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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