tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56831552011021065612024-02-20T10:28:39.951-05:00Continue Well in Your Home SchoolEnjoy the middle school years of home education!Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-73191123303567114252018-08-22T21:17:00.020-04:002021-07-19T20:45:20.152-04:00Reflecting Back on Middle School Home School<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Dear friends,</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">This reflection is bittersweet for me since I officially retired from home schooling this year. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I haven't posted on this blog in a few years, and I think this will be my last entry here. I do know that blog is still read, mainly via Google searches on literature studies, so I'm leaving it up as a resource.</span><div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I was just reminiscing back on home schooling during the middle school years. My first child started 6th grade in 1998 and my tenth (and last) child just finished 6th grade in May. That's a lot of years with middle school students in the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My youngest </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">started public school this month for 7th grade, and is making a good transition. I'm very relieved about that since t</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">his summer I went back to work part time (on a crisis and human services referral phone line). Next month I start seminary full time too, starting out with Church History, Christian Ethics, and Inductive Bible Study (much of which is literary analysis). </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">(Edit to add in 2021: my "retirement" didn't last long. I brought my daughter home again before the end of that year of public school since it wasn't a good fit. We're about to start 10th grade at home, and I will also be teaching middle school and high school language arts in a homeschool hybrid program. In the meantime, I graduated from seminary and continued to work part-time.)</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nyway, I was just thinking about how so much of what I taught for middle school, I was actually teaching to myself as well. The lessons I learned then are vital to what I am doing now with work and school. Even some of the subjects I'm taking this first semester at seminary are ones I've touched on in my classrooms.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I've always said teaching middle school was my favorite, and I think that was especially true in the many years I taught at a home school co-op. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The co-op class I taught was supposedly language arts, but I strongly believe in integrating subjects for maximum effect, so I, um, stretched that considerably. I threw history, music, and fine arts into the mix. I guess you could say it was more of a humanities class. While I had to teach grammar, it certainly wasn't my emphasis. I'm much more of an ideas and creativity teacher. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Many of the posts on this blog are fruits of those co-op years.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Here are some of the methods and concepts I taught, along with related blog posts. Please note that these posts are just a sample of what we did. Also, most of them are several years old, so links and photos may not work or show up correctly. I don't have the time to fix all of them. Some of the links are also to some of my other blogs, like the one I used for class assignments.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I integrated our literature, writing assignments, and art appreciation around whatever time period and geographic region they were studying in their history classes, which alternated each year between world history and American history</span></div>
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-have-dream-video-text-and-study.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">"I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Video, Text, Study Questions and Writing Assignment)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/08/witch-of-blackbird-pond-study-questions.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The Witch of Blackbird Pond Literature Study</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnny-tremain-study-guide-by-virginia.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Johnny Tremain Study Guide</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/12/across-five-aprils-literature-study.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Across Five Aprils Literature Study Questions and Related Poetry</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/12/caddie-woodlawn-literature-study.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Caddie Woodlawn Literature Study Questions</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/11/medieval-legends-and-king-robert-bruce.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Medieval Legends and King Robert Bruce</span></a></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-of-albrecht-durer.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">The Art of Albrecht Dürer</span></a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We e</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">xplored the deeper ideas and themes in literature - such as compassion, honesty, diligence, and courage - rather than just recalling facts - see above literature studies plus these posts:</span> </span></div>
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/read-reflect-respond.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Read, Reflect & Respond</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2013/02/honesty-mini-unit-study.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Honesty (A Mini-Unit Study)</span></a></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/with-literature-and-justice-for-all.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">"With Literature and Justice for All" Workshop</span></a></span></li>
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/11/sentence-style-variety-for-writing.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Sentence Style Variety for Writing</span></a></span></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-write-how-to.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">How to Write a How To!</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/03/christian-biography-report-questions.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Christian Biography Report Questions</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-lion-witch-and-wardrobe-study-guide.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Study Guide</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I wanted the students to </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">think about their own unique personalities and values. For example, while studying The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, I created two contrasting assignments based on the huge house of the professor and the tiny home of Tumnus: "</span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Imagine that you could design a dream house that reflects your own interests. It can be as large or as small as you want. Where will it be? What will it look like on the outside? Describe each room in your house. What will they be used for? What will they contain?</i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">" And then,</span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> "Yesterday you wrote about a big house you would like to live in. Today, you are going to write about a small one. If you had an entire home to live in by yourself that was as small as Tumnus's cave room, what would it be like? Make a list of what would you need to live in your home and a few extra things that you would want. What are some practical ways you could “make do” in such a small space?"</i></span></li>
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<b><u>Effective and Ineffective Communication</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We learned how to </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">spot logical fallacies, like false dichotomies (either-or), band wagon, generalizations, etc. I wish I had posted these lessons on the blog! I think I lost them forever!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I taught </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">the vocabulary and concepts of major world religions and belief systems such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, animism, atheism/humanism, etc.</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/09/islam-vocabulary-and-concepts.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Islam Vocabulary and Concepts</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/04/judaism-vocabulary-spelling-words-bible.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Judaism Vocabulary and Concepts</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/04/holocaust-vocabulary-and-concepts.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Holocaust Vocabulary and Concepts</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We learned important Greek and Latin word roots and the English vocabulary derived from them. This was based on English from the Roots Up by Joegil Lundquist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">During our American history years, we learned about </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">men and women who made significant contributions to communications in various areas and time periods. Here are a few of the many. I think there were more women than just Phillis Wheatley.</span></span></div>
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-american-communicators-sequoyah.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Sequoyah</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/great-american-communicators-patrick.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Patrick Henry</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-american-communicators-benjamin.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Benjamin Franklin</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-american-communicators-thomas.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Thomas Jefferson</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://virginiaknowles.blogspot.com/2008/09/poem-by-phillis-wheatley-slave-in-1700s.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Phillis Wheatley</span></a></li>
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Bible and Theology</u></b></span></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/bible-as-literature.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The Bible as Literature</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/06/learning-vocabulary-from-bible.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Learning Vocabulary from the Bible</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/11/life-of-joseph-in-genesis.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The Life of Joseph in Genesis</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/09/paintings-about-story-of-daniel.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Art for the Book of Daniel</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/09/daniel-man-of-vision-and-integrity.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Study Questions for the Book of Daniel</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/09/paintings-about-story-of-esther.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Art for the Book of Esther</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/09/esther-for-such-time-as-this.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Study Questions for the Book of Esther</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/09/literature-study-guide-for-bronze-bow.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The Bronze Bow Literature Study</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/03/easter-week-assignment-for-tuesday.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Easter Assignment: Palm Sunday and Cleansing</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/03/easter-week-assignment-for-wednesday.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Easter Assignment: The Last Supper and Trial</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/03/easter-week-assignments-for-thursday.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Easter Assignment: The Death of Christ</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providencehomeeducators.blogspot.com/2009/03/easter-week-assignment-for-friday.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Easter Assignment: The Resurrection</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-apostles-creed.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The Apostles' Creed</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2013/03/st-francis-of-assisi-in-history-current.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">St. Francis of Assisi in History, Current Events, Literature, Writing, Art & Music</span></a></li>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In December, we focused on Christmas carols, poems, stories, and art appreciation. We also usually had a Christmas program with each class presenting different pieces.</span></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/11/yuletide-and-christmas-st-boniface-and.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Yuletide and Christmas: St. Boniface and "The Holly and the Ivy"</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/01/truth-never-dies-poem.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">"Truth Never Dies"</span></a></li>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">These posts are not from the home school co-op teaching. Some are excerpts from one of my books, which are now out of print. I need to refresh myself on these concepts - they are just as needed when a child is in public school!</span><br />
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<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/08/learn-to-discern-by-virginia-knowles.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Learn to Discern by Virginia Knowles</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/08/justice-and-mercy-by-virginia-knowles.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Justice and Mercy by Virginia Knowles</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/06/preparing-our-children-for-storms-of.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Preparing Our Children for the Storms of Life</span></a></li>
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</div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-10508995790188472792014-09-14T16:09:00.000-04:002014-09-14T16:09:00.957-04:00Add a Little Adventure to Your Home School<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Life isn't just a matter of fun and games, but a spoonful
of sugar sure can help the medicine go down. We can help our children actually<i> enjoy</i> the
process of doing their work rather than just tolerating it. In the process,
they will learn their own lifetime techniques for making tasks
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creates big demands as Mom and Dad are barraged with “how” and “why” questions
at inopportune moments. Within reason, we should not squelch curiosity, but
catapult it into self-motivated learning situations. Here are some ways
to enliven academic pursuits:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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provide beautiful balance to a home education program. They offer
brain-enriching opportunities to plan projects, select materials, follow
patterns and instructions, develop skills, care for equipment and supplies,
make useful items, and nurture creativity. You could spend tons of money on
this (“I want a pony!”) but many activities are free or cheap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your children to use their imaginations to ask “what if?” Let them dream
about what they would do with a million dollars or what new technology they
want to invent. Even middle school kids can enjoy a well-stocked dress up box
for making up their own skits and shooting videos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Interests: </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Plan some of
their school lessons around their own interests. At the beginning of one
school year, I let each of my children choose one independent unit study topic
to do for three weeks. One daughter chose dogs because she was passionate about
them, even though we haven’t ever had one. She became a virtual “walking
encyclopedia” about various breeds. She knew how big they are and the countries
from which they originated. She constantly checked out library books about
dogs, including titles on how to draw them. Her walls were covered with
her sketches, original stories and collages of magazine pictures. For her birthday,
I found the <i>Dogs and Puppies Complete Identifier</i> guide book
featuring more than 170 breeds in full color photographs. As you can see, from
this one interest, she learned reference skills, geography, math, literature,
art, creative writing and alphabetization -- and she didn’t even know she was
doing school work! Later, she switched to other interests like
music and British literature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adventure stories in their literature selections, especially as they relate to
a unit study. When we studied Australia, we read the first three books of
Robert Elmer’s <i>Adventures Down Under</i> series, set in the 1800s.
It didn't even seem like school time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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art projects, literature, field trips, music, and cooking to enhance holidays,
seasons and unit studies. For example, at Christmastime you can plan an
Advent Adventure unit by singing carols, baking cookies, making presents, and
reading favorite Christmas poems and stories. For St. Patrick's Day, make green
foods to eat, and read about the real St. Patrick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your children make an illustrated book or display to creatively summarize what
they have learned about a topic. For tabletop projects, we might use three
panel folding display board.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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odds-and-ends box with spools, straws, craft sticks, cord, clothes pins, toilet
paper tubes and other items for kids to make things of their own. Collect old
small appliances for your young tinkerers to dismantle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walks and collect specimens to identify and observe. Are there any nature
trails in your county? One of my sons, by age 11, was a nature lover and a
talented photographer. He combined these two passions by taking pictures
of birds and plants, then editing them on the computer and uploading them to
his nature blog. He also recorded bird songs with our video camera. He
extended this to academic studies by doing research on birds and their
habitats, as well as making detailed pencil sketches. We equipped him by
providing several high quality bird guides, including ones that have an audio
component that plays bird calls for each page. The best thing we can do is give
him plenty of time for this hobby! This is a huge part of his
science studies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sites such as a history museum, art museum, science center, wildlife refuge,
botanical garden, community theater,
beach, etc. If you will be visiting a location often enough, consider
getting an annual pass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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out books from your library to find activities which are educational,
entertaining, and fairly uncomplicated. Keep basic science exploration supplies
on hand, such as magnifying glasses, magnets, and test tubes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plant a garden. If you are a novice or have a black thumb, try buying mature
plants instead of growing from seed. This is also a time to build
relationships with neighbors; if you see someone working outside and they have
a great garden, ask for advice! People are usually thrilled to share
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pet. Think through this decision carefully. With most pets, your
commitment runs at least a few years. If your pet is unfriendly, your
child may resent caring for it. If you choose a nocturnal animal such as a
hamster, it might make noise at night and sleep through the day! You
can also choose temporary pets. Our kids keep a terrarium on the back porch
ready to house lizards, frogs and other small critters they catch in the yard. They
might keep them for a few hours or a few days and then let them go. I like this
kind of pet best of all! Our kids also loved keeping fish. They
started out with small aquariums, learning a lot about different kinds and the
care they need, and eventually worked up to a 50 gallon aquarium with convict
cichlid fish in it. Some of the cichlids had hundreds of babies, which was
especially fascinating to watch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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strategy and word games such as chess, Pente, Rummikub, Boggle, Scrabble,
Twenty Questions, Concentration, etc. Let your child keep score to sharpen math
skills, especially in Scrabble, where there is doubling and tripling. Find
related games, puzzles, and crafts to supplement regular lessons. Teacher’s
manuals and web sites sometimes include ideas for these, but you and your
children can make up some of your own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in your support group’s science fair, history day, international festival, fine
arts show, or other opportunities. If they don’t already offer these
activities, why not volunteer to do it this year?</span></div>
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-32960022465220395292013-04-23T08:59:00.000-04:002013-04-23T09:04:35.348-04:00The Sword of the Spirit: The Story of William Tyndale by Joyce McPherson (A Review)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4Nn0pxWh3Y_E7XgF8qwBR6asZdQGIpPn_2TrTKua_bFZtXJK1xVVVY0HQtqaL2qHbAurHgIfEBXApGgxWNVqqHAp0ma_I1WRRNFiSdzzKuW-aGw8-VGlQEEgRgeyrNNGmLPlkGRZHWJh/s1600/The+Sword+of+the+Spirit+Story+of+William+Tyndale+biography+by+Joyce+McPherson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4Nn0pxWh3Y_E7XgF8qwBR6asZdQGIpPn_2TrTKua_bFZtXJK1xVVVY0HQtqaL2qHbAurHgIfEBXApGgxWNVqqHAp0ma_I1WRRNFiSdzzKuW-aGw8-VGlQEEgRgeyrNNGmLPlkGRZHWJh/s320/The+Sword+of+the+Spirit+Story+of+William+Tyndale+biography+by+Joyce+McPherson.jpg" width="214" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm so delighted to see a new children's biography by Joyce McPherson, published by <a href="http://www.greenleafpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Greenleaf Press</b></span></a>. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her newest title is <i><a href="http://www.greenleafpress.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&cPath=154&products_id=1802" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>The Sword of the Spirit: The Story of William Tyndale</b></span></a></i>. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Reformation Era is my favorite time period to study in World History, and Tyndale's is a fascinating story about the translation of the Bible into English at great peril. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tyndale</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> studied Hebrew under Martin Luther, constantly fled persecution by the English government, and was eventually betrayed by a friend, arrested, and executed as a martyr for the gospel in 1536. His dying prayer? "Lord, open the king of England's eyes..." Two years later, King James authorized The Great Bible, largely Tyndale's work, for use in the Church of England.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am most familiar with Tyndale through Scott O'Dell's novel <b><i>The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day</i></b>, which I've taught as literature in our co-op a few times. Most of our reading selections this coming school year will wrap around <b><i><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=427067" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">The Mystery of History Volume 3: </span></a></i></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=427067" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">The Renaissance, Reformation, and Growth of Nations (1455-1707)</span></a></i> that we will be using for history<i style="font-weight: bold;">.<span style="color: #482a10;"> </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> That's why I'm so glad to now have a well-researched factual account of his life written for children ages 10 and up. (Independent reading level is 5th/6th grade.) Beyond the fact that I want my children to be versed in this essential history, I find I myself am more easily able to grasp the concepts at this level. This is not a dry theology book, but a story with vivid descriptions of people, place, and plots. Sprinkled through the book at the start of each chapter are key quotes from either Tyndale or another theological giant. Here is one quote from his prologue to the 1525 New Testament in English:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I first read <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=514173" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>A Piece of the Mountain</i></span></b></a>, the author's biography of scientist Blaise Pascal, back in the late 1990's, when my sister passed it along to me. Later, after I met Joyce at the Florida home schooling convention, we realized we (along with her husband) had been classmates in AP American History in high school in Virginia as well as friends from the Christian fellowship there. Since then, I've read her biographies <i><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=514548" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #990000;">River of Grace</span></b></a> </i>(theologian John Calvin), <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=251455" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Artist of the Reformation</i></span></b></a> (Albrecht Durer), and <i><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=514505" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Ocean of Truth</span></b></a> </i>(scientist Sir Isaac Newton). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a home schooling mother of 9, Joyce has an amazing grasp of European history, helped by the fact that she is also fluent in French. You will also love her amazing <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/homeschoolingtoolbox/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Homeschooling Toolbox</span></b></a> on-line, which is full of</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> over 100 <span style="background-color: white;">free worksheets, charts, flash cards, notebook materials, booklists & tips on getting started in home schooling. I'm looking forward to digging in there!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Grace and peace to you and yours,</span><br />
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<br />Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-55444716924296943102013-03-22T15:04:00.001-04:002013-03-22T15:04:58.997-04:00St. Francis of Assisi in History, Current Events, Literature, Writing, Art & Music<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You know by now how I love to integrate English with history! The 5th-6th graders in our home school co-op are using the<b><i> <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/mystery-history-volume-2-church-middle/linda-hobar/9781892427069/pd/427060?event=AFF&p=1136043&" target="_blank">Mystery of History Volume 2</a></i></b> text (by Linda Hobar) on the time period of the early church up through the Middle Ages for their history class. One of the lessons this past week was about St. Francis of Assisi. I decided to shape my literature and writing assignments around that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In class on Monday, I read the <span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">picture book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Saint-Francis-Assisi-Life-Joy/dp/0786818751" target="_blank"><b><i>Saint Francis of Assissi: A Life of Joy</i></b></a>
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. There are many pictures books about St. Francis, but this is my favorite, and the author (son of Bobby Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy) has had a keen personal connection with his subject since childhood. <a href="http://startwellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-is-charlotte-mason-approach-to.html" target="_blank"><b>Charlotte Mason</b></a> would say that's the best kind of author to read!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our main literature resource this year is <b><i><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/the-book-of-virtues/william-bennett/9780671683061/pd/68306?event=AFF&p=1136043&" target="_blank">The Book of Virtues</a></i></b> edited by Dr. William Bennett, so I assigned "The Sermon to the Birds." Francis is well-known for his love for all animals, as well as the rest of nature. (I also assigned the poem </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Kindness to Animals”</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in light of this.) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> This is so evident, no only in the bird story, but also in his "Canticle of the Sun." There are many translations of this, but my fav is the one from the back cover of Kennedy's book:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>by St. Francis of Assisi<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Most high, all-powerful, all-good LORD!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>To you alone, Most High, do they belong.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>And first my lord Brother Sun,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>In the heavens you have made them, bright and precious and fair.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>And fair and stormy, all the weather’s moods, by which you cherish all that you have made.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>So useful, lowly, precious, and pure.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Earth, our mother,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Who feeds us in her sovereignty and produces<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Through those who grant pardon for love of you;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Happy those who endure in peace, by you, Most High, they will be crowned.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Death,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The other notable thing about St. Francis</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">is his unwavering kindness to the poor. Born into a wealthy family and serving briefly as a soldier, he left behind his riches so he could live sacrificially as an itinerant preacher, serving the Lord, seeking peace, leading a religious order (<i>Fratres Minores</i>, now known as the Franciscans) and giving to the needy. You have probably read his inspiring prayer many times...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.<br />Where there is hatred, let me sow love;<br />where there is injury, pardon;<br />where there is doubt, faith;<br />where there is despair, hope;<br />where there is darkness, light;<br />and where there is sadness, joy.<br /><br />O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek<br />to be consoled as to console;<br />to be understood as to understand;<br />to be loved as to love.<br />For it is in giving that we receive;<br />it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;<br />and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I find it interesting to note that the new pope chose the name
Francis I because a cardinal embraced him and reminded him not to
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Argentina and is the first pope elected from the Americas, is known for being a
humble and simple man who lived in a simple apartment, cooked his own meals, and rode the bus. He has pledged to bring a new era of justice and mercy to the Catholic church, which has been wrought by corruption and scandal in recent years. Though I am not Catholic and my students aren't either, this is really encouraging. Be sure to watch this NBC news report:<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1em;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pope Francis describes wish for 'poor church for the poor'</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The writing assignment for the week was to write </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a factual narrative or a made up story about being kind to
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<span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The other time I helped the homeless was after school on Monday. All us kids asked my mom if we could go to Sam’s Club to get a soda. She agreed to go after we picked up my brother. So while we were on our way to pick up my brother I saw a homeless couple with two dogs near Sam’s. So after we picked up my brother, we stopped at our house so I could get some snacks and water for them. I packed four fruit roll ups, two bags of pretzels, a bag of graham crackers, and two bottles of water and put it in a plastic bag. Then we drove back to Sam’s Club and gave the bag to them. They were glad and said, “God bless you!” So that is how I was kind and helpful, to help feed the poor. St. Francis was a great example to me for doing the right thing for the poor. Someday I hope to be as helpful to the poor as St. Francis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can read more about St. Francis by doing a Google search on his name. Here are two articles: <b><a href="http://www.americancatholic.org/features/francis/who_was.asp" target="_blank">Who Was St. Francis?</a> </b>by Leonard Foley, O.F.M. and <b><a href="http://stlouisreview.com/article/2013-03-20/st-francis-assisi" target="_blank">St. Francis of Assisi Took Amazing Twists, Turns</a> </b>(a recent article mentioning Pope Francis I).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: normal;">I love to incorporate art and music, too. You can do a Google Image search and come up with loads of beautiful paintings, drawings, and sculpture. It's interesting to notice that most of the art features birds. Ask your children if they know why he looks the way he does with the robe and the bald spot on his head. The plain hooded robe with rope belt was the typical poor monk's clothing, and the bald spot is called a <i>tonsure</i>. That's how monks wore their hair. Invite your kids to draw their own picture of St. Francis. Or, be like St. Francis and learn to appreciate the beauty of nature. Draw pictures of flowers and animals. Francis was also a lover of beautiful things that reflected the truths of God. He created the first nativity scene, which is also called a creche.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grace and peace,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Virginia Knowles</span><br />
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<br />Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-22713606147402386102013-02-19T23:24:00.002-05:002013-02-19T23:24:50.832-05:00Honesty (A Mini-Unit Study)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In honor of President's Day this week, I assigned a literature study on the topic of honesty to my home school co-op English class. In addition to the assignments and discussion notes below, you will also find very useful lists about honesty at </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/honesty.htm">http://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/honesty.htm</a></span></b><br />
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "AR JULIAN";">Honesty</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"> is telling the <b><u>whole truth</u></b>, in your words, actions, and intentions. It is being <b><u>accurate</u></b><u>.</u> (That does not mean that someone who tells
wrong information is lying. If they
sincerely <i>think</i> it is true, they are
not being deceptive, just mistaken. There can still be negative consequences
for this, especially if the person should have known better, but there is a
difference based on their intention!) Being honest does not mean you need to tell
someone information that is none of their business, or that they would use to
harm other people, or that is unnecessarily hurtful. You should use <b><u>discretion</u></b> and only say what you
need to say. You can reply that you
can’t answer a question, or that they need to ask your parent for
information. Or you could just be quiet
in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is purposely <b><u>deceiving</u></b>, or
telling a <b>lie</b>, or using “correct”
words in a way that is intended to <b><u>mislead</u></b>
others. This would include telling a <b><u>“half truth”</u></b> or concealing
information that needs to be told. <b><u>Slander</u></b>
is saying something bad and untrue about another person in order to hurt their
reputation. (This is illegal, and you
can get sued for it.) Another word for
that is a <b><u>rumor</u>.</b> Dishonesty
includes <b><u>false impressions</u> </b>and
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by actively <b><u>keeping your promises</u></b>
and doing what you say you will do.
This includes <b><u>keeping a
confidence</u></b><u> <b>of privacy</b></u>
when someone tells you something that is not for others to know. (If someone is in danger of hurting themselves
or others, you have an obligation to tell the proper authority, even if you
promised not to.) If you legitimately cannot carry out a promise, like if your
parent forbids you or if you really tried but couldn’t possibly fulfill it
because of some obstacle, then you must be prepared with a reasonable
explanation <i>as soon as possible</i> and
find some other good way of doing what needs to be done. When in doubt, ask your parent for advice!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MV Boli";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is “forgetting” (not taking the effort to remember) or neglecting to carry
through on your promises, or telling someone you will do what you never
intended to do in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "AR JULIAN";">Honesty</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"> is being <b><u>fair</u>
</b>with money, possessions, and time.<b> </b>It is following the rules to get a
rightful reward. It is your
responsibility to find out what the rules are ahead of time, and not just claim
you didn’t know better!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is<b> <u>cheating</u> </b>or <b><u>stealing</u></b> or <b><u>manipulating</u></b> or <b><u>breaking
the rules</u> </b>to get what does not rightfully belong to you<b>. <u>Plagiarism</u></b>,
which is presenting someone else’s written work as if you wrote it so you can
get credit for it, is dishonest. Saying
that you worked more hours than you did so that you can get paid more is
cheating. <b><u>Tax evasion</u></b>, which is filling out tax forms and saying you
made less money than you did so that you have to pay less taxes, is cheating.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "AR JULIAN";">Honesty</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"> is being <b><u>authentic</u></b>,
presenting yourself as you are. This
takes <b>humility</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is being <b><u>hypocritical</u></b> or fake
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I included three main literature assignments in my lesson packet. Our main class resource is <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Book of Virtues</i> edited by Dr. William Bennett.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><u>Literature #1:</u> </b>Read “The Honest Woodman” story adapted by Emilie
Poulsson on page 602 of <b><i>The Book of Virtues</i></b>. The story is based
on the poem by Jean de La Fontaine below. </span></div>
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axes and then give all of them to him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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poem. Think about details, plot, characters,
setting, style, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dishonesty?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“The Woodman
and Mercury”</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
(partial) by Jean de La Fontaine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A woodman lost his means of gain, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
His hatchet, which he sought in vain;<br />
’Twas grief to hear him sob and cry;<br />
He had no tools to sell nor means to buy<br />
His hatchet kept his hope alive,<br />
With that went all his means to thrive.<br />
His cheeks were bathed with tears: he sighed:<br />
“My axe! O my poor axe! ” he cried;<br />
“Restore it, Jupiter, to me,<br />
I’ll own a second life from thee!”<br />
Olympus heard him as he prayed,<br />
And Mercury came down, and said :<br />
“The hatchet's safe, and I can show it,<br />
But are you sure that you will know it?<br />
An axe I found near on the road.”<br />
With that an axe of gold he showed.<br />
This to be his the man denied.<br />
A silver next his virtue tried,<br />
“But that's not mine,” the man replied.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then
one of wood the god displayed,<br />
“I'm happy now,” the woodman said;<br />
“This is the one for which I prayed.”<br />
The god rejoined; “ Take all the three,<br />
To recompense your honesty.”<br />
He took them all, and thanked the god.<br />
The story soon got spread abroad;<br />
The bumpkins lost their tools, and roared<br />
To get them thus so well restored.<br />
The king of gods which wight to hear scarce knows,<br />
Again sends Mercury to heal their woes;<br />
To each an axe of gold he shows,<br />
And each had thought himself a pretty fool,<br />
Not to have cried at once ; “ Ay, that’s my tool! ”<br />
Bot Mercury gave not that axe, instead<br />
Laid it with vengeance on each rascal’s head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happy with your lot, and tell no lies,<br />
Nor think to cheat the Ruler of the skies.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Literature #2:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In The Book of
Virtues, read “Pinocchio” by Carlo
Lorenzini, starting on page 609. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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did Pinocchio do when he had already lied and the fairy kept asking him
questions? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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why it is foolish to lie in the first place.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Oh
what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!” Sir Walter Scott (British spelling practise =
practice)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Lying
can never save us from another lie.” Vaclev Havel</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">“If
you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.” Mark Twain</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">“No man has a good enough memory to
make a successful liar.” Abraham Lincoln</span></li>
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visible consequence of Pinocchio’s dishonesty?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nose go back to its normal size?<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on page 639 and “Rebecca's Afterthought” poem by Elizabeth Turner on page 608. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at the birth of Lady Clare?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lady Clare respond in her words and actions when Alice told her who she really
was? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ronald respond in his words and actions?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decide to tell the truth?<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Literature # 4:</span></u></b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">In <b><i>The Book of Virtues</i></b>, read “Nobility” poem by Alice Cary on page 654, “Someone
Sees You” story on page 604, and “George Washington and the Cherry Tree”
starting on page 605. If you would like
to read more about honest presidents, check out “Honest Abe” starting on page
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and ones place. For example, the number
189 would be written out as “one hundred eighty-nine.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ironically, the story you read today, written by a
parson (preacher) named Mason Locke Weems, may be just a legend rather than a
true story. However, what can we learn
from it anyway? The painting above is by
Grant Wood in 1939. (Look carefully at the patterns and themes in the painting, too!) Here is what one web site says about the story and painting: “Parson
Weems was a bookseller, an itinerant preacher, and the creator of the cherry
tree legend which he wrote in the fifth edition of his book <b><i>Life of George Washington, the Great.</i></b> The story was fabricated
[created] by Weems, and its purpose was to express a moral, not historical
fact… Grant Wood satisfied both those who wished to keep the folklore and those
who wished to expose the stories as less-than-truth. He is able to show the
viewer that the story is Parson Weems' invention at the same time that he shows
us an imaginative presentation of the original tale.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">George Washington said, “<i>Labor to keep alive in your breast that little celestial fire called
conscience.</i>” Another quote from him:
“</span><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I
consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.</span></i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">" Choose
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">“</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kings
take pleasure in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>honest<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>lips; they value a man who speaks the
truth.” Proverbs 16:13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">“</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A
truthful witness gives<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>honest<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>testimony, but a false witness tells
lies.” Proverbs 12:17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">from his heart and has no slander</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and
casts no slur on his fellowman…” Psalm 15:1-3</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">“</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I
have chosen the way of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>truth; I have set my heart on your
laws.” Psalm 119:30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">“</span></strong><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But whoever lives by the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">truth</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">comes into the light, so
that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”
John 3:21</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Instead, speaking the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>truth<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in love, we will in all things grow up
into him who is the Head, that is, Christ... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Therefore each of
you must put off falseh</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">ood and speak</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">truth</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">fully to his neighbor, for we are
all members of one body.” Ephesians 4:15, 25</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Honesty
does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to
it.” Ray Blanton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of
what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be
found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear
grows stronger.” Tad Williams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Honest
men fear neither the light nor the dark.” Dr. Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“People
grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is
how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“No
legacy is so rich as honesty.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Honesty
is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Honesty
is the best policy.” Benjamin Franklin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty
always costs.” Michael Josephson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“There
is always a way to be honest without being brutal.” Arthur Dobrin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Truth
is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it.” Emily Dickinson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.” Edgar
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“We
all need to know what it means to be honest. Honesty is more than not lying. It
is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” James E.
Faust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “The real things haven't changed. It is still
best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy
with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” Laura Ingalls
Wilder<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took all of these pictures, many in the past few days</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The others are from posts on my other blogs, as linked below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So what are they?</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Egg white, which leaked out of a boiled egg that cracked when I put it in the pan; some of it stuck to the side of the pan above the water, and some is submerged but still connected by a thick strand.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ice cubes, stuck together so they won't fit in the cup.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A big head of broccoli with all of the florets cut off</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pomegranate whole and halves (from </span><a href="http://comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/11/pomegranates.html" style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #aa0033; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Pomegranates!</b></a><span style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A thin wheat cracker, held up to the light.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Horned melon at grocery store (from </span><a href="http://comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/04/fun-fruity-at-grocery-store-p52-foolin.html" style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #aa0033; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Fun & Fruity at the Grocery Store</b></a><span style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pumpkin (from </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/11/prepping-your-kitchen-to-fix-feast.html" style="background-color: #ffffe5; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Prepping Your Kitchen to Fix a Feast</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial;">)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Strawberry cherry drink (from <a href="http://comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/08/red.html" style="color: #aa0033;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Red</b></span></a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Uncooked spaghetti, fanned out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Peppers, star fruit, grape tomatoes (from <a href="http://virginiaknowles.blogspot.com/2009/11/celebrate-life.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Celebrate Life</b></span></a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Heart salad (from </span><span style="color: #aa0033; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-love-baby-love-and-food-love-too.html" style="color: #aa0033;"><b>Love, Love, Baby Love -- And Food Love, Too!</b></a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/04/trifles-chocolate-strawberry-and.html" target="_blank">Caramel apple trifle</a> </b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/02/caramel-toffee-dip-on-blessingway-table.html" target="_blank"><b>Cake pops</b></a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://virginiaknowles.blogspot.com/2012/08/fruit-pizza.html" target="_blank"><b>Fruit pizza</b></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beans and rice on a map of Africa (from <a href="http://www.virginiaknowles.blogspot.com/2012/03/global-hunger-relief.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Global Hunger Relief</span></b></a>)</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's coming up on Rudyard Kipling week in my home school co-op English classroom! (You can read more about his life here: </span><a href="http://www.kipling.org.uk/kip_fra.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Rudyard Kipling</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">.) We're going to read three of his "Just So Stories" (like "How the Camel Got His Hump") and three of his poems ("If" and "The Thousandth Man" and "L'Envoi"). Some of these pieces can be found in </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The Book of Virtues, </i>and you can listen to a narration of </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZkMNXp-GD4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Just So Stories</span></a> <span style="font-weight: normal;">on-line.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Kipling is perhaps best known for his </span><i>Jungle Books</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">, later made into a Disney movie. You can also see an intriguing virtual animation of "</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Y8tGw8sxE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">If</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">."</span></span></span></h2>
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you can keep your head when all about you<br />
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;<br />
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<br />
But make allowance for their doubting too:<br />
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<br />
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,<br />
Or being hated don't give way to hating,<br />
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;<br />
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If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;<br />
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,<br />
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br />
And treat those two impostors just the same:.<br />
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken<br />
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<br />
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<br />
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;<br />
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If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br />
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<br />
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,<br />
And never breathe a word about your loss:<br />
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<br />
To serve your turn long after they are gone,<br />
And so hold on when there is nothing in you<br />
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"<br />
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If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<br />
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,<br />
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,<br />
If all men count with you, but none too much:<br />
If you can fill the unforgiving minute<br />
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,<br />
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,<br />
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Read the poem aloud so you can hear how it sounds. Note the rhythm. Usually, every other syllable in each line is emphasized. The lines alternate between 11 and 10 syllables.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">This poem has an AB AB CD CD rhyme scheme for each verse. That means that the following line pairs rhyme: first and third, second and fourth, fifth and seventh, sixth and eighth. This might be confusing since in the first verse, the first four lines all rhyme with each other, and three of the lines even end in the same word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Some of the rhymes are two syllables. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">In the first verses, the first pair is </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">about you</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">doubt you</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and the second pair is </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">waiting</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">hating</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Find the other pairs of two syllable rhymes in this poem. (Note that some of the words/phrases have three syllables, but only the last two syllables rhyme with the other word/phrase in the rhyming pair.)</span><br />
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fussing at you _____</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Imagination and vision for the
future, along with a dose reality _____</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Healthy self-confidence, with respect
for other’s opinions _____ </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you can keep your head when all about you
are losing theirs and blaming it on you…”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you can trust yourself when all men doubt
you, but make allowance for their doubting”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you can dream – and not make dreams your
master”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you can fill the unforgiving minute with
sixty seconds worth of distance run”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you can wait and not be tired by waiting”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you can force your hurt and nerve and sinew
to serve your turn… and so hold on”</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;">There are many contrasts in this poem that compare one thing against another, or that clarify what an idea means. For example, <i>"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs"</i> compares two different kinds of people -- the calm and the unreasonable. The contrast in the line <i>"If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master"</i> clarifies that imagination and vision for the future are good, as long as they are kept in perspective with reality, and that they are adjusted as necessary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;">(Note: Despite the ending "you'll be a Man, my son!" this poem applies equally to both genders!)</span></div>
Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-46828387957501019732012-12-01T10:31:00.002-05:002012-12-30T17:19:10.292-05:00Masterpieces of the Infant Jesus at the National Gallery of Art<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">An assignment for my 5th-6th grade co-op students...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Look at each of the nine pictures very carefully. You can click on them to enlarge them. The dates listed are approximately when the art was created. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> All of the ones in this post are related to the birth of Christ.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> The paintings are from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (I had to take the pictures from a slight angle because otherwise I was getting a glare from the flash.) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">These paintings and sculptures were created during the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=renaissance" style="color: #341473;">Renaissance</a></strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">. Some of them are </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=gilded" style="color: #341473;"><i>gilded</i></a></strong></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">. Many of the the titles contain the words </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><em><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=madonna" style="color: #341473;">madonna</a></em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=adoration" style="color: #341473;">adoration</a></strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">. Click on each of these four bold words and write down definitions.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">There are Bible passages linked below three of the paintings. Read each one.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The Adoration of the Shepherds" <br />by Giorgione, 1505-1510<br />Read <b><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202:1-20&version=NIV" target="_blank">Luke 2:1-20</a> </b>and copy verse 14.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Adoration of the Shepherds" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">patterned after a piece by Annibale Fontana, </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">"The Adoration of the Magi" by </span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Benvenuto di Giovanni in 1470-1475<br />Read <b><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202:1-12&version=NIV" target="_blank">Matthew 12:1-12</a> </b>and copy verse 11<b>.</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">Read more about this triptych<b> <a href="http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg2/gg2-2.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"The Alba Madonna" by Raphael in 1510 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(St. John the Baptist is the other child </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Read about this painting at:<b> <a href="http://http//www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg20/gg20-32.0.html" style="color: #341473;">Alba Madonna</a>.</b></span></div>
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-49767097796804264812012-11-24T14:07:00.000-05:002012-12-30T17:19:10.294-05:00Yuletide and Christmas: St. Boniface and "The Holly and the Ivy"<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These links and information are for the students in our home school co-op's 5th-6th grade English class. They are learning about medieval life in their history class, so I am trying to customize some of their literature selections to complement that. This week, at the start of Advent, we are learning how the Druids (pagans who practiced child sacrifice and a lot of superstition) came to accept Christianity, and how their existing winter solstice traditions were adapted to express the glad Christmas tidings of Jesus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BdEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA207#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"How St. Boniface Kept Christmas Eve"</span></b></a> </span>is from the vintage book American Normal Readers, Book 5. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print pages 212-227. This will show up as numbers 207-222 on the book pages. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can also find "Yuletide Customs" in the same online book. Print pages 200-202, which will show up as 195-197 on the book pages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">In
what year did this story take place? How many years ago was this?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
first paragraph of the story describes the setting. Write two
sentences about it.</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
story next describes the main character. What is the man wearing?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
virtues is the bishop said to have on the first two pages?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
bishop's birth name was Wilfred, but he has been renamed Boniface by
the pope. What does <i>Boniface </i>mean?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
are Boniface's specific goals for ministering in Germany, following
the example of Augustine?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
does Boniface plan to do to the sacred Druid oak tree, and why?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
did the Archdruid intend to do with a small child at the oak tree,
and why?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
message did Boniface bring to the Druids about Jesus?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
does Boniface do with the wood from the oak tree?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
does Boniface want to do with the Druid traditions of the mistletoe,
Yule log and holly?</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
kind of tree will now be used to celebrate Christmas?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Find
three words in this story which are unfamiliar to you and look them
up. What do they mean?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The Holly and the Ivy"</span></div>
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<span style="background: #ffffff;">“<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
holly and the ivy,<br />When they are both full grown<br />Of all the
trees that are in the wood<br />The holly bears the crown<br /> <i>O
the rising of the sun<br /> And the running of the deer<br /> The playing
of the merry organ<br /> Sweet singing in the choir</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The holly bears a berry</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As red as any blood</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To do poor sinners good</span><br />
<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">O the rising of the sun<br />And the running of the deer<br />The playing of the merry organ<br />Sweet singing in the choir</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
holly bears a blossom<br />As white as lily flower<br />And Mary bore
sweet Jesus Christ<br />To be our sweet Saviour<br /> <i>O the
rising of the sun<br /> And the running of the deer<br /> The playing of
the merry organ<br /> Sweet singing in the choir</i>.</span></span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The
holly bears a prickle<br />As sharp as any thorn;<br />And Mary bore
sweet Jesus Christ<br />On Christmas Day in the morn.<br /> <i>O
the rising of the sun<br /> And the running of the deer<br /> The playing
of the merry organ<br /> Sweet singing in the choir</i>.<br /><br />The
holly bears a bark<br />As bitter as any gall;<br />And Mary bore sweet
Jesus Christ<br />For to redeem us all.<br /> <i>O the rising of
the sun<br /> And the running of the deer<br /> The playing of the merry
organ<br /> Sweet singing in the choir</i>.<br /><br />The
holly and the ivy<br />Now both are full well grown,<br />Of all the
trees that are in the wood,<br />The holly bears the crown.<br /> <i>O
the rising of the sun<br /> And the running of the deer<br /> The playing
of the merry organ<br /> Sweet singing in the choir</i>.<br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Question:</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The
middle four verses of “The Holly and the Ivy” start with the words “The
holly bears a...” What four items are mentioned, and what object
is compared to each one? The third line of each of those verses is
“</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And
Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ.” </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
The word </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>bore</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
is the past tense form of the word </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>bear</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.
So the author is also comparing the holly to Mary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are studying other tales, songs, and poems during Advent. Stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Virginia Knowles</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/"><b>www.ContinueWellHomeSchool.blogspot.com</b></a></span><br />
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-1261400455404760472012-10-22T19:21:00.000-04:002012-12-30T17:19:10.289-05:00A Medieval Mish Mash in English Class<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My English class at our home school co-op was a bit of a mish mash today. My assistant Dawn (who is actually now my co-teacher) presented a grammar lesson on conjunctions and interjections, and then I took over for the rest of the class. In their history class earlier in the day, my seven students are learning medieval history, with lessons on St. Columba, St. Gregory the Great, and Japan in their assignments this coming week. I decided to put my laptop computer to use to turn their history lessons into English lessons too. (I love to integrate the school subjects with related literature!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For poetry, we read "The Prayer of St. Columba." The chants and prayers of the early church were passed down from century to century, a potent form of devotional communication. While reading this prayer, we talked about the use of repetition ("Let me...") and parallelism in the first four stanzas. We also talked about the historical context (the "isle" is Iona in Scotland) and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the vocabulary of monasticism, such as </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">liturgy, chant, </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ephemeron/164066296/" target="_blank"><b>cell</b></a></i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Columba crossing" class="rightimg" height="216" src="http://www.allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic_images/columba563.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="200" /></span>Let me bless almighty God,<br />
whose power extends over sea and land,<br />
whose angels watch over all.<br />
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Let me study sacred books to calm my soul:<br />
I pray for peace,<br />
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Let me do my daily work,<br />
gathering seaweed, catching fish,<br />
giving food to the poor.<br />
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Let me say my daily prayers,<br />
sometimes chanting, sometimes quiet,<br />
always thanking God.</div>
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Delightful it is to live<br />
on a peaceful isle, in a quiet cell,<br />
serving the King of kings.</div>
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Accessed at: <a href="http://www.allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic/columba_prayer.html">http://www.allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic/columba_prayer.html</a></div>
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Next, speaking of chants, St. Gregory, who was a reluctant pope (preferring the simple life of a monk), is most known for the chants named after him. We listened to a short one.</div>
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Then, more poetry, this time Japanese style! I explained the basic structure of haiku -- first line 5 syllables, second line 7 syllables, third line 5 syllables -- and that it is usually about a nature theme and uses a word that reveals the season. This was not an in-depth lesson. Maybe next week we will actually try writing some. I just wanted them to get a taste of it to whet their appetites. Here is one web page that helped me: <a href="http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-haiku-poems.html">http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-haiku-poems.html</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up, since Dawn had made a passing reference to Schoolhouse Rock's song about Interjections in her grammar lesson, I found it via a quick Google search. Hilarious! Takes me back to childhood educational TV! (The series started airing in 1973 when I was 9 or 10. Now <i>that's</i> medieval!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More on grammar... I had wanted to read a book called </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/many-luscious-lollipops" target="_blank">Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives</a></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> last week when they were studying... adjectives! I ran out of time then, but was able to tuck it in today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>"It never fails to add details to what you write or say... a MESMERIZING, COLORFUL, and GLITTERING display."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last but not least, our very favorite part of the class is when my students get to read some of their creative writing assignments. Last week's assignment, launching off the legend of King Arthur's birth, was to write about something special or interesting about their own birth or early childhood. This involved interviewing their parents. One of the girls wrote a hilariously true tale about sneaking out of her crib in the middle of the night at the tender age of 18 months, raiding the refrigerator, and painting her sleeping mother's back with sour cream. Never a dull moment in English class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If we'd had more time, we would have reviewed our lessons on <b><i>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i></b>, our current literature selection. We'll get back to that next week. See:<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-lion-witch-and-wardrobe-study-guide.html" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Study Guide, Part 1</span></i></b></a></span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Virginia Knowles</span><br />
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-53412398332101858012012-09-19T13:41:00.001-04:002012-12-30T17:19:10.295-05:00Masterpieces from the Bible (Image & Imagination #2)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last week I started a new blog series,<b><span style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/search/label/Image%20and%20Imagination" target="_blank">Image & Imagination</a></span></b>, to</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> explore how to stimulate our children's curiosity with pictures</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like to integrate fine art and Biblical themes when I teach, whether it is in my own home or in our home school co-op English or history classes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our 5th and 6th graders have been studying the early church in history class and reading through the book of Acts in English class. In class this week, I showed them several pieces from the huge volume of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Bible-stories-master-paintings/dp/B0006BW524"><b>Great Bible Stories and Master Paintings</b></a> by Owen S. Rachleff, which was a gift from my late father-in-law in our early home schooling years. I wish we had more time to take a long look at them! Maybe next week... You can look up these paintings on-line, keeping in mind that there are variations in titles. I have linked some of them here:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.wga.hu/html/g/greco_el/12/1214grec.html"><b><span style="color: red;">“</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wga.hu/html/g/greco_el/12/1214grec.html"><b><span style="color: red;">The Pentecost”</span></b></a>
by El Greco (Spanish, 1541-1614)</span></div>
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“</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/highlight.cgi?file=html/a/angelico/10/3east/30east.html&find=stephen"><b><span style="color: red;">The Stoning of St. Stephen”</span></b></a> by Fra Angelico (Italian, c. 1400-1455)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.wga.hu/framex-e.html?file=html/c/caravagg/05/29ceras.html&find=conversion"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">“</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wga.hu/framex-e.html?file=html/c/caravagg/05/29ceras.html&find=conversion"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Conversion on the Way to Damascus”</span></b></a> by Caravaggio (Italian, 1565-1610) </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Liberation
of St. Peter” by Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)</span></div>
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“Apostle</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Paul in Prison</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">”</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> by Rembrandt (Dutch, 1606-1669)</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/12/1214grec.html"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">St. John the Evangelist on Patmos</span></b></a>” by Hieronymous Bosch (Flemish, c. 1450-1516)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another masterpiece that I've been enjoying lately is "The Adoration of the Lamb of God" by Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck. This picture has graced the front of our church bulletin every week in this liturgical season after Pentecost. I wonder what painting will come next?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The painting you see above is not even the full piece of art. It is a portion of the lower center panel in a<i> polyptych</i> (multi-panel) piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can find wonderful commentaries on masterpiece paintings on-line. Here are two which are particularly helpful for this piece:</span><br />
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<li><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artbible.info/art/lamb-of-god.html">Art and the Bible: Lamb of God</a></b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wga.hu/tours/flemish/eyck/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Web Gallery of Art: The Adoration of the Lamb</b></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For example, within its lengthy description, the latter of these sites notes, </span><i><span style="background-color: #f0f6ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12px;">"Thus the </span><a href="http://www.wga.hu/tours/flemish/eyck/1open3/l3adora.html" style="background-color: #f0f6ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12px;" target="DETAIL">central panel</a><span style="background-color: #f0f6ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12px;"> of the lower tier portrays the saints symbolizing the eight Beatitudes gathered round the </span><a href="http://www.wga.hu/tours/flemish/eyck/1open3/l3adora1.html" style="background-color: #f0f6ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12px;" target="DETAIL">altar</a><span style="background-color: #f0f6ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12px;"> where the sacrifice of the Lamb is taking place, at the centre of the heavenly garden which has sprung from His blood."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I encourage you to look at the sites I linked and study this painting and others. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On my class blog in previous years, I posted several lessons which include a lot of Biblical art along with associated writing and literature assignments. </span><br />
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<li><a href="http://providenceenglish.blogspot.com/2009/12/life-of-christ-fresco-paintings-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Life of Christ Fresco Paintings by Giotto</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providenceenglish.blogspot.com/2011/12/advent-assignment-5-luke-7-and-jesus.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Jesus, Friend of Sinners</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providenceenglish.blogspot.com/2011/12/advent-assignment-6-luke-8-and-baby.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Baby Jesus at the National Gallery of Art</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providenceenglish.blogspot.com/2009/09/paintings-about-story-of-esther.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Paintings about the Story of Esther</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://providenceenglish.blogspot.com/2009/09/paintings-about-story-of-daniel.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">Paintings about the Story of Daniel</span></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://providenceenglish.blogspot.com/2009/07/painting-of-joseph-and-his-brothers.html" target="_blank">Painting of Joseph and His Brothers</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-of-albrecht-durer.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;">The Art of Albrecht Dürer</span></a>
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<br />Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-66097171657699677052012-09-18T11:10:00.001-04:002012-12-30T17:19:10.298-05:00The Apostles' Creed<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe in God the <u>Father</u>, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And in Jesus Christ, his only <b>begotten</b> <u>Son</u>, our Lord:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who was conceived by the <u>Holy Ghost</u>, born of the Virgin Mary:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He <b>descended </b>into hell:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The third day he rose again from the dead:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He <b>ascended</b> into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From <b>thence </b>he shall come to judge the <b>quick</b> and the dead:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe in the <b>Holy Ghost</b>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe in the holy <b>catholic</b> church: the <b>communion </b>of <b>saints</b>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The forgiveness of sins:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The resurrection of the body:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the life <b>everlasting</b>. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>begotten</b> - born</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>ascended</b> – went up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>thence </b>– there</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>catholic</b> – universal or whole (not the same thing as the Roman Catholic church)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>communion</b> – fellowship</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>saints –</b> believers in Jesus, all Christians</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>everlasting</b> – lasting forever, eternal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>trinity</b> – three-in-one (This word is not in the creed, but the three persons in the one God are listed: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. I have underlined them in the text.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first line in Latin and English:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Credo</b></span> in<b> <span style="color: purple;">Deum</span></b> <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Patrem</b></span> <span style="color: red;"><b>omnipotentem</b></span>; <span style="color: purple;"><b>Creatorem</b></span> <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>coeli</b></span> et<span style="color: red;"> <b>terrae</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>I believe</b></span> in <span style="color: purple;"><b>God</b></span> <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>the Father</b></span> <span style="color: red;"><b>Almighty</b></span> <span style="color: purple;"><b>creator of</b></span> <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>heaven</b></span> and <b><span style="color: red;">earth</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In our home school co-op, the 5th-6th graders are using </span><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=427060" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Mystery of History Volume 2</b></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in their history class. As their English teacher, I am trying to coordinate my assignments with what they are doing in history. This week I noticed they are learning about The Apostles' Creed, so I decided to go over some of the unfamiliar words. They will be reciting and copying the creed this week for homework. Optionally, they may illustrate it and/or make it look like an old scroll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are two helpful links to learn more about the history and significance of the Apostles' Creed, the most widely used statement of belief in the western church: </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/apostles.htm"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/apostles.htm</span></a>
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-76693507824316082142012-09-15T11:29:00.000-04:002018-08-22T18:43:02.869-04:00The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Study Guide, Part 1 with Web Links<div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In our home school co-op, the 5th-6th English class that I teach is reading<b><i> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i></b> from the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. We do about two chapters per week, and I am creating the study questions, writing assignments and activities as I go. There are 17 chapters in the book, and so far I have finished up through chapter 8. I'll post the other 9 chapters later on! (Edit to add - many years later, I never did!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The study questions are a mix of simple recall and deeper reflection. Occasionally, I refer to vocabulary words, grammar, punctuation, or literary devices. Some of the writing assignments are geared for practical real life application, while others stimulate imagination and creativity. If you have study questions or writing assignments to suggest, please add them in a comment!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the bottom of this post, I have included several links to other on-line study guides for this book. Some of them are suitable for older or younger children. Quite the smorgasbord! There is also a YouTube clip from the movie sound track. You may want to watch the movie after reading the book and discuss how things are different or the same between them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Study
Questions and Writing Assignments</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Part
1: Chapters 1-8</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
1: Lucy Looks Into a Wardrobe</b></u></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
main elements of a story are the <b>characters</b>, the <b>setting</b>
(time and place), and the <b>plot</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Characters</b></span></div>
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<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">List
all of the characters mentioned in this chapter.</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Match
the four children with these descriptions:</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ____________________
is sassy, grouchy and mocking.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ____________________
is sentimental and nurturing.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ____________________
is adventurous and intelligent leader.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ____________________
is cautious but curious.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Settings</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What
is the historical time period? In 1940-1941, during World War 2,
Nazi Germany bombed London and other British cities. Over 43,000
people died and 140,000 were injured. For their own safety,
thousands children were sent to live in the country with relatives,
friends, and even strangers. Author C.S. Lewis draws on his memories
of hosting refugee children in his country home as he writes this
book.</span></div>
<ol start="2">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3.
List the three settings in this chapter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4.
What are some of things that the children find in the rooms?</span></div>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Writing
Assignment</b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Imagine
that you could design a dream house that reflects your own interests.
It can be as large or as small as you want. Where will it be? What
will it look like on the outside? Describe each room in your house.
What will they be used for? What will they contain? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Activity:</u></b> Draw your dream house: what it looks like from the front, what one room looks like, a floor
plan. Download<b><span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/download/">SketchUp</a></span></b> for free and try designing a 3-D model of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
2: What Lucy Found There</b></u></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tumnus, the Faun, asks Lucy if
she is a Daughter of Eve? What does he mean by that? Why is Lucy
confused?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">List the four different kinds
of forest creatures who live in Narnia. </span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What was Tumnus plotting when
he lured Lucy into his cave and lulled her to sleep with food,
stories, and flute playing?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What could be the consequence
if he did not carry through on his plan?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What are three ways we can
tell that Tumnus is remorseful and repentant?</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
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<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Writing Assignment</b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yesterday you wrote about a big
house you would like to live in. Today, you are going to write about
a small one. If you had an entire home to live in by yourself that
was as small as Tumnus's cave room, what would it be like? Make a
list of what would you need to live in your home and a few extra
things that you would want. What are some practical ways you could
“make do” in such a small space?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Activity:</u></b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Plan to invite a friend over for a simple meal or dessert. What will you serve? What activities will you do? Think about what you can do to make your guest feel welcome and comfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
3: Edmund and the Wardrobe</b></u></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li value="1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lucy thinks she has been gone
for “hours and hours” but her brothers and sister say they saw
her only a few minutes ago. Why?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What do her brothers and
sister think and do about what she has told them?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Edmund apologizes to Lucy
for not believing her, is he showing true remorse? How do we know?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A “sledge” is another word
for sleigh, a vehicle that travels over the snow on runners. What
kind of animals are pulling the sleigh, and who is driving it?</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Creative
Assignment</b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Draw a picture of the White
Witch, also known as the Queen of Narnia. Or create your own villain
or superhero and provide captions to describe what they can do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
4: Turkish Delight</b></u></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How are the White Witch's
inward attitudes different from her outer actions? What do we call
this?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How did the food and drink
appear?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why did Edmund want more and
more Turkish Delight? How did this affect his ability to think
about what he was doing and saying?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After flattering him by
telling him how wonderful he is (when he actually isn't), what does
the White Witch promise Edmund, and what must he do to get what is
promised? </span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why does the White Witch want
Edmund to keep it a secret?</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Writing
Assignment</b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Write a paragraph about
something that a person your age might want to do or have more than
anything. Tell why this might become addictive (something they can't
seem to give up, even if they try) and what the consequences might be
if they continue to give in to this strong desire. How could they
overcome it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Activity:</u></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Buy some Turkish Delight (which you might find at a Middle Eastern grocery store) and serve with a hot drink.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
5: Back on This Side of the Door</b></u></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Go
on Edmund; tell them all about it.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
A semi-colon is used to separate sections of the sentence. A
semi-colon is stronger than a comma, but not as strong as a period.
Write your own sentence with a semi-colon.</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Edmund
is acting really nasty in this chapter. What are some synonyms
(similar meaning words) of <i>nasty</i>
that are used in this chapter to describe Edmund and his actions?
(P.S. A word to compare how nasty something is is <i>nastier</i><i><b>
</b></i>and
someone who is the most nasty is called <i>nastiest.
</i>One
sentence also says that he gave a little <i>snigger,
</i>which
is a short mocking laugh. </span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why did the Professor suggest
that Lucy might actually be telling the truth? Give at least three
reasons. </span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Professor also suggests
only three possibilities about what Lucy is aying: that she is
lying, that she is mad, or that she is telling the truth. That may
be true in this situation, but in general life, there is actually a
fourth possibility. Someone can be sincerely mistaken after being
given misleading, confusing, or false information. They may not be
accurate, but they are not intentionally deceiving anyone or being
crazy. Tell of a time when this happened to you or someone you
know.</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why did all four children end
up going into the wardrobe in this chapter?</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Writing
Assignment</b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Professor suggests that
Lucy is more credible (believable) than Edmund. If you want people
to think that you are credible, what kind of character and actions do
you need to have? Name a fairy tale or other commonly known story
where someone lacked credibility? Why? What was the result?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
6: Into the Forest</b></u></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What did the children discover
at the Faun's home?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is the “Queen's”
first name?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is Lucy's response when
Susan says they should go home? What does this say about her
character?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How did the children know
which way to go to look for Tumnus?</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Writing
Assignment</b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In one paragraph, describe
something that you have had to do that required risk or extra effort.
What was the result?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Chapter
7: A Day with the Beavers</b></u></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Anthropomorphism</i>
is when an animal, plant, or deity is given human characteristics,
behavior and language. <i>Anthro</i>
means <i>human</i>
and <i>morph</i>
means <i>change.
</i>List
all of the animals and plants that act like humans in this chapter,
and tell what they can do. Be as complete and as specific as you
can, thinking especially of things that humans can do that animals
and plants can't.</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">List
your three favorite animal characters that act like humans in other
stories. Each one should be from a different story or series.
(Disney movies are a good source for this!)</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Body
language</i>
is an important part of communication, sometimes even more important
than the actual words that you say. What did Mr. Beaver communicate
by his gestures?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What
object did Mr. Beaver give to the four children to gain their trust?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2
Corinthians 2:14-16a says, <span style="color: black;"><i><b>“</b></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i>But
thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession
in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the
knowledge of him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ
among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.</i></span><span style="color: black;"><i><b>
</b></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i>To
the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance
of life.”</i></span>
Thinking about those verses, why do you think
each of the children subconsciously reacted in a different way to
the mention of Aslan's name? You may have to ponder this question a
little bit, or ask a parent for help. </span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">What
do you think Edmund was thinking when he saw the two little hills?</span></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">List
five things that the children ate or drank at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Beaver. Which of these would you most enjoy?</span></span></span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: #ffffff;">Writing
Assignment:</span></b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
author compares the children's reaction to the mention of Alsan's
name to being in the middle of a dream and not understanding the
details but somehow still grasping the significance of it. Write about an
interesting, funny, or confusing dream or a nightmare that yo</span>u
remember. Do you think there was any meaning to it? For example,
had you been thinking or wishing or worrying about something, and
then dreamed about it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Activity:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Demonstrate body language with your gestures and facial expressions to show that you are angry, happy, sad, excited, confused, or that you want to be left alone. Or play Charades!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Chapter
8: What Happened After Dinner</u></b></span></span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What does Mr. Beaver think
happened to Tumnus the Faun, and what does he say is the only hope
for rescuing him?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Copy the poem that Mr. Beaver
quotes about Aslan.</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How do Mrs. and Mr. Beaver
each reply when Lucy asks if Aslan is safe? </span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Where will the children meet
Aslan?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is the prophecy about the
Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why did Mr. Beaver think that
Edmund had betrayed them to the White Witch?</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is the most immediate
danger at the end of the chapter?</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: #ffffff;">Writing
Assignment:</span></b></u></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Write
a factual paragraph about beavers. Include an introduction sentence,
one sentence each about what beavers look like, where they live, and
what they eat, and then a concluding sentence. </span>
</div>
<div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Activity:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Play the<b> <a href="http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/activities-games-and-crafts/statues">Statues</a> </b>game -- all you need is four players and some space to move around!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Links to other study guides for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:</span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lion/study.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Spark Notes</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.enotes.com/lion-witch/"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>eNotes</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.gradesaver.com/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/study-guide/essay-questions/"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Grade Saver</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-discussion-guide"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Scholastic</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oxfordtutorials.com/LewisSQ2LWW.htm"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Oxford Tutorials</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.shmoop.com/lion-witch-wardrobe/questions.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Shmoop</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://archives.umc.org/uploads/documents/LWW_Study_Guide.pdf"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>United Methodist Church of the Resurrection</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cowden-herrick.k12.il.us/staff/burruscasey/eLearning/lion/activities/01quest.htm"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Cowden-Herrick On-Line Interactive Activities</b></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In coming posts, lets talk about <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/search/label/Image%20and%20Imagination"><b>Image and Imagination</b></a>. Let's explore how to stimulate our children's curiosity with pictures, whether it is photos like the one above, or masterpiece art, or advertisements, or even random doodles. I think we can get some good writing prompts going! I'd love to hear your ideas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, I confess! I posted <i>two</i> pictures for P52 this week! You can find the other at on my <a href="http://www.comewearymoms.blogspot.com/">www.comewearymoms.blogspot.com</a> at <b><a href="http://www.comewearymoms.blogspot.com/2012/09/clouds-messy-humanity-oysters.html" style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #aa0033; text-decoration: none;">On Clouds, Hands, Oysters and Messy Humanity</a>.<span style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #aa0033;"> </span></b></span>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-64118637398867026182012-08-28T15:56:00.004-04:002012-12-30T17:19:10.297-05:00What We're Doing for Middle School This Year<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A
couple of days ago, I wrote a post on </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.startwellhomeschool.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">www.startwellhomeschool.blogspot.com</span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> about </span></span></span></span><a href="http://startwellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/08/what-were-doing-for-elementary-school.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">What
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We're also home schooling two middle school students: a son in 8th grade and a daughter in 6th grade. My son has
always been home schooled, while my daughter attended a public
elementary school for the last four months of the last school year.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our
family is continuing with the home school co-op that we've been in
for several years with the exception of one year we just home
schooled - at home.</span></span></span></span><br />
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daughter is taking 6th grade math, with only one other student in her
class. They are using the McDougal Littell text, along with a student notebook volume. </span></span></span></span><br />
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science and history, she is in mixed level classes with 4th-6th grade
students. </span></span></span></span></div>
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science class is using the <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=337010">Apologia text about flying creatures</a>,
which is mainly birds and insects but includes bats and other
airborne creatures as well. They are doing lots of hands-on activities and creating a Charlotte Mason style notebook of all they are learning.</span></span></span></span><br />
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history class is using <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=427060">Mystery of History Volume 2</a> by Linda Hobar.
It covers the time period from the early church up through the Middle
Ages. Each day they read a lesson, make note cards with the
important facts, do an activity (such as mapping or a short report) and add a figure to their time line.</span></span></span></span></div>
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grades. I chose to integrate the literature and writing assignments
with their history topics, so if they are studying about Genghis Khan
in history, we'll read a legend about him for English. The easiest way to
accomplish this is to use </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=68306">The Book of Virtues</a> </b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">as our
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Acts in the Bible and C.S. Lewis's </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=09423">The Lion, The Witch and theWardrobe</a>.</b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> I have been writing my own study guide for that. For the last class, I brought in some Turkish Delight candy since Edmund eats this while being lured by the evil White Witch in the third chapter.
The first two chapters featured the Professor's huge
country mansion and the Faun's small cave, so I assigned the following
for creative writing: </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Imagine that you could design a dream house
that reflects your own interests. It can be as large or as small as
you want. Where will it be? What will it look like on the outside?
Describe each room in your house. What will they be used for? What
will they contain? Draw a floor plan if you would like.” and
“Yesterday you wrote about a
big house you would like to live in. Today, you are going to write
about a small one. If you had an entire home to live in by yourself
that was as small as Tumnus's cave room, what would it be like? Make
a list of what would you need to live in your home and a few extra
things that you would want. What are some practical ways you could
“make do” in such a small space?”</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> I know my students (6 girls
and 1 boy) enjoying this project immensely and we had a lot of fun when they read their house descriptions in class. I mentioned that they might want to
download the free version of the <a href="http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/index.html">Sketchup 3-D drawing program</a> to design their
houses, and some of them have been doing that, too. In the spring, we will also read the book <strong><em>The Door in the Wall</em></strong> by Marguerite DeAngeli<strong><em>. </em></strong>Usually I would assign more novels, but since we have a lot of stories from <strong><em>The Book of Virtues</em></strong> and the co-op leaders asked me to focus more on writing this year (a current need), I limited it to just those two.</span></div>
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reading and writing, they are also doing two workbooks from Spectrum:
<a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=965306">Language Arts 6</a> and <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=682960">Word Study and Phonics 6</a>. My classroom assistant, another mom in our co-op, has been helping a lot with the grammar lessons in the Language Arts workbook. She is very enthusiastic about this, and has even set some grammar facts, such as the list of indefinite pronouns, to hymn tunes. Speaking of that, we're also going to try to tuck in a little music sight reading skills along the way. Singing <em>is</em> a form of communication, isn't it?</span></span></span></span></div>
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of her older sisters convinced her to start <i><b>Little Women</b></i>
by Louisa May Alcott, which has been a good pick for her.</span></span></span></span></div>
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8<sup>th</sup> grade son is using the <i><b>McDougal Littell
Pre-Algebra </b></i>text for math. For history, he and the other
7th-8<sup>th</sup> graders are doing A Beka <i><b>America, Land I
Love</b></i>. Like many of the other 8<sup>th</sup> graders in
co-op, he is taking Apologia Biology for high school credit, since
that follows last year's General Science course pretty nicely. His
English class is using the <i><b>BJU Press Writing &</b></i><b>
</b><i><b>Grammar</b></i> workbook, as well as a variety of
literature. Their first book is <i><b>The Dangerous Journey</b></i>,
an adaptation of Pilgrim's Progress. They will also be reading
<strong><em>The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Light In The Forest,</em></strong> <strong><em>Sounder, </em></strong>and <strong><em>From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</em></strong>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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husband is responsible for helping my son with his math and science,
as well as grading assignments for both of those classes. I am very
grateful. He does this for our high school son's math and science,
too.</span></span></span></span></div>
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addition to his co-op classes, my son likes to draw, take pictures of
nature (especially birds, especially after taking the same Apologia
flying creatures class this his sister is in now), make videos, and
read a wide variety of non-fiction. My sister sent a big box of
books this week and he immediately claimed a biography of Thomas
Edison, a drawing book, and Anna Botsford Comstock's massive <strong><em>Handbook of
Nature Study</em></strong>, which was orginally published a century ago.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: medium;">Our family also has a Fun Pass to Sea World, thanks to help from my mom. If you pay for a single day ticket, they give you the rest of the year free! That's a lot of marine science field trips.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So that's
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: red;"><a href="http://www.continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/"><strong>www.ContinueWellHomeSchool.blogspot.com</strong></a></span></span></span></div>
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-49333346649355690672012-06-13T15:44:00.000-04:002018-08-22T21:34:01.737-04:00Preparing Our Children for the Storms of Life<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw122Q2vODmYykkrtvu6hGNLAK0Tih-bIPUCorGcpAP_c-9qlOz4zqvZjjIvUijxFSD3Wy1fjxaei4Yg3eRDx7nK_Phqj3W4SrG-4QFK4wzGviS78rhYTtOUUloG2zuWcNxw7MMIVtX6jM/s1600/Storm+at+night+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw122Q2vODmYykkrtvu6hGNLAK0Tih-bIPUCorGcpAP_c-9qlOz4zqvZjjIvUijxFSD3Wy1fjxaei4Yg3eRDx7nK_Phqj3W4SrG-4QFK4wzGviS78rhYTtOUUloG2zuWcNxw7MMIVtX6jM/s320/Storm+at+night+2.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The storms of life will come and go, but will your child be prepared or be blown away? In some ways, home schooling shelters children from many storms of life – appropriately so! In other ways, it can prepare them to be even more effective in dealing with challenging and disappointing situations. This process takes effort on the parents’ part as they try to discern the balance of sheltering and preparing. There are many ways any parent can help prepare a child for weathering the storms of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Cultivate a sense that God is in control, no matter what happens.</strong> Show how faith, hope, and love can conquer depression, fear, and anger. We don’t always understand what is happening, but we can trust a sovereign God. In showing God’s providence and our need for perseverance, you can use Bible stories (such as Joseph, Ruth, or David), Bible verses (such as Psalm 43:5, James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, Romans 8:26-39, 1 Peter 1:6-9, and Habakkuk 3:17-19), hymns and worship songs, and prayer. Many children are disillusioned when they pray and God doesn’t answer like they want him to. Explain that sometimes he answers yes, sometimes no, and sometimes wait. Share stories from your own life when you asked God for something that would not have been good for you, and how you are glad you didn’t get your own way. You can also model a wholesome response to trials in your own life. Your children are always watching you! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Equip your child with both skills and responsibility ahead of time.</strong> Don’t coddle your children – challenge them! If you make life too easy for them, they will never be strong enough to face the outside world. Stretch them appropriately in their academics and household chores, and don’t let them give up on an assignment just because they think it is too hard. Press on! Children who have learned to value responsibility and duty over comfort and convenience will have more inner strength to face challenges in life. There are also specific skills you can teach that will help your child prevent or solve problems. Be sure to cover time management, money management, organization skills, household repair, etiquette, and communication, etc. With younger children, play “What If?” games, asking what they could do if they got lost at the mall, or another child dared them to do something wrong. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Teach Biblical peacemaking concepts. Walk them through how to resolve interpersonal conflicts, which are usually either the cause or result of so many of life’s storms. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Let your child “own” his trials.</strong> You can comfort them and brainstorm with them, but don’t be quick to offer easy answers. Make it a dialogue, where you are merely coaching them through solving their own problems. Give plenty of time – don’t rush through this process! Follow up later on to see how well they are coping with the aftermath, and if there is any bitterness or confusion. Teach your children to think ahead of time about the consequences of their choices. “If I do this, then that could happen.” Let them suffer the natural consequences of their own poor behavior, since they will learn from that more than from a lecture. Do not let them whine, sulk, or manipulate others. Hold them responsible for their share of conflicts, rather than simply blaming the other party to salvage a child’s feelings. If you see your child reacting to a frustration with bitterness, accusation or impatience, stop them and role play a calm, wholesome response. I no longer allow my children to yell, “THIS IS STUPID!” Instead, they may say, “I don’t understand this.” [Note in 2012: I definitely think we're slipping in this area!] And finally, encourage your child to look for a life lesson that God is trying to teach them through this lesson. If they caused their own problem, they could learn to repent and prevent situations from happening like this again. In a situation that was not the child’s fault, they can learn patience to endure, faith in God’s care, and compassion for others who are suffering. Be sure to point out “evidences of grace” that you see in your child’s life because of this trial that has helped them to mature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>In your home schooling time, be aware of teachable moments.</strong> Read plenty of heart-reaching books where the people face difficult circumstances. Talk about what they did that was appropriate, and what they did that wasn’t. Biographies, well-written fiction, and even history text books can be so vital! The time periods of the early church persecutions, the Reformation, the American Revolution, slavery, Civil War, Holocaust, Civil Rights era, and others provide many examples you can use in teaching how to deal with adversity. We also like the animated history videos produced by NEST (</span><a href="http://www.nestfamily.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #006a80; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">www.nestfamily.com</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">)</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, since they show the struggles that famous people have faced. While studying science, point out instances in the natural world where “adversity” is necessary to produce the best results, such as precious metals being refined, gemstones being hacked out of the ground and chiseled into shape, muscles being exercised, tree roots growing deep for nourishment and anchoring, etc. Math can be a major source of frustration. However, it can model more general problem solving principles, such as staying calm in the knowledge that the problem is here to teach you something valuable, following any instructions, breaking it down into smaller parts, thinking through the different options, working carefully with keen attention to detail, asking for help when necessary, and checking to make sure the solution is reasonable. See how even the academic aspects of home schooling can prepare your child for facing the storms of life? What a blessing!<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope that these ideas are as helpful to you as they have been to me over the years. Of course, we’re still working on them, but with 10 children in the house, there are plenty of opportunities to practice! </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S. I wrote this many many years ago for my e-magazine, The Hope Chest, and later posted it on another (now defunct) blog in 2006. I really need to go over this stuff again! Yow!</span></span></div>
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-90485991379130125792012-03-30T10:14:00.000-04:002012-03-30T10:14:25.840-04:00How to Write a How To!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">This is an assignment I gave to my 7th-8th grade English students in our home school co-op several weeks ago. They really seemed to enjoy this one!</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">EXPOSITORY WRITING ASSIGNMENT<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This
week your assignment is to write about how to do something. This
writing skill comes in quite handy because giving people instructions is a
regular part of real life. Here are the steps to writing a great
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topic sentence will introduce what you are going to teach and might give a hint
of why your audience would want to do it.
If necessary, you can use two or three sentences for this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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supporting detail sentences should show, in chronological order, the steps in
the process, as well as what materials are needed. There may be more than one sentence per
step. Be sure that your transitions
between steps are clear. Keep your steps
in a consistent format. For example, you
might want to present each step in simple command form, and then elaborate more
on it in another sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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concluding sentence should provide some final motivation to go try it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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included all of the important information.
Don't assume that your readers know what you know. Also check to be sure you haven't put
unnecessary, off-topic information into your paragraph since that would be
distracting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Truth never dies. The ages come and go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Destruction lays
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> And empires, states and dynasties expire;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But caught and
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though unreceived
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Though made the butt of ridicule and jest;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though held aloft
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I gave this poem to my 7th-8th grade co-op English students in their homework handouts on the first week of class last August. We read it line by line in class, talking about the concepts, unfamiliar words (such as <i>transient, sublime, </i>and <i>insolence)</i>, repetition (<i>"Truth never dies"</i>) and the rhyming pattern of each verse (<i>ABABCC)</i>. I frequently give them well-written classic poetry in their assignments. It's good for the brain <i>and</i> the heart!</span></span></div>
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<br />Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-24109243895314353662011-08-14T14:14:00.006-04:002011-08-14T14:33:21.616-04:00God's Grace in the Midst of Middle School Misery<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">GOD'S GRACE IN THE MIDST OF MIDDLE SCHOOL MISERY<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">by Virginia Knowles<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, I was one of those middle school outcasts. I dressed and acted weirdly. I talked too much. I played chess at lunch time in the school library with the other outcast nerds, or we hung out at the nerd bench in the playground. I had one dear Christian friend named Donna, a Jewish friend named Teresa, a Mormon friend named Kathleen, and a Chinese friend named Anni. We were social rejects -- and it hurt! So where is God's grace in <i>“Yay! She’s out of here and good riddance!”</i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I reflected on this a few years ago</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, the amazing truth suddenly dawned on me: How kind the Lord was to rescue me up out of that place and give me a fresh start! I had been recently saved but didn't have a church to go to. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In his sweet sovereignty, God moved me all the way across the country to Baltimore to plant me in a nurturing church where folks loved me and discipled me. They didn’t care whether I could play sports or not! A sweet girl named Anne, who sat next to me in chorus class in my new school, invited me to church. Her parents faithfully drove out of their way two or three times a week to come pick me up. By the time I moved away two years later, I had a whole bunch of great Christian friends, and I could hold my own much better among my peers at school. Most importantly, I now had a solid foundation in Scripture, prayer, and missions.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I also see how kind God was to birth klutzy little me into a creative family that skipped sports, dumped the TV for six years, and put heavy emphasis on books, writing, art, and music. Those creative pursuits all still serve me well as a home school mom. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Virginia's note: I wrote this story many years ago, and plan to share it with my 7th-8th grade English students in our Providence Home Educators co-op in conjunction with <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/11/life-of-joseph-in-genesis.html">the story of Joseph in Genesis</a>. Even if your children are entirely schooled at home and not in a classroom, I would encourage you to talk to them about accepting others, being welcoming and friendly, not being self-righteous with those who are different from them, etc. And as adults, we too, should do the same, not just as an example to our children, but because there are hurting people out there who need an authentic friend --- someone to listen and love and not "fix" them.</span><br />
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</span>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-64204167334143336592011-06-23T08:14:00.001-04:002011-06-23T08:19:46.762-04:00Learning Vocabulary from the Bible<h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dear friends,</span></span></h4><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've tried to cultivate a habit of reading a chapter of the Bible to my children each morning. When our school year ended, I got pretty lax with this, but this week, we picked back up in the book of Acts. I was struck as we read through it how many vocabulary words we could learn, so whenever I came to a word that I thought some of my children wouldn't know very well, I stopped and discussed it with them. I feel that this really brings out the meaning of the passage and helps them think about it more fully. Since we aren't doing much formal schooling during the summer, this gives me at least a little time to engage their brains in deeper thinking, too.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I use the New International Version (NIV) 1984 translation for daily reading with my children. You can find this and other versions on <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>www.BibleGateway.com</b></a> or download it onto a mobile device such as an iPod Touch or iPhone using the YouVersion app. You can also probably find a Bible dictionary if you need help with some of the words. I could have used the <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/"><b>www.Dictionary.com</b></a> app on my iPod Touch, but I wasn't thinking about that then.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I usually read and discuss the Bible with my five youngest children, ages 5 to 14. Middle school students probably get the maximum benefit from a vocabulary activity like this, but I would introduce it little by little around third or fourth grade. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Look with me at just the first half of Acts 19. The <b><u>bold underlined</u></b> words are the ones that I covered in our impromptu vocabulary lesson. I could have done a lot more, but I didn't want to drag it on too long since my kids (ages 5-14) do not have infinite attention spans and we were reading the entire chapter. If a word had an alternate meaning, we talked about that, too. For example, <b><u>interior</u> </b>generally means inside. In this context, it means inland or away from the coast. But we also have <u>interior</u> decorators who design the insides of houses. We mentioned a few antonyms (opposites) as well. The opposite of <u><b>interior</b></u> is <b style="text-decoration: underline;">exterior</b>. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We asked questions, such as "Why did the people who were renouncing<b> <u>sorcery</u> </b>burn their scrolls publicly instead of selling them or burning them privately?" (Answer: They didn't want other people to stumble in spiritual darkness by using the scrolls, and they wanted to testify boldly to the community that they were now following Jesus rather than sorcery.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We also tried to apply the concepts to modern day life as well. When we talked about people who weren't Christians <b><u>invoking</u></b> the name of Jesus to cast out demons, I commented that a lot of people talk about Jesus to get people to believe them, but they are using his name for their own purposes, rather than to accurately represent or glorify him. So we need discernment to know what is really right and true. We get that by studying the Bible for ourselves.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here is the passage:</span></div><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Acts 19:1-21</span></h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27587" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">1</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the <u><b>interior</b></u> and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27588" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">2</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">you believed?”</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27589" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">3</sup> So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> “John’s baptism,” they replied.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27590" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">4</sup> Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27591" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">5</sup> On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27592" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">6</sup> When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27593" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">7</sup> There were about twelve men in all.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27594" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">8</sup> Paul entered the <u><b>synagogue</b></u> and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27595" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">9</sup> But some of them became <u><b>obstinate</b>;</u> they refused to believe and publicly <b><u>maligned</u></b> the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27596" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">10</sup> This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27597" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">11</sup> God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27598" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">12</sup> so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27599" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">13</sup> Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to <b><u>invoke</u></b> the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27600" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">14</sup> Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27601" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">15</sup> One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27602" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">16</sup> Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27603" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">17</sup> When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27604" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">18</sup> Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27605" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">19</sup> A number who had practiced <b><u>sorcery</u></b> brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand <b><u>drachmas</u></b>. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27606" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">20</sup> In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.</div><h5 class="passage-header"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27607" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">21</sup> After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.” <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-27608" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">22</sup> He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><u>province</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> of Asia a little longer.</span></h5><h5 class="passage-header" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">~*~*~</span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Give it a try! And please send me your ideas on teaching Bible to children of any age!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To see blog posts on teaching Bible to elementary age children, click here:<b> <a href="http://startwellhomeschool.blogspot.com/search/label/Bible">Bible articles on StartWellHomeSchool</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>. </b>My posts on teaching Bible in the middle school grades (especially through literature) are here:<b> <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/search/label/Bible">Bible articles on ContinueWellHomeSchool</a></b>.</span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">with American Literature </span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stories capture our interest, stir our imagination, and engage the heart.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stories teach us to ask, "What would I do if you found myself in this scenario?"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stories teach, by positive and negative examples, how to handle situations and challenges in life. What are the consequences of each decision? (Noble action can lead to some unpleasant results, but ultimate impact goes far beyond that if you see the long-term big picture.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stories teach us how Biblical themes integrate into history and real life situations, even in books that are not written from an explicitly Christian worldview.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stories teach us how to look and understand from a different perspective. They broaden our horizons, challenge our assumptions, and help us understand other people better.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stories teach us to read, reflect, and respond -- to think and do as a result of the ideas. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is just a sample of the excellent resources available for teaching the "virtuous reality" themes in American history and literature. Many of the books are Newbery winners available in your public library. Texts, audios and videos of speeches, songs, poems, and national documents are on-line. My free study guides are available for many of these, as noted below. You can also find publisher's free study guides for many books at </span><a href="http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/</span></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</i></b> by Elizabeth George Speare - Puritan times & witch trials (<a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/08/witch-of-blackbird-pond-study-questions.html">Free Study Guide</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Johnny Tremain</i></b> by Esther Forbes - Revolutionary War (<a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnny-tremain-study-guide-by-virginia.html">Free Study Guide</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Caddie Woodlawn</i></b> by Carol Ryrie Brink - pioneer days and prejudice (<a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/12/caddie-woodlawn-literature-study.html">Free Study Guide</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Across Five Aprils</i></b> by Irene Hunt - Civil War from both perspectives (<a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/12/across-five-aprils-literature-study.html">Free Study Guide</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Turn Homeward, Hannalee</i></b> and <b><i>Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee</i></b> by Patricia Beatty - </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Civil War and Reconstruction as told from perspective of young displaced Southern girl </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Sing Down the Moon</i></b> by Scott O'Dell - Indian resettlement</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Strawberry Girl</i></b> by Lois Lensky - early 1900's cracker Florida</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</i></b> and other books by Mildred Taylor - racism in 1930s </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Words by Heart</i></b> by Ouida Sebestyen -- racism, Scripture memory, forgiveness -- also DVD </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Lights on the River</i></b> by Jane Resh Thomas (migrant workers) PICTURE BOOK</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>A Day's Work</i></b> by Eve Bunting (immigrants) PICTURE BOOK</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>The Blue and the Grey</i></b> by Eve Bunting (Civil War) PICTURE BOOK</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>American Revolution:</b> George Washington, John Adams, <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-american-communicators-thomas.html">Thomas Jefferson </a>, <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/great-american-communicators-patrick.html">Patrick Henry</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction:</b> Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Socio-economic reform, Civil Rights:</b> <b><i>Jane Addams: Nobel Prize Winner and Founder of Hull House </i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> by Bonnie Carman Harvey, plus Jacob Riis, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Nellie Bly, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-american-communicators-sequoyah.html">Sequoyah</a>, <a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-have-dream-video-text-and-study.html">Dr. Martin Luther King</a>, Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>In God We Trust: Stories of Faith in American History</i></b> by Timothy Crater and Ranelda Hunsicker </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">-- short, readable biographies of American’s Christian leaders in one volume. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (<a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/great-american-communicators-patrick.html">Free Study Guide</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King (<a href="http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-have-dream-video-text-and-study.html">Free Study Guide</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The Declaration of Independence"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The United States Constitution"</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Check <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/">http://www.poemhunter.com/</a> for these and other titles.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"My Country 'Tis of Thee" by Samuel Francis Smith</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Barbara Frietchie," "Expostulation," and "To William Lloyd Garrison" by John Greenleaf Whittier </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I Am An American" by Elias Lieberman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Best Loved Poems of the American People</i></b> compiled by Hazel Felleman</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Anthologies:</b> <b><i>The Children's Book of Virtues</i></b>, <b><i>The Book of Virtues</i></b> and <b><i>The Moral Compass</i></b> edited by Dr. William Bennett - rich treasuries with selections of stories, essays, poems</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Parent/Teacher Book:</b> <b><i>Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination</i></b>, by Vigen Guroian (doesn't cover American historical literature)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Community Service Opportunity:</b> Want action and not just reading about virtuous reality? Check out </span></span><a href="http://www.orlandochildrenschurch.org/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">www.OrlandoChildrensChurch.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and make a difference in your community serving kids from inner city Orlando. OCC meets on Saturday mornings in suburban Maitland and is a life-changing place for young people and adults to volunteer. High school students can also get their Bright Futures volunteer hours there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The reality is that life isn't always fair or pleasant, but we can choose what to believe, what to say, what to do. We can live a "Virtuous Reality" no matter what is going on around us and make a real difference. Otherwise, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “We will have to repent in this generation for not merely the cruel words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Wisdom & Understanding</b> ~ discernment to know what is TRUE and how to apply it to life; listening to others to find out what (and why) they are thinking and feeling; getting the whole story without bias; respecting other perspectives that may differ from your own. See Proverbs & James 1:5-8; 3:13-18. You can't believe everything you see or hear. Many people are ignorant and/or deceptive. Many are also biased and cast an unfair light on the opinions of others, leading to prejudice and discrimination. Not only this, but there is an information explosion with TV, Internet, newspapers, magazines, and more. What is true, real, important and relevant?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Integrity & Honesty</b> ~ doing & saying what is right and true, no matter what ~ knowing & following convictions even at great cost. See 2 Corinthians 1:12, Ephesians 4:25-28. We often have to stand alone. We also have to overcome the desire for ease, popularity, wealth that might tempt us to compromise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Courage</b> ~ bravery & valor in the face of physical limitations, opposition, difficulty, or danger. See Joshua 1:9, Hebrews 11 and 1 Corinthians 16:13. We are not promised an easy life in Christ. Our ultimate safety is in heaven, not on earth. It takes faith in God's care for us to dare to stand firm and risk danger for justice and mercy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Compassion</b> ~ ability to notice another's need, show mercy, and do something to alleviate suffering and/or bring joy. See Psalm 112, Colossians 3:12-14, James 2. People are hurting now more than ever, but many don't show it or we don't know them already. Have we isolated ourselves from suffering by apathy or ignorance?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Justice </b>~ not only treating others fairly, but working for truth, liberty, and equity in the society and culture as a whole. See Isaiah 58, Amos 5, Micah 6:8, and Matthew 23:23. Many people are only out for themselves, willing to cheat, lie, slander, steal, exploit, and even murder to get their own way. Imagine living in a Third World country where the government is corrupt or inept. What will it take to maintain justice in the USA so it doesn't get that bad here and so that we can continue to set an example of liberty to the rest of the world?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The background noise is from a workshop in the next classroom. Apparently <b>Debbie Strayer's</b> class enjoyed her humor! She's a great inspirational and educational speaker, and it was an honor to be presenting at the same conference as her. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Note: Debbie passed away suddenly in July 2013. You can read a tribute <a href="http://homeschoolingtoday.com/debbie-strayer/" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">A big thank you to Christina Mitchell, my teenage helper, who agreed to video the workshop for me. I only told her where the record button was on the camera, and she took it from there! She's got a good steady hand!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I referred to another keynote speaker, <b>Jim Weiss</b>. I really appreciated his story telling workshop and his session on heroes. The man has an amazing grasp of how to make history come alive, but you don't have to hear him in person to benefit from this since he has dozens of story sets on CD. Check out his web site: <a href="http://www.greathall.com/">www.greathall.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Despite the fact that I mentioned Quakers quite favorably several times, I am not one! (I attend <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.lakebaldwinchurch.com">Lake Baldwin Church</a>, a small Presbyterian congregation.) I did, however, want to give you the 17th verse to John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "<a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/expostulation/">Expostulation</a>." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Rise now for Freedom! not in strife<br />Like that your sterner fathers saw,<br />The awful waste of human life,<br />The glory and the guilt of war:'<br />But break the chain, the yoke remove,<br />And smite to earth Oppression's rod,<br />With those mild arms of Truth and Love,<br />Made mighty through the living God!</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The entire object of true education is to make people</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">not merely learned, but to love knowledge;</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">not merely pure, but to love purity;</span></i><br />
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-12130285299977851252011-01-21T10:05:00.000-05:002013-01-21T14:19:48.613-05:00Great American Communicators: Patrick Henry<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Great American Communicators: </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Patrick Henry </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Patrick Henry was home schooled by his father and his uncle. He had ten brothers and sisters. He didn’t do well at farming or storekeeping, so he taught himself law. He became famous for a case known as “The Parson’s Cause” and went on to establish himself as a prominent lawyer in Williamsburg, Virginia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Patrick married twice. His first wife, Sarah, went insane after childbirth and had to be confined to her home for several years until she died. Between both wives, he had 15 children, but not all of them survived childhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A powerful orator, Patrick Henry was always a staunch supporter of liberty and patriotism. His “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech in March 1775 is credited with starting the American Revolution in Virginia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He held the following public offices: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Delegate, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765-1775 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Member, Virginia Committee of Correspondence, 1773 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1775 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Delegate, Virginia Convention, 1776 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Governor of Virginia, 1776-1779, 1784-1786 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Delegate, Virginia Constitution Ratification Convention, 1788 </span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can hear a historian recite Patrick Henry’s speech at this web site:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm#speech"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm#speech</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
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<ol><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Carefully read the speech below. . </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Choose at least five of the underlined words to look up and define. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Write one reason why Patrick Henry thinks the Americans should rise up and fight now rather than waiting. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Find an instance where he uses sarcasm to make a point and put a * by it. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Write a summary of the main points of this speech.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Recite the speech with passion.</span></li>
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<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A speech delivered by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775 </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the <u>magnitude</u> of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of <u>treason</u> towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. </span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and <u>arduous</u> struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our <u>petition</u> has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition <u>comports</u> with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and <u>reconciliation</u>? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and <u>subjugation</u>; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this <u>martial</u> array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to <u>entreaty</u> and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have <u>prostrated</u> ourselves before the throne, and have implored its <u>interposition</u> to arrest the <u>tyrannical</u> hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve<u> inviolate</u> those <u>inestimable</u> privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so <u>formidable</u> an <u>adversary</u>. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength but <u>irresolution</u> and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of <u>effectual</u> resistance by lying <u>supinely</u> on our backs and hugging the <u>delusive</u> <u>phantom</u> of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the <u>vigilant</u>, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is in vain, sir, to <u>extenuate</u> the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next <u>gale</u> that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our <u>brethren</u> are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!</span></div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-32467564096472081542010-12-27T11:57:00.006-05:002013-08-15T13:15:12.158-04:00Across Five Aprils Literature Study Questions and Related Poetry<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Five Aprils</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
by Irene Hunt is a poignant novel for middle school age readers, although
it can also be used for upper elementary and high school. Set during the
Civil War, the title refers to the fact that the war started in April 1861 and
ended in April 1865. This is a deep novel about complex issues and the
different perspectives that can be taken about slavery and war. Expect to read
carefully along with your student and be prepared to discuss the themes.
There is much to learn about life, courage, and decisions here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IMPORTANT
NOTE: I have referred to three historical poems in this study guide. You can
find them in the on-line study guide document which <b><i>also contains
all of the questions you find below</i> </b>in an easy-to-print <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B3mJ4mA4GxyFZTA3YzE4MDYtNGM3My00OGI2LWE3ZWMtNTk5ZjdjOWY5NTY4&hl=en"><span style="color: red;">Across Five Aprils Study Questions and Poetry PDF</span></a></span></b><span style="color: red;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
novel is available from Christian Book Distributors here: <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136043&item_no=102416"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Across Five Aprils</span></i></b><b><span style="color: red;">
by Irene Hunt</span></b></a>.</span></div>
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can find the publisher's free study guide PDF file here: <a href="http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/acrossfive.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Across Five Aprils Study Guide by Glencoe</span></b></a>.
You may wish to use it instead of or in addition to my study questions
since it has some really great ideas, activities, maps, spelling and
vocabulary words, charts, etc. My questions for chapters 1 and 2 refer to
the "Introducing the Novel" and "Meet Irene Hunt" handouts
which I printed out from it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
can also use <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/fiveaprils/"><b><span style="color: red;">Spark Notes for Across Five Aprils</span></b></a> and <a href="http://www.bookrags.com/Across_Five_Aprils"><b><span style="color: red;">Book
Rags for Across Five Aprils</span></b></a>.<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I have not read all the way through these, so I don't know
much of what is in them.</span></span></div>
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note that there may be some minor typos in my study guide and that the
page numbers were from the edition we used in our home school co-op class, so
if a question is driving you nuts, just skip it! :-) </span></div>
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1</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read
“Introducing the Novel” handout from the publisher's study guide before
reading chapter 1.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look
at the first sentence (which ends with the word “road”) and tell who
(names of 2 people and their relationship), what (just one main action),
where (as much as you can find), and when (as much as you can find). </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the second paragraph, write down and correct any words in non-standard
English.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Describe
Jethro’s relationship with his mother.</span></li>
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what Jethro’s opinion is about the possibility of war.</span></li>
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<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read
the “Meet Irene Hunt” handout from the publisher's study guide before
reading chapter 2.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
do the ladies show hospitality to Wilse Graham?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Compare
Bill and John and describe their relationship.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
does Jethro’s attitude toward war change on page 32?</span></li>
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news does Shad bring from Newton?</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
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does Bill respond to Jethro’s nighttime fears?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
is Bill’s opinion of the war</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
happened between Bill and John?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read “To William Lloyd Garrison” poem by John Greenleaf
Whittier. William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805–May 24, 1879) was a
prominent United States abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He
is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The
Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery
Society. You can read more at: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">William Lloyd Garrison</span></a> </span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l9 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
page 53, what do we find out about Jethro’s view of suffering?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l9 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
method did Shad use to teach Jethro about the events of the war so far?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l9 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
short rebuke does Shad give to Jethro?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l9 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
plans does Shad have for Jethro?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l9 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read
entire <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.famous-poems.org/poems/john-greenleaf-whittier/expostulation" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">“Expostulation” poem by John
Greenleaf Whittier</span></a></span></b> and copy the verse below.
(See if you can memorize it, too!) John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17,
1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and forceful
advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. You can read
more at John Greenleaf Whittier and his poem "Barbara
Frietchie."</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
is Jethro’s task in this chapter?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
happens at the store in Newton?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Describe
Russ (Red) Milton.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
has your opinion of Dave Burdow changed since the start of this chapter?</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l10 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
major change occurs in Jethro’s life in this chapter? </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l10 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
does Jenny describe herself (two ways) on page 95?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l10 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Describe
the change in Matt Creighton’s personality on page 96.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l10 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
makes Jethro angry in this chapter?</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
does Ross Milton do on behalf of the Creighton family?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
happens to Guy Wortman?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
is Jethro puzzled about at the end of this chapter?</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
event happens at the Creighton’s farm?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Copy
the paragraph which starts and the bottom of page 123 and ends on the top
of 124.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Correct
the grammar, punctuation, and spelling in this statement by John on page
127: <i>“The sufferin and scenes of death was sech as to make a mans hart
hate war.”</i></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
is Shad’s opinion of General McClellan compared to General Burnside?</span></li>
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happens in the beginning of this chapter which makes everyone uneasy?</span></li>
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is Jethro’s dilemma after he finds Eb?</span></li>
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does he decide to do?</span></li>
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is the result of the letter which Jethro sent?</span></li>
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What does Shad’s spinster aunt request in her letter?</span></div>
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Find and correct any incorrect words in Jenny’s letter which starts: <i>“I go
to the hospital every day…”</i> (Note: This includes putting apostrophes in
words where necessary.)</span></div>
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in the chapter, the author comments: <i>“Those who fought battles
comfortably within their homes or newspaper offices had more than enough
mud to spare.”</i> What does this mean?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
was President Lincoln’s offer to the Confederates?</span></li>
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news does Jethro’s family receive about Bill?</span></li>
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did Sherman’s Army of Tennessee do to Georgia?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
was Ed Turner’s reaction to his son’s letter?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
did Ross Milton say about “peace” when the war would be over?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read
this passage aloud with expression to one of your parents, and then
explain what it means to them. Practice several times first! <i>“It was
the saddest and most cruel April of the five. It had held out an almost
unbelievable joy and had then struck out in fury at those whose hands were
outstretched. Jethro had learned to accept the whims of fate, schooled as
he was in the philosophy of men who work the soil. The rains came or they
were withheld, the heat ripened the grain or blasted it with scorching
flame, the ears of corn matured in golden beauty of they were infested by
worms or blight. One accepted the good or the evil with humility, for life
was a mystery, and questions were not for the lowly. But on the last
Sunday of that April, a Sunday of sunlight and bright sky, Jethro lay in
the grass on Walnut Hill, and rage mingled with grief in his heart.”</i></span></li>
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Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683155201102106561.post-78475646643001910362010-12-27T10:59:00.000-05:002010-12-27T10:59:05.892-05:00Caddie Woodlawn Literature Study Questions<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Literature Study Questions for</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>Caddie Woodlawn</em> by Carol Ryrie Brink</strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are very simple study questions designed to get the students to pay attention to what they are reading. They are also suitable for oral narration if you are reading aloud. They can be used with upper elementary and middle school students.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Author’s Note </u></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to the Author’s Note, what did the Mrs. Brink use as the basis for her story? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Copy the last paragraph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 1</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">How would you describe Caddie in this first chapter of the book?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How did Caddie meet Indian John?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 2</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why does Mr. Woodlawn let Caddie run around with the boys instead of acting like a young lady?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do Mrs. Woodlawn and Mr. Tanner have in common? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 3</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">What was Mr. Woodlawn’s policy about hunting pigeons? Why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Describe Uncle Edmond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 4</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why did Uncle Edmund choose to take Caddie hunting?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did Uncle Edmund do to Caddie, and what was her reaction?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 5</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">Why did Uncle Edmund want to take Nero with him? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What four kinds of food did the Woodlawns gather or raise in this chapter?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 6</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Compare Caddie Woodlawn with Katie Hyman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why was the school only open in the winter?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Describe what happened with Caddie and Obediah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Describe what happened with Miss Parker and Obediah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 7</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What was Caddie’s favorite part of the school week? Why? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What interesting thing did Caddie do as she was recovering from her illness after the accident on the ice?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do the Woodlawn children find out about their father and their grandfather?</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 9</u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What secret does Caddie keep for her brother Tom?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How does Caddie respond to the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 10</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">Why is Caddie’s mother concerned about her?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What rumor does the Woodlawn family hear?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 11</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How does Caddie’s mother respond to the arrival of all of the neighbors?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How does Caddie’s father respond to the rumor about the Indians?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Copy this sentence: “A fine mist, almost but not quite like rain, hung in the air and curtained all horizons in obscurity.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What does Caddie decide to do at the end of this chapter? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 12</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the paragraph which begins, “Carefully now, Betsy,” list five verbs that describe how Betsy moved. Note how this sets the tone for the paragraph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What happens when Caddie arrives at the Indian camp?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why did Caddie not want John to go back with her, and what was his reaction?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What happened to Katie when she saw Caddie return? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 13</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did Indian John ask Caddie to take care of for him?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why is Hetty so delighted at the end of this chapter?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 14</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">What sad thing happened in this chapter?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did Caddie do to help the situation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 15</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Describe Robert Ireton <or>copy the sentence on page 172 which begins, “On counting up the gate receipts…” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why was Tom concerned after the show?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 16</u></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In what manner did Caddie and Warren each recite their poems on speaking day?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What happened on the way home from school? (Give some detail!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 17</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the first page of this chapter, copy the two paragraphs at the bottom of the page, starting with “All play and no work…” If this is not enough of a challenge for you, have your parent or sibling dictate it for you to write down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What assignment did Father give to Tom, Caddie, and Warren?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why did Caddie and Warren like Tom’s stories so much?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is your personal opinion of the story of Pee-Wee?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 18</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What was the importance of the Little Steamer?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What good news arrived?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did Caddie realize about her sister Hetty?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What bad news did Mr. Tanner bring?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 19</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who were the “two unexpected heroes” and why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How did Obediah change in this chapter? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 20</u></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Describe Annabelle Gray in your own words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What two tricks did Tom, Caddie and Warren play on Annabelle?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 21</u></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Compare how Annabelle responded to the pranks that had been played on her in chapter 20 with how Caddie reacts to her mother’s punishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did Caddie’s father say to her about womanhood, and what did she think about it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 22</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">How did Tom and Warren react when Caddie showed them her new quilting skills?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What news came in a letter with a foreign stamp?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 23</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What decision did the Woodlawn family need to make, and how would they go about making their choice?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why did Caddie’s mother choose as she did? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Chapter 24</u></span><span style="font-size: large;">What three travelers came to the Woodlawn home, and why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Copy the last two paragraphs and tell what they mean to you.</span>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com1