Ancients Week 12

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Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

  • Memorize “The Barbarians, who ended the Mycenaeans’ reign, became civilized Greeks four hundred years later and created an alphabet similar to the Phoenicians'. Around that time the blind poet Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, and the Olympic Games began in 776 BC.”
  • Commit the memory work for the week to memory.
  • Practice blobbing the continents & drawing and/or labeling settlements around the Mediterranean on the map.
  • Read The Story of the World Chapter 19.
  • Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 12.
  • Make a gnomon.
  • Study the Olympic Games. Make one or more of the competition equipment: Javelin, Discus, Shotput.
  • Read The Odyssey. Order or check out this “retelling” for easier comprehension. http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/259868/the-odyssey-by-homer/
  • Watch an animated version of the Odyssey.
  • Create props or a scene for a reenactment of a chapter of The Odyssey.
  • Look for prepositions in books & in conversations.

 
Writing Club (3-5th)

  • Grammar Week 12 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram
  • Check your answers on http://1aiway.com/
  • Learn vocabulary through lesson 11 in IEW pg 258
  • Key Word Outline of “The Trojan Horse” & Brainstorming Style pre writing IEW pg 109-114 (No need to go sentence by sentence!  Use the questions to describe the Setting, Characters, Background; Conflict; and Climax & Resolution.)
  • Write a first draft with checklist IEW pg 114
  • 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
And
Rhetoricians
9th-12th Graders
 

  • Find an archaeological site at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_archaeological_sites_in_Greece 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. This list might have some poorly documented sites. Be aware! Get information from elsewhere. I primarily use sites ending in .edu or .gov 
  • Grammar Week 12 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram
  • Practice blobbing the continents & drawing and/or labeling settlements around the Mediterranean on the map.
  • Learn something interesting about Pythagoras (so many things to know!) and present on it.  Choose one of the numbered topics in this article: http://www.iep.utm.edu/pythagor/
  • List the series of triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal numbers. The Pythagoreans liked them. Make them happy.
  • Watch Vi Hart a few times share her crazy insights into Pythagoras, his life, and his mathematics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1E7I7_r3Cw - hopefully it’ll make more sense since our discussion Thursday.     
  • We discussed the question Was Math Invented or Discovered? Watch this great episode of NOVA to find out more (and see whether your ideas are represented there!): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/great-math-mystery.html
  • Daily math on Khan Academy (KA) 40 minutes minimum on KA. Scores and times posted weekly. Please make me your coach if you haven’t already: daniel@goldengatetutoring.com
  • Read The Story of the World Chapter 19.
  • Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 12.
  • Make a gnomon.
  • Study the Olympic Games. Make one or more of the competition equipment: Javelin, Discus, Shotput.
  • Read The Odyssey. Order or check out this “retelling” for easier comprehension. http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/259868/the-odyssey-by-homer/
  • Watch an animated version of the Odyssey.
  • Create props or a scene for a reenactment of a chapter of The Odyssey.
  • Look for prepositions in books & in conversations.
  • Memorize all subjects orally or copy and illustrate.