To Kill A Mockingbird: Final Essay I finished reading TKAM. My mom assigned me the topic of the theme of COURAGE in the book. I chose three characters who showed courage and talked about it and showed evidence from the book about how they showed courage. I wrote a rough draft, edited and revised, and this is my final draft.…
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What I Learned Today 12/30/14
To Kill A Mockingbird: Ch 28-31 Jem and Scout went to the school that night for Scout to be a ham for the school’s pageant. They went and Scout accidentally fell asleep in the middle of the performance. Later that evening, they walked back and heard rustling. They turned, and thought that Cecil was trying to scare them. Once they…
What I Learned Today 12/19/14
History: I had to choose a female historical person I read about in my history book to write an essay on. I chose Sojouner Truth. References: Wikipedia Sojourner Truth was born at Swartekill, New York, in 1797 and died at Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1883 when she was 86. When she was born, she was given the name Isabella Bell…
What I Learned Today 12/18/14
To Kill A Mockingbird: CH 19 In the court, Tom Robinson stepped up to the witness stand and told his side of the story, and he was asked many questions and answered with a much different story. He told that he had done many tasks for Ms. Ewell but chopping up a chifferobe was not one of them on the…
What I Learned Today 12/15/14
Vocabulary: I used each of my Wordly Wise vocabulary words correctly in my story. Foxie & Friends, Part 4 Starring Foxie the Rouge Moxie the Medic Django the Knight Sorin the Barbarian Darla the Ranger Recap: They have all split off, trying to find the things they need for the map, but they may encounter some troubles along the…
What I Learned Today 12/10/14
Please note: A People's History of the United States is a 1980 non-fiction book by American historian and political scientist Howard Zinn. In the book, Zinn seeks to present American history through the eyes of the common people rather than political and economic elites. So, when you see Sage's chapter summaries, the history will be much different than the history…
What I Learned Today 12/9/14
Pre-Algebra: I completed all the exercises in my Art of Problem Solving book for each of the three sections I'm studying. Vocabulary: I completed Lesson 6 and used all my words correctly in my story: Foxie and Friends 3 Starring: Foxie the Rouge Moxie the Medic Django the Knight Sorin the Barbarian Darla the Ranger Recap: Sorin mysteriously wandered off,…
What I Learned Today 12/2/14
Minecraft Homeschool: Ancient Civilization I learned a bunch so far this week about ancient civilization. People say “a barrel of a gun” because the way you make a barrel is the way the first cannons were made. A crayfish is an iron thing with multiple cutting blades at the front and back and spikes on the four wheels it had.…
What I Learned Today 11/21/14
Pre-Algebra: I completed my Alcumus sections, the homework challenge problems, and the exercises in the book. The homework is harder now because I have to write out long answers with explanations and use a math language program called Latex so I can make all the special symbols. Big History Project Ch 4: 1. I learned that the real name for…
What I Learned Today 11/12-11/13/14
Minecraft Homeschool: Ancient Civilization The new thing I made in MCHS is a storage system. I called it dog, but that is becuase I slightly changed it to look like one. It has one chest in the center, and every time you press a button, the chest on the other side shoots out and funnels into the central chest (or…
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