Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Grade 5 Week 15

This Country of Ours ch 78. Taylor - Union Or Disunion
Abraham Lincoln's World: Authors and Visitors pg 184-186, Telegraph and Photograph pg 187-189, On To The West pg 190-196, To The Halls of Montezuma pg 197-199
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 14, The Bones [or, in the 2002 edition, 5. Bones]
Story of Inventions Ch.7: Elias Howe and the Invention of the Sewing Machine - The First Sewing Machines (pgs 141-148)
biography of Alexander Graham Bell to be read over the 12 week term as desired
Age of Fable ch 20 Ariadne

Week 15, Grade 2

Week 18
The Little Duke second half of ch 9
Tree in the Trail chapter 26, 27
Burgess Animal Book XXXV Lightfoot, Blacktail and Forkhorn, XXXVI Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof
Wind in Willows: ch. 6

Monday, December 12, 2011

Grade Nine Week Fifteen

Monday-
The God Who is There Section 1, ch 5
Age of Revolution; Austrian Succession

Tuesday-
She Stoops to Conquer, a play; read Act II
The English Constitution 3 The Monarchy second half

Wednesday-
Letters to His Son by Lord Chesterfield
Autobiography of Ben Franklin (this book has no chapters; estimate and read portions over 16 weeks)

Thursday-
Common Sense by Thomas Paine 2 Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
War of the Worldviews ch 1 Preparing for Battle (second half)
History of Rasselas ch 9-12

Friday-
Land of Little Rain 4 OR Selbourne Letters XII-XXII OR Life of the Fly ch 5
How to Read a Book, part 3 work in chapter 16 over the next 2 or 3 weeks
Simonds History of American Literature IV. Poetry of the Revolution

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Grade 5 Week 14

Abraham Lincoln's World: Rebellion in Canada pg 174-175, Steam Across the Atlantic pg 176-177, Behind Japan's Closed Door pg 178-180, Wedding Bells pg 180-183
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5: ch. 13, The Smell, the Taste and the Touch [or, in the 2002 edition, 4. Smell, Taste and Touch]
Story of Inventions Ch.6 cont: Inventing the Cotton Gin - end of chapter (pgs 129-140)
biography of Alexander Graham Bell to be read over the 12 week term as desired
Oliver Twist: ch. 4-8
Age of Fable ch 20 Bacchus

Grade 2 Week 14

Week 14
The Little Duke second half of ch 7
Tree in the Trail chapter 20, 21
Burgess Animal Book XXVII Reddy Fox Joins the School, XXVIII Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf
Wind in Willows: ch. 2

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Grade Nine Week Fourteen

Tuesday-
The God Who is There Section 1, ch 3, 4
Age of Revolution, Sir Robert Walpole
Autobiography of Ben Franklin (23 paragraphs)

Wednesday-
Letters to His Son by Lord Chesterfield
The English Constitution 3 The Monarchy first half

Thursday-
Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1 Of the Origin and Design of Government in General
War of the Worldviews ch 1 Preparing for Battle 21 (first half)

Friday-

History of Rasselas ch 4-8
She Stoops to Conquer, a play; read Act I (there are 5 acts; do one per week)
Land of Little Rain ch 3 OR Selbourne Letters V-XI OR Life of the Fly ch 3, 4
Simonds History of American Literature III. The Second Half of the Century

Monday, December 5, 2011

Grade 11 Week 13

Week 13
Monday



The Cost of Discipleship ch 1 (Costly Grace)



Gilbert's History of the 20th Century pg 264-278 of ch 7 1940-1941 (14 pgs)



Tuesday



Mein Kampf Book 1 ch 1, 2Here is Your War ch 1, 2



Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor address, December 8, 1941 "a day that will live in infamy" #4Amusing Ourselves to Death ch 1



Wednesday



"The Medium is the Metaphor"Short essay about the Trial of Nuremberg



Study/Folksongs/HymnsForeign Language



Thursday



On Writing Well ch 16



The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn lesson 12