Monday, May 6, 2024

Week 31: May 6-10, 2024

We are getting close to the end of the school year!  I am so proud of how hard you have worked this year and so excited for you to experience EC next year.  I love you!

Math  - Elementary Algebra
Please come ask me if you don't understand something she taught you or have other questions.  MATH MUST BE DONE EACH DAY BEFORE YOU DO VIDEO GAMES!

Chapter 12 Test
Chapter 13, Lesson 1.  Do Sets 1 and 2.
Chapter 13, Lesson 2.  Do Sets 1 and 2.
Chapter 13, Lesson 3.  Do Sets 1 and 2
Chapter 13, Lesson 4.  Do Sets 1 and 2.

Religion

  • Read Mother Teresa's Lessons of Love pages 155-184.

Language Arts 

Literature- All American Boys

We started this as a read aloud several years ago, but never finished it.  This will be our last book for this school year.

Monday - Read this article "What is White Privilege Really?"  Then answer in a writing:

What is the difference between racism and bias? Give an example of each.
What is white privilege? Provide specific evidence from the article to support your answer.
What is the relationship between white privilege and having "the benefit of the doubt"? Provide specific evidence from the article to support your answer.
Where have you seen or experienced instances of racism, bias, systemic racism, or white privilege in your own life?

Tuesday - Read All American Boys pages 1- 23.  Come discuss with Mom.  Then in writing, answer:  What does the reader understand about the incident at Jerry’s because the chapter is told from Rashad’s narrative perspective? Pull out specific evidence from the text and carefully explain your thinking.

Wednesday - Day off

Thursday - Read All American Boys pages 24-60.  Come discuss with Mom.  Then in writing, answer: On pages 37-38, the reader experiences Rashad’s assault again, this time from Quinn’s narrative perspective. What do we understand about the situation that Quinn does not? What does seeing the assault through Quinn’s eyes help us better understand? Provide specific evidence from pages 38-40 to help support your answer.

Friday - Watch this video "A Conversation About Growing Up Black" Then Come discuss with Mom in relation to the book we are reading.

Windows to the World

  1. Read about imagery on pages 135-139.
  2. Take the phrase “Dinner was ready” and expand the sentence so that it appeals to all the senses. Using Browning’s Meeting at Night on page 136, find one or more images in each line. Discuss the effect of the imagery on the reader – what does he or she think, and more important, feel?
  3. Take the word pretty and its many synonyms – pleasing, pleasant, alluring, delicate, elegant, ravishing, fetching, captivating, enticing, tempting, and lovely. I want you to rank these words in order from negative to neutral to positive connotation. Include a short explanation for why the word falls in a certain position – your justification for the ranking.
  4. I have bought you a thesaurus – called The Synonym Finder. From now on, in your essays, I will be expecting you to use words that show more imagery – for instance enticing instead of pretty. This book can help you do that when you are stuck.

English From the Roots Up 

  • Learn the five new roots for this week - megas, magnus, pater/patris, mater/matris, frater/fratris
  • List as many extra words that fit the new roots as you can on a piece of paper.
  • Study the roots throughout the week. 

Modern World History (None Wednesday)

1.  Watch this lesson on Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal.  Fill out the guided notes (I printed for you) as you go practice taking notes from a classroom lecture.
3. Watch this about the Equal Rights Amendment which went through Senate in the 1970s but still has not been passed to this day.
4.  The Middle East Instability we experience today is not new.  The 1970s were full of key events that lead to where we are today.  Learn about key events including the Camp David Accords, the Revolution in Iran, Hostages in Iran, and Soviets in Afghanistan

World Geography

WA State History

Read Chapter 14, Contemporary Government on pages 191-204 and do questions #1, 2 and 4.

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