1st Semester Week 6

Week 6 Run-Down:

Research:

Loved the presentations (as per usual). This week's research topic is birds! Have fun researching and preparing your presentation. Remember your personal challenge...each of you have an individual goal for next week's presentation. I will reward those who show up prepared in their area!

Latin: 

I introduced 4th declension nouns, and there is not much to it.  Have fun with the exercises this week!

Latin Tips: If you are in a latin groove, and feel like your latin work schedule is going well - awesome! Keep it up, and continue to tweak here and there as you go along.

BUT, IF YOU ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED IN LATIN:
1. Take a deep breath. It's just latin. It will be ok. I promise. Do not throw in the towel. Do not think that "it's too hard" or "I'm too behind and won't be able to catch up", or any variations of these!
2. If you stick with CC, you will be going through this book TWO MORE TIMES. Now, this doesn't mean you don't need to work hard 😏. But it should give you some perspective.
3. Keeping the above fact in mind, here are your top latin priorities for NOUNS:

MEMORIZE THE 5 NOUN DECLENSIONS 

(flashcards, quizlet, cc songs, copywork)

You can drill these every single day!

MEMORIZE THE VOCABULARY

(flashcards, quizlet, drill, drill, drill)

Commit as many of the words to memory as possible.

Make sure you work on these things first everyday. It's just memory work! Now, with the rest of your latin time (ideally 1 hr total a day), do some exercises. If these are slow going for you, that is ok. Set the timer and do what you can do. This may mean that we are on 4th Declension this week, but you are plugging away at 2nd Declension exercises. THAT IS OK! Especially if you prioritize memorizing the declensions and vocab. This kind of daily work, even if it is slower going than the CC guide, will add up to a lot of foundational latin knowledge by the end of the year. And you will be setting yourself up for success in Challenge B.

Remember to watch any and all latin videos available to you! 

LTW:

I introduced Parallelism. Watch the LTW video for a more thorough explanation. Your assignment is to do the parallelism worksheet, and then write your second essay from your outline. As you write your essay, you will need to refer to the lesson's checklist. Check the back of your book for the checklist and for example essays for this assignment. I've also included a link below for the LTW outlines and checklists for each essay, as well as some hot tips for parallelism.

Parallelism - Hot Tips

LTW - Outlines and Checklists

Math:

Keep up your daily math work, and remember that your challenge is to truly prepare a math problem for next week's class. Write it on your math worksheet and think through which questions you will ask to guide us through the problem. 

Here is a math worksheet in case you need to print it off:

Math Worksheet with 5 Common Topics

Debate (Cartography):

The challenge this week is to do your daily cartography work, and complete at least ONE cumulative map with Canada, USA, and Central America/Caribbean. Let me know by Saturday night that you've completed these two things, and I will make brownies for Monday!

Devote some time to drilling states/provinces/territories and capitals! We will be playing review games. And don't forget your geography notebook!

Next week is our blank paper assessment of Central America/Caribbean!

Rhetoric:

Of course you will read the assigned chapter, right? This week your challenge is to add another highlighting color, and to review those catechism questions so that we can play a game!

Remember, you can email me, google hangout message me and your classmates, or have your mom text me if you have any questions at all.

Have fun learning this week. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we can't wait to have Emma back with us again!