Weekly Updates

Week 20 of Homespun Homeschool: We read and outlined chapter 7 of Defeating Darwinism, read 2 short stories, learned how to find the circumference of a circle, wrote ANI charts for the evidence for Mock Trial, read about Brown vs. The Board of Education, brainstormed the plot of our short story, learned about independent clauses, worked on Algebra, learned new Logic concepts, worked on Latin grammar and vocab, researched and examined exhibits for Mock Trial, received our official roles for Mock Trail, and visited the Ark and Creation Museum!

Week 19 of Homespun Homeschool: We read and outlined chapter 6 of Defeating Darwinism, read a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, notated bass clef notes, learned the difference between an acid and a base, created direct and cross-examination questions for Mock Trial, defined the characters of our short story, worked on Algebra, learned new Logic concepts, read The Red-Headed League, summarized our Faces of History paper and memorized it, learned about Nato, diagrammed sentences, learned the area of a circle, learned Latin 2nd declension neuter nouns, continued translating John 1 into Latin, looked at sentence clauses, found US trails on a map, visited a high school mock trial at the Greenville County Courthouse, and performed as John Andre in our Classical Conversations Faces of History event!

Week 18 of Homespun Homeschool: We read and outlined chapter 5 of Defeating Darwinism, read 2 short stories, learned about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, formed a legal strategy and order of the trial for Mock Trial, wrote and played a song together on bass and drums, brainstormed the characters of our short story, learned about musical rests, worked on Algebra, learned new Logic concepts, worked on Latin grammar and vocab, enjoyed the game room at CC, learned four more elements of the periodic table, researched background and prep for Mock Trial, and exchanged Valentines with family and friends!

Week 17 of Homespun Homeschool: We read and outlined chapter 4 of Defeating Darwinism, taught our class to make origami hearts, read 3 short stories, learned how to conjugate Latin nouns, created ANI charts for our Mock Trial witnesses, made homemade sushi, learned about the 19th Amendment, worked on the setting for our short story, looked at the area of a square, translated John 1:4 into Latin, worked on Algebra, learned the second four elements of the Periodic Table, learned new Logic concepts, found eastern rivers of the U.S. on a map, worked on Latin grammar and vocab, prepared a Math problem to present in class, and finished writing our Faces of History paper!

Week 16 of Homespun Homeschool: We learned the first four elements of the Periodic Table, read The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, worked on Algebra, discussed Darwinism, irreducable complexity and Junk DNA, learned new Latin vocab and grammar, practiced our acrylic painting skills, learned how to find the area of a rectangle, rewrote witness statements for Mock Trial, learned new Logic concepts, diagrammed sentences, read and outlined chapter 3 in Defeating Darwinism, worked on spelling, learned about World War 1, worked on an original short story, discovered a frozen pond at Furman, and pet adorable puppies in class!

Week 15 of Homespun Homeschool: We read a short story by Leo Tolstoy, worked on Algebra, learned about Immigrants coming to America, read a short story by Kipling, learned new Latin vocab and grammar, outlined chapter two of Defeating Darwinism, read chapters 6-9 in Intermediate Logic, continued translating John 1 into Latin, watched Inherit the Wind, rewrote witness statements for Mock Trial, wrote one paragraph for our Faces of History paper, created a timeline for Mock Trial, worked on spelling, diagrammed sentences and went to a Swamp Rabbits Ice Hockey game!

Week 14 of Homespun Homeschool: We gave a class presentation on Chapter 1 of Defeating Darwinism, worked on Algebra, read chapters 1-5 in Intermediate Logic, read four short stories and discussed, learned about Picasso’s cubism and created art in his style, diagrammed sentences, rewrote two witness statements from Mock Trial, learned new Latin vocab and grammar, created timelines for Mock Trial, worked on Latin Prep, learned about Tycoons, looked at Linear Equivalents, continued translating John 1 into Latin and gave the “News” at CC morning assembly!

Week 13 of Homespun Homeschool: We worked on Algebra, learned new Latin vocab and grammar, started memorizing the appendices for Intermediate Logic, looked at liquid equivalents, started Latin Prep camp, learned spelling rules, worked on music theory, started reading Defeating Darwinism and wrote a chapter outline, continued to translate John 1 into Latin, read about Ronald Reagan and Martin Luther King Jr., brainstormed short story ideas, learned about the atomic number, read our Mock Trial Notebook, learned about the 14th Amendment and went to the dollar store with our CC class as a reward for our Logic memory work!

Week 12 of Homespun Homeschool: We started learning John 1 in Latin, worked on Algebra, learned some purposes of blood, read about Henry Ford and George Washington Carver, assembled the parts of the human body, wrote a paper about Edwin Hubble, worked on spelling, researched the scientist Henrietta Swan Leavitt, diagrammed sentences, worked more on our demonstration of stars, learned new Latin grammar, wrote a paper about The Hiding Place, learned new Logic concepts, read Tanglewood Tales and wrote a paper, learned about General Robert E. Lee, researched Stephen Hawking and wrote a paper on black holes, memorized and performed one of Ronald Reagan’s speeches, ate a solar system cake, created shoebox presentations on 2 scientists, attended a Lego Brick Fest, saw the Nutcracker Ballet with a live orchestra, visited the Biltmore Estate and went to end-of-the-year Classical Conversations Christmas parties!

Week 11 of Homespun Homeschool: We learned about the endocrine system, worked on drawing a map of the United States, read about Thomas Edison and Theodore Roosevelt, learned Latin rules, researched the scientist Maria Mitchell, worked on spelling, diagrammed sentences, created a demonstration of stars, worked on Algebra, learned about the Civil War, played a Thanksgiving version of National Number Knockout, learned new Logic concepts, wrote an ANI chart for The Hiding Place, worked on music theory, went bowling with friends, made homemade sugar cookies, soap and pottery to sell at our CC Market and took a field trip to the Roper Science Museum!