Week 13 of Homespun Homeschool: We finished reading Amos Fortune, Free Man, created dilemmas in logic, started reading Jane Eyre, finished writing a paper about Number the Stars, studied the Latin first conjugation and irregular adjectives, continued research and work on our Science Fair project, started reading about genetics and inheritance patterns, learned about Parables, memorized and drew from memory a map of Europe, looked at ways to graph experiments, learned new literary terms, read in How Should We Then Live, learned new geography terms, studied and wrote a paper about Rembrandt, worked on our persuasive speech assignment, worked on Math Maps and Algebra, brought hand drawn maps to community, carved pumpkins (California to South Carolina!), and watched the full 6 hour version of Pride and Prejudice with class!

Week 12 of Homespun Homeschool: We worked on Science Fair, read about and listened to Beethoven, continued reading Amos Fortune, Free Man, wrote lab reports on strawberry DNA and radish leaf color, worked on Algebra 2 and Math Maps, learned about Fables, wrote a paper about the artist Durer, worked on our persuasive speech assignment, continued writing a paper about Number the Stars, studied Latin relative clauses and verb conjugations, finished reading about DNA proteins and the cell cycle, memorized and drew from memory a map of Europe, observed our radish growth experiment, brought hand drawn maps to community, performed a mitosis experiment, created epicheirema, learned new literary terms, finished reading and wrote a paper on Pride and Prejudice, learned new geography terms, and went to the High Museum in Atlanta to research an artist for our Persuasive Speech assignment!

Week 11 of Homespun Homeschool: We started reading about DNA proteins and the cell cycle, started Science Fair research, compared Latin adjectives and looked at adjectives of the third declension, planted and observed our radish seed experiment, learned about Idioms, began reading, Amos Fortune, Free Man, created Goclenian and conditional sorites, started writing a paper about Number the Stars, read about and listened to Mozart, worked on Algebra, presented Logic in class, started reading Pride and Prejudice, worked on Math Maps, memorized and drew from memory a map of Europe, learned new literary terms, read in How Should We Then Live, brought hand drawn maps to community, started working on our persuasive speech assignment, learned new geography terms, learned about Durer and Rembrandt, made beignets Cafe Du Monde style, and won a party for class by filling up the duckie jar!

Week 10 of Homespun Homeschool: We conducted an experiment on strawberry DNA, worked on Algebra, finished writing a paper on The Magician’s Nephew, continued reading about cellular energy and respiration, memorized and drew from memory a map of Europe, practiced polysyllogisms and Aristotelian sorites, studied Latin deponent verbs, predicates and adjectives, finished reading Number the Stars, performed an experiment on cellular respiration and fermentation in yeast, worked on Math Maps, performed an experiment on pigments of photosynthesis, wrote a paper and drew a sketch on the subject of mammals, started a radish seed experiment, learned about Parallelism, continued reading the epic sonnets, learned new geography terms, and presented the Art Grant in class!

Week 9 of Homespun Homeschool: We wrote a paper and drew a sketch on the subject of reptiles, finished preparing for our Art Grant presentation, continued reading Number the Stars, looked at Latin dative verbs and adjectives, started reading about cellular energy and respiration, memorized and drew from memory a map of South America, started reading and writing a paper on A Modest Proposal from Gulliver’s Travels, learned new literary terms, worked on Algebra, continued writing a paper on The Magician’s Nephew, compared conjunctive and subjunctive syllogisms, worked on Math Maps, learned about Synecdoche by Part, continued reading the epic sonnets, learned new geography terms, brought hand drawn maps to community, and sighted a bear in our own backyard!

Week 8 of Homespun Homeschool: We finished reading Robinson Crusoe, memorized and drew from memory a map of South America, studied Latin subjunctive purpose clauses and practiced declining fourth and fifth Latin declensions, continued reading about cells and membranes, wrote a paper and drew a sketch on the subject of amphibians, started a lab on osmosis in animal cells, performed an experiment on plasmolysis in plant cells, added to our arts timeline, continued working on the Art Grant, started writing a paper on The Magician’s Nephew, read in State of the Arts, learned about conjunctive and disjunctive syllogisms, worked on Math Maps, began reading Number the Stars, worked on Algebra, learned about Synecdoche by Species, continued reading epic sonnets, learned new geography terms, and brought hand drawn maps to community!

Week 7 of Homespun Homeschool: We continued reading the epic sonnets, started reading Robinson Crusoe, worked on Algebra, prepared slides for science lab and compared animal and plant cells, looked at Latin’s fifth declension and passive versus active moods, read about Bach and listened to his music, completed the Art Grant application, started reading about cells and membranes, learned new literary terms, wrote a paper and drew a sketch on the subject of birds, learned about Similes, finished reading The Magician’s Nephew, wrote a paper about the artist Michelangelo, learned about conditional syllogisms, worked on Math Maps, memorized and drew from memory a map of Central America and the Caribbean, learned new geography, terms, wrote an essay on Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, and had a speaker come to class to share the culture of Puerto Rico with our class!

Week 6 of Homespun Homeschool: We worked on a paper about Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, continued reading about Ecosystems and Biomes, wrote a paper and drew a sketch on the subject of fish, read The Pilgrim’s Progress and wrote a paper about it, worked on Algebra, studied the work on Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, started work on an Art Grant proposal, watched and discussed How Should We Then Live, studied pronouns and second and fourth declensions in Latin, continued reading The Magician’s Nephew, practiced creating enthymemes; worked on Math Maps, learned about Antonyms and Litotes, memorized and drew from memory a map of Central America and the Caribbean, learned new literary terms, continued reading the epic sonnets, learned new geography terms, and brought hand drawn maps to community!

Week 5 of Homespun Homeschool: We worked on Algebra 2, started reading about Ecosystems and Biomes, recorded observations from our bean seedling experiment, conducted an experiment on carbon dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect, read Paradise Lost, learned new literary terms, finalized preparation for debate on whether admission to museums should be free, translated ordinary sentences into logical statements, worked on pre-algebra and Math Maps, learned unusual declension exceptions in Latin and looked at Indicative versus Subjunctive Moods, wrote a paper and drew a sketch on the subject of invertebrates, learned about Synonyms and Pleonasm, continued reading the epic sonnets, started reading the Magician’s Nephew, memorized and drew from memory a map of the United States, learned new geography terms, brought hand drawn maps to community, and debated policy in teams of two!

Week 4 of Homespun Homeschool: We finished reading Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, worked on Algebra, continued reading about Carbon Compounds, conducted an experiment on enzymes, wrote a paper on the subject of plants, finished our bean sprout experiment, wrote a paper on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, finished reading The Canterbury Tales, finished paper on Beowulf and Sir Gawain, prepared for debate, studied Latin Third Declension Nouns and Indicative and Subjunctive Moods, performed an experiment on pH, learned about direct and indirect reduction, learned about Math Analogies, continued reading the epic sonnets, and memorized and drew from memory a map of the United States!