Friday, October 11, 2013

Week Seven

Week Seven of Extension/Week Six of IEW Plus

IEW Lesson 7 - Charlemagne continued

Skills: Summarizing References, Introductory Statement and Final Clincher

Our Mother Tongue - Lessons 11 and 12

Subject and Predicate

Book Club - Finish Robin Hood this week

Next week - work on presentation.  Next book club - Oct. 23

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Extenstion - Oct. 16

Presentations - Timeline/History topic; Geo Area - Western Europe

Hymn - This is My Father’s World

GeoSong - Middle East # 7

Scripture - Beatitudes Mt. 5:3-12

Composer: Ballads

FD - Lesson 9

VL - Lesson 6

History - SOTW, Chapters 13 and 14

Science topic - Sun, Stars, Moon 

Artist - Rembrandt

World View - Lesson 4A


Next Week's Assignments - Oct. 23

Presentations - Science topic - Water Cycle; Book report 
Hymn - This is My Father’s World
GeoSong - Equatorial Africa #9
Scripture - Beatitudes Mt. 5:3-12
Composer -  Ballads
FD - Lesson 10
VL - Lesson 7
History - SOTW, Chapters 15 and 16
Science topics - Mercury, Venus, Earth
Artist - Rembrandt
World View - Lesson 4B

Monday, October 7, 2013

Week Six

Week Six

Week Six of Extension/Week Five of IEW Plus

IEW Lesson 6 - Charlemagne

Skills: Summarizing References level A paragraph p. 42;  Level B addtitional paragraph p. 44.  
Checklist on p. 48
NOTE: p. 46 will be part of next week's lesson

Our Mother Tongue - Lessons 10 and 11 

The Sentence - NOTE: We did NOT finish lesson 11 in class.  I told them to do it on their own.

Book Club - Continue reading Stories of Robin Hood 

NOTE: Some older terms in story may need explanation. Next book club - Oct 23

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Extension - Oct. 9

Presentations - Artist - DaVinci; World View discussion

Hymn - This is My Father’s World

GeoSong - Eastern Europe #6

Scripture - Beatitudes Mt. 5:3-12

Composer: Medieval Dance Estampie here  

FD - Lesson 8

VL - Review

History - SOTW, Chapters 11 and 12

Science topic - Recycling lesson/project

Artist - DaVinci


World View - Lesson 3B


Next Week's Assignments -  Oct. 16


Presentations - Timeline/History topic; Geo Area - Western Europe
Hymn - This is My Father’s World
GeoSong - Middle East # 7
Scripture - Beatitudes Mt. 5:3-12
Composer: Ballads
FD - Lesson 9
VL - Lesson 6
History - SOTW, Chapters 13 and 14
Science topic - Sun, Stars, Moon 
Artist - Rembrandt
World View - Lesson 4A

Monday, September 30, 2013

Week Five

Week Five of Extension/Week Four of IEW Plus

IEW - Lesson 4 and 5 combined -  Mohammed and Islam

Skills: Strong verbs to show emotions, and adjectives and verbs to appeal to the senses
VOCABULARY QUIZ next week!
Checklists on p. 39 and 40
NOTE: You may use a different source text, if you prefer.

Our Mother Tongue - Lessons 7, 8, and 9 (Review) Conjuctions and Interjections

Review and memorize conjunction chart.  Review all parts of speech in lesson 9.

Book Club - Begin reading Stories of Robin Hood by H. E. Marshall

Next book club -  Oct 23
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Extension - Week 5

Presentations - Science topic - mammals; Poet - Christina Rossetti 

Hymn - To God Be the Glory 

GeoSong - Southern Europe #5

Poet - Christina Rossetti here

Composer: Guillaume Dufay -  Bio here    
Example of Motet 

And instrumental dance music  here 

FD - Lesson 7 - genetic fallacy - condemning an argument because of its beginning


VL - Lesson 5

History - SOTW, Chapters 9 and 10

Science topic - Water Cycle

Artist - DaVinci

World View - Lesson 3A

Upcoming Extension - next meeting Oct. 9

Presentations - Artist - DaVinci; World View topic - 
Hymn - This is My Father’s World
GeoSong - Eastern Europe #6
Scripture - Beatitudes Mt. 5:3-12
Composer: Medieval Dance Estampie -  here  
FD - Lesson 8
VL - Review
History - SOTW, Chapters 11 and 12
Science topic - Recycling lesson/project
Artist - DaVinci
World View - Lesson 3B


Friday, September 20, 2013

Week Four

Week Four Extension/Week Three IEW Plus

IEW - Lesson 3 Augustine of Canterbury

Skills: Creating titles from clincher (last) sentence and Adding dialogue into stories
Make sure students follow the format for quotations and commas, etc on p. 22
Checklist on p. 29 and 30
*Note - there are two paragraphs this week for level A; 3 for level B

Our Mother Tongue - Lessons 4 and 5 Pronouns and Prepositions

Study personal pronoun chart.  Try to fill out the blank side from memory.

Book Club - NEXT WEEK!!!

**Make sure you have finished reading The Whipping Boy and have completed at least one of the enrichment activities in the study guide and have it ready for a presentation to the class on Wednesday. 
Everyone who completes the assignements will receive a little prize.  :-)

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Presentations - Timeline/History; Book report

Hymn - To God Be the Glory

GeoSong - Scandinavia Song #4

Poet - Christina Rossetti here 

Composer: Guillaume de MACHAUT  here
Listen to Agnus Dei, which means Lamb of God



FD - Lesson 6 Ad hominem - attacking a person's character or motive during an argument

VL - Lesson 4

History - SOTW, Chapters 7 and 8

Science topic - Mammals

Artist - DaVinci  here and here

World View - Lesson 2B

Pre-scripts - Lesson 4

Friday, August 30, 2013

Week Three

Week Three Extension / Week Two IEW Plus

IEW - Lesson 2 The Byzantine Empire and Justinian the Great

Background Information here 
Skills: Strong Verbs and -ly words
Checklist on p. 19 or 20.  Copy and submit with completed paragraph.

Our Mother Tongue - Lessons 3 and 4 Adjectives and Adverbs pp. 24-31

Bookclub - Continue reading The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

Study Guide for book  here  
There are 20 chapter in this book, so read 5 per week to have it finished 
in time for the next book club on Sept 25.
Choose at least one of the enrichment activities from the study guide here 
and be prepared to present it to the group.

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Presentations - Artist - Michelangelo; Geo Area - UK

Hymn - To God Be the Glory 

GeoSong - Former USSR #3 

Poet - Christina Rossetti here  

Composers:  Leonin and Perotin here 

Leonin - Viderunt Omnes

Perotin -  Viderunt Omnes, example of organum




FD - Lesson 5

VL - Lesson 3

History - SOTW Vol 2, Chapters 5 and 6

Science topic - Mammals

Artist - Michelangelo here 
Movie - The Agony and the Ecstacy 

World View - Lesson 2A

Prescripts - Lesson 3

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Week Two

August 28 - Week 2 of Extension / Week 1 of IEW PLUS

IEW - Lesson 1 An Overview of the Middle Ages  

Skills: Key Words Outlines and Quality Adjectives
Checklist for paragraph on p. 10.  Copy and submit with completed paragraph.

Our Mother Tongue - Lessons 1 and 2 - Nouns and Verbs pp. 15-23

Book Club - Discuss The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Begin Reading The Whipping Boy by by Sid Fleischman

Study Guide for book  here  
There are 20 chapter in this book, so read 5 per week to have it finished 
in time for the next book club on Sept 25.
Choose at least one of the enrichment activities from the study guide here 
and be prepared to present it to the group.
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Presentations - Science topic - Biome; World View discussion- 

Hymn - Doxology

GeoSong - Western Europe #2

Poet - Robert Louis Stevenson here   

Composer: Hildegard of Bingen here and here
Listen to part of Ordo Virtutum

More Medieval Music Info here

FD - Lesson 3 and 4

VL - Lesson 2

History - SOTW Vol 2, Chapters 3 and 4

Science topic - Biomes

Artist - Michelangelo here  

World View - Lesson 1B

Pre-scripts - Lesson 2



Week One



Week One - August 21

Presentations - Timeline/History; Poet - Robert Louis Stevenson 

Hymn - Doxology 

GeoSong - British Isles #1

Poet - Robert Louis Stevenson here  

Composer - Hermannus Contractus here 
Listen to Salve Regina - an example of Chant by Hemannus Contractus 



FD - Lesson 1 and 2 

VL -  Lesson 1

History - SOTW Vol 2, chapters 1 and 2

Science topic - Biomes

Artist - Michelangelo here  and here

World View - Lesson 1A

Pre-scripts - Lesson 1