Showing posts with label Melody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melody. Show all posts

Monday, November 5, 2012

Charge of the Light Brigade

We've been memorizing 'Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.  Since the older kids have a poetic lament project coming up next semester, we've been using some of the tips from Practice: A Pool of Teaching Tips to learn a little about poetry each day during Morning Time.

Today, we scanned the first stanza of 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and learned about dactyls-appropriate for the poem as they sound like galloping horses!
All I did was Google 'stressed unstressed unstressed' and there was a complete list of the kinds of metrical feet used in poetry. Very cool!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Melody's and Eliza's Poems

A day late, but not a dollar short!

America
by Melody

Sun-bleached, sandy seashores,
With seashells in the sand.

The lazy, quiet rivers,
That run through the land.

The mossy, quiet forests,
With trees all around.

The snow-capped, majestic mountains,
Rising from the ground.

The green, perfect plains,
With the May, spring air.

People, who are loving and kind,
And at night would say their prayer.


America
by Eliza

The sparkling, white seashores
That glitter in the sunlight.

The broad, rushing rivers
That splash day and night.

The quiet, mossy forests
Of the majestic mountains.

The perfect, golden plains,
With the beautiful smell of jasmine.

The smooth and delightful melody
That hangs in the air.

The people who care for their families
With a loving heart.

They sputtered out a bit at the end because they were working on a deadline, but overall, I think they did a great job!

The next lesson also is poetic. Rebekah and Joel are working on them now. I'm dividing up the two poems for the little girls, so they're working on the first now and will write the second next week.

SDG!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Science: Littles, week 6, Thursday, 6 November

Ch. 15: A Flying Visit to Mexico

Fire Beetle, cucujo


Science: Littles, week 6, Tuesday, 4 November

Ch. 14: A Queer Trial Without Any Verdict

Glowworm

Great Lantern Fly


Candle Fly


Great Lantern Fly


Candle Fly


Saturday, October 25, 2008

Science: Littles, week 5, Thursday, 30 Oct.

Ch. 13: Jack and Maggie Are Found Not to Be Quite in Tune

Great Golden Digger Wasp




Science: Littles, week 5, Tuesday, 28 Oct.

Ch. 12: A Remarkable Autobiography

Cicadas, cont.

13-year Cicada, just after molting



Annual Cicadas





Saturday, October 18, 2008

Science: Littles, week 4, Thursday, 23 Oct.

Chapter 11: A Very Classical Insect


17-Year Cicadas



Science: Littles, week 4, Tuesday, 21 Oct.

Ch. 9: A Very Distinguished Musician, and 10: Jack and Maggie Go to a Concert


Katydids




Saturday, October 11, 2008

Science, Littles, week 3, Thursday, 16 October

Chapter 8: All Full of Glory and Grandeur

Plague Locusts



Australian Locusts




Science: Littles, week 3, Tuesday, 14 Oct.

Chapter 7: Jack and Maggie Have Their Lives Saved

Leaf grasshoppers


Sunday, October 5, 2008

Weekly Report: Melody

Week 1 of 6, ending 10/3/08

Morning Time: We're reading Philippians, The Gospel Primer, and Northanger Abbey.  We worked on memorizing the 23rd Psalm and William Blake's 'Little Lamb'.

History: we read about Handel and classical music this week.  The girls spent quite a bit of time listening to the works of Handel, Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven.

Science: we only read half as much as I wanted, but we can easily catch up.  Melody is also reading one of the Christian Liberty Nature Readers on her own.  And, we saw a Blue Morpho butterfly in Madagascar last night.  How cool!

Math: Melody tends to drag her feet in math, but she's making progress.  I'm trying to watch to make sure she doesn't get behind like her older siblings did.

English:  She's reading Ginger Pye and is eager to start the other books that arrived from Amazon this week, but I won't let her until she finishes GP.  She's doing well in Mother Tongue.  She especially likes the picture study assignments, where she gets to spend some time contemplating a painting and then write about it.  She started Simply Spelling this week.  I think this will be a good fit for her.


Saturday, October 4, 2008

Science: Littles, week 2 (Oct. 6-10)

Tues: Ch. 5, Caterpillars Extraordinary

Snake Imitating Caterpillar


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Caterpillars imitating bird droppings and leaves

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Thursday: Ch. 6, Very Surprising Adventures


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Friday, October 3, 2008

This Week's Photos

Benjamin submitting a Latin assignment.

Melody and Elizabeth began cathedral window quilts. They start on the machine and then it's all handwork. They're excited - they've been asking for quite awhile to learn more about sewing.

Joel working on history research.  He read about Simon Bolivàr and Latin American independence.


Judith working on composition.


'Smile for the camera, Joel!'


Nathan, listening to a Gileskirk lecture.  Look at him taking notes!  It does a mom's heart good.

Breakfast on Monday morning.  The little girls cut up the peppers and grated the cheese.  Yum!