Oct. 23, 2008

TOG Year 3, Week 7 ~ Reshaping Europe and South America

All Check out this very interesting South American travel blog that contains lots of video, especially wildlife on the continent. Lower Grammar This week began our mini-unit study of South America. I put together a South American Lotto game. I made it slightly different from the directions in TOG, instead of matching pictures, students need to match the card with the correct answer on their playing board. Make two copies of the cards and one copy of the boards, there are four boards. I'm not sure how long it will be available, but I really can't say enough good things about the book South America: the Continent and Its Countries by Lauren Rohwer. Get it while you can. I found a fun coloring page/item search from Highlights featuring Johnny Appleseed. Ethan's Facts to Know: *Simon Bolivar is known as the George Washington of South America. Antonio de La Sucre was a general who fought for South American Independence. The capybara is the world's largest rodent. Venezuela means "little Venice." Columbia is named after Christopher Columbus *Johnny Appleseed's real name was John Chapman. *Copywork available by clinking on link above. Dialectic Weeks 7-9 have information students need to gather for all the countries in South America, but week 8 is the only week that includes a chart in the dialectic SAPs. I used the 3 way comparison supplement found on the Loom under Helps For All Year Plans:Dialectic/Rhetoric Helps. The teacher's notes has a filled in chart in each week's discussion script. Rhetoric Rhetoric Literature - We took a short rabbit trail into the life of the notorious surgeon William Lucas. I can certainly see why Keats chose a different profession.

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