Semester 2, Week 6 update

Culpeper has Family and Friends’ Day preparations for the 27^th. Families are invited to join us from 11:00-1:00. For the fellowship lunch, bring a main dish along with a side or dessert to share.

 

Homework Review – complete before semester 2 week 6 class
Algebra 2	Lessons 80-83. Also, bring one math question from your own math book to put on the board.
Latin	Lessons 23. Translate “Revolt Along the Seacoast,” lines 1-53 (pg. 73-80 text & 12-13 key).
History/Music: Gift of Music Classical Music Essay	We will continue to add composers to our Timeline. GOM – Read Ch. 7 & 11 Beethoven CMD – Read Ch. 5 to page 159 (listen to music mentioned on CD or YouTube links) Definition essay on “genius” using Mozart and Beethoven
Debate	Lincoln-Douglas Debate Research. See topic below. Pages 78, 114-119 in guide.
British Lit. WAS	Read Favorite Father Brown Stories. Words Aptly Spoken 125-127 (John & Justin are picking questions)
Biology:	Finish Chapter 13 (look up information about Frog Dissections).
Drama	Bring your books to class. Read Act II, scene 2.

Algebra 2 – Topics for this past week: Substitution and Elimination as well as Advanced Radical Equations. We also tossed in a few Negative Vectors to show how 10/30, 10/-330, -10/220, and -10/-150 are all the same on a graph.

 

Latin – We reviewed another short section on participle endings.

History/Music – We lightly covered Mozart’s background and we played some of his music. We will hold more discussion on his accomplishments when we finish this week’s additional assigned reading on Beethoven. Essay to define “genius” using these men is due this week – Feb. 26/27). THE MUSIC LECTURE PRESENTATION IN THE GUIDE WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE FINAL WEEK OF CLASS. I am posting the student’s questions to think about when they start preparing their lecture, but they do not have to begin research until AFTER the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in March. The Debate will consume much of their study time over the next three weeks.

Debate – We’ll go ahead and jump into research for our Lincoln-Douglas Debate since the debate topic is still fresh. This will be our final debate of Challenge II. We hope to hold it Tuesday Night, March 17^th (St. Patrick’s Day) from 6:30-8:30 with a snow date of the following Tuesday (I'm hoping to secure Warrenton Bible Fellowship or Culpeper Christian Fellowship for the venue). The debate topic is “Rescuing great cultural and artistic achievements from theft or destruction is worth risking one’s life.” Pages 78, 114-119 in the guide give debate helps! This next debate will be a “values” debate as opposed to a “policy” debate. There are some differences. Please go to the Internet to look up a few helps on values and criterion.

http://mrwaddell.net
http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/meredith
http://www.angelfire.com/weird/debateworld/Values.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_criterion
http://debate-central.ncpa.org/understanding-the-value-criterion
http://debate-central.ncpa.org/important-terms-in-lincoln-douglas-debate

British Literature – This week we cover Favorite Father Brown Mysteries. We’ll hold discussion with John and Justin selecting questions.

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 Act II, scene I “Radio Reads.”

 

 

 

     

 

Biology – Topic and dissection for this week: Perch. Work on Notebooks and Lab Books over the break! We only have a few dissections left (Frogs, Sheep organs and Flowers) Here are some of the pictures from class for lab journal drawings: