Ancients Week 28

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Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

  • Memorize: “In AD 64 after the great fire of Rome, Nero built his palace instead of homes. When Roman citizens blamed him for the fire, he blamed Christians and persecuted them.”

  • Research the life and times of Emporer Nero. Here’s an 3d rendering of his new palace: http://www.italyrome.info/domusaurea/domusaurea-eng.php

  • Memorize all subjects through song, motions, pictures, games, etc.

  • Read The Story of the World Chapter 39 and do the activities in the activity guide.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Rome and label the starting point of the fire, the Temple of Jupiter, Circus Maximus, Aventine Hill, Esquiline Hill, and the Forum.

  • Memorize "Vitruvius De Architectura Book 1, Chapter 3, Part 2 states: All structures should possess strength, utility, and beauty.” Learn more about Vitruvius Roman architect.

  • Memorize “The least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers is the smallest number (not zero) that is a multiple of both and is often used to find a common denominator.” Explore factors, GCF & LCM

  • Practice Greek Workbook Lesson 28 and memorize these nouns:
    ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line
    τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip
    ὁ διάμετρος the diameter
    ἡ πλευρά the side
    τό τετραγώνον the square

  • Memorize “Sentence requirements: Capital letter, end mark, subject, verb, makes sense.”

  • Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!

Writing Club (3-5th)

  • Grammar Week 28 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram.  Here’s more info on noun clauses.

  • Check your answers on http://1aiway.com/

  • Study all vocabulary on IEW pp. 258-259.

  • Chronos Capstone

    • Create a key word outlines from 3 sources for each of your 3 subtopics.

    • Fuse the outlines into one key word outline for each topic with a topic sentence and clincher for each.

    • Write three paragraphs (one for each subtopic) from your three fused outlines using the most recent checklist in the IEW book.  Underline and label each dress-up & decoration in the margin.

    • Ask an adult to edit it for grammar & spelling mistakes.

    • Create a final draft to present next Saturday, May 6!

 

Dialecticians
5th-8th Graders

From our session Thursday 4/27/17 - Carefully read the WHOLE list, then get started.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Rome.

ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line

τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip

ὁ διάμετρος the diameter

ἡ πλευρά the side

τό τετραγώνον the square

  • Math Club on Wednesday: More video! More skills! More games!

  • Book Club on Tuesday: Read your play or poetry book.

  • MAKE: History on Tuesday: Make a Vitruvious Collage.

  • Drawing out Arithmetic: Construct Euclid’s Elements Proposition 3.20

  • Writing Club on Wednesday:

    1. Do the activities in Wordly Wise Lesson 4 and study the words and their definitions.

    2. Memorize “Sentence requirements: Capital letter, end mark, subject, verb, makes sense.”

    3. Read and complete IEW lesson 27: pp. 213-214 “If I were Emperor.” Write a key word outline of ideas from your own imagination of what you would do if you were emperor!  Organize those ideas into 2 or 3 subtopics and write a key word outline.  Write 2 or 3 paragraphs using the checklist on page 214. Ask an adult to edit and create a final draft.  Bring it to class to present next week!

  • MAKE: Science on Wednesday: See how you measure up to the Vitruvian Man. Also, Violet.

History Ancients Week 28
Timeline Ancients Week 28
Greek Ancients Week 28

Upper Grammarians building model Pantheons out of spaghetti & mini marshmallows!  We judged on strength, utility & beauty!