Semester 1 Week 9

Vint Hill has Picture Day on October 30
Culpeper has Pizza Day at CCF on October 31

Homework Review – complete before week 10 Class
Algebra 2	Lessons 31-34. Also, bring one math question from your own math book to put on the board.
Latin	Lessons 11 and exercises, translation sheet
Logic	Finish Lesson 9 and answer questions
History: HSWTL	HSWTL – chapter 10
History: Art Essay SoA	No Reading while preparing the Art Grant
Art Grant:	Bring 15 copies of your art application if you have not handed in your copy. Also bring your speech outline and digital pictures or exhibit examples for your presentation.
British Literature Essay:	Finish reading Pride & Prejudice. For review look at Words Aptly Spoken pages 63-68. Next essay for British Literature will be week 12
Biology:	Finish Chapter 5 and do Lab 5.3 at home along with chapter tests.

ON WEEK 11, I WILL SEND HOME A CHECKLIST PAGE AND ADDITIONAL HELPS FOR STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEIR TIMELINE AND NOTEBOOKS (ART AND SCIENCE). WEEK 14 WILL BE COLLECTION WEEK - TO BE RETURNED WEEK 15. Week 15, the students have a few reviews, an Art Presentation, limited holiday homework, and a potluck party.

Because the students have limited homework this week while preparing their Art Grant (and because I ran out of time to write because I had a full weekend running the local ballet performance), I thought you might enjoy a peek into your student’s day.

If you were a fly on the wall:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of our memorable white board discussions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester 1, Week 8 update 2014

Pizza envelopes are due this week for those placing orders.

Vermeer's The Kitchen Maid

Rembrandt's The Nightwatch

       
















                

       

Flashmob Recreates Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” in a Dutch Shopping Mall

http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/flashmob_recreates_rembrandts_the_night_watch_in_a_dutch_shopping_mall.html

                

         

Homework Review – complete before week 9 Class
Algebra 2	Lessons 27-30. Also, bring one math question from your own math book to put on the board.
Latin	Lessons 10 and exercises, translation sheet
Logic	Finish Lesson 8 and answer questions
History: HSWTL	No reading while preparing Art Grant
History: Art Essay SoA	Add to Timeline Study the art piece The Kitchen Maid by Vermeer (keep Rembrandt’s Nightwatch in mind) Essay comparing similarities and differences of the two Dutch Artists. No Reading while preparing the Art Grant
Art Grant:	Complete the application on page 98 of your guide (hand in week 9). Write your outline for your 5 minute talk and gather digital pictures or exhibit examples for your presentation.
British Literature Essay:	Read chapters 1-34 in Pride & Prejudice. For review look at Words Aptly Spoken pages 63-68. Next essay for British Literature will be week 12
Biology:	Start reading Chapter 5 up to page 140. Do Lab 5.1 and 5.2 at home (we showed a full video of the experiment in class and passed out sample formal reports on 5.1 Osmosis Experiment). Prepare your report and add to lab book experiments.

ON WEEK 11, I WILL SEND HOME A CHECKLIST PAGE AND ADDITIONAL HELPS FOR STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEIR TIMELINE AND NOTEBOOKS (ART AND SCIENCE). WEEK 14 WILL BE COLLECTION WEEK - TO BE RETURNED WEEK 15. Week 15, the students have a few reviews, an Art presentation, limited holiday homework, and a potluck party.

Algebra 2 (Chapters 23-26) - We covered a review question from each chapter and students did an amazing job working through student submissions. All students continue to bring one math question to put on the board. If your student is in Saxon Algebra 1 or 2, Marylyn Peklenk gives thorough overviews in her YouTube lessons. Here is a link to lesson 27:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1-M27GW9wA

Latin – We reviewed verbs, conjugations, tenses, and subjunctive mood. Next week: translation sheet

Logic – No review this past week. We used this seminar hour to review State of the Arts chapters 8 + 9. We covered the various aspects of God’s creation that man uses in creating art (light, space, shape, complexity, color, intelligence, geometry, correct representations, etc.) and we covered the many ways man might twist art to manipulate meanings or misplace devotion. Skewed world views and changing philosophies affect art accepted in society.

History – We watched our next session in How Should We Then Live (session VI – the Scientific Age). All the videos sessions are also available on YouTube if the parents and students need additional review. Most of the video narratives are identical to the book chapters. Next week, we will take time to review the changes in philosophy, science, and religion amongst people and societies pushing God out of their world view.

Art Grant Project - We also talked about the next Art Grant project for week 10. The students should finalize their applications and prepare their outline for the 5 minute speech. They should also start gathering digital pictures or exhibit examples to prepare for using in the presentation. Final Applications will be collected this week (October 23/24) so I can make copies for Presentation Day. They were handed applications in class, but an additional copy is on page 98 of the guide. Art Grants will be presented on week 10, October 30^th/31^st.

Art Presentation Project – After the Art Grant project is completed on week 10, there is one final Art Presentation project due on week 15 (December 12, the final class before break). Let me know if you or your student plans on attending the trip to Washington, D.C. on November 1^st in order to gather art information for the final project.

We hope to plan a trip to the National Art Gallery on Saturday, November 1^st with a rain date of Saturday, November 8^th.  Carpool from Gainesville, VA (far end of the Target parking lot) to Vienna Station and ride Metro to the Smithsonian Station on the National Mall (fare cards are $4.60 each way unless you own a Smart Card). The Main Museum opens at 10:00. We hope to be done exploring the museum by 2:30 P.M. Bring small notebook, pen and a snack sack. Food can be carried on Metro but not consumed on metro or carried in museums (also, backpacks need left in lockers but small ladies’ purses can be carried). It would be wise for us to leave from Gainesville at 9:00 A.M. and Vienna around 9:30. We can eat a morning snack at 10:00/10:15 before entering the museum and then grabbing a late afternoon meal near Gainesville area when we get back. I’ll try to bring facility maps. Currently, the Museum has Modern American Prints, Platinum Prints, Edgar Degas Little Dancer Display, and a tribute to Monuments Men as they were deployed to protect art (the final debate this year involves research on people like Monuments Men). As always, if the Field Trip dates are not compatible with your family’s schedule, you may work independently on the project with your student.

British Literature – We read our essays aloud. Also, all the previously submitted essays for both art and literature were returned to the students. We had additional time to discuss essay topics and bibliographies.

Biology – This week’s labs involved observing various types of molds (fruit, vegetable, bread, and cheese). We discussed mold structures and chapter vocabulary. Bring your lab Journal. Finish adding any procedure steps and drawings from mold observations. Here is a link to Science Guys’ Osmosis video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrON0nEEWmo

Here are a few mold pictures from this week (tangerine mold dust, blue cheese, cauliflower, and bread):  

 

 

Here is a fun set of pictures of bread and cheese mold from another CC tutor in NC: