Assignments for September 2, 2025

 Welcome back. I hope this week's class was less confusing than last week's. 

Spirit Day for next week: Favorite cartoon--t-shirt or some costume.

Journal: "My summer was _______." Fill in the blank with an adjective. Then tell what made summer that way.  (I also gave a handout for a poem. We'll discuss that next week for the following week's homework.)

Fix-it: Week 1. We reviewed the "learn it" section. We discussed Day 1 "mark it" and "fix-it." In most classes we also did Day 2. For homework, mark and fix days 3 and 4. Rewrite days 1-4. Next week we'll review/correct days 3 & 4 and start week 2. 

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Bible Heroes: Lesson 1. We reviewed "God Is Good" and the rules for key word outlines. We discussed what adjectives are. Most adjectives come before a noun--they tell more about the noun. I gave you a Writer's Toolbox with all kinds of words to use in your lessons. Several pages are adjectives. We sang the song on page 14 "My God Is So Great." 

We also started the second part of the lesson on Enoch. We read the source and quickly made a KWO. We discussed the nouns in the outline that we could add adjectives to.

For homework: Lesson 1 part 2 "Enoch." Practice telling the KWO, trying to add in one or more adjectives. 

Wonders of Science: Lesson 1 "Dead Ants." We reviewed the KWO rules and vocabulary words. Those words and their definitions are in the back of the book. If you prefer cards, moms will need to download them from the IEW website. 

We started Lesson 2 "Honey Bees." One of our goals will be to add in our first dress up--we'll cover that next week. We discussed the vocabulary words for this lesson and page 18 "Mechanics" which covers rules about writing numbers. We looked at and discussed MLA format, which is how a paper is set up--the margins, double-spaced, font size, title centered, and information on the upper left corner. You'll find these instructions on page 293. We started the KWO. 

For homework: Lesson 2 "Honey Bees." Finish the KWO. Write a rough draft, one paragraph, double-spaced. You may type this or handwrite it. Next time we'll add in the -ly adverb and discuss the checklist. You will turn the final draft of this paragraph in for a final draft. 

High School I:

The Magician's Nephew: Read chapters 1-4. 

Following Narnia: Lesson 1. We had a few volunteers to read their drafts of "Sherlock Holmes." Please study the MLA format for this paragraph--and future ones--on page 198. We worked on a KWO for Sydney Paget. 

For homework: Lesson 1 continued. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"--read the source, write a KWO, write a rough draft. I will check this next week. We'll also start Lesson 2 next week.

High School II:

Blue Book: We reviewed nouns and discussed all the forms of helping verbs on pages 2-4. I added information to the discussion with helping verbs and their forms of main verbs. If you memorize the helping verbs, it really helps in identifying verbs in sentences. 

For homework: quizzes 1 & 2 on subjects and verbs, pages 157-158. 

Till We Have Faces: We discussed Lewis's views on myths and the answers to chapter 1 questions. 

For homework: Read and answer questions for chapter 2.

Jensen's Format: Our first paragraph--the Example paragraph. We discussed two possible structures/formats. One has five fact sentences on five subjects. The other has three subjects with more discussion on them in follow up sentences. I gave you a handout to use for homework. Study the samples in the textbook. You have two paragraphs on root vegetables but they are with different formats. 

For homework: Lesson 2 Example paragraph. 1) choose one topic. 2) write one outline for each format using the same topic. 3) choose one outline and turn it into a one paragraph rough draft--being careful to double space and use MLA formatting.