Aug 28th 2008

..another rainy day but that didn't stop Christopher from going out and shooting hoops in the rain. His buddy Daniel joined him and the next thing I saw they were sliding down the hill on their backs.... this was followed by a hot shower and a lesson in getting grass stains out of clothing!

C read about 20 more pages in Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to his Children. we are about 1/3 done with the book. It gives great perspective into who this man was.

Continued work in algebra

Did lesson one in Thinking Toolbox, a Bluedorn book. We love Bluedorn books . This is our third. we have completed Fallacy Detective & Whatever happened to Penny Candy. This one is on Logic/Critical Thinking

Christopher made Scampi for lunch

He also spent time on the computer on various message boards and chat.

a chunk of this afternoon was spent watching the movie 3:10 to Yuma. while this is fiction, the story opened up lots of doors for discussion and also gave a fairly accurate depicition of life in the West in the late 1800's. We were able to discuss Pinkerton Agency, the Railroad push west, tuberculosis, and the laws for new territory. Not to mention the integrity of the main character. I give the movie 2 thumbs up!

another great school day here at End of the Road

August 27,2008

..today was a PERFECT day for our study of the Wizard of Oz . First Christopher read the chapter on Frank Baum in History of the Us book 8.
Then we discussed if The Wizard of Oz was an allegory for the late 1800's/early 1900's. Discussing William Jennings Bryan, prohibitionist, the gold standard, Ft Knox , why we can't print more money then we have gold, the intro of silver, and industry during that era.
We also observed literary techniques such as foreshadowing,framestory & irony. Discussed symbols in the movie tornado , ruby slippers ( which were originally silver) etc.
Discussed questions based on the movie from Teach with Movies
we only answered the adult questions but if you were using this for youngers the whole battery would be great!
Talked about special effects then and now.

He also read in All Quiet on the Western Front
Played Guitar for awhile
Cooked Jambalya for lunch
Continued discussion on nutrition and food and did internet research.

Aug 26th

..today Christopher read pages 24-44 in Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children.
Chapter 9 in All Quiet on the Western Front
Luke Chapter 2
Grammar Rules page 27
Copywork from TRLTHC
algebra lesson 73

weightlifting, research proteins, metabolism, BMI , nutrition in products.

extra chores
spent time on the computer visiting a few message boards .

Cooking: bacon & eggs

First Day of School 2008-2009

...Today kicked off the 2008-2009 school year @ End of the Road School. Probably not fun filled and exciting like a younger child, but I need a concrete documentation of his junior year .
Today Christopher had extra chores due to my hysterectomy last week. He was also responsible for cooking lunch which were BLT's and taking the post office -library errands.

Dictation was a paragraph from Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children We discussed semi colons and hyphens.

Continued a page in Grammar Rules

Read History of the US Chapter's one and two from book 8 discussing Carnegie & Rockefeller.

Read pages 13-24 in Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children

Luke Chapter 1

Family Discussion was on Chapter 1 The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul. This brought up a good discussion and scripture reference on Jesus directing us to God's Holiness.