Week 14 - Challenge A

Well this semester has flown by! I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is here and Christmas is fast approaching. The older I get, the more I appreciated my mother saying time and time again about how precious time is!

PIZZA FOR LUNCH...PLEASE SEND IN $3. BRING YOUR OWN DRINK!

BRING A SNACK TO SHARE IN THE AFTERNOON...(I WILL BRING IN SOME DRINKS AND PAPER PRODUCTS)

WEAR YOUR FAVORITE PAIR OF PAJAMAS...(I AM GOING TO WHERE MY CHRISTMAS ONES)

I AM PLANNING A GAME/FELLOWSHIP TIME FOR THE AFTERNOON (2-4)...I AM NOT SURE WHERE IN THE CHURCH WE WILL BE...SO I WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS I DO.

Onto the academic stuff...

 

Math 

Tuesday:  We previewed Lessons 57 thru 60! The students are doing a fantastic job taking notes on the lessons. 

 

For next week:  Follow the guide!

 

 Literature and Composition 

Tuesday:  Several students in the class wanted to develop their own issues that were "loosely" connected with the question. This issues that they presented were thoughtful and insightful, so I said, "Go for it!" We have some really great writers in the class. I love reading their work.

 

In the event you haven't noticed...I am not correcting punctuation, sentence structure, misspellings, etc. Because LTW is new, I want to be sure they understand the process and content. Once they have mastered these items, we can focus more on the other stuff. Please feel free to correct these things at home.

 

For next week:  Basic Persuasive Essay II - Amplification following the outline in the Guide page 83. BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING...

 

Parallelism (do this with the proofs in the introductory paragraph)

Exordium

Strong verbs

Specific subjects

Amplification

One-Sentence Recapitulation

 

I have encouraged them not to forget the wonderful writing techniques that they learned in IEW. I love reading the different sentence structures, the quality adjectives, the -ly words, and the strong verbs.

 

If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

Latin 

Tuesday:  We previewed Lesson 3 pp.46 - 52; and Exercises 45 - 54.

 

For next week: Read and discuss pp. 46-52. Do Exercises 45 - 54 (odd and even, or however you decide to have them work). Read Grammar to #64. Vocabulary pp. 47 and 51. This is from Weeks 10 and 11.

 

We are quickly catching up with the guide. I have not any students complain about the workload. Most of them were ahead until just recently. As you translate English to Latin, remember to keep appositives with the noun they rename, and the verb at the end of the sentence. The noun endings will tell us how the word is used in the sentence. 

 

Rhetoric 

Tuesday:  We played a basketball review game with Catechism Questions.

 

For next week:  Follow the guide...and be sure to STUDY, STUDY, STUDY the Catechism Questions.

 

Geography 

Tuesday: Again...we worked with identifying countries, capitals, and features for Europe.

 

For next week: STUDY...STUDY...STUDY FOR THE EUROPE DRAWING TEST; AND THE GEOGRAPHY TERMS FOR TEST FROM WEEKS 12 THRU 14.

 

Science

Tuesday:  We learned more about symbiotic relationships, fish, sharks, and different habitats watching "Finding Nemo."  It was wonderful hearing the research on fish. The students do a great job.

 

For next week:  Follow the guide!

 

 

Blessings,

Debbie