Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Grade 11 week 10

Week 10
Tuesday

The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul second half of ch 7
Gilbert's History of the 20th Century pg 195-214 of ch 5 1930-1932 (19 pgs)
Roosevelt's Letters to His Children from 96 What the President Saw at panama to 105 Trials of a Travelling President

wednesday

Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain ch 10
The Americanization of Edward Bok ch 29-32
Speech: Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig's farewell to baseball speech July 4, 1939 "the luckiest man on the face of this earth" #73 (also see biography on the site)

thursday

7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave ch 10 John Maynard Keyes
Ourselves by CM Book II pg 89 (Sentimental Humanity)-91
Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson: ch 10. The Fetish of Full Employment
The World: Life and Travel by Jan Morris pgs 112-122 (middle of ch 10)

friday

Short Story: Edgar Allen Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher
Poetry: Edna St Vincent Millay
Our National Parks by John Muir ch 9 (second half)
The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn lesson 9

Grade Nine Week Ten

Tuesday-
Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson
Age of Revolution, Oudenarde and Malplaquet (last half this week)
Coverley Papers: 130, 131, 132 Steele

Wednesday-
Autobiography of Ben Franklin (23 paragraphs)
Life of Washington ch 11

Thursday-
CM's Ourselves Book 1 pg150-155: Truth: Justice in Word
The English Constitution 1 Introduction first half
Mere Christianity 3. Time and Beyond, 4. Good Infection, 5. The Obstinate Toy Soldier

Friday-

Marshall's English Literature 65 Joseph Addison "the Spectator"
Gulliver's Travels Part III-A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms ch 1-4
Tale of a Tub: The Conclusion; read to the end

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Grade 11 Week 9

Tuesday
The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul first half of ch 7
Gilbert's History of the 20th Century pg 174-195 of ch 5 1927-1930 (21 pgs)
Roosevelt's Letters to His Children from 83 A Visit to Washington's Birthplace to 95
Six Easy Pieces: pg 80/81 Kinetic energy

Wednesday

Pride in America
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain ch 9
The Americanization of Edward Bok ch 26-28
Speech: Edward VIII abdicates the throne of England--December 11, 1936 "the woman I love"

Thursday

7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave ch 9 John Dewey
Ourselves by CM Book II pg 87 (Interpretation)-89
Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson: ch 9. Disbanding Troops and Bureaucrats

Friday

The World: Life and Travel by Jan Morris pgs 100-112 (first third of ch 10)
All Quiet on the Western Front ch 9
The Great Gatsby ch 7 (second third)

Grade 9, Week 9

Tuesday-
Coverley Papers: 128, 129
Are You Liberal, Conservative? pg 112-121 summary-end

Wednesday-
Autobiography of Ben Franklin (23 Paragraphs)
Life of Washington ch 10

Thursday-
Age of Revolution, Oudenarde and Malplaquet (first half this week)
Mere Christianity 1. Making and Begetting, 2. The Three-Personal God
How to Read a Book, part 3 work in chapter 15 over the next 2 or 3 weeks

Friday-
Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson
Gulliver's Travels Part III-A Voyage to Laputa,ch 8
Tale of a Tub: Section X.--A Farther Digression, Section XI.--A Tale Of A Tub

Week 9, Grade 5

Abraham Lincoln's World: The Story of Brazil pg 108-111, The Drama of Greece pg 112-114, Ulysses Grant Named and Renamed pg 115-117, Railroads Are Here pg 118-120
Of Courage Undaunted pg 111-123
Wild Animals I Have Known: The Pacing Mustang
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 9, How the Mind Gets Knowledge [or, in the 2002 edition, skip this week]
Story of Inventions Ch.4: Invention of the Electric Engine & Electric Locomotive - The Electromagnet (pgs 83-92)
Madam and Lady Why Ch 9 The Coral-Reef from "Then he was very lucky that she did not" to "such as this stone is partly made of." (pg 171-174)
Poetry of Rudyard Kipling
Pyle's King Arthur: Pellias ch. 2 and 3 or Roger Lancelyn Green: Bk 3 ch 5 Adventures of Sir Launcelot, ch 6 Launcelot and Gawain Came to Carbonek
Age of Fable ch 19 Hercules spend 2 weeks as needed

Week 9, Grade 2

An Island Story ch 29 The Story of King Stephen
Trial and Triumph 12. Anselm Theologian, Monk, Archbishop (1033-1109 AD)
The Little Duke - first half of ch 5
Tree in the Trail chapter 13
Burgess Animal Book XVII Three Little Redcoats and Some Others, XVIII Mice with Pockets, and Others
Poetry of Walter de la Mare
Understood Betsy: ch. 8
Pilgrim's Progress