Semester 2 Week 13 update

May 1 & 2 Music Recognition quiz
Western Cultural History Timeline Notebook with Art/Music Folders, Biology Lab Journal
(Lab Journal can be brought week 14 or week 15 for review)

May 7 & 8 Music Lecture Presentations
Challenge II Jeopardy

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Homework Review – complete before semester 2 week 14 class
Algebra 2	Lessons 108-111. Bring one math question from your own math book to put on the board.
Latin	Ch. 29, Translate last section of Invasion of Britain
History/Music: Class. Music Essay Timelines	We will continue to add composers to our Timeline. CMD – Finish Book (Part V). Show how both Composers (Debussy/Stravinsky) were revolutionary by their circumstances. Bring assembled timelines and notebooks.
Music Lecture	Gather your three music genre examples and write your speech.
British Lit. WAS Essay	Screwtape Letters Words Aptly Spoken pgs. 145-155 (Seth and David are picking week 14 questions) Using “Hero” definition, examine characters from Hobbit and Out of the Silent Planet.
Biology:	Finish Chapter 16 (mammals) Prep. Lab Books
Drama	Arsenic & Old Lace - Bring your book to class.

Algebra II – We revisited factoring and covered additional ways to factor when variables have coefficients (aside from completing the square and using quadratic equations). We also played a whiteboard version of Muggins/Knockout to reinforce quick math skills.

 

Latin II – Lesson 28 and the middle translation of Invasion of Britain.

History/Music – Finished Debussy and Stravinsky review and read essays. We also practiced music recognition by evaluating every composer and piece presented this spring. 

 

 

Music Lecture Presentation (a five minute talk with short sample music clips).

*Critically analyze 3 music styles in terms of their cultural context).
*How do the three styles add or subtract to culture?
*Should this music be passed on to friends, parents, pastors or grandchildren?
*How do the three styles stimulate the emotions or imagination?
*Define genres by instrumentation, composers, history and rhythm.
*Define the styles by their contribution to culture and their impact.
*Persuade others that music matters to God, culture and people.

British Literature – Hobbit discussion questions. We discussed differences between the movie and the book. We identified hero features in Hobbit and Silent Planet.

 

Biology – Chapter 16 covers reptiles, birds and mammals. This week we reviewed birds (Class “Aves”). Aside from classification and order features, we discovered the engineering difficulties in mastering flight (light-weight material, flexible but sturdy structure and flaps for turbulence.

 

Downtime at the end of class: