Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Lacie 10/9 Work Update

Update: With the exception of Vocabulary Workshop, we've officially started all of the course work for Kolbe.  Yeah!!!!  I can anticipate Algebra, Grammar, and Latin are going to be a challenge.  Yeah!!!  We have a plan to integrate all of Lacie's subjects into 30 hours a week, 24-25 of which are concentrated into three days.

We spent the morning working through Chemistry because Lacie is going to be absent Friday during class--three hours.  Chemistry has four worksheets and a conversion test Friday.  After making corrections several times, Lacie has a better understanding of conversions and metric prefixes.  Happily, she understands significant figures.

Yesterday, we did a diagnostic test for parts of speech Warriner's Handbook (WH).  We need to start at the beginning; Lacie did exercise 1 to identify parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions.  Yesterday, we clarified contractions and conjunctions.

After a late lunch, Lacie had a guitar lesson.  BTW, I'm recording all of her completed assignments and lessons in Google Classroom.  I don't want any issues when I submit her grades to Kolbe.  Lacie keeps hard copies of her completed work, too.  I take photos of some of the work and save it to Google Drive--just in case a notebook is lost or misplaced.

After Guitar, we did Latin vocab, History Chapt 1 quizzes and test, and more Robinson Crusoe Study Guide in preparation for the Final Exam.  We are doing several quizzes and tests to use for mid-term and final exams. We’ve worked through Chapter 3 in History; I’m concerned about her retention and readiness for the upcoming mid-term.  I have some more review and tests in History before we move forward.  I've given Lacie several chapters of Latin vocabulary.  Next week, I'll start first declension nouns with her.    Below are my instructions for Lacie as she lists and outlines her Better Man paper.  


Work on the Better Man paper.  Use the study guide and novel to identify quotes (write the page) that explain Robinson's Crusoe's character before his 35 year sojourn on Despair.  Locate specific examples (write the page number) of his traits after he left the island.  Once you have a list, it's time to write a rough outline.  The question is "How did Crusoe's stay on the island make him a better man? What did it teach him about God and his fellow man?  Cite specific examples from the book."  The thesis for your paper is "Robinson Crusoe's thirty-five year stay on the island, Despair, made him a better man.  As you work on the outline, think about the introduction: the thesis statement, a brief overview of Crusoe's character, and a few key events.  In the second, third, and fourth paragraphs, use specific examples with quotes from the book which support those characteristics.  For example, if Crusoe was proud or haughty, locate a quote that describes him as haughty.  In the fourth or fifth paragraph for the outline, list the examples which support the changes Crusoe underwent.  In the outline, think about the conclusion: a restatement of the thesis, a description of Crusoe before the Island, during the Island stay, and after the Island stay.  In the outline's conclusion, explain what the Island stay taught Crusoe about God and about his treatment of his fellow man.  Work on notes and quotes.  Once you have a list, organize the list into a rough outline: introduction, Crusoe before the Island, Crusoe early Island, Crusoe with Man Friday, Crusoe after the Island, Conclusion with what Island taught Crusoe about God and man.




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