Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Free Literature...A Treasure Trove
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
"Relaxed" Homeschooling with Schedules
Theology-Read 1 chapter per day of Saint Paul the Apostle
ch.4___ ch.5___ch.6___ch.7___ch.8___
Beginning Algebra (do math exercises in gridded notebook) This book is going to be really fun!
___Day 1 read pp.7-20 and do “your turn to play” NEATLY in your notebook
__Day 2 read pp. 21—25 on page 25 do “your turn to play” numbers 1-20
__Day 3 read p. 28 and do city of __Adin and city of __Elberfield (p.29)
__Day 4 do odd #’s for city of ___San Francisco & city of __Gainsville (p.30)
__Day 5 do __Palmer & __Racine (all) I will check these when you get home!
Language
Spelling- copy into your notebook from Sequential Spelling
__21st day__22nd day __23rd day__24th day (Really try to remember these words their syllables and prefixes and suffixes as you copy them.)
Copywork from David Balfour by Robert Louis Stevenson
__day 1 __day 2 __day 3 Really closely look at spelling and puntuations and copy neatly!!!
History-read volume 5 A History of US by Hakim
__ch.27__ch.28__ch.29 __ch.30
Literature: Continue to read your book of choice for your literature studies. Let me know what it is so I can enter it into your book log.
Earth Science: continue to read from your field guides entering in points of interest in your notebook, the gems and their chemical compositions.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Writing in the Style of...
As I walked through the gate that opened onto the garden behind the vast expanses of Lord Peter’s manor, I thought back on what he had said regarding his brother’s disposition and character, which must now be in doubt. Sir Charles Blake had always seemed like such an agreeable fellow, and this version of his character given by his own brother was such a different account of things that it vexed me greatly. My own father, who deemed himself an excellent judge of character had said that he thought Sir Charles was a very pleasant sort of person in his own right (if not a little silly and air headed). However, to hear this account of a very different and wild young man (if the accusations of his brother were to be taken for the truth) was all too horrible to believe.
I continued through the maze of shrubs and flowering bushes until I came upon the white marble bench that I was accustomed to read on. I opened my book and so enveloped in the novel, I never heard the steps of Sir Charles coming up behind me.
I gave a start and quickly arose.
These attentions, which would have been so welcome earlier, now only made me more curious in finding out the alleged “sinister secrets” that now plagued my thoughts of him.
How did he know? Something on my face must have shown him that he was very near the mark for he said his smile fading slightly, “I wouldn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea of me.”
Saturday, October 3, 2009
A Big "Amen"
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Making a Map with Our Six Year Old
This was a really fun activity with our six year old daughter. We made a mini piece of land that she could draw a map from. We made map symbols pertaining to the physical features on our make believe topographical map. She then drew her map using the map symbols on our map key. This was great fun in which the whole family got involved and what a fun way to teach map skills!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Lesson Plan for Our 12th Grader

Lesson Plan for 12th Grade 2009-2010
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Imitation of Christ by Kempis
The Joy of Mathematics by Pappas
How to be Happy How to be Holy by O'Sullivan
3. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT/ECONOMICS -
-ECONOMICS
Literature and Government following much of the Ambleside Online lesson plans
-GOVERNMENT
1. The Law by Fredrick Bastiat
2. Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
3. The Great Democracies by Winston Churchill
Quick Civic Lessons
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
U.S. Constitution
Plutarch’s Lives following Ambleside Online’s rotation
Caritas in Veritate papal encyclical on Social Justice by Pope Benedict XVI
English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall ( ch. 77-85)
Silas Marner
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Frankenstein
Julius Caesar
Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice
Les Miserables
British Poetry using The Harp Laurel Wreath by Berquist and using the discussion questions in this lovely book.
5. Chemistry – Using MacBeth's Opinion High School Chemistry booklist
6. P.E. weight lifting/ice skating/running
7. Language:
-Completed 2 years of high school Latin with Lone Pine Classical
may do one year of high school French

