum Bottle p. 71 Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 1 and 2 Create Notecards for 1/2 the vocab words 

Reading

1. Read this summary of chapter 2: The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement.  The emperor’s person and habit described.  Learned men appointed to teach the author their language.  He gains favour by his mild disposition.  His pockets are searched, and his sword and pistols taken from him.
2. Read chapter 2.
3. Read this portion of an article from satirewire.com.
   –A delegation of American high school students today demanded the United States stop waging war in obscure nations such as Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and instead attack places they’ve actually heard of, such as France, Australia, and Austria, unless, they said, those last two are the same country.

   “Shouldn’t we, as Americans, get to decide where wars are?” asked sophomore Kate Shermansky.

   “People claim we don’t know as much geography as our parents and grandparents, but it’s so not our fault,” Josh Beldoni, a senior at Fischer High School in Los Angeles, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. “Back then they only had wars in, like, Germany and England, but we’re supposed to know about places like Somalia and Massachusetts.”
   “Macedonia,” corrected committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan.
   “See?” said Beldoni.
   Beldoni’s frustration was shared by nearly three dozen students at the hearing, who blamed the U.S. military for making them look bad.
   “I totally support our soldiers and all that, but I am seriously failing both geography and social studies because I keep getting asked to find Croatia or Yemvrekia, or whatever bizarre-o country we send troops to,” said Amelia Nash, a junior at Clark High School in Orlando, Fla. “Can’t we fight in, like, Italy? It’s boot-shaped.”
4. What makes this article a satire? What is the humor element of it? What is the point of it? (Answers)
5. Write your answers and the definition of satire (from a few days ago) in your notebook.

Tuesday 

Saxon 88/90

Carry a Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt) pgs 98-112 Oral Narration

Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 27, The Beautiful Coverings of Animals Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 1 and 2 Create Notecards for 1/2 the vocab words 

Latin: 10 minutes a day TIMED. 

Reading

1. Read this summary of chapter 3: The author diverts the emperor, and his nobility of both sexes, in a very uncommon manner.  The diversions of the court of Lilliput described.  The author has his liberty granted him upon certain conditions.
2. Read this summary of chapter 4: Mildendo, the metropolis of Lilliput, described, together with the emperor’s palace.  A conversation between the author and a principal secretary, concerning the affairs of that empire.  The author’s offers to serve the emperor in his wars.
3. Read chapters 3 and 4
4. Remember to be taking notes on characters, settings and themes.
5. Copy the last sentence on page 29 into your reading notebook. (It’s the last sentence in chapter 3.) Now write what that sentence says in your own words. What does it mean?

Wednesday 

Saxon 91/92

The Story of the World vol 4 by Susan Wise Bauer ch 10, 11 Oral Narration

Madam and Lady Why Ch 12 Homeward Bound from "Oh! Where have we got to now?" to "villas, high over your head." (pg 268-271)Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 4 Section 3 Complete note cards for section vocab

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Reading

1. Read this summary of chapter 5: The author, by an extraordinary stratagem, prevents an invasion.  A high title of honour is conferred upon him.  Ambassadors arrive from the emperor of Blefuscu, and sue for peace.  The empress’s apartment on fire by an accident; the author instrumental in saving the rest of the palace.
2. Read this summary of chapter 6: Of the inhabitants of Lilliput; their learning, laws, and customs; the manner of educating their children.  The author’s way of living in that country.  His vindication of a great lady.
3. Read chapters 5 and 6.

Writing

1. Write about an imaginary country. It needs a name, a language, a currency, a national identity, what makes it unique, what is its character.

Thursday 

Saxon 93/94 

Hillyer's Childs Geography of the World ch 57/58  Written Narration (Notebook) 

Ch. 57-58: Burma, Thailand, Tibet (10) (Southeast Asia map)

1.      Locate and label Burma, Rangoon (let’s look for a picture of the Shew Dagon Pagoda), Thailand, Bangkok, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sumatra, Java, and any other countries and capitals nearby we missed!

2.      Locate and label Tibet.

4.      Let’s get some Thai food!

Reading

1. Read this summary of chapter 7: The author, being informed of a design to accuse him of high-treason, makes his escape to Blefuscu.  His reception there.
2. Read this summary of chapter 8: The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country.
3. Read chapters 7 and 8.
4. Answers these questions about part 1:  (If anyone would like to submit answers to these, I will include them on the answers page for others.)

• Who do the soldiers think has sent the giant?
• Evaluate the emperor as a ruler.  Whose advice does he rely on?
• Why are Bigenders the enemies of the Lilliputans?  What is the origin of their feud? How is that an example of satire?  (Answers)

Spelling

1. Try the spelling bee or the spelling challenge.

Spanish Ch 4 Section 4

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Friday 

Trial and Triumph ch 43. Abraham Kuyper Theologian and Statesman (1837-1920) pg. 265

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Week 6

Monday 

Saxon 80

Latin Test

This Country of Ours ch 93.  Oral Narration

Physics Lab in A Housewares Store: Trivets p. 70 Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 3 Section 4

Reading

1. Read chapter 10 of Captains Courageous.
2. Answer the following in complete sentences in your notebook

• What choices does Cheyne offer Harvey and what does Harvey choose?
• What does Harvey learn from Cheyne about his life and his “climb to the top”?
• What is the significance of Memorial Day in Gloucester?  Whose spot did Harvey replace on the We’re Here?  How does the Memorial Service affect him?  Do you see any symbolism of conversion in Harvey’s story?  Any symbolism of baptism, death, and resurrection, leaving the old life behind and starting a new one?
• What comes of the cook’s prophesy about Harvey and Dan, “Master – man. Man – master”?

Tuesday 

Saxon 81

Carry a Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt) pgs 83-97 Oral Narration

Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 26, Coverings of Animals  Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 3 Section 5 Complete:

Assignment 1:  Vocabulary and Grammar Project

To incorporate the vocabulary and grammar you have learned in the chapter, you will need to create a powerpoint with audio, to show off your creativity. Adding audio to a PowerPoint is easy! See the link in the sidebar for more information.  It will have the same format as the one created in Module 1.  Click the example from Module 1 located in the sidebar. Follow your teacher's instructions for submitting your work.

Latin: There is new software installed on your computer. It is called Artes Latinae: You will tell me when you are starting Latin and then complete 10 minutes a day TIMED. 

Writing

1. Write a summary of the book and of what you think Kipling is trying to say about America. Include what you think about the book and what you think about his views on America. Make sure you write an introduction and a conclusion.

Wednesday 

Saxon 82 

The Story of the World vol 4 ch 8, 9 Oral Narration

Madam and Lady Why Ch 12 Homeward Bound from "Yes. You are a lucky boy to have seen that." to "because you went on board at night." (pg 264-268) Oral Narration

Spanish Ch 3 Section 5 Complete:

Assignment 2:  Vocabulary Quiz

After you have completed all the work for this unit and feel confident of your knowledge of the material, you will be prepared for a test covering the vocabulary presented in this unit.

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Reading

1. Read Kipling’s famous poem, If.
2. Who is this written to and from? (highlight answer:  Kipling to his son)
3. What do you think the poem is saying?
4. What is your favorite part?
5. After you’ve written out your answers. Read this analysis of the poem. Do you think she is right?

Vocabulary

1. Play this vocab game.

Thursday 

Saxon 83/84 

BOM: Halliburton Ch 30 The Mother of Churches Written Narration (Notebook) 

Hillyer's Childs Geography of the World ch 55, 56 Written Narration (Notebook) 

Ch. 55-56: India, Pakistan, etc. (11) (Asia map)

1.      Locate and label India, Calcutta.  )Remember Mother Teresa?  She helped the poor in Calcutta.  Let’s read our book about her.) Label the Himalayas (and add them to your list of mountains), Mount Everest, Kashmir, and Pakistan.

2.      Locate and label Bombay (now called Mumbai, I believe), the Taj Mahal (let’s look at a picture of it), the Ganges River, Benares, Sri Lanka (which is what Ceylon is now called), Colombo.

3.      Also locate and label any other nearby countries and capitals not mentioned (ask me.)Ch. 55-56: India, Pakistan, etc. (11) (Asia map)

5.      Let’s eat at our favorite Indian restaurant.

Reading — Satire

1. The new book you will be reading is a satire or uses satire. (pronounced sat – tire): The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
2. An example is Dr. Seuss’s Butter Battle Book which is a satire about nuclear proliferation during the cold war (Russia and America getting more and more and bigger and bigger nuclear bombs). If you have it, read it and explain to a parent why it is a satire.
3. Below is an example of satire. It’s a political cartoon. “Gas” is taking a beating by “big oil” meaning our gas prices keep getting higher and “congress” is giving “big oil” tax breaks meaning the government is giving money to the people raising the gas prices. Read the definition of satire again. How does this cartoon use satire?

Gulliver’s Travels

1. Read about the general and specific themes of the book, Gulliver’s Travels. Themes are what a book isreally about not just what is happening in the plot. Be on the lookout for these ideas as you read. Choose two themes to take notes on as you read. Note passages (page numbers) which show the themes you chose. You’ll be writing about them after you finish reading the novel.
2. Read this summary of chapter 1: The author gives some account of himself and family.  His first inducements to travel.  He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life.  Gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country. (all chapter summaries are from http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/)
3. Read chapter 1 Gulliver’s Travels  Here’s an audio version if you want to read along with it. Just click on the right chapter number. This book is in three parts and each part starts over at chapter 1.
4. *Print out these Gulliver’s Travels notebooking pages to use as you read. As Gulliver meets new characters in his travels, list them on the character page. As the main character travels to new settings, list them on your settings page. Write a few words about each character and setting as you list them. On the first page you will write the book title, author and the themes you are going to be looking for. Use that page to take your notes about the themes. Include page numbers when you take notes about themes.

Spanish Ch 3 Section 5 Review Words 

Latin 10 minutes (SET A TIMER)

Friday 

Saxon 85/86 

Spanish Test 

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