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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