Ancients Week 28

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Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

  • Memorize: “In AD 64 after the great fire of Rome, Nero built his palace instead of homes. When Roman citizens blamed him for the fire, he blamed Christians and persecuted them.”

  • Research the life and times of Emporer Nero. Here’s an 3d rendering of his new palace: http://www.italyrome.info/domusaurea/domusaurea-eng.php

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

  • Read The Story of the World Chapter 39 and do the activities in the activity guide.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Rome and label the starting point of the fire, the Temple of Jupiter, Circus Maximus, Aventine Hill, Esquiline Hill, and the Forum.

  • Memorize "Vitruvius De Architectura Book 1, Chapter 3, Part 2 states: All structures should possess strength, utility, and beauty.” Learn more about Vitruvius Roman architect.

  • Memorize “The least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers is the smallest number (not zero) that is a multiple of both and is often used to find a common denominator.” Explore factors, GCF & LCM

  • Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 28 and memorize these nouns:
    ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line
    τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip
    ὁ διάμετρος the diameter
    ἡ πλευρά the side
    τό τετραγώνον the square

  • Memorize “Sentence requirements: Capital letter, end mark, subject, verb, makes sense.”

  • 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 28 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram.  Here’s more info on noun clauses.

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

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

  • Chronos Capstone

    • Create a key word outlines from 3 sources for each of your 3 subtopics.

    • Fuse the outlines into one key word outline for each topic with a topic sentence and clincher for each.

    • Write three paragraphs (one for each subtopic) from your three fused outlines using the most recent checklist in the IEW book.  Underline and label each dress-up & decoration in the margin.

    • Ask an adult to edit it for grammar & spelling mistakes.

    • Create a final draft to present next Saturday, May 6!

 

Dialecticians
5th-8th Graders

From our session Thursday 4/27/17 - Carefully read the WHOLE list, then get started.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Rome.

ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line

τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip

ὁ διάμετρος the diameter

ἡ πλευρά the side

τό τετραγώνον the square

  • Math Club on Wednesday: More video! More skills! More games!

  • Book Club on Tuesday: Read your play or poetry book.

  • MAKE: History on Tuesday: Make a Vitruvious Collage.

  • Drawing out Arithmetic: Construct Euclid’s Elements Proposition 3.20

  • Writing Club on Wednesday:

    1. Do the activities in Wordly Wise Lesson 4 and study the words and their definitions.

    2. Memorize “Sentence requirements: Capital letter, end mark, subject, verb, makes sense.”

    3. Read and complete IEW lesson 27: pp. 213-214 “If I were Emperor.” Write a key word outline of ideas from your own imagination of what you would do if you were emperor!  Organize those ideas into 2 or 3 subtopics and write a key word outline.  Write 2 or 3 paragraphs using the checklist on page 214. Ask an adult to edit and create a final draft.  Bring it to class to present next week!

  • MAKE: Science on Wednesday: See how you measure up to the Vitruvian Man. Also, Violet.

Upper Grammarians building model Pantheons out of spaghetti & mini marshmallows!  We judged on strength, utility & beauty!