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.

Grade 11 Week Three.

Week 03
Monday
The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul ch 3
Gilbert's History of the 20th Century pg 41-61 of chs 1 and 2 1907-1911 (20 pgs)
Roosevelt's Letters to His Children from 18 Western Customs and Scenery to 29 Proper Place for Sports

Tuesday
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain ch 3
The Americanization of Edward Bok ch 7-9
7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave ch 3 "Social Darwinism"
Ourselves by CM Book II pg 71-73 Poetry, Novels, Essays

Wednesday
Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson: ch 3. The Blessings of Destruction
Essay: Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation by Ronald Reagan
The World: Life and Travel by Jan Morris pgs 27-37 (middle of ch 3)
Short Story Nathaniel Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown
All Quiet on the Western Front ch 3

Thursday
The Great Gatsby ch 3 (first half)
Microbe Hunters ch 11 Walter Reed (there are 7 sections; space it out for the week if desired) 1902
Our National Parks by John Muir ch 3 Yosemite: 'Nearly all the park is a profound solitude. Yet it is full of...God's thoughts.'

Friday
On Writing Well ch 5
The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn lesson 2
Janson's History of Art - work through Part IV: 4 20th Cent Painting and Sculpture during this term

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Grade 11 Week 2

Week 02
Gilbert's History of the 20th Century pg 22-41 of ch ch 1 1904-1907
Roosevelt's Letters to His Children from 7 Advice and News to 17 Tame Wild Creatures
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain ch 2

tuesday

The Americanization of Edward Bok ch 4-6
Speech: Teddy Roosevelt "The Man with the Muck Rake"--April 15, 1906 #16
7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave ch 2 "Thinking Further About Science" d

wednesday

Ourselves by CM Book II pg 69-70 Moral Judgements and a Virtuous Life
This term's Plutarch's Lives
This term's Shakespeare

thursday

Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson: Pt Two: The Lesson Applied ch 2. The Broken Window
Essay: Wikipedia's entry defining what an essay is

friday

The World: Life and Travel by Jan Morris pgs 11-27 (half of ch 2, part of ch 3)
All Quiet on the Western Front ch 2
The Great Gatsby ch 2
Microbe Hunters ch 10 Ross vs Grassi (there are 8 sections; space it out for the week if desired) 1900

Monday, September 12, 2011

Grade Five, Week Two

Week 2

Monday
This Country of Ours ch 65. Adams - How He Kept Peace With France
Abraham Lincoln's World: Ships and Trops and Businessmen pg 18-22,
Explore the Holy Land, Turkey, ch 1

Tuesday
Abraham Lincoln's World: Tecumseh The Falling Star pg 23-24,
Wild Animals I Have Known: Lobo, 2nd third
Of Courage Undaunted pg 20-31


Wednesday
Pyle's King Arthur: Part I The Winning of Kinghood, ch. 3,
Madam and Lady Why Ch 8 Madam How's Two Grandsons from "So now Analysis has got the upper hand" to "believe that he understands what he says." (pg 145-148)

Thursday
Abraham Lincoln's World: Sam Houston Becomes The Raven pg 25-27,
Story of Inventions Ch.1 cont: Finding the Trouble - end of chapter (pgs 11-24)
Poetry of Rudyard Kipling

Friday
Abraham Lincoln's World: The Year 1812 in North America pg 28-31
Pyle's King Arthur: Part II The Winning of a Sword, ch. 1
Age of Fable ch 15 The Sea Monster, the wedding feast

Week Two Grade Two

Week 2
Monday
An Island Story ch 23 The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Child's History of the World ch 47 Two Empires, Two Empires (ch 45 in 1st ed) Charlemagne

Tuesday
The Little Duke - second half of chapter 1
Tree in the Trail chapter 2,

Wednesday
Tree in the Trail chapter 3
Burgess Animal Book III More of Peter's Long-Legged Cousins, IV Chatterer and

Thursday
Happy Jack Join
Understood Betsy: ch. 1

Friday
Pilgrim's Progress

Poetry of Walter de la Mare everyday