Both of you
1. big math books
2. math practice books, writing practice books
3. three articles from current events and from science
4. science -- I'll call you later.
Zeb
history -- Constitution:
Article 4
Answer questions in the email today
1. What is this article concerned with?
2. Read Section 1 carefully. What do you think is the real purpose of Article 4?
Dan-dan
history
War of 1812.
Re-read the US history book for seventh graders on the war of 1812. This was a very short but very important war. Nobody won, but America proved it would be independent.
The keys to the war are to understand that (1) Britain was fighting Napoleon and this war was not important to them. (2) the invasion of Canada failed (3) the US Navy performed brilliantly. (4) the US confirmed its independence from Britain
Read this five page account of the war of 1812.
5. MONDAY POEM
Robert Frost is a famous American poet. Skype me at 1:30 to discuss this. read it first. What event does the poem describe? Where does it take place -- what state and what kind of place? What kind of people are here -- country people or city people?
"Out, Out - "
by: Robert Frost
The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could count
Five mountain ranges one behing the other
Under the sunset far into Vermont.
And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled,
As it ran light, or had to bear a load.
And nothing happened: day was all but done.
Call it a day, I wish they might have said
To please the boy by giving him the half hour
That a boy counts so much when saved from work.
His sister stood beside him in her apron
To tell them "Supper." At the word, the saw,
As if it meant to prove saws know what supper meant,
Leaped out at the boy's hand, or seemed to leap -
He must have given the hand. However it was,
Neither refused the meeting. But the hand!
Half in appeal, but half as if to keep
The life from spilling. Then the boy saw all -
Since he was old enough to know, big boy
Doing a man's work, though a child at heart -
He saw all was spoiled. "Don't let him cut my hand off -
The doctor, when he comes. Don't let him, sister!"
So. The hand was gone already.
The doctor put him in the dark of ether.
He lay and puffed his lips out with his breath.
And then - the watcher at his pulse took a fright.
No one believed. They listened to his heart.
Little - less - nothing! - and that ended it.
No more to build on there. And they, since they
Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Dec 22 2008
1. Both of you:
-- articles on the news and on science
-- in the science CD on mom's computer, carefully view the next topic.
-- writing and math practice books (have mom look over your math practice books)
-- Big Math books (by my computer)
-- CHINESE
ZEB: FInd the Lewis and Clark book for Dan-dan!!!!!
2. Dan-dan
in the American History book on the table, find the War of 1812. After the Americans fought the Revolutionary War, we had to fight Britain again 30 years later.
Read this introduction to the War of 1812. Write me an email explaining (1) why the Americans were angry at the British and (2) what they hoped to get from the war
Activity: Look up the word IMPRESSMENT on the internet. Then read about the Chesapeake and the Leopard.
3. Zeb: Read Article 3 of the Constitution
Answer the questions and email them to me
(1) What is this article concerned with?
(2) According to the Constitution, who has authority over the Courts?
(3) Read about the case Marbury vs. Madison. Then read the Wiki page on it. What important principle was decided in that case?
MONDAY POEM (call me at 1:45 on Skype!!!)
Shakespeare was also famous for his poetry, in addition to his plays. Here is a Sonnet, a special kind of poem, that Shakespeare wrote. He wrote many sonnets.
1. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
2. Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
3. If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
4. If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
5. I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
6. But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
7. And in some perfumes is there more delight
8. Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
9. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
10. That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
11. I grant I never saw a goddess go,
12. My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
13. And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
14. As any she belied with false compare.
After you have finished reading the poem, look up the words DUN, DAMASKED, REEKS, in the dictionary and find out what they mean.
Shakespeare is making fun of something in this poem. What is it?
-- articles on the news and on science
-- in the science CD on mom's computer, carefully view the next topic.
-- writing and math practice books (have mom look over your math practice books)
-- Big Math books (by my computer)
-- CHINESE
ZEB: FInd the Lewis and Clark book for Dan-dan!!!!!
2. Dan-dan
in the American History book on the table, find the War of 1812. After the Americans fought the Revolutionary War, we had to fight Britain again 30 years later.
Read this introduction to the War of 1812. Write me an email explaining (1) why the Americans were angry at the British and (2) what they hoped to get from the war
Activity: Look up the word IMPRESSMENT on the internet. Then read about the Chesapeake and the Leopard.
3. Zeb: Read Article 3 of the Constitution
Answer the questions and email them to me
(1) What is this article concerned with?
(2) According to the Constitution, who has authority over the Courts?
(3) Read about the case Marbury vs. Madison. Then read the Wiki page on it. What important principle was decided in that case?
MONDAY POEM (call me at 1:45 on Skype!!!)
Shakespeare was also famous for his poetry, in addition to his plays. Here is a Sonnet, a special kind of poem, that Shakespeare wrote. He wrote many sonnets.
1. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
2. Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
3. If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
4. If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
5. I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
6. But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
7. And in some perfumes is there more delight
8. Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
9. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
10. That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
11. I grant I never saw a goddess go,
12. My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
13. And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
14. As any she belied with false compare.
After you have finished reading the poem, look up the words DUN, DAMASKED, REEKS, in the dictionary and find out what they mean.
Shakespeare is making fun of something in this poem. What is it?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Dec 18 Science stuff from ADVNATGE SYSTEM
A Female Harem
· What communication channels do males use to transmit messages to one
another?
Antlers, stamping feet, look at each other, make noises
· What messages do the males transmit to one another and to the females
watching them?
I AM THE FITEST
· What is the advantage of communication between male deer before actual
combat?
To avoid injury
Dec 18
BOTH
1. 3 current events, science articles
2. reading as always
3. Hands-on book of general science activities and science CD
4. Big math books.
5. rpactice books
6. writing books
1. 3 current events, science articles
2. reading as always
3. Hands-on book of general science activities and science CD
4. Big math books.
5. rpactice books
6. writing books
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Danno essay on Rev
The American Revolution war took place from 1775-1781. There are three reasons why the Americans won the war and the British lost it. The Americans got help from the French, not many Americans supported the British, and the British had problems with terrain.
During the Revolutionary War, the Americans got help from the French. The French volunteered to fight. There were many soldiers and naval officers that served full-time in the French forces, and they supported the Americans. The Americans could not have survived without the French. During the Seven Years War, the British defeated the French, which is why the French hated the British. At first, when the Americans ask for their help, the French were not interested. But after the battle on Bunker Hill which the Americans lost, but fought hard, the French got interested. They decided to help, there were about 7,000 French troops when they joined, and the French managed to get their revenge. That is one of the reasons why the British lost the Revolutionary War.
Not many Americans supported the British. The only people that supported the British were religious leaders of the Anglican Church, and people with close business connections in Britain. Americans didn't support the British because both sides were fighting each other. The British didn't support the war, because they didn't like shooting people the saw as their own countrymen. The British had the help of the Hessians.
The British had no experience in fighting against the Americans. They only had experience in Europe. So, when they were fighting against the Americans, it was a whole new world. Everything was different, the men, guns, the leaders, and the towns. Loyalists were important, but the British also had a difficult time of fighting the war while simultaneously retaining the allegiance of Loyalists.
These are the three reasons why the British lost the war. The Americans got help from the French, not many Americans supported the British, the British had problems with the fighting. The last battle ended in Yorktown in October 19th, 1781. The British surrendered. 83 Americans were killed and 258 were wounded. The Americans had won the war, and America has finally got independence.
During the Revolutionary War, the Americans got help from the French. The French volunteered to fight. There were many soldiers and naval officers that served full-time in the French forces, and they supported the Americans. The Americans could not have survived without the French. During the Seven Years War, the British defeated the French, which is why the French hated the British. At first, when the Americans ask for their help, the French were not interested. But after the battle on Bunker Hill which the Americans lost, but fought hard, the French got interested. They decided to help, there were about 7,000 French troops when they joined, and the French managed to get their revenge. That is one of the reasons why the British lost the Revolutionary War.
Not many Americans supported the British. The only people that supported the British were religious leaders of the Anglican Church, and people with close business connections in Britain. Americans didn't support the British because both sides were fighting each other. The British didn't support the war, because they didn't like shooting people the saw as their own countrymen. The British had the help of the Hessians.
The British had no experience in fighting against the Americans. They only had experience in Europe. So, when they were fighting against the Americans, it was a whole new world. Everything was different, the men, guns, the leaders, and the towns. Loyalists were important, but the British also had a difficult time of fighting the war while simultaneously retaining the allegiance of Loyalists.
These are the three reasons why the British lost the war. The Americans got help from the French, not many Americans supported the British, the British had problems with the fighting. The last battle ended in Yorktown in October 19th, 1781. The British surrendered. 83 Americans were killed and 258 were wounded. The Americans had won the war, and America has finally got independence.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Monday the 13th Dec 2008
Cross strait shipping and cargo starts today!
Pick up your tests on my desk and staple them to your notebooks. Another test this friday!
1. science -- three articles each -- We'll start new science program this week.
2. current events three articles each
History:
Sebastian
Constitution: Article 1 deals with the legislature. Article 2 deals with the Presidency. Answer the following and email to me.
1. How is the President elected?
2. What are the qualifications for office?
3. What are his powers?
4. How can he be removed?
5. The US constitution is driven by the idea of "checks and balances" between each branch of our three branches of the government, executive, judicial, and legislative. In the section on the powers of the President, what body has oversight on his appointments?
Sheridan.
You did an amazing job with the Revolutionary War, Danno! Now on to the next bit of business, the expansion of the United States after the Revolutionary War. First we are starting with the Louisiana Purchase
1. Print out this map. Find an image of the Louisiana Purchase online and draw (1) the area controlled by the US (2) the Louisiana Purchase. (3) the area controlled by Spain.
2. Read this easy website on the Lousiana Purchase. Then this difficult essay on the Lousiana Purchase.
3. Answer the questions in your notebook:
(a) Who did we buy the area from? How much did it cost?
(b) Who was living across most of the area at the time? Did we ask their permission?
(c) Why was Jefferson interested in acquiring this area?
(d) After he purchased it, who did he send to explore it?
This week's reading is the book on Lewis and Clark. It is sitting on the bottom, left shelf under where we keep the library books. Read the first few chapters.
MATH: practice books only
ENGLISH:Monday Poem. Read this poem aloud, each of you, and see if you can figure out what the poet is trying to do. Conference call me on sSkype at 1:30 to discuss the poem.
The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird,--the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!
No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermillion.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Writing
Zeb: Madison and the Constitution! I want to see several good paragraphs.
Sheridan: five paragraph essay on the revolutionary war. Write a draft giving three reasons why the Americans won the war and the British lost it. Review the information from the Dummies book.
Pick up your tests on my desk and staple them to your notebooks. Another test this friday!
1. science -- three articles each -- We'll start new science program this week.
2. current events three articles each
History:
Sebastian
Constitution: Article 1 deals with the legislature. Article 2 deals with the Presidency. Answer the following and email to me.
1. How is the President elected?
2. What are the qualifications for office?
3. What are his powers?
4. How can he be removed?
5. The US constitution is driven by the idea of "checks and balances" between each branch of our three branches of the government, executive, judicial, and legislative. In the section on the powers of the President, what body has oversight on his appointments?
Sheridan.
You did an amazing job with the Revolutionary War, Danno! Now on to the next bit of business, the expansion of the United States after the Revolutionary War. First we are starting with the Louisiana Purchase
1. Print out this map. Find an image of the Louisiana Purchase online and draw (1) the area controlled by the US (2) the Louisiana Purchase. (3) the area controlled by Spain.
2. Read this easy website on the Lousiana Purchase. Then this difficult essay on the Lousiana Purchase.
3. Answer the questions in your notebook:
(a) Who did we buy the area from? How much did it cost?
(b) Who was living across most of the area at the time? Did we ask their permission?
(c) Why was Jefferson interested in acquiring this area?
(d) After he purchased it, who did he send to explore it?
This week's reading is the book on Lewis and Clark. It is sitting on the bottom, left shelf under where we keep the library books. Read the first few chapters.
MATH: practice books only
ENGLISH:Monday Poem. Read this poem aloud, each of you, and see if you can figure out what the poet is trying to do. Conference call me on sSkype at 1:30 to discuss the poem.
The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird,--the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!
No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermillion.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Writing
Zeb: Madison and the Constitution! I want to see several good paragraphs.
Sheridan: five paragraph essay on the revolutionary war. Write a draft giving three reasons why the Americans won the war and the British lost it. Review the information from the Dummies book.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
poem finishes.
the cell, ben franklin, microcosmos, human cultural evolution.
big math books
practice books
three articles
music: early beethoven
the cell, ben franklin, microcosmos, human cultural evolution.
big math books
practice books
three articles
music: early beethoven
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Both:
3 articles in current events and science
Science
Sebastian: read the book on human cultural evolution.
Sheridan: continue reading The Cell
History
Sheridan: Revolution read the book on Ben Franklin that Zeb read
Sebastian: collect information on James Madison. (here and here for starters). Take notes to assemble a paper on him
Taiwan
Sheridan and Sebastian: Find the short book on my shelf called Taiwan: Studies in Local Chinese History by Lumley. Read the chapter entitled "The Lins of Wufeng"
Math: Big math book, practice book
Writing: practice book
Sebastian and Sheridan: we'll be doing five paragraph essays
Test friday on this week's science, current events, and history
Literature: read your chosen reading books until 9:30. Read this poem and answer the questions in your notebooks.
A poem by Emily Dickinson:
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
Around a pile of mountains,
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare
To fit its sides, and crawl between,
Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill
And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
Stop--docile and omnipotent--
At its own stable door.
Now that you are done, look up Boanerges, pare, stanza, supercilious, docile, omnipotent and prodigious in an internet dictionary to see what they mean.
Questions:
1) what does this poem describe?
2) The poem uses an animal to represent the thing it is talking about. What animal is that?
3 articles in current events and science
Science
Sebastian: read the book on human cultural evolution.
Sheridan: continue reading The Cell
History
Sheridan: Revolution read the book on Ben Franklin that Zeb read
Sebastian: collect information on James Madison. (here and here for starters). Take notes to assemble a paper on him
Taiwan
Sheridan and Sebastian: Find the short book on my shelf called Taiwan: Studies in Local Chinese History by Lumley. Read the chapter entitled "The Lins of Wufeng"
Math: Big math book, practice book
Writing: practice book
Sebastian and Sheridan: we'll be doing five paragraph essays
Test friday on this week's science, current events, and history
Literature: read your chosen reading books until 9:30. Read this poem and answer the questions in your notebooks.
A poem by Emily Dickinson:
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
Around a pile of mountains,
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare
To fit its sides, and crawl between,
Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill
And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
Stop--docile and omnipotent--
At its own stable door.
Now that you are done, look up Boanerges, pare, stanza, supercilious, docile, omnipotent and prodigious in an internet dictionary to see what they mean.
Questions:
1) what does this poem describe?
2) The poem uses an animal to represent the thing it is talking about. What animal is that?
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