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| Mozart - www.playbuzz.com |
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| Beethoven - www.historylists.org |
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| Robinson Crusoe - www.corpussomnium.org |
Homework Review – complete
before semester 2 week 5 class
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Algebra 2
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Lessons 72-75. Also,
bring one math question from your own math book to put on the board.
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Latin
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Lessons 21. We will
pick up translations after this week’s debate.
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History/Music:
Gift of Music
Classical Music |
We will continue to
add composers to our Timeline.
GOM – No reading
while working on debate.
CMD – No reading while working on debate.
(Week 7 will have a comparison essay on
Mozart and Beethoven)
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Debate
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Team Prep – Prepare
for a quick informal debate this week as we switch sides.
Vint Hill is
researching New Laws about Copyrights & Internet Plagiarism.
Culpeper is
researching New Legislation for Facebook Client’s basic rights.
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British Lit.
WAS
Essay |
Read half of Robinson Crusoe.
Words Aptly Spoken 121-124 (Klay & Mrs. Hoke are picking questions)
(Week 6 will have an Alice in
Wonderland/Robinson Crusoe essay)
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Biology:
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Finish Chapter 12.
We’ll add Cow Eye dissections this week.
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Drama
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Bring your books to
class. Read some of the stage scenes to get familiar with props.
We will start adding to the props list and taking
pictures needed for a play.
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Algebra 2 – This week’s
lessons involved solving Gas Law problems, Scientific Notation, scientific
calculator problems, and Quadratic Equations (factoring, completing the square,
or using the quadratic formula).
Latin – We reviewed a short section on pronouns and read through
the next section of Caesar’s report on the Helvetians. We are ahead of the guide in our translations, so we will return to finishing
the last two weeks of the Helvetian Drive after this week’s debate. Then we
have 3 weeks of “Seacoast” and 3 weeks of “Britain’s Invasion” to translate.
History/Music – We talked about Haydn, Rossetti, and Shubert. We
will next discuss composers specifically in the Classical Era (Mozart and
Beethoven). Even though reading is not assigned this week, students may wish to
read ahead and complete the chapters 6 & 7 for Mozart and Beethoven (Essay
to define “genius” using these men is due week 7).
Vint Hill Affirmative Team: Hope, John, Klay, Seth, Sarah
Vint Hill Negative Team: Bethany, Michelle, Ian, Asher
Culpeper Affirmative Team: Desiree, David, Wayne
Culpeper Affirmative Team: Desiree, David, Wayne
Culpeper Negative Team: Jordan, Grace, Justin
British Literature – Alice
in Wonderland discussion: Desiree and Michelle led group discussions with Words Aptly Spoken questions. We
discussed using Fantasy Novels as a device. We discussed author Lewis Carroll
(Charles Lutwidge Dodson) and others that write Fantasy Novels. Next week, we
cover the first half of Robinson Crusoe.
We’ll hold discussion the following week with Klay and Mrs. Hoke selecting
questions.
Fantasy Novels:
“Folklore means
that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels.
Realism means that the world is dull and full of routine, but that the soul is
sick and screaming. The problem of the fairy tale is what will a healthy man do
with a fantastic world? The problem of a modern novel is what will a madman do
with a dull world? In fairy tales, the cosmos goes mad; but the hero does not
go mad. In the modern novels, the hero is mad before the book begins, and
suffers from the harsh steadiness and cruel sanity of the cosmos.” G. K. Chesterson
Student-led discussion
assignments:
Robinson Crusoe – Klay/Mrs. Hoke
Father Brown – John/Justin
A Morbid Taste for Bones – Sarah/Grace
Out of the Silent Planet – Hope/Jordan
The Hobbit – Bethany/Wayne
The Screwtape Letters – Seth/David
Drama – This coming week, we’ll continue work on class “Radio Reads.” A few logistics need worked out for gathering props and for planning a few practices with both Challenge 2 campuses. We are considering asking Culpeper to visit the Vint Hill campus twice in March right after lunchtime and the Vint Hill Campus to Visit Culpeper twice in April as we pull 4 in-class practices together. If things progress well, we may be able to present “Harvey” on Tuesday evening, April 21st at Culpeper Christian Fellowship Church. The students are asked to look at the prop checklist at the back of the book (as well as read through the scene sets in the script) and to list props they may already own (many students are taking pictures of their props so we can quickly sort what to bring). The kids are still rotating and trying out the various speaking parts. Final selections will not be made until the students meet together in March. I’ll try to include an updated props list and a general set layout soon so any parents with a little extra time can see if there is an area they might assist (gathering a few props, providing the students extra weekend script practice, building a fireplace mantle for the family living room or flat back walls or doorways for main rooms in the play - doctor’s office, living room, & Pub – the walls might only be simple 2x4 frames with plywood on front and back support beams).
Robinson Crusoe – Klay/Mrs. Hoke
Father Brown – John/Justin
A Morbid Taste for Bones – Sarah/Grace
Out of the Silent Planet – Hope/Jordan
The Hobbit – Bethany/Wayne
The Screwtape Letters – Seth/David
Drama – This coming week, we’ll continue work on class “Radio Reads.” A few logistics need worked out for gathering props and for planning a few practices with both Challenge 2 campuses. We are considering asking Culpeper to visit the Vint Hill campus twice in March right after lunchtime and the Vint Hill Campus to Visit Culpeper twice in April as we pull 4 in-class practices together. If things progress well, we may be able to present “Harvey” on Tuesday evening, April 21st at Culpeper Christian Fellowship Church. The students are asked to look at the prop checklist at the back of the book (as well as read through the scene sets in the script) and to list props they may already own (many students are taking pictures of their props so we can quickly sort what to bring). The kids are still rotating and trying out the various speaking parts. Final selections will not be made until the students meet together in March. I’ll try to include an updated props list and a general set layout soon so any parents with a little extra time can see if there is an area they might assist (gathering a few props, providing the students extra weekend script practice, building a fireplace mantle for the family living room or flat back walls or doorways for main rooms in the play - doctor’s office, living room, & Pub – the walls might only be simple 2x4 frames with plywood on front and back support beams).
Biology – Topic and dissection for this week: Crayfish. Great job, everyone! Here are some of the pictures from class for lab journal drawings:
Dissection details:
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| Jumanji - the godzilla of crayfish (courtesy of John and Bethany) |
