Ancients Week 25

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Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

  • Memorize to the tune of Dona Nobis Pacem: “Augustus Caesar, Rome’s First Citizen, established Pax Romana through the Empire. This method of leadership began BC 27 and remained until Constantinople fell in 1453.”

  • Research the life and times of Augustus Caesar on wikipedia or history.com.

  • Memorize all subjects through song, motions, pictures, games, etc.

  • Read The Story of the World Chapter 36 and do the activities in the activity guide.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Europe & the Mediterranean, and label the Danube River, Galatia, Parthia, Illyria, Via Appia, and Thessaly.

  • Memorize "Lunar and solar eclipses occur when the moon crosses the ecliptic, passing between the sun and the Earth to cause a solar eclipse and passing through the Earth's shadow to cause a lunar eclipse and casting a shadow on the Earth to cause a solar eclipse.” Research them on Nasa’s spaceplace.

  • Memorize “The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic States: every integer greater than 1 either is prime itself or is the unique product of primes.,” and learn more about each number’s unique fingerprint!

  • Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 25 and memorize these prepositions:
    ἀπό from
    διά through
    ἐκ, ἐξ out of
    μετά with
    κατά against

  • Memorize “Irregular comparatives & superlatives: bad worse worst, good better best, little less, least, many more most.” and learn more about them.

  • Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!

Writing Club (3-5th)

  • Grammar Week 25 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram.  Here’s more info on compound-complex sentences and objective complements.

  • Check your answers on http://1aiway.com/

  • Study all vocabulary on IEW pp. 258-259.

  • Read and complete IEW lesson 23: pp. 195-198 “Ancient Rome: Government.” Do a Key Word Outline of each source on the topic Roman Government, then fuse them into one key word outline.  Write one paragraph using the checklist on page 198.  Try to include each dress-up, sentence opener, vocabulary word, and decoration as you write the first draft!

  • After an adult edits for grammar, punctuation & spelling, compose a final draft.  Be sure to underline & label the dress-ups, sentence openers, decorations & vocabulary in the margin.

Dialecticians
5th-8th Graders

From our session Thursday 3/23/17 - Carefully read the whole list, then get started.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Europe & the Mediterranean, and label the Danube River, Galatia, Parthia, Illyria, Via Appia, and Thessaly.

1. Because Augustus Caesar established Pax Romana throughout the Empire, Rome considered him diplomatic, and this method of leadership began around BC 27 and remained until Constantinople fell in 1453.
2. Musicians consider Mozart brilliant while they play his compositions, for he is the forerunner of the Classical Period.
3. Since James Watt patented the steam engine, people found him innovative!
4. England named James Cook, who took his last voyage in 1776, an ocean explorer, and he discovered many new lands!
5. After Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the US declared independence from England, and the world considers the United States free since then.
6. Beethoven called Napoleon heroic until he crowned himself emperor of France, so Beethoven erased his dedication on his Third Symphony.

  • Greek on Tuesday: Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 25 and memorize these prepositions:
    ἀπό from
    διά through
    ἐκ, ἐξ out of
    μετά with
    κατά against

  • Math Club on Wednesday: Arithmetic!

  • Book Club on Tuesday: Read and be prepared to discuss The Aeneid.

The quiz will continue until math improves.

  • Writing Club on Wednesday:

    • Do the activities in Wordly Wise Lesson 2 and study the words and their definitions.  We’ll have a quiz on Lesson 2 words on Wednesday!

    • Memorize “Irregular comparatives & superlatives: bad worse worst, good better best, little less, least, many more most” and learn more about them.

    • Read and complete IEW lesson 24: pp. 199-200 “Ancient Rome: Engineering Feats”

    • Do a Key Word Outline of each source from the previous lesson (pp. 190-192) on the topic Roman Engineering, then fuse them into one key word outline.  Write one paragraph using the checklist on page 200.  Try to include each dress-up, sentence opener, vocabulary word, and decoration as you write the first draft!

    • After an adult edits for grammar, punctuation & spelling, compose a final draft.  Be sure to underline & label the dress-ups, sentence openers, decorations & vocabulary in the margin.

  • MAKE: Science on Wednesday: Find the ecliptic in real life.