SL Core H Week 25 'A' Aug. 27-Sept.2, 2017 Sewing and Canning Week

SL Core H ("H" is Year 2 of 2 of World History)

Week 25 'A'

Aug. 27-Sept.2, 2017

Sewing and Canning Week

Hello, Friends!

This wasn't one of our most academic weeks, but Dd sure did give the Home Economics part of our schooling a great go!  We went to JoAnn Fabric's and bought some fluffy bunting--this was for the cat's new "bed," though it was inspired off a seashell design.  I hope I can get access to my photo's to share a picture of it.  Agnes had chewed through the cord that downloaded the pictures, so I ordered and received a replacement cord.  Now the downloaded pictures won't give me access to turn them into a document, with few pixels so I can put them in my posts.  I'm trying to figure these new problems out, but still having technical difficulties!  I also bought her some soft flannel-like material that has "Star Wars" printed all over it, that she made into a pleated ruffled skirt.  She also picked out some pretty floral scrap material that she turned into two purses (one with a velcro closure and the other one with a zipper closure), and a cat toy with catnip inside the stuffing.   She spent the whole week at the sewing machine having a great time!

Doctor Appointments:

For the second week in a row, we had to fit in doctor appointments.  Luckily, this is the last dermatology appointment, for Dd, for a good while as her acne treatments are coming to their conclusion!  It was a 4-5 month process getting through the Accutane treatment, but it seems that Dd responded so well to the medication!  The end couldn't come at a better time, starting next week band classes begin, which is our official end of summer and start of the official school year though not much will change for a few weeks while I am still balancing my garden chores.  I'm hoping to start back our IEW writing lessons very soon.

I found a Swallowtail Butterfly under this Kale plant early one morning this week!

Giz and Grampy:

They had to cancel their trip here as Giz was put in the hospital on Thursday.  She certainly has had a rough go this past year.  We'll have to wait and see how and when our next visit happens.  

Doesn't it look so much like fall now?!  I've seen orange and red leaves already!

Strings Group:

Another fun Strings Group this week.  Dd had fun playing the ukulele!

Doctor Who:

Well, Les Miserables has taken a backseat to Doctor Who...it is official.  Dd has checked out every book and cookbook on Doctor Who and then made a batch of Jammy Dodgers this weekend--which are a shortbread cookie sandwich with a sugary-jammy filling in the middle.

Fall Cleaning:

I've been trying to clean as much as I can in our garage, doing chores now in the relative warmth that will be ever too cold to do in a month or two.  Michigan doesn't seem to have much of a fall season, unlike Indiana that has a solid three months of cool, but sunny days.  I honestly love Indiana in the fall, that is the best season for that state, but Michigan tends to be cloudier and colder than most other states in the fall.  Even Maine seems to have a much more sunny fall than we do, though their temps drop right down like we do.  So, I am really working over time trying to get chores done now, even if it doesn't feel like time.  This weekend Dh and I started working on closing down our pool---which we haven't swum in for at least 6 weeks!  What a waste of money!  It is so hard to get our pool warm enough to swim in!

Chickens & Ducks:

I'm still foraging around for as many greens and weeds as I can each day---usually about three times per day, to keep their diet as healthy as I can.  The grain we buy at Tractor Supply is 'okay' but I know real "free range" poultry would be eating pretty much all green.  Many of the chicken owners I've met up here do not feed their chickens until winter, but I can't see that happening with me!  I love our fluffy chickens and love feeding them with the best things I can find.

Still NO eggs from Merry, our female Peking Duck?!?!

Zeus, our Buff Orpington rooster has actually been better lately!  He isn't trying to start a fight with the humans in his life this week!  So glad!  I was getting worried about his future!

Garden: Canning

All the broccoli and cabbage that had been attacked by those nasty green worms (and some other mixed color broccoli worm) has recovered and started growing new healthy leaves!  So glad nature has a way to move past infestations!  We started canning up a storm this week!  We canned the bag of beets given to us at a yard sale, two big batches of pickles--cucumbers given to us by a church friend that we thanked by giving them eggs in exchange, tomato paste--really thick as we cooked it down well, tomatoe sauce--not cooked down as much, Veg Melody--these quarts are a mix of zuccini, tomato, garlic, and onions--ready to be added to many-a-dish.  We still have a lot of zuccini to turn into a veg melody, I"m thinking I may put it through a good blender and add to some of our spaghetti sauces so Dd will be getting the nutrients without knowing she is consuming her dreaded zuccini!  Ha!  Isn't it funny which veg's our children decide not to like!?!

Canning future:

The upcoming week we need to focus on lots more tomato and potato canning.  We have a lot of hills of potato, zuchinni, tomato, chard, and kale to turn into winter meals.  To be completely honest, I'm not the pro at canning; my Dh is!  He is, once again, teaching me how to can.  I really want to get all the in's and out's down so I can do it on my own!  There is so much to learn about what you have to pressure cook vs a water bath that I am still an apprentice!  But, I'm getting there!  Perhaps this season will be the time that I really get it all down and can do canning on my own--I hope!

Crocheting: Hunting Woolen Poncho

I actually, FINALLY finished the camo-poncho that I have been working on for Dh's hunting poncho.  I was hoping to give it to him for Father's Day!  Instead, he got it in September!  He did think of a good idea after I thought I was done---crocheting in a muffler on the inside of the poncho!  The other good thing is that I had used up all the wool blend yarn I had bought and went back to JoAnn this week to buy more and found a lovely alpaca wool to use instead.  So, his muffler will be extra soft and warm!  Yay!  The back of the poncho is fairly short--just past his waist, and the front he wanted really long--it lands on his ankles or feet in the front and wraps all around him, the two rectangles aren't sewn closed on the sides, but left open and easy for him.  I'll try to get a photo soon, though it doesn't look very pretty, it is a dark super-super thick poncho.  I bought really thick chunky yarn and then had four lines going at all times, so the poncho is thicker than most rugs!  He will be warm! perhaps hot!

Academic Progress:

Bible:

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman, The Disciples Rejoin Jesus, Many Samaritans Believe, Jesus Heals an Official's Son

John 4: 1-54

Jesus Begins to Preach, The Faith of the Centurion, Jesus Announces teh Good News

Matthew 4:12-17, 8: 5-13

Mark 1: 14-15

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth, The Faith of the Centurion

Luke 4:14-15, 7: 1-10

We spent one day reading from a book on Paul, but not sure about it.  

SL's bible:

Daring To Live Life On The Edge: ch 3

Dd's bible reading: Acts 1, 2, and 5

Math:

Khan Academy: 5x this week, progressing well.

History:

BiblioPlan Early Modern Companion:

Ch. 9 Church and State in New England, the Peace of Westphalia (so much information in this chapter!)

I've been planting lettuce and kale in the empty spots and the sprouts are coming up really fast.  I'm hoping to keep out the chickens so I can have another round of greens this fall.

Abraham Lincoln's World by Foster:

307-324

SL's Reader:

Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan: COMPLETED

GoodReads Review:

In the fall of 1914, safe behind palace walls, Katya Ivanova sees St. Petersburg as a magical place.The daughter of a lady-in-waiting to the Empress, Katya spends all her time with the Grand Duchesses; the royal family feels like her own. But outside the palace, a terrible war is sweeping through Europe, and Russia is beginning to crumble under the weight of a growing revolution. Now, as Katya's once-certain future begins to dissolve, she must seek to understand what is happening to her beloved country and, for the first time in her life, take charge of her own destiny.

RA: Add-In, Not SL

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: IN PROCESS

We are thoroughly enjoying this book!  Glad Dd asked for us to read it together!  

Foreign Language:

DuoLingo: German: 4x this week

Science:

Apologia Physical Science: Module 10:

Newton's Law: Week 1 of 2 completed

FUN Book:

Three by Ted Dekker

(This book is for her Girl's Club book club)

Sewing:

Star Wars Ruffled Skirt

Cat Bed:
This was a really big project.  We bought the batting and fluff and material for Dd's design.  Then she put it all together!  Agnes seems to like it!

2 bags/purse:

Velcro Purse:






Zipper Purse:

1 cube cat toy with catnip

This picture was taken before Dd put the catnip inside and sewed it closed.

Cooking:

George Foremen Grill!!

Jammy Dodgers: a Doctor Who cookie

Art:

Lots of Drawing and Painting again this week

Painting Rocks

Watercolors: black cat, then an orange cat

Dd bought this mirror at a thrift store for one dollar, it wasn't a pretty frame, so she painted it and then decorated it with paper flowers she made and some nature bits.

Black Photo Album project:

Dd found an old black photo album book- blank- at Goodwill back in Indiana.  She is putting in some of her favorite photo's and writing or drawing things next to the photo, to personalize her book.  It is really coming along nicely with her white gel pen on the black construction paper album.

Close-up of her paper flowers

Fall Is Here!
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Year 2017-2018 Grade 10 Plans

The New School Year 2017-2018 : Grade 10: Plans
Dd is 15 years old, to be 16 in the spring, hs'd from day 1

In Process

September is here, which makes me want to share our upcoming school year plans.  It is always fun to see at the end of the year which plans stuck and which plans fell by the wayside.  We are over scheduled, but I do feel like, at this point, I can let things go without feeling like it will be a big deal.  

For 10th grade we will continue with Sonlight (SL), we've followed Sonlight since Kindergarten and it works for us, especially because I tweak it to fit our pace by adding as many weeks as needed to complete one of SL's weeks.  SL has 36 weeks in each of their cores, but I go: Week 1 "A," Week 1 "B," Week 1 "C"....until we've completed all their tasks and the one's I've put in too.  I think Core G was our record for stretching out a 36-week program to around 72 weeks!!!  I added so much in! Core H is intended for 12-14-year-olds, 7-9th graders, so we are on the end of the spectrum that this core was designed for, and I'm not going to add much at this point, trying to get to the finish line but not in a hurry.

We are on Week 25 of 36, of Core H, as I type this.  Core H is part two or year two of a two year program on World History.  Next will be Core 100, which is on American History in detail.  Here is a link to Sonlight's website for a short description of "Core H."
https://www.sonlight.com/HC5.html

BiblioPlan Companion:
http://www.biblioplan.net/p/welcome-to-biblioplan.html
We will continue to add this in as we can.  It just really is a wonderful program, though a bit dry.  I love how it incorporates church history and geography and cultural bits in with all the history.  It does that forever to make it through a chapter, and there is SO much information that I know we don't memorize---it would be impossible!  Regardless, it is a great program.  We are reading Early Modern Companion and will move into the next set after this.

History Readers and Read Alouds:

Sonlight schedules a heavy load of both R's and RA's for each core.  I will continue to add some of my personal choice materials too.  Like I did this summer when we read Great Expectations and are now currently reading Les Miserables, though not in SL's line-up.  There are quite a few other significant books that I want Dd to read during high school that isn't in SL's cores, but I will squeeze into our schedule.

Continue BiblioPlan and Foster's Abraham Lincoln's World History Readers to finish up Core H.  I've linked to GoodReads website for book information:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104297.Abraham_Lincoln_s_World?from_search=true
Dd loved George Washington's World and is loving Abraham Lincoln's World by Foster instead of the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia that SL assigned.  I'm happy with our exchange and think Dd will retain more information with our switches.

Math:

We have struggled with math since 8th grade, so this year I am paying for Dd to take a homeschool co-op class in Grand Rapids.  The  group is called: Grace HS Academy and they actually meet in the same building (the "Home School Building") that our band and orchestra classes occur in.  I've signed her up for Geometry.  We had tried to do Algebra with Math-U-See, go, back up, go, back up, go, back up for about a year, then I bought another brand new Algebra program from Teaching Textbooks, and we tried that for 6 months until Dd kept getting stuck.  Then we re-started our Math U See Algebra again, from the first lessons, and she kept getting stuck.  So, I decided to go ahead and try Geometry b/c when I was in high school I remember how hard Algebra was, but when I got into Geometry it seemed so much easier for me.  I figured that might be the same with Dd.  So she got to Lesson 15 without too much trouble but got stuck with lesson 16, so I had her back up and start the program over again, starting with lesson 1.  I worked with her and we got back to lesson 16 and found the workbook was asking us to find the surface area of shapes that he didn't cover in the video.  Even though I looked online, I was still having trouble explaining this to her and thought I'd think about the Grace math classes.  Dd's two dear friends both have taken their math classes there and I've only heard good things about the teacher.  So, I've signed her up!  Her two friends are also in the same class, and I think there are only six students altogether so they will be getting lots of help.  I hope it goes well, b/c I hate that we will have to drive to Grand Rapids not once per week, like last year, but THREE times per week!  Yikes!  I prefer homeschooling when we are actually at home!  But, I have bought Math U See Algebra, Math U See Geometry, Teaching Textbooks Algebra, and using Khan Academy math throughout and she still hasn't finished a whole program in over two years.  It is time that I try having her learn math outside of our home programs.  I had to buy a whole new program for next year's math: Saxon Geometry.  I've heard so many of our friends using Saxon--like the "L" family in Indy, that is their curriculum for math, and many say it just works.  I think it will be costing us almost a thousand dollars to pay for all the failed programs and this new one through Grace; perhaps more!  I don't even want to add it all up together--I might cry!  So, math will be out of the home this year!

Art:

Although I got my Master's degree in Art, I don't seem to have enough time to really teach Dd art!  I always think we can get to that after we complete our "core" subjects, and we are always behind!  Since Dd is going to Grand Rapids, Grace Academy for math, we will let her take two art classes there to make our drive worth it.  She has always wanted a proper art class, now she'll have two!  The first one is a Painting Studio and the second is a Botany art class--learning about and drawing Michigan's wild plants and flowers.  Plus, she is always doing her art projects and tinkering things at home too.  I always buy lots of material at the thrift store for her to sew, plus I keep lots of art supplies on hand for drawing, painting, building... lots of art to go around for grade 10.

Science:

Dd is trying to finish up Apologia's Physical Science and then we will start Biology!!!  I'm super excited to work with her on that one.  I'm letting her do Physical Science alone, since she says she goes faster without me and most of the info she is learning she has already learned about and so this book is mostly a refresher course for her.  I've been buying the stuff for Biology and can't wait to dig in!

Foreign Language:

DuoLingo German will continue, only now she has asked me to start learning it too.  So, I've got to find a little bit of time to start that, probably after gardening and canning finishes up.

Writing:

I bough the next set with IEW Continuation Course B?  I think?  It was expensive! Yikes!  But, it is suppose to have writing lessons for two years, so that should keep us busy.  We'll start that up pretty soon, once summer chores are wrapped up.

Grand Rapids Community College: English Composition- spring 2018

I'm planning on enrolling Dd in this dual enrollment class in the spring.  GRCC is offering this class at a satellite branch in our local town!  I think this should be a good class to start off college with.

Grammar and Latin:

I want to keep working (albeit slowly) on building with these subjects.  She has been doing well with the Easy Grammar, Plus program and still has 1/2 the book to do for grade 10.  "Word Roots" teaches Latin, and she still has 1/2 of that book to complete too.  Plus, when we start Biology I have a great Latin biology program to do with it---called "Science Roots: Latin and Greek for Biology and Life Science."

Bible:

We will continue to do the Bible assignments through SL as well as our own study of the New Testament.  We spent three years on the Old Testament and I want her to know the NT as well as she learned the OT.

Church:

Dd is very active with our church.  Sunday she has church; then Sunday School in the mornings, then Youth Program at night.  Wednesday night she volunteers to co-lead the Games part of the Olympians program.  Thursday she attends the Strings Group at church, playing the ukulele.

Physical Education:

Wanting to fit more DVD workouts with Dd into our year.  

Khan Academy:

Continue to advance in the math program.

Continue to do the SAT prep program.

Geography:

Advanced Maps with BiblioPlan

SL's mapping with our cores.

Poetry:

The Harp and Laurel Leaf will be our spine for Poetry this year.

Weekly Music classes: 3 of 5 classes on Wednesday's

Piano: Wednesday's

Wednesday's with  Mrs. Wendy: 30 min lesson

Viola/Violin: at Meyer Music: Monday's

30 min lessons with Christie

Intermediate Band with Mrs. Wendy: Wednesday's 

1:30 hour class - Alto Sax

Intermediate Orchestra: Wednesday's

1:30 hour class with Mrs. Sooy - violin

Strings Group at church: Thursday's
Ukulele 1:30 hours

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SL Core H Week 24 B Aug 20-26, 2017

SL Core H Week 24 B 

Aug 20-26, 2017 

Solar Eclipse, Garden Pests, Sleep Over, & Strings Group

Hello Friends!

Some weeks I manage to find a somewhat balance between fitting in our lessons with everything else we try to juggle, but this week Dd had to do most of her lessons without me.  I know all the homeschooling books share how we are supposed to treat our homeschooling as my "full-time job," but sometimes our lessons, laundry, shopping, cooking, cleaning, garden work, chicken work, church gatherings, paying bills, doctor appointments, ETC. get the better of me.  I do wonder if other homeschool mom's also have difficulty trying to 'fit it ALL in,' like I do?!  Some times people seem more willing to share their successes more than their difficulties---unfortunately!  We (I) certainly do struggle and feel like I have way too many balls in the air.  Perhaps more homeschooling fathers get home earlier or are able to do more to contribute than our particular situation, but my Dh has his hands beyond full with his job.  

The view finder box Dd made to watch the eclipse

Solar Eclipse:
Dd made herself a viewfinder box to see the eclipse.  We had a LOT of clouds, so it wasn't fantastic, but it was a fun experience!

Agnes, the ever-so-cute kitty that ate my camera cord, so I couldn't post pictures for 3 weeks!!!  I had to buy a new one, so we are back in business.  She looks cute and innocent!  But, boy is she a quiet ninja!

Church Picnic:

Sunday, after church and Sunday School was our annual church picnic at a pretty lake.  Normally you'd think a church picnic would be awesome, but when your GF (gluten free) it is not a food event anymore, but a social one.  I have to give up on getting a good meal and switch my focus to getting to chat with friends.  There is only one other woman in our church who has food issues, but she doesn't come to most social events.  It was really nice being outside and sharing good fellowship, and this year, unlike last year, we found the remote spot without too much difficulty!

Girl's Club Pool Party:

Dd went to another fun Girl's Party!  They swam, ate, and had a fun afternoon together!

Monarch Butterfly:

Remember the mass of caterpillars we found on the local Milkweed plants?  The brown moths have made their chrysalis's in the Milkweed leaves!  Then there were the two Monarch caterpillars we found in Indiana, on a hide with our friends the "L" family.  Their caterpillar went into a chrysalis and hatched days before ours did.  This week our  Monarch chrysalis hatched into a beautiful Monarch butterfly!  We fed her and let her go!  I'll never get tired of watching that cycle!

Fall Cleaning:

Dd had invited a few friends over to spend the night on Friday, but only one was actually able to attend.  We also have Giz and Grampy coming in a week, so I wanted to get some of my Fall Cleaning done.  The weather took a major dive this week, not even getting into the 70's some days, which actually was perfect cleaning weather!  Tuesday and Wednesday, Dd and I cleaned for most of the day.  She had a lot of tidying to do in her room and was able to find her floor again!!  

Garden: Broccoli Worms and Cabbage Worms

I guess last week, while I was being a lump mourning Sophie, some Broccoli & Cabbage worms got a foothold in my garden.  Boy, when I noticed them on Tuesday I had a mountain to climb in getting all those critters off before they killed my plants.  I spent hours picking hundreds of worms off all my plants, hidden in between and under the leaves.  The good part of this week, in the garden, was that all the Hook caterpillars that had been attacking our tomato plants seem to have been mostly taken down!  I spent hours in the garden trying to rescue what I could this week.  Even the Kale leaves had worms on them, I had to just pick some of the worse leaves off and give those to the chickens.  I think things are looking up for the garden now that I have killed all those worms, but boy that was a mess!  I also planted some fall lettuce and kale that should do well in this cooler weather.

Chickens & Ducks: 

Nothing major to share this week.  Clementine, one of my Amber White chickens, keeps getting out of their long run and 'free-ranging.'  I am worried about her.  It is only a matter of time before a predator finds her while she is out and something bad happens...remember my super sweet "Toes," well, she had the same habit of getting out of the coop at any opportunity and she just disappeared one day.  I'm trying to find out how she is doing it.  Zeus, our rooster, actually took M-Th off from trying to attack me, but then on Fri he thought about it and luckily decided against a full blown charge.  He has this weird 'jig' he does as he works his way closer to me -- it's really odd!

George Foreman Grills:

About three weeks ago, at a local thrift store, Dd found and bought a large George Foreman grill.  She has been loving making fish and sandwiches in it.  At the shop, she decided to get the larger of the two grills they had for sale and regretted not getting both of them at the time.  This week we went back to the shop and the small grill was still there!  Plus, she got it for .75 cents!  It was on sale!  She is doing so well on her cooking and baking.  She made special brownies for her friend coming over too.  I found some valance curtains that were made of a great fabric (all cotton) and a cool design for $1.00---I'm going to try to turn those into covers for my sofa sections that need to be replaced.  But, then the store accidentally charged me $3.00 for a paperback book that was supposed to be .50 cents; so they aren't a perfect shop!  Ouch!

Strings Group:

Thursday nights at church Strings Group met again this week.  We are practicing four new songs to do at church in a few weeks.  Dd and I aren't familiar with these old hymns, but we are learning!  Dd is really enjoying learning to play her ukulele better and has been practicing on it for fun.

Sleep Over:

We picked up Dd's friend on Friday.  They seemed to have a great time--if loud laughing was a signal of fun!  They watched High School Musical together.  The friend had never seen it and Dd wanted to introduce her to the series.  When Dd spent the night at her house, a few weeks ago, she watched a Barbie movie that she had never seen.  They are trying to expose the other to their favorite old movies.  



Canning Has Begun!
We canned the beets that we found for free at a yard sale.  These beets tasted really great, so pleased!!

Dd's academic advances for the week:

The bummer with canning beets was that it seemed like we were throwing out (to the chickens) half of the beet before they got into the jars!

Bible:

We are using my new "NIV Integrated Study Bible" A new chronological approach for exploring scripture" to compare each story with how it is told in each of the gospels---very interesting!


  
This week we read:

John 2:13-22, Matt. 21:12-15, Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19: 45-46

John 2: 13-22, Matt 21: 12-15, John 2: 23-3:11

Mark 11: 15-19, Luke 19: 45-46, John 3:12-4:12, John 4:13-42

Church, Sunday School, Stings Group, and picnic

SL Bible:

Daring to Live On The Edge by Loreen Cunningham:

Ch. 1 & 2
Goodreads Summary:
"Loren Cunningham's dream began with a vision--waves of young people moving out across the continents announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Decades later, Loren's vision has grown into an interdenominational movement of Christians from around the world who are dedicated to presenting the gospel to this generation. Loren speaks and teaches internationally, and his missionary travels have taken him to every nation on earth. Loren Cunningham illustrates that trusting God in every area, including finances, is not just for those Christians called into "full-time" ministry. Every Christian, regardless of vocation, can enter into the adventure of living by faith by firmly committing to obey God's will. A Christian who has experienced God's provision will be spoiled for the ordinary.

Art:

Since Dd has been taking August mostly off from music, she has been doing LOTS of drawing and painting.  It would be a safe guess to say she's spent over 10 hours this week on her art.

Physical Education:

Swimming (pool party) 2 hours

DVD workout: 2 miles

Math:

UGH.

We spent another week on Lesson 16, Math U See, Geometry.  I've been breaking down what we need to learn and doing one formula per day.  The video showed how to do 2 Surface Area problems, but the Student Workbook asked her to know how to do 4-5 different shapes that Demme didn't show us how to do!!!!  So, I've been doing a lot of internet searches on each problem, trying to figure out the formula on our own.  Man, this is way too much work - the program should show us how to do the problems he asks her to do, right?!!!!

Khan Academy MATH:

Dd continues to do her KA math lessons: 4 x this week

KA is an excellent (free) source to fill in gaps in our education (I use it too!)

Go to KhanAcademy.org to see it for yourself!

Science:
Apologia Physical Science:

Module 9: An Into to the Physics of Motion: Completed

History:

BiblioPlan Early Modern Companion

Although we have already read this chapter, focusing on Church History, I've decided to re-read it again to help us remember these details better.

Pg's 200-210

We had to cut down a few trees to make way for the upcoming clothes-line poles!  Always fun to chain saw!

Abraham Lincoln's World by Foster

Pg's 278-306

SL Reader:

The Good Master by Kate Seredy

The Good Master, a Newbury Honor book written in 1935, is set in the Hungarian countryside in the early 1930s.  Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father's ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and festivals, and a dangerous run-in with the gypsies.

We are slowly growing a wall of green beans!

Add In Read Aloud:
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Dd asked to make this our new RA--She has already read it once or twice, but I've never read it before. 
GoodReads Summary:
Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean—the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread—Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose. Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier, and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables gave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait that resulted is larger than life, epic in scope—an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart.

Poetry:

Dd is trying to memorize:
The Highwayman 

Our tomato plants have taken over!  They are just a huge, tall mass of green!

The Harp and  Laurel Leaf:

Rhythm of Poetry (Pg 288-291)

 Shakespeare read portions of Henry V (Pg 151) and

Macbeth (pg 153)

Washington on His Appt. as Commander In Chief (pg 130)

Latin:

Word Roots:

Pg's 84-86

Grammar:

Easy Grammar, Plus

Pg's 321, 333, 337, 341

Foreign Language:

DuoLingo: German

4 session of 30 minutes (2 hours)

Khan Academy SAT Prep:

2 sessions this week

Music:

Ukulele: 2:30 hours

Violin: 10 min

Viola: 30 min

I can't believe I found this book at a Goodwill in Indiana.  This is one of the last things my dad had bought for me, for a Christmas gift, back around 1978-1980.  SO happy to own it again!  What a gift!

Home Economics:

Chores, cooking, baking, cleaning

8:00 hours this week 

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