We will continue discussing To Kill a Mockingbird in class.

Begin reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. We will begin discussing it in class on Sept. 17, but you should read about half of it this week—through Volume II, Chapter X (page 124 in the Norton Critical Edition).

Write at least 2 journal entries. Remember that your journals are not for plot summaries, but for recording your own thoughts about what you have read.

OPTIONAL: I highly recommend keeping a brief chapter summary separate from your journal. This is just a very quick overview to help you review what you have read, easily locate parts you wish to look up, etc. This is for your own use, not to turn in. If you do not have time to do both, write in your journal and skip the summary. See the attached chapter summary of To Kill a Mockingbird (which I found online) as an example.

OPTIONAL: I also recommend keeping a list of characters with brief descriptions. Like the chapter summaries, this is just for your own use.

OPTIONAL: Instead of a chapter summary and character list, you might try keeping a novel chart using the directions on the attached handout.

IMPORTANT: Next week you will be reading Henry Austen’s “Biographical Notice of the Author” in the back of the Norton Critical Edition of Pride and Prejudice. If you do not have this edition, please let me know before Sept. 10 so that I can bring you a photocopy.

September 17

CLASS ACTIVITY (highly recommended but not required): Join us in Fairpark in downtown Tupelo at 8:00 p.m.  on Thurs., September 16 (arrive early to get parking and seats) for a free viewing of the movie of To Kill a Mockingbird. Actress Mary Badham, who played Scout, will speak about how the book and the movie affected her life. I have not been to a movie at Fairpark before, but I suspect we need to bring something to sit on (camp chairs, blankets, etc.) Let’s try to find one another and sit together if possible. http://www.nems360.com/view/full_story/9202137/article-%E2%80%98Scout%E2%80%99-coming-to-Fairpark-in-September?

Finish reading Pride and Prejudice and be prepared to discuss in class.

Write at least 2 journal entries.

Study the literary terms listed on the attached “General Characteristics of the Novel.”

Read Henry Austen’s “Biographical Notice of the Author” in the back of the Norton Critical Edition of Pride and Prejudice.

Read Stirling Bridge #31 (attached) pages 1-5: “Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: A Novel of Real Reality,” “Austen’s Other Novels,” and “Austen’s Critics.”

For grammar, complete assignments for Chapter 3 in Shurley.  Do not do the Shurley writing assignments. Do complete the Daily Grams and  Editor and Chief . Please complete the chapter test. I will not normally post for grammar. The assignment for each chapter is the same. You may follow the syllabus to know which chapter.

Composition:

In class, we discussed using more specific nouns instead of the words person and thing.

Write a paragraph describing your living room. Your description should be double-spaced.

In your description, be specific. Chairs can be identified as recliners, rockers, arm-chairs,  Queen-Anne chairs, wing-backed chairs.  Pictures can be paintings, prints, landscapes, portraits. Take time to think , ask questions, and make a list before you write.

Vary the sentences:  Vary the four sentences found in your student book.  Use these sentences in rewriting the fable.

Anemographia and dendographia:  Write a sentence using both of these descriptions.  Incorporate them in the fable.

Ethopoeia:  Using this figure of dialogue, describe the grasshopper and the ant.  Use the descriptions in the fable.  Refer to your book for the definition of ethopoeia.

Rewrite the fable:  Paraphrase Lesson 2, “The Ant and the Grasshopper.”  Paraphrase by inverting the sequences of events.  Begin with varying the opening sentence, “It is best to prepare for the days of necessity,” and tell the story backwards.

Outline:  This was completed in class.  Next week students will be expected to outline the story on their own.

9th-12th Composition

Complete Lesson 2.  Remember to include all 8 paragraphs in your Chreia.

Variation Exercises:  Vary in word and/or idea the four sentences found in your book.

For this week, read Aristotle and answer all questions as listed in textbook from pages 5 – top of page 9.  (End at Question 28.)  This will include the “boxes” – Figures of Speech, Reading Exercise 2-1, and Traditional Logic Review Exercise 2-1.  (The book he is talking about in the Traditional Logic Review is Traditional Logic by Martin Cothran.  If you do not have this book and/or have not taken logic, just skip this.  We will discuss in class.)

For the Figure of Speech box, you can use the worksheet in Appendix A or Mrs. Culp’s Figure of speech worksheet (When I looked at the preview “Figure of speech worksheet” did not appear in blue.  It is linked, so just click on it!  It is in Rich Text Format .rtf so I hope everyone can open.)  Here is the sheet I worked up for the first lesson.  Figures of Speech

Next week we will finish Lesson 2 including writing assignment 2.1 for a grade!

Happy Labor Day!

Mrs. Culp

be ready for quiz on this Lesson

For this week:  Work the boxes of lesson one.

Translation:

• Analyze the figures of Speech using the worksheet in Appendix A.  (Good idea – go online to find more examples.)
• Do the traditional logic box using Appendix D as a guide.
• Answer the Latin box for those of you who have had Latin. (Remember – I am Latin challenged, so I am counting on you!)
• Reading Exercise 1.1

In class we will go over these exercises as well as explore the dialectic a bit more.

See you Friday!

Mrs. Culp

2010-2011

Directions for homework: Each exercise must be completed on a separate sheet of notebook paper. (Write the answers only, not the whole sentence.) Check your work each day using the answer key.  This should be removed from the back of the book along with the tests and used with parental supervision only.  Either have a section in your binder or a spiral notebook devoted solely to grammar.  Do not save all your work for one day.  According to the author of the book “Spaced repetition” is the key to learning this material.  There will be a quiz in class almost every week covering that week’s material.  Don’t worry if it takes you a long time at the beginning to complete the exercises; you will see a lot of improvement as you move through the material.  The first week is mainly review to make sure you know the difference between a fragment and a sentence.  If you find that you are having trouble here, you might need some extra practice.

Week of:                                    Assignment:  All assignments are from Jensen’s Punctuation

Aug. 23-27                                    Read pp. 20-21; Complete and check pp. 22, 23, 24, 25

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3                        Complete and check pp. 26, 29, 30 , 31

Sept. 6-10                                    Complete and check pp. 32, 33, 35

Sept. 13-17                                    Complete and check pp. 36, 37, 38, 39

Sept. 20-24                                    Complete and check pp. 41, 42, 43, 44

Sept 27 – Oct. 1                        Complete and check pp. 45, 47, 48, 49

Oct. 4-8                                    Complete and check pp. 50, 51, 53, 54

Oct. 11-15                                    Complete and check pp. 55, 56, 57, 60

Oct. 18-22                                    Complete and check pp. 61, 62, 63, 64

Oct 25-29                                    Complete and check pp. 76, 77, 65 (Review #1)

Nov. 2-5                                    Complete and check pp. 78, 79, 67 (Review #3)

Nov. 8-12                                    Complete and check pp. 80, 81, 69 (Review #5)

Nov. 15-19                                    Complete and check pp. 82, 83, 71 (Review #7)

Nov 22-26                                      Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 29 – Dec. 3                        Complete and check pp. 84, 85, 73(Review #9)

Dec. 6-10                                    Complete and check pp. 86, 87, 88

Dec. 11-Jan. 2                         Christmas Break

Second Semester

Week of:                                    Assignment:  All assignments are from Jensen’s Punctuation

Jan. 3-7                                    Complete and check pp. 89, 90,91

Jan. 10-14                                    Complete and check pp. 93, 94, 95

Jan. 17-21                                    Complete and check pp. 97, 98, 99

Jan. 24-28                                    Complete and check pp. 101, 102, 103

Jan. 31- Feb. 4                                    Complete and check pp. 105, 106, 107

Feb. 7-11                                    Complete and check pp. 109, 110, 111

Feb. 14-18                                    Complete and check pp. 113, 114, 115

Feb. 21-25                                     Teenpact

Feb. 28 – Mar. 4                        Complete and check pp. 117, 118, 119

Mar. 7-11                                    Complete and check pp. 121, 122, 123

Mar. 14-18                                     Spring Break

Mar. 21-25                                    Complete and check pp. 125, 126, 127

Mar. 28 – Apr. 1                        Complete and check pp. 129, 130, 131

Apr. 4-8                                    Complete and check pp. 133, 134, 135

Apr. 11-15                                    Complete and check pp. 137, 138, 139

Apr. 18-21                                    Complete and check pp. 140, 141

Apr. 25-29                                    Complete and check pp. 142, 143, 144

May 2-6                                    Study for Final

May 9-13                                    No homework

3^rd – 6^th Bible Class Syllabus

2010-2011

Homework directions: Each week the student should read the assigned chapters (The Children’s Story Bible) and be prepared for a quiz over the material on Friday.  Approximately every six weeks there will be a recitation day at school for the memory verses.  (A copy of these verses is included-NKJV) Students should practice these verses each day.  Every Friday we will work through the Sanctifinder sheets in class.  If students practice these at home, they will progress through the various levels much faster.  I have included a copy of each level with the syllabus.  Copies will need to be made of these for home practice.  All students who are new to the class must memorize the books of the Bible.  This is easily achieved if they memorize three each week.  We will be using the Bible Drill to locate the books each week in class.

Week of:                                    Assignment:

Aug. 23-27                                    Read chapters  65 and 66

Memory Verses:  Romans 6:1-7

Booknames to memorize:  Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3                        Read chapters  67 and 68

(link to questions>>> Bible Questions chps.67 and 68 )

Booknames to memorize:  Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua

Sept. 6-10                                    Read chapters  69 and 70

link to questions>>>Bible Questions chps 69-70

Booknames to memorize:  Judges, Ruth, I Samuel

Sept. 13-17                                    Read chapters  71 and 72

Books to memorize: II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings

Sept. 20-24                                    Read chapters 73 and 74

Books to memorize:   I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra

Sept 27 – Oct. 1                        Read chapters  75 and 76

Recitation this Friday

Books to memorize:  Nehemiah, Esther, Job

Oct. 4-8                                    Read chapters  77 and 78

Memory Verses:  Romans 6:8-12

Books to memorize:  Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes

Oct. 11-15                                    Read chapters  79 and 80

Books to memorize:  Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah

Oct. 18-22                                    Read chapters  81 and 82

Books to memorize:  Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

Oct 25-29                                    Read chapters  83 and 84

Books to memorize:  Hosea, Joel, Amos

Nov. 2-5                                    Read chapters 85 and 86

Books to memorize:  Obadiah, Jonah, Micah

Nov. 8-12                                    Read chapters 87 and 88

Recitation this Friday

Books to memorize:  Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah

Nov. 15-19                                    Read chapters  89 and 90

Memory Verses: Romans 6:13-16

Books to memorize:  Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Nov 22-26                                      Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 29 – Dec. 3                        Read chapters  91 and 92

Books to memorize:  Matthew, Mark, Luke

Dec. 6-10                                    Read chapters  93 and 94

Books to memorize:  John, Acts, Romans

Dec. 11-Jan. 2                         Christmas Break

Second Semester

Week of:                                    Assignment:

Jan. 3-7                                    Read chapters  95

Books to memorize:  I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians

Jan. 10-14                                    Read chapters  96

Books to memorize:  Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians

Jan. 17-21                                    Read chapters  97

Recitation this Friday

Books to memorize:  I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians, I Timothy

Jan. 24-28                                    Read chapters  98

Memory Verses:  Romans 6: 17-19

Books to memorize:  II Timothy, Titus, Philemon

Jan. 31- Feb. 4                                    Read chapters 99

Books to memorize:  Hebrews, James, I Peter

Feb. 7-11                                    Read chapters  100

Books to memorize:  II Peter, I John, II John

Feb. 14-18                                    Read chapters  101

Books to memorize:  III John, Jude, Revelation

Feb. 21-25                                    Teenpact

Feb. 28 – Mar. 4                        Read chapters  102

Mar. 7-11                                    Read chapters  103

Recitation this Friday

Mar. 14-18                                     Spring Break

Mar. 21-25                                    Read chapters  104

Memory Verses:  Romans 6: 20-23

Mar. 28 – Apr. 1                        Read chapters 105

Apr. 4-8                                    Read chapters 106

Apr. 11-15                                    Read chapters  107

Apr. 18-21                                    Read chapters  108

Apr. 25-29                                    Read chapters  109

May 2-6                                    Read chapters  110

May 9-13                                    Memory Verse Recitation this Friday

EXAMPLE:  John stopped the ball with his body.

John stopped the soccer ball with his hip. As it bounced away, he charged after it.

John stopped the golf ball with his foot.  ”You’re putting out of turn,” he snapped.

John stopped the baseball with his head, then crumpled to the ground.

Also, please have them write two pages (double spaced) about their summer. The purpose of this is to have something of their own to edit. As they learn new skills, they will go back and improve this paper. The only instructions they  receive should be: “Write two pages about your summer.”  If they type it , one or one and a half  pages is sufficient.  If you would, have them do this assignment first.

We completed the outline in class.  The assignments for this week are to “vary the four sentences in word then in idea.  For word variations list the word to be varied then the variations.  After varying the key words, go on to vary the idea by rewriting the sentence.” These sentences are found in Lesson 1 “The Ant and the Chrysalis.”  We went over this in class by using the first sentence as an example.  Rewrite “The Ant and the Chrysalis” by inverting the sequence of events.  The first sentence would be “Appearances are deceptive.”  This exercise is a paraphrase of the fable.  You might practice with your student by having them start by telling about the end of his day and go back to when he woke up in the morning.

Please have your son/daughter read the finished work out loud to you.

Have your student write a sentence using an example of anemographia and one with dendographia.  We went over this in class.

Students received a “Composition Checklist.”  Please review this with your son/daughter.  Also students received a handout on outlining.

If your son/daughter has poor penmanship, please have them type and print out a copy for me.

Please remember you are the teacher, and I am the support.  Call me if you have questions.

9-12

Students should finish Lesson 1.  I gave them examples of each paragraph they are to write.

Students received a “Composition Checklist” and a handout on the eight paragraphs they are to write for the Chreia. Encourage them to model the example given by Aphthonius.  Also students should complete the Variation Exercises on page 21 or 24, depending on the book they are using.

If your son/daughter has poor penmanship, please have them type and print out a copy for me.

Please remember you are the teacher, and I am the support.  Call me if you have questions.