Ancients Week 8

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Grammarians (Optional)
PreK-4th graders

  • Drill Week 8 memory work through handwriting practice, songs, board games, etc.
  • Read The Story of the World, Chapter 14
  • Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 8
  • Read about the Hebrew Exodus in Exodus 1-20.  Here’s a link to a free online bible.
  • Practice drawing the travels of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt to Canaan.  Label Memphis, Thebes, Saqqara and Giza, Jordan River, Sea of Reeds, and Red Sea on your map.
  • Sketch the constellations of the Zodiac, beginning with the stars, then adding the lines.
  • Research the stories of the Greek myths behind the constellations.
  • Prepare a presentation on a math puzzle and teach your class how to solve it or show your favorite method to add or subtract.
  • Make your own set of Harappan weights and measures using jars of sand or your own creative materials. Double the mass of your smallest weight again and again 2, 4, 8, and 16 times heavier. Then make a set that are 10 and 100 times heavier than the 16. Start small! 
  • Prepare a presentation on something you learned this week or learn about a piece of ancient art from Harappa, Egypt or the Hebrews.  Show us a picture of it, tell us what it was made of and what it was used for.

Writing Club
Grammarians 3-5th graders

We just learned a new pattern (S-Vl-PN) & a new structure (compound) in Grammar.  Here’s a link to a diagramming guide of all three patterns so far and the four structures.

  • Grammar Week 8 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram (I gave each of them a hard copy in class.)
  • Check your answers on http://1aiway.com/
  • Learn vocabulary through lesson 7 in IEW pg 258 (vocab quiz in 2 weeks)
  • Key word outline of “Mummies” IEW pg 76 (we did this in class together)
  • Write a first draft with checklist IEW pg 77
  • Ask a parent to edit for spelling & punctuation, then write a final draft.
  • Be prepared to present your paragraph in class next week!

Dialecticians
5th-8th Graders
&
Rhetoricians
9th-12th Graders

  • Find an archaeological site at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_Israel and log the coordinates, who made it, year constructed, the first sentence of the article, & your name in Google Sheets shared doc. Prepare a two minute presentation about the site or that civilization.
  • Practice blobbing the continents & drawing and/or labeling regions of Egypt and Canaan on the map. Quiz on Continents, Oceans and locations in Egypt and Canaan next Thursday.
  • Read Exodus 1-20 in any version of the Bible. Create a keyword outline of each of the three parts of Moses’ life then rewrite part or the whole story:
    • Birth to Burning Bush - Exodus Chapters 1-2
    • Burning Bush to Exodus - Chapters 3-15
    • Journey to the Promised Land - Chapters 15-20 (and beyond!)
  • Daily math on Khan Academy (KA) 40 minutes minimum on KA. Scores and times posted weekly.
  • Develop lightning fast multiplication skills using your new dice!
  • Read The Story of the World, Chapter 14 and complete the activities.
  • Practice Greek workbook through Chapter 8
  • Memorize Week 8 of the Memory Work Guide orally or copy and illustrate
  • Complete the question/confirmation and diagram each sentence in Week 8 Diagramming Sentences.
  • We studied the Harappans last week. We studied place values this week. Did you know the Harappans made their own base ten standard weights? Make your own set of Harappan weights and measures using jars of sand or your own creative materials. Double the mass of your smallest weight again and again 2, 4, 8, and 16 times heavier. Then make a set that are 10 and 100 times heavier than the 16. Start small! https://www.harappa.com/slide/weights-harappa