Lower Grammar
We enjoyed reading the story of the song Silent Night. The book TOG recommends includes information not only about the beginnings of the song, but also other stories associated with it. One such story is about the Christmas truce that happened in 1914 in the trenches during World War I. That story touched me so we also read Christmas in the Trenches by folk singer John McCutcheon. Youtube has various videos that feature the song by the same title.
Presidential card for James Monroe. In the interest in saving paper, John Quincy Adams is also included.
Here's a poem from Mother Owl:
Monroe Doctrine The famous Monroe Doctrine
Was proclaimed by James Monroe,
When he was our country's president,
Many years ago.
He said if any nation
Should plainly show intent
To set up a form of government
Upon our continent,
Such act he would consider
Sufficient cause for war,
And proceed to give intruders
What they were looking for.
So Uncle Sam approved it all,
And posted on a card
A warning to all nations
"Keep out of my back yard."
Ethan's Facts to Know:
*Pedro II was the 2nd and last emperor of Brazil.
The Amazon River is the 2nd longest river in the world.
Brazil has many coffee and sugar cane plantations.
James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States.
The Monroe Doctrine told Europe to Keep Out! of America.
*Copywork available by clinking on link above.
Dialectic Zachary finished Frankenstein in two weeks and I've decided to go off schedule for literature for a short while. We are working through a mini-unit on Charles Dickens, starting with an unabridged version of David Copperfield. Zach and I are reading along as we listen to a version purchased from audible.com, narrated by Frederic Davidson, it is excellent.
I'm hoping to pull together a study guide and if I manage to get it done I'll post it. It will include some literary analysis, vocabulary, and essay questions.
After we finish David Copperfield (all 36 hours and 17 minutes!), Zach will read "A Christmas Carol" on his own, we will discuss, and that should bring us to Christmas break, during which we plan on watching movies based on the previous reads, along with Oliver Twist. Then I think we will be Dickensed-out.
This blog is a look into our homeschooling journey as we use Tapestry of Grace. You'll also find stories from various books I have collected that are now in the public domain and real life slipping in occasionally. Most posts from the public domain books have a pdf that you may download and print. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
