Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Grade Eleven, Week 4

Week 04
The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul first half of ch 4
Gilbert's History of the 20th Century pg 61-79 of ch 2 1911-1914 (18 pgs)
Roosevelt's Letters to His Children from 30 Concerning Getting Smashed 42 A Day With a Juggler
Microbe Hunters ch 12 Paul Ehrlich (2 sections)

Tuesday
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain ch 4
The Americanization of Edward Bok ch 10-12
7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave ch 4 Marx
Ourselves by CM Book II pg pg 74, 75 History, The Informed Patriot
Microbe Hunters ch 12 Paul Ehrlich (2 sections)

Wednesday
Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson: ch 4. Public Works Mean Taxes
The World: Life and Travel by Jan Morris pgs 37-50 (finish ch 3)
All Quiet on the Western Front ch 4
The Great Gatsby ch 3 (second half)
Poetry: Edna St Vincent Millay
Microbe Hunters ch 12 Paul Ehrlich (2 sections)

Thursday
Microbe Hunters ch 12 Paul Ehrlich 1900
Our National Parks by John Muir ch 4
On Writing Well ch 6
The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn lesson 3

Grade 2 Week 4

Week 4

Tuesday
An Island Story ch 25 William the Conqueror - The Story of Hereward the Wake
Child's History of the World ch 49 The End of the World (ch 47 in 1st ed)

Wednesday
The Little Duke - second half of chapter 2
Tree in the Trail chapter 5, 6

Thursday
Burgess Animal Book VII Johnny Chuck Joins the Class, VIII Whistler and Yap Yap Join the Class

Friday
Understood Betsy: ch. 3
Pilgrim's Progress

Grade 5 Week 4

Week 4

Tuesday
This Country of Ours ch 67 Jefferson - How the Door Into the Far West Was Opened
Pyle's King Arthur
Of Courage Undaunted pg 50-54
Age of Fable ch 16 Pegasus and the Chimaera,

Wednesday
This Country of Ours ch 67 Abraham Lincoln's World: A Boy and a Fish pg 44,
Pyle's King Arthur:Part III, The Winning of a Queen, ch. 1
Of Courage Undaunted pg 54-58
Age of Fable ch 16 the Centaurus,
Madam and Lady Why Ch 8 Madam How's Two Grandsons from "Well; that is very curious." to "right way, in which Madam How made it." (pg 151-154)

Thursday
This Country of Ours ch 67 Napoleon Defeated pg 45-48,
Pyle's King Arthur: Part III, The Winning of a Queen, 2
Of Courage Undaunted pg 58-61
Age of Fable ch 16 the Pygmies
Wild Animals I Have Known: Silverspot, first half

Friday
This Country of Ours ch 67 The Very Young William Gladstone pg 48-50,
Just Before and After the End pg 51-55
Trial and Triumph ch 37. David Livingstone Missionary Explorer (1813-1873) pg. 227
Story of Inventions Ch.2 cont: Studying Art in London - Experimenting with Steamboats (pgs 37-45)
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 4, The Stomach and the Teeth
Age of Fable ch 16 the Gryphon

Explore the Holy Land, Turkey, ch 2

Grade 9 Week 4

Tuesday-
Autobiography of Ben Franklin
Life of Washington ch 5
CM's Ourselves Book 1 pg 136-139: Justice Universal

Wednesday-
Coverley Papers: 113 Steele, 114, 115 Addison
Isaac Bickerstaff ch 8 Love and Sorrow, ch 9 Love and Reason
Days with Sir Roger DeCoverley: The Picture Gallery

Thursday-
Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson
Age of Revolution, Continental War (last half this week)
Gulliver's Travels Part II-A Voyage to Brobdingnag ch 1-3

Friday-
Are You Liberal, Conservative? pg 49-61 Washington's Farewell Address-ch 12
Simonds History of American Literature I. The First Half of the Century
Tale of a Tub: Section III.--A Digression Concerning Critics

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Grade 5 Week 3

Tuesday-
The Bible
This Country of Ours ch 66. Jefferson - How the Territory of the United States Was
Doubled
Abraham Lincoln's World: 1812 in South America pg 32-35, To Moscow and Return pg 36-38, Don't Give Up the Ship pg 39-40, Andrew Jackson the Indian Fighter pg 41-44
Of Courage Undaunted pg 33-49

Wednesday-
Explore the Holy Land, Turkey, ch 2 OR Hillyer's Childs Geography of the World ch 5 Wild Animals I Have Known: Lobo, last 3rd
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 3, Mother Earth [or, in the 2002 edition, 1. The Dust of the Earth]

Thursday-
Story of Inventions Ch.2: Robert Fulton & the Invention of the Steamboat - Fulton's Early Life pgs 25-36)
Madam and Lady Why Ch 8 Madam How's Two Grandsons from "Why?" "Think now.." to "every time you breathe." (pg 148-151)

Friday-
Poetry of Rudyard Kipling
biography of Isaac Newton to be read over the 12 week term as desired
Pyle's King Arthur: Part II, The Winning of a Sword, ch. 2 and 3 or Roger Lancelyn Green: Bk 2 ch 1 Sir Gawain and Green Knight, ch 2 First Quest of Sir Launcelot
Age of Fable ch 16 Monsters, The Sphinx

Grade 2 Week 3

Tuesday-
Child's History of the World ch 48 Getting a Start (ch 46? in 1st edition) OR
Synge's Discovery of New Worlds ch 13 King Arthur and His Knights
The Little Duke - first half of chapter 2

Wednesday-
Tree in the Trail chapter 4
Burgess Animal Book V The Squirrels of the Trees, VI Striped Chipmunk and His Cousins

Thursday-
Poetry of Walter de la Mare
Understood Betsy: ch. 2
An Island Story ch 24 The Battle of Hastings

Friday-
Pilgrim's Progress
Parables of Nature ch 4 Knowledge Not The Limit of Belief
The Bible

Monday, September 19, 2011

Grade 9 Week 3

Tuesday-
Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson
Age of Revolution, Continental War (first half this week)
Autobiography of Ben Franklin

Wednesday-
Life of Washington ch 4
Essay on Man: 1 - The Universe
Are You Liberal, Conservative? pg 36-48 ch 6-10

Thursday-
The Problem of Pain 2 Divine Omnipotence
How to Read a Book, part 3 work in chapter 13 over the next two or three weeks
Coverley Papers: 110 Addison, 112

Friday-
Isaac Bickerstaff ch 5 Marriage of Sister Jenny, ch 6 A Case of Spleen, ch 7 The Dream of Fame
Gulliver's Travels Part I-A Voyage to Lilliput ch 6-8
Tale of a Tub: Section II.