We moved with room to grow!
/We are so excited to announce our new location in Larkspur! Chronos Academy is on the first floor of Redwoods Presbyterian Church on the corner of Alexander and Magnolia Avenue. Hope to see you there soon!
Flash Back ten years or more...
/We’ve been committed to individualized education since we started tutoring in 2004. Tutoring inspired creative classes for homeschoolers, camps and now Chronos Academy. Here’s an interview with us from our previous tutoring center in downtown San Anselmo.
Chronos Ancient Film Festival
/Instead of an in-person play this year, Chronos students directed and produced their own short films based on ancient literature! We are so impressed by the variety of styles, the ingenuity for props, costumes & special effects, and the cooperative collaboration of all the students. A big thank you to Ms. Shannon for her many hours of editing!
The Exodus
Percy Jackson
Daedalus & Icarus
Anansi the Spider
Gilgamesh
David & Goliath
The Odyssey
Julius Caesar https://www.playingwithplays.com/
Hercules
Enjoy the show!
Virtual Open House
/Since we can’t host information meetings during Shelter-in-Place, I made a virtual one!
Family Morning Briefing
/During “shelter-in-place” Chronos Academy students are meeting online for all their classes! Here’s a taste of our Family Morning Briefings.
The Making of Chronos Academy
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After years of preparation we are excited to announce Chronos Academy, a Micro-school. Here’s the story of how it all came to be.
We moved to Marin in 2004 to begin our Masters degrees and took jobs tutoring part-time to make ends meet. We loved it! One-on-one interaction with kids of all ages is a special opportunity, so we started Golden Gate Tutoring, employed our classmates as tutors, and met students in homes and libraries.
When we graduated in 2008, we moved to San Anselmo, and a year later we opened Golden Gate Learning Center downtown. Eventually some homeschool families approached us and asked us to put together a small class for their boys. We thoroughly enjoyed making creative lesson plans that integrated several subjects. We became a vendor of Pathways Charter and spent many years supporting their students. We designed our own Maker Camps to integrate Engineering, Art, Technology & Recreation to weekly themes. We hosted a Classical Conversations Community for 4 years and learned the benefit of the Classical method of learning & memorization.
We eventually outgrew our small center and moved to Red Hill Church in 2014. We developed Chronos Cohorts in 2016 to connect our various homeschool classes to a master timeline: Math Club, Writing Club, Make History, Make Science, Art Appreciation & Book Club were all integrated, and we composed History ditties to help students memorize the content. As the program has grown, we have worked to extend our classes to all students, five days per week. We have combined the authenticity of individual tutoring, the thrill of Making and the chronological content of our classes into one fabulous school: Chronos Academy. We are excited to embark on this new adventure with you!
We’d love for you to be a part of our story. You can drop us a note and tell us how we’ve already impacted you or your child, consider enrolling in our school, after-school enrichment or tutoring, or contribute to Golden Gate Learning Foundation and make it possible for another student to enroll.
Chronos Explorers Theater - A Midsummer Night's Dream
/Congratulations on a fabulous performance, Chronos Explorers!
EM 4 - Princess Nzinga silent movies
/Make History Historian Makers made movies this past Tuesday to depict Nzinga’s negotiation with the Portuguese General. Finding only one chair in the room with the Governor already seated, the Princess sat upon a servant to display equal status to him.
So proud of your students!
behind the scenes
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Early Modern Week 5 is off to a great start. Here’s a behind the scenes peak at recording EM 5 Persia history song at International House of Fleming with John Mark Painter.
New website layout
/Fall 2018 brings several improvements to ChronosCohorts.com. We have new recordings of our music available for purchase and for streaming on our website in two forms: Albums and Review pages by Subject and by Week. Use the Album pages as background music to add to your family homeschool ambience so your students can review passively. Use Review pages for active memory work review, research starters for the topics that interest your family, and homework assignments. We hope these weekly resource pages will be more useful for you!
Check our blog for articles, ideas & other helps throughout the year!
Happy Chronoschooling!
Daniel & Celeste Ezell
Early Modern History Album
Early Modern Week 1 Review Page
Early Modern History Review Page
Middle Ages Week 34
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: John Cabot founded Newfoundland. Jacques Cartier founded Canada on the St. Lawrence River for French settlers to stay. Spanish Coronado found the Grand Canyon, de Soto explored the Mississippi River. England defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Learn more about the Japan on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 3, Chapter 42 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these American Geographical Features:
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Andes Mountains
Mississippi River
Amazon River
Carribean Sea
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Bering Strait
Isthmus of Panama
Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!
Science: The Earth is a giant magnet, which is the cause of compasses pointing north/south and of the aurora borealis.
Math: In elementary mathematics, a variable is a symbol, commonly an alphabetic character, that represents a number, the value of the variable, which is either arbitrary, not fully specified, or unknown.
Introduction to variables on Khan Academy
A short biography of Francois Viete.
Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
κοινός common
κάθετος perpendicular
ορθός right
λοιπος remaining
αυτός same, self
Keep learning Greek over the summer!
English:
put-put-put
see-saw-seen
show-showed-shown
take-took-taken
tell-told-told
think-thought-thought
Learn more about irregular verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next fall!
Diagramming: Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 34 sentences:
Jacques Cartier founded Canada on the St. Lawrence River for the French, John Cabot founded Newfoundland for England.
Since the The Vietnam War ended in 1975, when did it begin?
The Berlin Wall falls after Communism fails in Eastern Europe?
Why did Gorbachev resign and why was Communism outlawed?
After September 11, the day the World Trade Center was attacked, the US declared war on terror?
Who invented the global internet and ushered in the Information Age?
Check your diagrams online.
Middle Ages Week 33
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: Oda Nobunaga with his army of samarai unified Japan by conquering other tribes. His Sandal-Bearer Hideyoshi became Imperial Regent in 1585. He tried to conquer China by going through Korea. Then Tokugawa Ieyasu claimed the title Shogun, ruled the capital Edo and killed Hideyori's heirs to grant his family the Shogunate.
Learn more about the Japan on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 3, Chapter 5 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of South America:
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Uraguay
Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!
Science: The dependent variable varies with change in the independent variable, which does not depend on the change of another variable.
Math: In scientific notation all numbers are written in the form m × 10^n (m times ten raised to the power of n), where the exponent n is an integer, and the coefficient m is any real number, called the significand.
Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
ἴσος equal
άνισος unequal
ὅλος whole
παράλληλος parallel
ευθύγραμμος rectilinear
English:
irregular verbs
go-went-gone
know-knew-known
lay-laid-laid
leave-left-left
lie-lay-lain
make-made-made
Learn more about irregular verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Finish Chronos Capstone and practice presenting it.
Diagram Week 32 sentences.
Dialecticians (5-8th grades)
Writing: Write a three to five paragraph essay describing the accomplishments of three people from the Middle Ages.
I. Introduction
II. History
III. Science/Math
IV. Arts/Literature
V. Conclusion
Capstone: Practice presenting your capstone in preparation for the End-of-the-Year celebration!
Geography quiz: We’ll take final World Map Test next week. Don’t forget to review geographical features as well. Study Lizardpoint or test yourself on paper!
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! We did not choose topics in class, so please choose from one of the topics below by Monday!
History - Learn more about the Japan on Khan Academy.
Philosophy - Philosophy is written in that great book which is continually open before our eyes (I speak of the universe), but no one can understand it who does not first learn the language, and come to know the characters, in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures, without which means it is humanly impossible to understand a word; without these, one is wandering vainly in a dark labyrinth. -- Galileo Galilei
Art/Literature - Journey to the West, and the full text. Amazon has a good video version.
Science - Galileo worked on pendulums. Here’s an article about them.
Math - Simon Stevin was a mathematician who promoted decimal notation. His book is translated here.
Geography - research a country in South America
History: Oda Nobunaga with his army of samarai unified Japan by conquering other tribes. His Sandal-Bearer Hideyoshi became Imperial Regent in 1585. He tried to conquer China by going through Korea. Then Tokugawa Ieyasu claimed the title Shogun, ruled the capital Edo and killed Hideyori's heirs to grant his family the Shogunate.
Learn more about the Japan on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 3, Chapter 5 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of South America:
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Uraguay
Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!
Science: The dependent variable varies with change in the independent variable, which does not depend on the change of another variable.
Math: In scientific notation all numbers are written in the form m × 10^n (m times ten raised to the power of n), where the exponent n is an integer, and the coefficient m is any real number, called the significand.
Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
ἴσος equal
άνισος unequal
ὅλος whole
παράλληλος parallel
ευθύγραμμος rectilinear
English:
irregular verbs
go-went-gone
know-knew-known
lay-laid-laid
leave-left-left
lie-lay-lain
make-made-made
Diagramming: Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 31 sentences:
Not only did Oda Nobunaga unify Japan by conquering other tribes but also his Sandal-Bearer Hideyoshi tried to conquer China by going through Korea.
In 1948 either Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated, or the nation of Israel was established.
The decision, Brown v. Board of Education, both paved the way for integration and served as a model for future civil rights cases.
Who knows whether Soviet astronauts or American astronauts first walked on the moon?
John F. Kennedy was not only a Congressman representing Massachusetts but also the 35th President of the United States.
Galen was a physician to not only gladiators but also emperors in 157 AD!
Pappus of Alexandria writes Synagoge (Collections) which is a guide to Greek geometry.
The dependent variable varies with change in the independent variable, which does not depend on the change of another variable.
Tuesday classes
Book Club: We have discussed several themes in our books this year: God, family, role of women, heroism, victims & enemies, racism, classism, etc. Pick a theme and write a paragraph on evidences you found of that theme in either The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead. Then write a second paragraph on the same theme in a book you’ve checked out from the Book Club Library and read this year. Be ready to share your paragraphs in class this Tuesday. We will act out more Shakespeare in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 3, Chapter 5 and have a Japanese tea ceremony.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll conclude Book 5 propositions.
Greek: Complete any unfinished sections in your Greek workbook and continue translating the New Testament passage distributed in class. We’ll translate Euclid in class.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Galileo’s experiments.
Math Club: Learn about Stevin and scientific notation.
Art Appreciation: Learn about Japanese calligraphy.
Writing Club Homework: Writing Club Homework: Week 32 DUE ON JUNE 6, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES! You should have your Capstone paper completed. Proofread and edit the body paragraphs and the introduction and conclusion. Make sure your title repeats or reflects key words in the clincher. Use checklist on page 207 for you body paragraphs and the checklist on page 214 for your conclusion and introduction. Utilize vocabulary (pages 260-261) to add to your paper. Merge your introduction, three body paragraphs, and the conclusion onto one paper. Be ready to polish and present next week!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Weeks 31 and 32 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next weeks!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES! You should have your Capstone paper completed. Proofread and edit the body paragraphs and the introduction and conclusion. Make sure your title repeats or reflects key words in the clincher. Use chuckles on page 207 for you body paragraphs and the checklist on page 214 for your conclusion and introduction. Utilize vocabulary (pages 260-261) to add to your paper. Merge your introduction, three body paragraphs, and the conclusion onto one paper.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 31 and 32 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Middle Ages Week 32
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: In 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh sent ships to sea to North America to start new Virginia colony. It was difficult to survive the winter and work with native tribes. But they grew potatoes and tobacco there; they thought that they might thrive. Colonists were starving on Roanoke Isand as John White had feared; he returned from England with provisions for them, but they had disappeared.
Learn more about the Lost Colony on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 40 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of South America:
Columbia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
Brazil
Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!
Science: A supernova is the explosion of a star due to either thermal runaway (type Ia) or core collapse (either types I or II)
Learn more about supernovas on Khan Academy.
Math: For the complex number a + bi, a is a real number, and b is an imaginary number where i^2=-1
Learn more about complex numbers on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line
τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip
ὁ διάμετρος the diameter
ἡ πλευρά the side
τό τετραγώνον the square
English:irregular verbs
begin-began-begun
come-came-come
eat-ate-eaten
find-found-found
get-got-gotten
give-gave-given
Learn more about irregular verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Write introduction and conclusion for Chronos Capstone.
Diagram Week 32 sentences.
Dialecticians (5-8th grades)
Writing: After reading Michel de Montaigne’s essay on Fear, choose a common emotion and define it in three paragraphs using characters from (1) books or video, (2) simile/metaphor and (3) personal experience. As always, be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Maisy - Rage
Luca - Hatred
Maggie - Disgust
Eva - Relief
Gino - Indolence
Catalina - Gratitude
Cooper - Anger
Jocelyn - Bliss
Savannah - Excitement
Phoebe - Excitement
Henry - Boredom
Capstone: You’ve already picked a person from the Middle Ages for your Capstone and researched him/her in an encyclopedia, wikipedia or text book and chosen 3 interesting areas of his/her life or study to focus on, for example, da Vinci’s art, inventions & physiological study. You found 3 easy resources (like Eye Witness books), completed a merged key word outline on each of your 3 topics and a Bibliography!
The next step is to write your 3 body paragraphs. As you write, challenge yourself to include 1-3 stylistic techniques in each sentence. This is much easier then editing them in later! Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Have an adult edit it with you, and then type your final draft!
Geography quiz: We’ll take our practice geography quizzes on Europe & Africa to prepare for our final World Map Test in two weeks. Don’t forget to review geographical features as well. Study Lizardpoint or test yourself on paper!
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! We did not choose topics in class, so please choose from one of the topics below by Monday!
History - Exploring the new world with Mr. Hakluyt. We read pages 293-301. Keep reading to find out how pearl divers found white or black pearls.
Philosophy - Michel Montaigne’s essay on Fear.
Art/Literature - Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queen as prose. As the epic poem.
Science - Tycho Brahe. Some pages from his book. His Supernova today.
Math - Rafael Bombelli. A video series about Complex Numbers. A great audio piece about it.
Geography - research a country in South America
History: In 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh sent ships to sea to North America to start new Virginia colony. It was difficult to survive the winter and work with native tribes. But they grew potatoes and tobacco there; they thought that they might thrive. Colonists were starving on Roanoke Isand as John White had feared; he returned from England with provisions for them, but they had disappeared.
Learn more about the Lost Colony on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 40 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of South America:
Columbia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
Brazil
Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!
Science: A supernova is the explosion of a star due to either thermal runaway (type Ia) or core collapse (either types I or II)
Learn more about supernovas on Khan Academy.
Math: For the complex number a + bi, a is a real number, and b is an imaginary number where i^2=-1
Learn more about complex numbers on mathisfun or Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line
τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip
ὁ διάμετρος the diameter
ἡ πλευρά the side
τό τετραγώνον the square
English:irregular verbs
begin-began-begun
come-came-come
eat-ate-eaten
find-found-found
get-got-gotten
give-gave-given
Learn more about irregular verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 31 sentences:
American colonists mysteriously disappeared from Roanoke Island, the Lost Colony.
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the Women's Suffrage Amendment, granted women the right to vote!
The Great Depression began after Black Friday, the day of the stock market crash of 1929.
Hitler's autocracy The Third Reich caused World War II.
In World War II, the Allies: Great Britain, France, United States and Russia, fought the Axis Countries: Germany, Italy and Japan.
After World War II, an international coalition the United Nations formed to prevent another world war.
Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, received the Nobel Peace Prize for saving a billion people from starvation!
A supernova, an explosion of a star, is due to either thermal runaway or core collapse.
Which irregular verbs are most commonly misused?
Tuesday classes
Book Club: We have discussed several themes in our books this year: God, family, role of women, heroism, victims & enemies, racism, classism, etc. Pick a theme and write a paragraph on evidences you found of that theme in either The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead. Then write a second paragraph on the same theme in a book you’ve checked out from the Book Club Library and read this year. Be ready to share your paragraphs in class this Tuesday. We will act out more Shakespeare in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 40 and make pirate ships.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions. Don’t forget to solve for the smallest set of values for V.6!
Greek: Complete any unfinished sections in your Greek workbook and continue translating the New Testament passage distributed in class. We’ll translate Euclid in class.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about the Brahe family.
Math Club: Learn about Bombelli and the complex number system.
Art Appreciation: Learn about Native American art and make dream catchers.
Writing Club Homework: Writing Club Homework: DUE ON MAY 30, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES! You are in the home stretch! You should have your three body paragraphs completed. If you have not completed them, do it by next week. You will also add an INTRODUCTION paragraph and a CONCLUSION paragraph to the BODY paragraphs. Read the page 210 to review what we went over in class. You can use page 211 to make your notes. Follow the checklist on page 214 to be sure you have followed instructions. Come up with an interesting TITLE.
Be ready to present next week!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 30 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next weeks!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES! You are in the home stretch! You should have your three body paragraphs completed. If you have not completed them, do it by next week. You will also add an INTRODUCTION paragraph and a CONCLUSION paragraph to the BODY paragraphs. Read the page 210 to review what we went over in class. You can use page 211 to make your notes. Follow the checklist on page 214 to be sure you have followed instructions. Come up with an interesting TITLE. Be ready to present next week!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 30 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Middle Ages Week 31
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: When Henry VIII died, Edward VI ruled England. His sister Queen Mary was a Catholic. She killed plenty of Protestants. When she died then the throne went to Elizabeth, crowned queen in 1558. She ruled for half a century, never married, and England thought that she was really great.
Learn more about Elizabeth I on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 38 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of the Caribbean:
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Barbados
Grenada
Trinadad and Tobago
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Three characteristics of the earth's landforms are shape, size and distance. Any flat map compromises one, two, or all three characteristics.
Math: Equality is (1) two symbols refer to the same object, (2) two sets have the same elements, or (3) two expressions evaluate to the same value.
Greek: Memorize Greek Deponent Verb Present Tense:
ὁ κύκλος the circle
τό τρίγωνον the triangle
ἡ γωνία the angle
ἡ γράμμή the line
τό σημεῖον the point
English:
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
Learn more about verbals on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Write 3 body paragraphs for Chronos Capstone.
Diagram Week 31 sentences.
Dialecticians (5-8th grades)
Writing: After reading Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, write a paragraph analyzing Shakespeare’s use of metaphor and imagery! As always, be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Capstone: You’ve already picked a person from the Middle Ages for your Capstone and researched him/her in an encyclopedia, wikipedia or text book and chosen 3 interesting areas of his/her life or study to focus on, for example, da Vinci’s art, inventions & physiological study. You found 3 easy resources (like Eye Witness books), completed a merged key word outline on each of your 3 topics and a Bibliography!
The next step is to write your 3 body paragraphs. As you write, challenge yourself to include 1-3 stylistic techniques in each sentence. This is much easier then editing them in later! Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Have an adult edit it with you, and then type your final draft!
Geography quiz: We’ll retake our geography quizzes on Asia & Oceania & also Europe until we have all the countries & geographical features memorized. Study Lizardpoint or test yourself on paper! We’ll have a final map quiz of the entire world in 3 weeks!
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
History - Eva, Luca- Elizabeth I, Mary I or a video on Khan Academy
Geography - Nikyla, Henry, Cooper, Catalina- The Caribbean Choose a country to teach us about.
Art/Literature - Maggie, Jocelyn, Phoebe- William Shakespeare’s biography, Twelfth Night - all men cast performed at the Globe, Art based on Midsummer Nights Dream
Science - Maisy- Geradus Mercator, Mercator Projection, Map Projections
Math - Robert Recorde, Definition of Equality, first written equal sign
History: When Henry VIII died, Edward VI ruled England. His sister Queen Mary was a Catholic. She killed plenty of Protestants. When she died then the throne went to Elizabeth, crowned queen in 1558. She ruled for half a century, never married, and England thought that she was really great.
Learn more about Elizabeth I on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 38 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of the Caribbean:
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Barbados
Grenada
Trinadad and Tobago
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Three characteristics of the earth's landforms are shape, size and distance. Any flat map compromises one, two, or all three characteristics.
Math: Equality is (1) two symbols refer to the same object, (2) two sets have the same elements, or (3) two expressions evaluate to the same value.
Greek: Memorize Greek Deponent Verb Present Tense:
ὁ κύκλος the circle
τό τρίγωνον the triangle
ἡ γωνία the angle
ἡ γράμμή the line
τό σημεῖον the point
English:
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
Learn more about verbals on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 31 sentences:
Elizabeth I began to rule after her brother and sister died.
Did Hubble use math to prove his theory of an expanding universe?
Using passive resistance, Gandhi taught the lower castes to protest peacefully.
Germany, Austria and Turkey named themselves the Central Powers, and Great Britain, Russia and France allied to defend their nations against them.
Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, Rene Margritte was known to challenge observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality.
Vladimir Lenin was determined to bring Socialism to Russia, so he led the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
When planets appear to move in the opposite direction as the stars, scientists name it "apparent retrograde motion," but they call planets moving in the same direction "prograde motion."
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that serves to rename another noun beside it.
To make a flat map of the spherical earth is to compromise shape, size or distance!
Tuesday classes
Book Club: We have discussed several themes in our books this year: God, family, role of women, heroism, victims & enemies, racism, classism, etc. Pick a theme and write a paragraph on evidences you found of that theme in either The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead. Then write a second paragraph on the same theme in a book you’ve checked out from the Book Club Library and read this year. Be ready to share your paragraphs in class this Tuesday. We will continue reading The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 38-39 and practice Shakespearean sword fighting!
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions.
Greek: Complete any unfinished sections in your Greek workbook and begin translating the New Testament passage distributed in class.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Mercator and map projections.
Math Club: Learn about Recorde and the definition of equality.
Art Appreciation: Learn about art during the Council of Trent.
Writing Club Homework: DUE ON MAY 23, 2018
for Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6) & Upper Grammarians (3-4)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Capstone: You’ve already picked a person from the Middle Ages for your Capstone and researched him/her in an encyclopedia, wikipedia or text book and chosen 3 interesting areas of his/her life or study to focus on, for example, da Vinci’s art, inventions & physiological study. You found 3 easy resources (like Eye Witness books), completed a merged key word outline on each of your 3 topics and a Bibliography!
The next step is to write your 3 body paragraphs. As you write, challenge yourself to include 1-3 stylistic techniques in each sentence. This is much easier then editing them in later! Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.Have an adult edit with you and type your final draft!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 30 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next weeks!
Middle Ages Week 30
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
Art: Renaissance composers we listened to are below!
History: For three hundred years, Europeans in America enslaved native peoples then transported captives from Africa to work agriculture, mining and household service with no hope to regain the freedom they lost in Africa.
Learn more about Spanish colonization on Khan Academy or read more here.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 33 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of Central America:
Belize
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: There are seven main structures of crystals, depending on the shape of the crystal. These are cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, trigonal, monoclinic, and triclinic
Learn more about crystal structures on Wikipedia.
Math: The sum of two cubes can be factored as follows: a^3+b^3 = (a+b)(a^2-ab+b^2)
Learn more about the Sum of Cubes on Khan Academy and the Cubic Formula.
Greek: Memorize Greek Deponent Verb Present Tense:
Singular
1 γίνομαι
2 γίνῃ
3 γίνεται
Plural
1 γινόμεθα
2 γίνεσθε
3 γίνονται
English: Participles, Gerunds, Infinitives are forms of verbs which function as nouns or adjectives.
Learn more about verbals on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Complete Capstone Key Word Outlines
Diagram Week 30 sentences.
Dialecticians (5-8th grades)
Writing: After reading Priscilla’s story, write a 1-3 paragraph chronological account of her life. Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Capstone: You’ve already picked a person from the Middle Ages for your Capstone and researched him/her in an encyclopedia, wikipedia or text book and chosen 3 interesting areas of his/her life or study to focus on, for example, da Vinci’s art, inventions & physiological study. Now choose 3 easy resources (like Eye Witness books), do a merged key word outline on each of your 3 topics and a Bibliography!
Geography quiz: We’ll retake our geography quizzes on Asia & Oceania until we have all the countries & geographical features memorized. Study Lizardpoint or test yourself on paper!
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
History - Luca R - The Inquisition
- Henry Lotter - Cortez conquers the Aztecs. Video.
Geography - Maggie - Mayan Ruins
Literature - Priscilla’s Homecoming
Art - See attached music in the blog post.
Science - Eva - Agricola and Mines
Jocelyn and Phoebe - Crystals (with pictures!)
Math - Gino - Jerome Cardan, the mathematician. An argument against the argument.
History: For three hundred years, Europeans in America enslaved native peoples then transported captives from Africa to work agriculture, mining and household service with no hope to regain the freedom they lost in Africa.
Learn more about Spanish colonization on Khan Academy or read more here.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 33 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of Central America:
Belize
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: There are seven main structures of crystals, depending on the shape of the crystal. These are cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, trigonal, monoclinic, and triclinic
Learn more about crystal structures on Wikipedia.
Math: The sum of two cubes can be factored as follows: a^3+b^3 = (a+b)(a^2-ab+b^2)
Learn more about the Sum of Cubes on Khan Academy and the Cubic Formula.
Greek: Memorize Greek Deponent Verb Present Tense:
Singular
1 γίνομαι
2 γίνῃ
3 γίνεται
Plural
1 γινόμεθα
2 γίνεσθε
3 γίνονται
English: Participles, Gerunds, Infinitives are forms of verbs which function as nouns or adjectives.
Learn more about verbals on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 30 sentences:
1. Losing all their freedom, Africans were captured and transported to America where they worked as slaves.
2. Painting & sculpting, Henri Matisse, who was named "wild beast," founded Fauvism.
3. Riding to San Juan Hill, Colonel Roosevelt charged the Spanish troops.
4. After building an airplane, the Wright brothers flew the first successful flight.
5. Creating psychoanalysis, Freud developed therapeutic techniques in 1904.
6. During his annus mirabilis, Einstein published four groundbreaking papers at the age of 26.
7. Favoring constitutional monarchy, Young Turks reformed the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
8. Participles, Gerunds, Infinitives are forms of verbs which function as nouns or adjectives.
9. There are seven main structures of crystals, depending on the shape of the crystal.
Tuesday classes
Book Club: Keep reading your Medieval Book Club books at home, and be ready to present a critique in class. Pick a book that you’ve read this year in Book Club for your final book report and note themes that relate to other books we’ve read. Make notes in your book club journal or on the page of themes from class. We will continue reading The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 33 and make Conquistador Masks
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions.
Greek: Complete & study lesson 30 for our last quiz! We’ll start translating a passage from Euclid’s elements and from the New Testament.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Georg Agricola and the structures of crystals.
Math Club: Learn about Cardan and the sum & difference of cubes.
Art Appreciation: Learn about Africa, pull cotton bolls and read accounts of enslaved people on the Middle Passage.
Writing Club Homework: Week 29 DUE ON MAY 16, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES! You should all have your topics for the Chronos Capstones by now. If you have not chosen a topic, please do so. This week you are to create a Keyword Outline for your three paragraphs for the body of your essay. You can read from your Keyword Outline in class next week. Create a bibliography for the paper of the resources you have chosen. Use the “Bibliography/Works Cited” paper I handed out in class and pages 141 and 213 as references. You can also try Easybib.com. BRING THE SOURCES YOU PLAN TO USE FOR YOUR PAPER TO WRITING CLUB NEXT WEEK. If you chose Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Raphael, or Galileo, there are some sources in your IEW text for you to use.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 29 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next weeks!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES! You should all have your topics for the Chronos Capstones by now. If you have not chosen a topic, please do so. This week you are to create a Keyword Outline for your three paragraphs for the body of your essay. You can read from your Keyword Outline in class next week. Create a bibliography for the paper of the resources you have chosen. Use the “Bibliography/Works Cited” paper I handed out in class and pages 141 and 213 as references. You can also try Easybib.com. BRING THE SOURCES YOU PLAN TO USE FOR YOUR PAPER TO WRITING CLUB NEXT WEEK. If you chose Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Raphael, or Galileo, there are some sources in your IEW text for you to use.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 29 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Middle Ages Week 29
/Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: Babur the Tiger, Ottoman prince, did not inherit a kingdom, so in 1526 he conquered North India to begin Moghul rule then built Aram Bagh, Garden of Rest. Later his grandson Akbar expanded the empire, ruling Muslims & Hindus in harmony.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 30 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of North America:
Canada
United States of America
Mexico
The Bahamas
Cuba
Jamaica
Haiti
Dominican Republic
St. Kitts and Nevis
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize The Copernican Principle asserts the Earth does not rest in a privileged or special physical position in the universe.
Learn more about health & medicine from Khan Academy.
Math: Every difference of squares expression can be factored as follows: a^2 – b^2 = (a + b)(a – b)
Learn more about the Difference of Squares on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
ὁ μαθητής the disciple
ὁ προθήτης the prophet
ὁ νεανίας the young man
νῦν now
οὔπω not yet
English:
Homophones: are/our, affect/effect, here/hear, than/then, to two too, their there they're, which/witch, you're/ your
Learn more about proper grammar on Homophones.com.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Complete Lesson 27: “The Determined Samurai”
Diagram Week 29 sentences.
Dialecticians (5-8th grades)
Writing: After reading Padmavati, write a 5 paragraph critique (much like you did in Writing Club recently).
- Introduction: Author, when written, where published
- Characters & Setting
- Conflict
- Climax & Resolution
- Critique: Comment on stylistic techniques, imagery, metaphor/simile, synecdoche, hyperbole, etc.
Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Capstone: You’ve already picked a person from the Middle Ages for your Capstone. Research him/her in an encyclopedia, wikipedia or text book and choose 3 interesting areas of his/her life or study to focus on. For example, da Vinci’s art, inventions & physiological study.
Geography quiz: We’ll retake our geography quizzes on Asia & Oceania until we have all the countries & geographical features memorized. Study Lizardpoint or test yourself on paper!
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
**We're trying to get 100% participation this Thursday!***
History - Luca R., Nikyla - Babur the Tiger. Learn more on Khan Academy.
Geography - Cooper
Art - Sabine, Catalina, Luca F. - Gardens of the Mughul.
Science - Gino, Phoebe - Copernicus published Revolutions of the Spheres of Heaven. Read an excerpt!
Literature - Jocelyn - Padmavati was a beautiful princess who had a talking parrot (the story begins in earnest on page 37). She was a member of the Rajput, the warrior caste in India who resisted the Moghuls.
Math - Eva, Maisy - Micheal Stifel published a math text with the first + and - symbols. Here’s a quick reminder of how to work with the difference of squares.
Maggie & Henry, pick any topic from the list.
History: Babur the Tiger, Ottoman prince, did not inherit a kingdom, so in 1526 he conquered North India to begin Moghul rule then built Aram Bagh, Garden of Rest. Later his grandson Akbar expanded the empire, ruling Muslims & Hindus in harmony.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 30 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Memorize these countries of North America:
Canada
United States of America
Mexico
The Bahamas
Cuba
Jamaica
Haiti
Dominican Republic
St. Kitts and Nevis
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize The Copernican Principle asserts the Earth does not rest in a privileged or special physical position in the universe.
Learn more about health & medicine from Khan Academy.
Math: Every difference of squares expression can be factored as follows: a^2 – b^2 = (a + b)(a – b)
Learn more about the Difference of Squares on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
ὁ μαθητής the disciple
ὁ προθήτης the prophet
ὁ νεανίας the young man
νῦν now
οὔπω not yet
English:
Homophones: are/our, affect/effect, here/hear, than/then, to two too, their there they're, which/witch, you're/ your
Learn more about proper grammar on Homophones.com.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-8 or number 9 challenge sentence below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 29 sentences:
1. Babur the Tiger succeeded in conquering North India, beginning Moghul rule and building Aram Bagh, Garden of Rest.
2. Monet preferred painting in the Impressionist style.
3. Emperor Meiji restored imperial rule in Japan by consolidating power.
4. Since Gauguin tried experimenting with color and style, art enthusiasts called him a post-impressionist.
5. Inventing the telephone drastically changed our way of communicating, and we can thank Alexander Graham Bell for it!
6. Edison is known for inventing the light bulb.
7. The Boxers' goal was exterminating foreigners and Christians, and they called Qing their prince.
8. Sounding alike is what homophones do best!
9. ***Challenge*** The Copernican Principle asserts the Earth does not rest in a privileged or special physical position in the universe.
Tuesday classes
Book Club: Keep reading your Medieval Book Club books at home, and be ready to present a critique in class. Pick a book that you’ve read this year in Book Club for your final book report. We will continue reading The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 30 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions!
Greek: Complete & study lesson 29 for our quiz! We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 30 (the last section of the book).
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Copernicus.
Math Club: Learn about Stifel and differences of squares.
Art Appreciation: Learn about the art of the Moghul Empire and create your own Babur’s Garden.
Writing Club Homework: Week 28 DUE ON MAY 9, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Unit 8: Lesson 27: “The Determined Samurai” (Theme Analysis). Read “The Assignment” on page 187. Notice that there is a SAMPLE on page 186. Use this as a “recipe” or guide to help you in writing your Theme Analysis. Don’t forget the new #5 Sentence Opener: Use a www.asia.wub word to start a sentence. Try to add some vocabulary in your essay for extra points! FINAL VOCABULARY QUIZ NEXT WEEK!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 28 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Unit 8: Lesson 27: “The Determined Samurai” (Theme Analysis). Read “The Assignment” on page 187. Notice that there is a SAMPLE on page 186. Use this as a “recipe” or guide to help you in writing your Theme Analysis. Don’t forget the new #5 Sentence Opener: Use a www.asia.wub word to start a sentence. Try to add some vocabulary in your essay for extra points! FINAL VOCABULARY QUIZ NEXT WEEK!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 28 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Middle Ages Week 28
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: Declared Sultan in 1520, Suleiman the Lawgiver wrote a new code of law and expanded the Ottoman Empire, and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem that had fallen in the Crusades.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 24 & Vol. 3, Chapter 1 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these Geographical Features:
Mount Kosciuszko
Uluru/Ayers Rock
Great Dividing Range
Gulf of Carpentaria
Great Barrier Reef
Mariana Trench
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize The systems of the human body:
circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, endocrine, immune, integumentary, skeletal, muscle and reproductive.
Learn more about health & medicine from Khan Academy.
Math: Perfect Square Trinomials are factored as follows: (a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2
Learn more about the Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
ἔρχομαι I come, I go
εἰσέρχομαι I go in, I enter
ἐξέρχομαι I go out
διέρχομαι I go through
κἀγώ and I
English:
Sentence requirements: Capital letter, end mark, subject, verb, makes sense
Learn more about proper grammar on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Complete Lesson 26 B: The Conclusion of Critique
Diagram Week 28 sentences.
Dialecticians (5-8th grades)=
Writing: Research Visalius, and color the attached image of a theater dissection. Then pick one character in the picture and write an account of the event from his/her perspective. Be sure to include 6-8 details about Visalius and his work. Format should be 3 paragraphs following the story sequence (I. setting and characters, II. conflict, III. climax and resolution). Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
History - Sabine, Catalina, Cooper - Charles V was important. Here is his biography. Suleiman also was important.
Art - Jocelyn, Maggie - Michelangelo painted and sculpted. Look at the sculpting process.
Science - Eva, Luca F - Visalius. A video. Here’s the color version of the Cover page.
Geography - Phoebe - click around Oceania. Information about Ayer’s Rock.
Philosophy - Maisy, Luca R. - Machiavelli.
Math - Hanry - Christoff Rudolff’s Die Coss. Some video help with roots.
History: Declared Sultan in 1520, Suleiman the Lawgiver wrote a new code of law and expanded the Ottoman Empire, and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem that had fallen in the Crusades.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 24 & Vol. 3, Chapter 1 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these Geographical Features:
Mount Kosciuszko
Uluru/Ayers Rock
Great Dividing Range
Gulf of Carpentaria
Great Barrier Reef
Mariana Trench
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize The systems of the human body:
circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, endocrine, immune, integumentary, skeletal, muscle and reproductive.
Learn more about health & medicine from Khan Academy.
Math: Perfect Square Trinomials are factored as follows: (a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2
Learn more about the Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
ἔρχομαι I come, I go
εἰσέρχομαι I go in, I enter
ἐξέρχομαι I go out
διέρχομαι I go through
κἀγώ and I
English:
Sentence requirements: Capital letter, end mark, subject, verb, makes sense
Learn more about proper grammar on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-9 or number 10 challenge sentence below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 28 sentences:
1. Whoever wrote a new code of law expanded the Ottoman Empire and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem that had fallen in the Crusades.
2. Darwin published what he wrote on the origin of species.
3. Whoever seceded from the US considered themselves Confederates, but soon Congress declared war on them!
4. Dost Mohammad Khan defended whoever lived in Afghanistan!
5. Maxwell theorized on whatever was electric, while Faraday conducted many experiments in 1864.
6. Mendel learned that physical traits are genetic.
7. Did Congress give whoever was enslaved freedom in 1865?
8. The least common multiple of two numbers is the smallest number that is a multiple of both and is often used to find a common denominator.
9. In De Architectura, Vitruvius wrote "All structures should possess strength, utility, and beauty."
10. ***Challenge*** Declared Sultan in 1520, Suleiman the Lawgiver wrote a new code of law, expanded the Ottoman Empire, and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem that had fallen in the Crusades.
Tuesday classes
Book Club: Keep reading your Medieval Book Club books at home, and be ready to present a critique in class. Pick a book that you’ve read this year in Book Club for your final book report. More information will come Tuesday. We will continue reading The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 24 & Vol. 3, Chapter 1 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions and study proportions!
Greek: Complete & study lesson 28 for our quiz! We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 29.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Andreas Vesalius, Michael Servetus.
Math Club: Learn about Rudolph, square roots and perfect square trinomials.
Art Appreciation: Learn about da Vinci as an artist. Paint portraits using the Golden Ratio.
Writing Club Homework: Week 27 DUE ON MAY, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Unit 8: Lesson 26 “Genghis Khan". Read “Lesson 26 B: The Conclusion” on page 182. This is the second part of a two part lesson. Use the “Source Text” on page 178, paying special attention to the conclusion. USE THIS TEXT AS A BLUEPRINT or ROAD MAP of what a Formal Critique should look like. Notice the author used examples from the original story in quotes. Read page 243-244 for a sample of a Formal Critique. Use page 183 to make a Key Word Outline. Add all of the elements of STRUCTURE and STYLE you have learned so far. We will go over the checklist in class next week. Try to add vocabulary for extra points! THERE WILL BE A VOCABULARY QUIZ SOON :)
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 27 in your book and copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Unit 8: Lesson 26 “Genghis Khan". Read “Lesson 26 B: The Conclusion” on page 182. This is the second part of a two part lesson. Use the “Source Text” on page 178, paying special attention to the conclusion. USE THIS TEXT AS A BLUEPRINT or ROAD MAP of what a Formal Critique should look like. Notice the author used examples from the original story in quotes. Read page 243-244 for a sample of a Formal Critique. Use page 183 to make a Key Word Outline. Add all of the elements of STRUCTURE and STYLE you have learned so far. We will go over the checklist in class next week. Try to add vocabulary for extra points! THERE WILL BE A VOCABULARY QUIZ SOON :)
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 27 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Middle Ages Week 27
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: In 1517 Martin Luther protested selling Indulgences, he nailed 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg. Henry VIII began the Church of England in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Protestants left the Catholic Church, then Catholic leaders counter-reformed.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 34 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these countries:
Tuvalu
Samoa
Vanatu
Fiji
Tonga
Australia
New Zealand
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize Drag is a mechanical force generated by moving an object through a fluid such as air or water.
Learn more about drag from Khan Academy.
Math: The mean value theorem states that if a function is continuous and differentiable on the interval then there is at least one number c where the derivative equals the slope of the secant line.
Learn more about the Mean Value Theorem on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
λογίζομαι I think
εὐαγγελίζομαι I preach
ἐργάζομαι I work
χαρίζομαι I forgive
βούλομαι I wish, desire
English:
Objective case personal pronouns: me you him her it us you them
Learn more about pronouns on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Unit 8: Lesson 26 “Genghis Khan".
Diagram Week 27 sentences.
Lower Dialecticians (5-6th grades)
Writing: After you read Utopia with an adult, write 1-3 paragraphs describing your idea of a utopian society. Be sure to include at least six specific detailed explanations of how the society works. Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences)in each paragraph in your essay.
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
History - The Protestant Reformation placed Europe in turmoil.
Literature - Thomas More wrote Utopia. Sit down with an adult to read pages 149 to 257 (marked 83-190).
Art - Leonardo da Vinci, the artist.
Science - Leonardo da Vinci, the scientist.
Geography - A map of the world, check out the islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Philosophy - Martin Luther on personal conviction.
Sir Thomas More died for his beliefs.
Math - Here is a discussion of his life: Like many mathematicians from Kerala, Madhava clearly had a very strong influence on Paramesvara. One can see throughout his work that it is teachings by Madhava which direct much of Paramesvara's mathematical ideas. One of Paramesvara's most remarkable mathematical discoveries, no doubt influenced by Madhava, was a version of the mean value theorem. He states the theorem in his commentary Lilavati Bhasya on Bhaskara II's Lilavati. There are other examples of versions of the mean value theorem in Paramesvara's work which we now consider.
History: In 1517 Martin Luther protested selling Indulgences, he nailed 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg. Henry VIII began the Church of England in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Protestants left the Catholic Church, then Catholic leaders counter-reformed.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 34 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these countries:
Tuvalu
Samoa
Vanatu
Fiji
Tonga
Australia
New Zealand
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize Drag is a mechanical force generated by moving an object through a fluid such as air or water.
Learn more about drag from Khan Academy.
Math: The mean value theorem states that if a function is continuous and differentiable on the interval then there is at least one number c where the derivative equals the slope of the secant line.
Learn more about the Mean Value Theorem on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
λογίζομαι I think
εὐαγγελίζομαι I preach
ἐργάζομαι I work
χαρίζομαι I forgive
βούλομαι I wish, desire
English:
Objective case personal pronouns: me you him her it us you them
Learn more about pronouns on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-7 or 8 challenge sentence below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 27 sentences:
1. Protest Indulgences, and nail 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg.
2. Begin the Church of England, divorce Catherine of Aragon, and call Anne Boleyn your wife.
3. Publish Faust and consider it the greatest literature of Germany, while you paint Goethe a portrait of Delacroix.
4. Claim South Africa and call it a British colony, but then call Mexico independent.
5. Paint "The Gleaners," and call it real, since Millet's works were realistic!
6. Name Carl Marx, who wrote The Communist Manifesto, a Communist , but call him brilliant also!
7. Imagine bodies that are the smallest building blocks of matter and name them atoms, but name the space, where they exist, void.
8. ***Challenge*** Drag is a mechanical force generated by moving an object through a fluid such as air or water.
Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders
From our session Thursday 4/19 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation and one for your writing assignment. BEFORE Monday 4/23/18:
Writing: After you read Utopia with an adult, write 1-3 paragraphs describing your idea of a utopian society. Be sure to include at least six specific detailed explanations of how the society works. Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences)in each paragraph in your essay.
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
History - The Protestant Reformation placed Europe in turmoil.
Literature - Thomas More wrote Utopia. Sit down with an adult to read pages 149 to 257 (marked 83-190).
Art - Leonardo da Vinci, the artist.
Science - Leonardo da Vinci, the scientist.
Geography - A map of the world, check out the islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Philosophy - Martin Luther on personal conviction.
Sir Thomas More died for his beliefs.
Math - Here is a discussion of his life: Like many mathematicians from Kerala, Madhava clearly had a very strong influence on Paramesvara. One can see throughout his work that it is teachings by Madhava which direct much of Paramesvara's mathematical ideas. One of Paramesvara's most remarkable mathematical discoveries, no doubt influenced by Madhava, was a version of the mean value theorem. He states the theorem in his commentary Lilavati Bhasya on Bhaskara II's Lilavati. There are other examples of versions of the mean value theorem in Paramesvara's work which we now consider.
History: In 1517 Martin Luther protested selling Indulgences, he nailed 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg. Henry VIII began the Church of England in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Protestants left the Catholic Church, then Catholic leaders counter-reformed.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 34 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these countries:
Tuvalu
Samoa
Vanatu
Fiji
Tonga
Australia
New Zealand
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize Drag is a mechanical force generated by moving an object through a fluid such as air or water.
Learn more about drag from Khan Academy.
Math: The mean value theorem states that if a function is continuous and differentiable on the interval then there is at least one number c where the derivative equals the slope of the secant line.
Learn more about the Mean Value Theorem on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
λογίζομαι I think
εὐαγγελίζομαι I preach
ἐργάζομαι I work
χαρίζομαι I forgive
βούλομαι I wish, desire
English:
Objective case personal pronouns: me you him her it us you them
Learn more about pronouns on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-7 or 8 challenge sentence below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 27 sentences:
1. Protest Indulgences, and nail 95 Theses on the Church door in Wittenberg.
2. Begin the Church of England, divorce Catherine of Aragon, and call Anne Boleyn your wife.
3. Publish Faust and consider it the greatest literature of Germany, while you paint Goethe a portrait of Delacroix.
4. Claim South Africa and call it a British colony, but then call Mexico independent.
5. Paint "The Gleaners," and call it real, since Millet's works were realistic!
6. Name Carl Marx, who wrote The Communist Manifesto, a Communist , but call him brilliant also!
7. Imagine bodies that are the smallest building blocks of matter and name them atoms, but name the space, where they exist, void.
8. ***Challenge*** Drag is a mechanical force generated by moving an object through a fluid such as air or water.
Tuesday classes
Book Club: Keep reading your Medieval Book Club books at home, and be ready to present a critique in class. Pick a book that you’ve read this year in Book Club for your final book report. More information will come Tuesday. We will continue reading The Kite Rider, Crispin Cross of Lead, and The Apple and the Arrow in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read about the Protestant Reformation in Story of the World Chapter 34 and write our own 95 Theses.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions and study proportions!
Greek: Complete & study lesson 27 for our quiz! We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 28.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Leonardo da Vinci and make anemometers.
Math Club: Learn about Paramesvara and the Mean Value Theorem.
Art Appreciation: Learn about da Vinci as an artist. Paint portraits using the Golden Ratio.
Writing Club Homework: DUE ON APRIL 25, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Unit 8: Lesson 26 “Genghis Khan". Read “The Assignment” on page 179. This is the first part of a two part lesson. DO NOT DO THE CONCLUSION YET. Writing a conclusion for a Formal Critique will be the lesson next week. Use the “Source Text” on page 178. USE THIS TEXT AS A BLUEPRINT or ROAD MAP of what a Formal Critique should look like. Read page 243-244 for a sample of a Formal Critique. Remember to use page 181 to make a Key Word Outline. Add all of the elements of STRUCTURE and STYLE you have learned so far. We will go over the checklist in class next week. Try to add vocabulary for extra points!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 26 in your book and copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Unit 8: Lesson 26 “Genghis Khan". Read “The Assignment” on page 179. This is the first part of a two part lesson. DO NOT DO THE CONCLUSION YET. Writing a conclusion for a Formal Critique will be the lesson next week. Use the “Source Text” on page 178. USE THIS TEXT AS A BLUEPRINT or ROAD MAP of what a Formal Critique should look like. Read page 243-244 for a sample of a Formal Critique. Remember to use page 181 to make a Key Word Outline. Add all of the elements of STRUCTURE and STYLE you have learned so far. We will go over the checklist in class next week. Try to add vocabulary for extra points!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 26 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Middle Ages Week 26
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: In 1492 Spanish Queen Isabella sent Columbus west to find a route to India. After Amerigo Vespucci they named it America. But Vasco da Gama sailed east around Africa to India. In 1519 Magellan sailed west from Spain, crossed South America and died in the Philippines, but one ship circumnavigated the globe.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 31 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these countries:
Palau
Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize these medieval astronomical tools:
celestial globe
armillary sphere
mechanical calendar
sundial
quadrant
equatorium
torquetum
triquetrum
Math: Memorize The law of cosines states c^2=a^2+b^2-2ab cos C
Learn more about Law of Cosines on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
γίνομαι I become
ἀποκρίνομαι I answer (takes the dative)
ἄρχομαι I begin
δέχομαι I receive
ἔρχομαι I come, I go
English:
Nominative case personal pronouns: I you he she it we you they
Learn more about pronouns on Grammar Revolution.
Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
Writing Club (3-4th)
Medieval History-Based Writing: Complete Lesson 23: “The Twenty-First-Century Descriptive Letter”
Diagram Week 26 sentences.
Lower Dialecticians (5-6th grades)
Writing: Pick an explorer and write three journal entries (captain’s logs) from significant days in his life. This will require a bit of research. Be sure to include stylistic techniques such as -ly adverb, quality adjective, strong verb, who/which clause, www.asia.b clause, a variety of sentence openers, and an alliteration or simile/metaphor or conversation and label them all in the margin. Be ready to present your final draft next week.
Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned! Here are some of the topics you picked in class:
History - Columbus, Vespucci, da Gama, Magellan.
Literature - A little about The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant.
Art - Catalina & Jocelyn - The Martellus Map 1491 is in the Yale University collection. Did Christopher Columbus read it?
Math and Science - Regiomontanus was the most important astronomer in the 1400s. This was the painting in science. Zoom way in to see very specific details!
Geography - Gino & Phoebe - The Columbian Exchange.
Philosophy - Tsongkhapa.
History: In 1492 Spanish Queen Isabella sent Columbus west to find a route to India. After Amerigo Vespucci they named it America. But Vasco da Gama sailed east around Africa to India. In 1519 Magellan sailed west from Spain, crossed South America and died in the Philippines, but one ship circumnavigated the globe.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 31 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these countries:
Palau
Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize these medieval astronomical tools:
celestial globe
armillary sphere
mechanical calendar
sundial
quadrant
equatorium
torquetum
triquetrum
Math: Memorize The law of cosines states c^2=a^2+b^2-2ab cos C
Learn more about Law of Cosines on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
γίνομαι I become
ἀποκρίνομαι I answer (takes the dative)
ἄρχομαι I begin
δέχομαι I receive
ἔρχομαι I come, I go
English:
Nominative case personal pronouns: I you he she it we you they
Learn more about pronouns on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-6 or 7-8 challenge sentence below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 26 sentences:
1. Did Columbus consider the new world a continent, and did Amerigo Vespucci name it America after himself?
2. Who considers Immanuel Kant's philosophy important, and who studies it diligently?
3. Who declared themselves the Constitutional Congress that wrote the Constitution in 1787, and where did they meet?
4. Hegel considered "absolute idealism" effective; the message will prevail, whereas the messenger is inconsequential?
5. Did Georg Friedrich Gauss teach Bernhard Riemann mathematics, because he considered Riemann intelligent, and later did Riemann present a hypothesis which remains unsolved?
6. The Pope almost crowned Napoleon Consul in 1802, although he took the crown in his hands and crowned himself in the end?
7. ***Challenge***In 1519 Magellan sailed west from Spain, crossed South America and died in the Philippines; however, one of his ships successfully circumnavigated the globe.
8. “Nonetheless, before the stream of this life Flowing towards death has come to cease That I have found slight faith in you— Even this I think is fortunate.“ Tsongkhapa
Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders
From our session Thursday 3/29 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation and one for your writing assignment. BEFORE Monday 4/2/18:
History - Columbus, Vespucci, da Gama, Magellan.
Literature - A little about The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant.
Art - The Martellus Map 1491 is in the Yale University collection. Did Christopher Columbus read it?
Math and Science - Regiomontanus was the most important astronomer in the 1400s. This was the painting in science. Zoom way in to see very specific details!
Geography - The Columbian Exchange.
Philosophy - Tsongkhapa.
Writing: Everyman is a morality play that personifies abstract ideas. Create a 1-3 paragraph narrative scene in which a person speaks with an idea. For example, a highschooler is playing lacrosse and crosses the out-of-bounds line. He isn’t called by the referee. Freeze scene: Player talks with Sportsmanship, Honesty and Competitiveness.
History: In 1492 Spanish Queen Isabella sent Columbus west to find a route to India. After Amerigo Vespucci they named it America. But Vasco da Gama sailed east around Africa to India. In 1519 Magellan sailed west from Spain, crossed South America and died in the Philippines, but one ship circumnavigated the globe.
Learn more on Khan Academy
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 31 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Geography: Draw Oceania and label these countries:
Palau
Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize these medieval astronomical tools:
celestial globe
armillary sphere
mechanical calendar
sundial
quadrant
equatorium
torquetum
triquetrum
Math: Memorize The law of cosines states c^2=a^2+b^2-2ab cos C
Learn more about Law of Cosines on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary
γίνομαι I become
ἀποκρίνομαι I answer (takes the dative)
ἄρχομαι I begin
δέχομαι I receive
ἔρχομαι I come, I go
English:
Nominative case personal pronouns: I you he she it we you they
Learn more about pronouns on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-6 or 7-8 challenge sentence below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 26 sentences:
1. Did Columbus consider the new world a continent, and did Amerigo Vespucci name it America after himself?
2. Who considers Immanuel Kant's philosophy important, and who studies it diligently?
3. Who declared themselves the Constitutional Congress that wrote the Constitution in 1787, and where did they meet?
4. Hegel considered "absolute idealism" effective; the message will prevail, whereas the messenger is inconsequential?
5. Did Georg Friedrich Gauss teach Bernhard Riemann mathematics, because he considered Riemann intelligent, and later did Riemann present a hypothesis which remains unsolved?
6. The Pope almost crowned Napoleon Consul in 1802, although he took the crown in his hands and crowned himself in the end?
7. ***Challenge***In 1519 Magellan sailed west from Spain, crossed South America and died in the Philippines; however, one of his ships successfully circumnavigated the globe.
8. “Nonetheless, before the stream of this life Flowing towards death has come to cease That I have found slight faith in you— Even this I think is fortunate.“ Tsongkhapa
Tuesday classes
Book Club: Keep reading your Medieval Book Club books at home, and be ready to present a critique in class. The older classes will continue reading The Kite Rider, and the younger classes will continue The Apple and the Arrow in class.
MAKE: History: We’ll read about Explorers in Story of the World Chapter 31 and weave Filipino puso.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions and study proportions!
Greek: Complete & study lesson 26 for our quiz! We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 27.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Johannes Muller (Regiomontanus).
Math Club: Learn about Johannes Muller (Regiomontanus) and the Law of Cosines.
Art Appreciation: Learn about South African Ndebele Patterns.
Writing Club Homework: DUE ON APRIL 18, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Lesson 23: “The Twenty-First-Century Descriptive Letter”. Read “The Assignment” on page 164. Pretend you are a peasant (or Noble man or women) of the Middle Ages who has traveled into the twenty-first century. Use the questions on page 165 to give you some ideas as you write a letter to your friend or family member in the Middle Ages. Use five-senses descriptive language to make your letter come alive! Read page 240 for a sample of such a letter. Remember to use page 166 to make a Key Word Outline like Mars did in class. Use the checklist on page 168 to be sure you have added all of the elements of STRUCTURE and STYLE. We have a new opener this week: number 4. Remember to label it in the margin of your paper. Try to add vocabulary for extra points!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 25 in your book and copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
Upper Grammarians (3-4):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Lesson 23: “The Twenty-First-Century Descriptive Letter”. Read “The Assignment” on page 164. Pretend you are a peasant (or Noble man or women) of the Middle Ages who has traveled into the twenty-first century. Use the questions on page 165 to give you some ideas as you write a letter to your friend or family member in the Middle Ages. Use five-senses descriptive language to make your letter come alive! Read page 240 for a sample of such a letter. Remember to use page 166 to make a Key Word Outline like Mars did in class. Use the checklist on page 168 to be sure you have added all of the elements of STRUCTURE and STYLE. Try to add vocabulary for extra points!
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 25 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook. Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!
