- Do Math Daily!
- First Things First!
- Begin regular oral narration. This must become a habit for everything you're reading/studying.
- Copywork must be started this term.
History
- Child's History of England by Charles Dickens {Kindle eBook}
- Ch. 25
The Middle Ages by Dorothy Mills {book}Ch. 22Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey {iBooks}Ch. 18- Robert the Bruce: King of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott {book}
- Ch. 17 & Epilogue
- History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea by William of Tyre {iBooks}
- Ch. 12
- Middle Ages Historical Maps
- Maps of Medieval England
- Use maps however you see fit. I know you like to study maps.
Biography
- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain {Kindle eBook or Google eBook / audio}
- Bk. 3: Ch. 24
Geography
- An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson {Google Books}
- Ch. 22-23
- Map the voyage on Google Earth
Government & Economics
- Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics as if Freedom Mattered by John Galt {book}
- Welfare, pg 312
- Z Summary, pg 317
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury {iBooks}
- Pg. 143-the end
Citizenship
- Ourselves by Charlotte Mason {Kindle eBook}
- The Lord Chief Attorney General, Reason, pgs 56-65
- Plutarch's Lives: Dion
Current Events
- Watch the monthly video at Stossel in the Classroom
- Daily: Read the daily happy news at http://www.happynews.com/.
- Daily: Read the daily news at http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/
- Weekly: Read the current events at http://hmcurrentevents.com/.
Literature
English Literature for Boys & Girls by H.E. Marshall {Kindle eBook}Ch. 31- The Age of Chivalry by Thomas Bulfinch {Kindle book app / audio app}
- Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott {Kindle book app / audio app}
- Ch. 44
- The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm {book}
- Stories 98-99
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Listen to audio on the app while reading along.Modern Perspective pg. 211-220Aesop's FablesAnimal Farm by George Orwell {iBooks}Ch. 10- Tales From Chaucer by Eleanor Farjeon {iBooks}
- The Parson's Prologue & Tale, Chaucer's Precis
Poetry
- Oxford Book of English Verse edited by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Grammar & Composition
- English Grammar 101 {online} Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
- Lesson 3-29: Present Participle versus Past Participle
- Lesson 3-30: Irregular Verbs
- Lesson 3-31: Irregular Verbs (Continued)
- Lesson 3-32: Irregular Verbs (Continued)
- Quiz 3-33: Cumulative Review
- Lesson 3-34: The Past Participle as Verbal
- Lesson 3-35: The Past Participle as Verbal (Continued)
- Writing in your commonplace book.
Mathematics (Do Math Daily!)
- Life of Fred Beginning Algebra {book}
- Lessons 41-45
- If you need help, ask!
- Math TV videos can be used for help, too.
- Khan Academy
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Use for review or extra practice.
Science
- Anatomy & Physiology The Easy Way {book}
- Second half Ch. 23
- Gray's Anatomy has wonderful pictures that you might find helpful
- Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock {book}
- Wildflowers: pgs 506-511
Nature Study
The Life of the Spider by Henri FabreSecond half of Ch. 17The Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp {Google Books app}Second half of Ch. 15, pgs 208-214- Nature notebook with flower & bird lists and weekly notes & drawings.
- Select a special study for outdoor work.
Logic
- The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn {book}
- Lesson 36
Drawing and Art
The Story of Painting by H. W. Janson {book}Second half Ch. 3- Artist Study Rotation: Bondone {iBooks app}
- Read the Bondone Biography
- Study the pictures on the iBooks app
- Check out more of Bondone's artwork here.
- To study the pictures you're just supposed to look and observe. You can make notes to yourself about what you see, what you like/dislike, colors uses, etc...
Music
- The Gift of Music by Jane Smith & Betty Carlson {book}
- Hector Berlioz pgs 78-83
- Hector Berlioz : listen to music
- Folksongs this term
- A Man's A Man for A'That (info) (check out these videos 1 & 2)
- Go No More a Rushing
- Simple Gifts (info) (check out these videos 1 & 2 & 3)
- Greensleeves
- Click Go the Shears
- Scarborough Fair
Foreign Language:
Life Skills
- How to Ruin Your Life by Ben Stein {book}
- Ch. 33-35, Afterward
