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Apologia Science Books

Apologia is now producing notebooking journals that accompany each of the elementary science books. I am very excited because we are about to start Botany and do it over the summer. Both Botany and Astronomy are now available. I posted the sample pages at the bottom.

These journals are beautiful spiral bound notebooks that will save you time and money. You won't have to print and keep up with your child's notebook pages, buy and maintain page protectors, or purchase and compile binders...everything that makes notebooking time-consuming and labor intensive for mom. Also, your child will adore having their own notebooking journal.

Each of the notebooking journals include:

• A daily schedule for those who like to have a plan or would like their children to complete the book on their own.
• Templates for written narrations, the notebooking activities and experiments
• Review Questions
• Scripture Copywork, with both print and cursive practice
• Reading lists and additional activities, projects, experiments for each lesson
• An appendix with beautiful, full-color, lapbook-style Miniature Books
• Field Trip Sheets to keep a record field trips
• A Final Review with fifty questions the students can answer either orally or in writing to show off all they remember and know at the end of the course.
• See the sample pages here:
  Botany and Astronomy

Jeannie is giving away four Astronomy Notebooking Journals and four Botany Notebooking Journals to bloggers who post about this on her site. Visit her blog to learn more about this contest. I am obviously hoping to win one;)

Seth's Year 2 Term 1 Exam

Year 2 Term 1 Exam Questions

Penmanship
Write 1 John 4:7-8 from memory in your best handwriting.
Recitation
Recite fluidly 1 John 4:7-14
Poetry
Tell me about your favorite poem by Walter De La Mare. Read me three of his poems.

Bible (from BSF classes on THE LIFE OF MOSES)
What happened at the first Passover? Tell me in your best words its meaning for us today.Who was Balaam?What was Balaam's sin? What lessons may we learn from the story?
Why did the Israelites get sent back toward the desert after the 12 spies came back from the Promised Land?
Who did not get to enter the Promised Land and why?
Why did the law have to be repeated again later in Deuteronomy?

History/Geography
(No CHOW-not consistent with it this term)

Leif the Lucky
1. When the Vikings were in sight of the new land, a storm arose. What did Eric the Red think caused this?

2. What was Brattali like?

3. Describe Leif’s early years.

4. Who was Olav Trygvason?

5. What did Olav share with Leif?

6. When Leif left to go back to Greenland, a storm blew up and they were blown off course. Describe the land that they found?

7. Were Leif’s parents happy that he was a Christian?

8. Who found Stone-Slab land?

9. Who was Snorre?

10. What is a Skraellinger and what was the relationship between them and the Norsemen?

11. Why did the Norsemen leave Vineland?

12. Why was Vineland so important to the Norsemen?

13. What happened to the Norsemen over the years?

14. Show on the map about where he would have sailed with his boats.

Trial & Triumph

Little Duke
1. Who was “the Little Duke?”
2. Why was he called “the Little Duke?”
3. What kind of person/boy/ruler was he/did he become?

4. What were some of the important learning experiences in Richard’s life?

OIS Chapter 22-32 (we only got to half of 31)
1.Who did the people of England elect king after the death of Edward the Confessor? (Harold II, Earl Godwin’s son)
2. Why did Harold hate the Normans? (Because he had promised the crown to the most powerful Norman of all - Duke William of Normandy.)3. What was the first thing Duke William did when he heard the news that his cousin, Edward, was dead and that Harold was now king of England? (Sent a message to Harold to remind him of his promise that he would be king after Edward the Confessor.)
4. Who invaded England from the North in the battle of Stamford Bridge? (The Vikings.)
5. Who was the leader of the invasion that lead to the battle of Stamford Bridge? (Harald Hadrada, King of Norway.)6. Tostig was with the invaders. Who was Tostig? (King Harold’s brother.)
7. Who won the Battle of Stamford Bridge? (The English.)
8. Who invaded England in the Battle of Hastings? (The French.)
9. During the battle a rumour was spread that Duke William was dead. How did Duke William show his army that he was still alive? (Lifted up his helmet and rode bare faced shouting to his army that he was still alive.)
10. Who won the Battle of Hastings? (The French.)
11. Why did the Duke of Normandy invade England? (To take the crown of England by force.)
12. Did the people of England want William to be their King? Why? (No because they wanted an English king.)

13. How did William finally defeat Hereward and the English people at the Monks castle? (Some of the monks became tired of fighting and plain food and sent a message to tell William how to get into the castle and defeat the English.)

14. Why did the English hate the Normans? (Their land had been given to the Normans.)

15. What is the New Forest? (An area in south England that King William cleared, burning houses and destroying the land, to make an area for himself for hunting.)

16. What did King William write in the Domesday Book? (How much land the King gave to the Normans.)

17. What is the ‘feudal system’? (A system of making sure the King had enough men to fight in battles.)
18. Why was William Rufus called ‘William the Red’? (He had red hair.)

19. What kind of king was William II? (Wicked, cruel and greedy.)

20. Who are the ‘nobles’ that went hunting in the New Forest with King William II? (The Norman nobles who came with William the Conqueror to fight the English and were given English land as their reward.)
21. Who was elected King of England after the death of William the Red? (Henry I, William the Conqueror’s youngest son.)
22. Why was Henry I called “Beauclerc”? (He was known as a fine scholar.)

23. How did Henry I encourage unity in England? (By marrying a Scottish princess who was Edumund Ironside’s great granddaughter.)

24. How did Prince William die? (He drowned at sea after the White Ship hit a rock and sank.)
25. How many people survived the sea accident of the White Ship? (1.)
26. How was King Henry I remembered? (As a peaceful and wise king.)
27. Henry I wanted his daughter, Matilda, to be queen after he died. How did Henry I’s nephew, Stephen, become the next king instead? (The Norman barons chose Stephen because he was weak and they knew they would be able to do whatever they wanted to do. Also they were proud and hated the thought of being ruled by an English and a woman.)

28. Why did England suffer civil war and siege during King Stephen’s reign? (The country was divided in their opinion about who should be on the English throne. Some people supported Stephen and others supported Matilda.)

29. Who made the treaty called the Peace of Wallingford and what did it say? (Treaty made by King Stephen and Matilda. It said that her son Henry II should become the next King of England after Stephen dies and that the castles the Normans had build should be destroyed because of the evil things that happened there.)

30. King Henry chose Thomas A’Becket to be his Chancellor. They were also good friends for a long time. How did their friendship turn to quarrelling? What was the result of their quarrelling? (When Henry decided to reform the church which had denigrated, he chose Thomas A’Becket to help him and made him Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas didn’t want the position because he said it would lead to them quarrelling because he would have to leave his life of luxury and become God’s servant. Henry insisted and appointed Thomas Archbishop. They began quarrelling over issues that Thomas would only obey God on. Ultimately 4 knights killed Thomas after overhearing Henry complain about the quarrelling Thomas).

Tree in the Trail

1. How did the Indians hunt buffalo?2. What is a "travois"?3. What happened when a group of Comanche Indians chased two Pawnee braves up past the cottonwood tree?4. Why did settlers travel along the Santa Fe Trail in big groups?5. What did the Indians make their arrows out of?

Literature and Tales

1. Please tell why Betsy had to suddenly leave Aunt Harriet and Aunt Frances and go to live at the Putney Farm.

2. Soon after Betsy arrived at the Putney's she started to school. How did they figure out which grade she was to be in?

3. Think about what Betsy was like when she lived with Aunt Frances at the beginning of the story and then think about how she had changed at the end of the story. What can you tell me about some of those things that had changed.

4. Where did Pilgrim come from and where was he going in the story of Pilgrim's progress?

6. Tell what you can remember of King Lear.

Nik's Pre5 Term 2 Exam

Pre5 Term 2 Exam Questions

Penmanship
Write 1 John 4:7-8 from memory in your best cursive.
Recitation
Recite fluidly 1 John 4:7-17
Dictation
Use last dictation paragraph from TCOO pg 209

Bible (from BSF classes on THE LIFE OF MOSES)
Describe the institution of the Passover and its meaning.

Write the story of Balaam.

What were the three great national festivals of the Israelites? Describe one of them.

What was Balaam's sin? What lessons may we learn from the story?
Why did the Israelites get sent back toward the desert after the 12 spies came back from the promised land?
Why did the law have to be repeated again later in Deuteronomy?

History/Geography

Trial & Triumph
What can you tell me about John Bunyan?

CHOW Ch 70-74
Tell me about a king or a time period you have read about in CHOW.
Answer from one of the chapters below:
70~A prince who ran away…Prussia, Frederick the Great. Tell me what you know about him and where is Prussia? What country is it now?
72~Upside Down…What can you tell me about the key of The Bastille? What is the Reign of Terror? Why were the people considered to be Upside Down?
73~Napolean…What can you tell me about him? Write at least four detailed sentences.

OIS Ch 74-94
Answer from 4 of the chapters below:
74~What can you tell me of Guy Fawkes?
75~What can you tell me about England during the journey of the Mayflower?
76~Who is Jenny Geddes?
77~What is known as a Long Parliament? What are the circumstances surrounding it?
78~Charles I…the story of his death
79 & 80~Commonwealth
81~Charles II~How did he become King?
82~How did London burn? What is the Habeas Corpus Act and what did it mean for prisoners?
83~What kind of King was James II? What was the Fiery Cross?
84~Who was King Monmouth?
85~What is the story of The Seven Bishops?
86, 87, 88~Who is William the Deliverer? Who was his wife? Who had more claim to the throne? What happened in the town of Londonderry? What is the Massacre of Glencoe? How did Mary die? How did William die?
89~How was the Union Jack made? Who was Anne?
90~Who is George I? Where was he from? Who are the Jacobites? What is the rebellion called “The Fifteen”?
91~What can you tell me about George II and Prince Charles?
92~Who was Flora MacDonald? What happened to Prince Charles?
93 & 94~(George II)What is the Black Hole of Calcutta? What happened with Canada during George II’s reign?

Poor Richard by James Daugherty

1. Why was Benjamin Franklin called “The Water American”? Tell about his life abroad in London.
2. Discuss Franklin’s formula for success.


This Country of Ours
Chapters 25-43 are about what in general? Use at least 5 detailed sentences.


Who was King Philip and what was his war?


Who was Captain Kidd?


Who was Will Penn?



LITERATURE & TALES
Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch (preface – chp. 14)

Term 1:

1. Tell me as many Gods as you remember and what they are known for.

2. Where did the Gods live?

3. Tell me three stories about the following: Prometheus and Pandora, Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe, Cephalus and Procus, Juno and Io, Juno and Callisto, Diana and Actaion, Latona and the Rustics.

Term 2:

1. Tell me four stories from the following: Phaeton, Midas, Baucis and Philemon, Proserpine, Blaucus and Scylla, Pygmalion, Dryope, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Ceyx and Halcyone.

2. Why do we study mythology?

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Amid tears, grief, self-pity and frustration (almost halfway through the book), Robinson Crusoe shares the following personal revelation about his situation:

But now I began to exercise myself with new thoughts: I daily read the word of
God, and applied all the comforts of it to my present state. One morning, being
very sad, I opened the Bible upon these words, “I will never, never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.” Immediately it occurred that these words were to me; why else
should they be directed in such a manner, just at the moment when I was mourning
over my condition, as one forsaken of God and man? “Well, then,” said I, “if God
does not forsake me, of what ill consequence can it be, or what matters it,
though the world should all forsake me, seeing on the other hand, if I had all
the world, and should lose the favour and blessing of God, there would be no
comparison in the loss?”

From this moment I began to conclude in my mind
that it was possible for me to be more happy in this forsaken, solitary
condition than it was probable I should ever have been in any other particular
state in the world; and with this thought I was going to give thanks to God for
bringing me to this place. I know not what it was, but something shocked my mind
at that thought, and I durst not speak the words. “How canst thou become such a
hypocrite,” said I, even audibly, “to pretend to be thankful for a condition
which, however thou mayest endeavour to be contented with, thou wouldst rather
pray heartily to be delivered from?” So I stopped there; but though I could not
say I thanked God for being there, yet I sincerely gave thanks to God for
opening my eyes, by whatever afflicting providences, to see the former condition
of my life, and to mourn for my wickedness, and repent. I never opened the
Bible, or shut it, but my very soul within me blessed God for directing my
friend in England, without any order of mine, to pack it up among my goods, and
for assisting me afterwards to save it out of the wreck of the ship.

Consider the following and freely discuss, citing examples from the book to support your answers: Do you think Robinson’s change of heart was a permanent, lasting change? Is it wrong to be tempted to take a course of action displeasing to God? In what ways does God use imperfect people to bring to pass His purposes? Frequently we turn away from God, while His hand is “outstretched still” – where do we see this with Robinson?

Shakespeare
Tell from which Shakespeare play the following lines are copied:

The duke had now an opportunity of rewarding those true friends who had stayed with him in his banishment; and these worthy followers, though they had patiently shared his adverse fortune, were very well pleased to return in peace and prosperity to the palace of their lawful duke.
4. Describe a scene in your favorite Shakespeare play.


Pilgrim’s Progress
What happened when Christian came into view of the cross?
Tell me about Apollyn.
Describe the “Valley of the Shadow of Death”.
What kind of person was Talkative?

Jungle Book
Write a poem about your favorite part of this story. At least 4 stanzas with 4 lines each.

Plutarch

Tell me the type of man you think Poplicola is? What are his strengths thus far? What are his weaknesses? How would you like to be (or not be) like him?

Robin Hood
Write a journal entry from the perspective of one of Robin Hood’s “merry men” about his daily life, etc. Remember to use specific, descriptive, vivid language.

SCIENCE
Story of Invention
1. Who invented the steam engine? What was the first use of a steam engine?

2. Watts' partner, Boulton, thought that the best use of a steam engine was inmills and factories. Why were people opposed to this idea?

3. How do we honor James Watt today?

4. Who invented the steamboat? Do you know where he was born?

5. Fulton invented something that could be used in war. What was it?

6. Who invented the locomotive? Where was he born?

7. What were some of the fears that people had concerning locomotives?
Choose three out of the seven and answer with detail!!!

Science Lab in a Supermarket
Tell something you learned about how science impacts the food we buy.


Whew...this for sure is going to take us all week! I did math separately last week. Still need to grade that. And this is not including Robin Hood, Abigail Adams, Jungle Book, Composer Study, Artist Study or Poetry...

Not all of these ideas are mine for sure! Got lots of ideas from the Ambleside yahoo group from as far back as March 2005. We are going to try to get the next term done in 8 weeks, with maybe some literature being brought on vacation with us, but for the most part I think we can do it!