Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mariel's AO Year 6 Term 1

Bible

Gospel of John (group study)
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula (group study)
Raising Maidens of Virtue by Stacy McDonald

Math

Scott Foresman Exploring Mathematics 6

English

Narration assignments based on The Writer's Jungle (Bravewriter)
Spelling Wisdom II (Studied dictation)
Copywork
Winston Basic/Advanced Grammar
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Taming of the Shrew by Mr. William Shakespeare (group reading)
Poetry of Robert Frost
Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
English from the Roots Up

Science and Nature

The Sciences by Edward Holden
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity by Robert Cwiklik
Science fair project (due in January)
School of the Woods by William Long

History/Geography/Civics

Story of the World Volume 4 by Susan Wise Bauer
The Story of David Livingstone by Vautier Golding
Geography workbook (mapwork) from Instructional Fair
The Life of Romulus by Plutarch (group reading)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Fine Arts

Drama (outside activity)
Violin lessons/orchestra
Piano lessons
Hymnsinging
Art of Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
Music of Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams (20th Century)

P.E.

Ice skating once per week (not any instruction, just exercise)

(Please Google these titles if you are interested in exploring them further; I didn't have time to add hyperlinks.)

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