Also, you should review Vocabulary #1 in preparation for a quiz.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Study Questions
What does St Augustine say about the reading of Scripture?
How does Mr Stenson define evolution in the sense that materialist philosophers sometimes define it? What word does he use to describe this world view?
How does Mr Stenson define evolution in the sense that materialist philosophers sometimes define it? What word does he use to describe this world view?
Monday, August 30, 2010
Review #1
One of my main goals for your first year of high school is to teach you how to study and learn on your own. You already have a good set of study skills. You know how to read, how to look up something you are interested in, how to compare different sets of information, how to write correctly and clearly enough so that you make sense.
In high school there are a lot of vocabulary and ideas to remember. So going back over the lessons regularly to re-read and review becomes important. This is one reason I've put so many quizzes in with the lessons.
We are also going to have a review day every 10 days (so about 12 reviews during the year). We're already on the first one -- most of the days so far have been introductions, so there won't be that much to actually review.
Click on the link under each subject to go to the links of the lessons. Try the quizzes again. Try mentally summarizing the topic of each lesson and remembering it.
In future reviews I will probably have a set of questions to discuss with you verbally. For this review it's probably not very necessary, but do try to be able to answer general questions about what a given lesson was about.
Also -- this is a good time to bring up any feedback -- positives, negatives, questions, whatever.
END OF LESSON
In high school there are a lot of vocabulary and ideas to remember. So going back over the lessons regularly to re-read and review becomes important. This is one reason I've put so many quizzes in with the lessons.
We are also going to have a review day every 10 days (so about 12 reviews during the year). We're already on the first one -- most of the days so far have been introductions, so there won't be that much to actually review.
Click on the link under each subject to go to the links of the lessons. Try the quizzes again. Try mentally summarizing the topic of each lesson and remembering it.
In future reviews I will probably have a set of questions to discuss with you verbally. For this review it's probably not very necessary, but do try to be able to answer general questions about what a given lesson was about.
Also -- this is a good time to bring up any feedback -- positives, negatives, questions, whatever.
END OF LESSON
Review #1
One of the ways to better remember what you've learned is to review.
Look at this slideshow (below) -- it outlines a method for studying which can be quite useful. Don't worry if you don't understand it completely -- this is just an introduction.
Finally, try this Scatter, then go on to next section
Look at this slideshow (below) -- it outlines a method for studying which can be quite useful. Don't worry if you don't understand it completely -- this is just an introduction.
Finally, try this Scatter, then go on to next section
Friday, August 27, 2010
Career and Vocational #1
This category is for volunteer, apprentice, occupational exploration, and various things of that type.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Starting High School: Time in a Day
A Carnegie Unit is counted as 120 hours. At 7 subjects, 4 times a week, for 50 minutes it works out to slightly more than 4 hours a day Monday - Friday. That's a rough estimate of how long you should set aside for your schoolwork (not counting PE and free reading). Liam always took longer than that and the other kids usually didn't take quite that long.
The main reason for estimating hours is to provide a guideline so you pace yourself and don't try to rush through everything in less than 2 hours. If you do a little bit in the early morning like you did last year, then work a couple of hours in the mid-morning and finish reading and so on in the early afternoon you will still have plenty of time to do other things.
If you find that you get through your work very fast, you may want to spend some time going back and reviewing earlier lessons.
The main reason for estimating hours is to provide a guideline so you pace yourself and don't try to rush through everything in less than 2 hours. If you do a little bit in the early morning like you did last year, then work a couple of hours in the mid-morning and finish reading and so on in the early afternoon you will still have plenty of time to do other things.
If you find that you get through your work very fast, you may want to spend some time going back and reviewing earlier lessons.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Logic Vocabulary
Try this Scatter to review vocabulary terms from the first lesson.
Also, start on homework with Mom.
(for reference)
Traditional Logic Terms
(Quizlet)
Also, start on homework with Mom.
(for reference)
Traditional Logic Terms
(Quizlet)
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