Latin-we are progressing very slowly through this third lesson and doing a lot of reviewing.  I am giving hints and study suggestions for our mid-term exam each week.

 

Math-I am encouraging students to take a test and if they do poorly, review those problems and possibly try the test again the following day.  We also did some reviewing of multiplication and will try to do that each week for a few minutes.

 

Geography-we are working our way through Europe.  This week, the class is drawing Central Europe and continuing to work on the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe.  We are working on features and capitols for Europe.  Yesterday the class colored a map of Europe, using different colors for each section.  They also received a sheet that breaks down each section along with features and capitols.

 

Lost Tools of Writing-we heard some really good papers yesterday.  I believe that LTW is becoming a bit more fun now.  We talked about one of the canons-Circumstance- and they have a worksheet to help them think about the time and place, events in the world, etc for "Number the Stars".  They also have an ANI chart due for next week-25 items for each column!!

 

Biology-this week the papers are on owls and/or birds of prey. 

 

Rhetoric-we tried some impromptu presentations yesterday.  In teams of two, the students analyzed a chapter in "It Couldn't Just Happen" and presented to the class.  We will do this more in the coming weeks.  I am hoping to give them some skills in learning to skim the reading, find important concepts, organize thoughts and present their findings as well as ask some discussion questions. 

 

I will be planning an open house for weeks 13 and 14.  If you know of anyone who is interested in Challenge for next year, please let them know.  Young people are welcome also.