April the 1st 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read two articles in my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I wrote sentences using the same words as verbs and nouns.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/verbingyourfood.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 22, which was on sketching rational graphs and was pretty easy.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Elective

Time: 30 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we finished the 13th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz and listened to one of the podcasts. We worked on liaisons.

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 120 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

We started our our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today by watching a lecture on the anatomy of the kidneys and the urinary system, and I answered three questions about these fascinating areas. Then we found out about stroke, which is the leading cause of disability in the US. First, we watched a video on this topic and then I answered two questions to show what I had learned.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/anatomycourse_Kidney.pdf

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/brain11.pdf

Resources

My Computer

My Mom

Teaching Company Human Anatomy and Biology DVD

Teaching Company Understanding the Brain DVD

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April the 2nd 2010

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book, using the suffixes acy, tude and ure and some to complete some sentences.

Resources

Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book

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Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 13 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 23, which was on square and cubic root equations and was pretty easy.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Community Service

Time: 60 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Adult Day Care Center, where I made a craft and went for a walk with the members.

Resources

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Other Volunteers

Members

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, I answered the next two questions for my homework, using materials from the Growing a Nation website.

Resources

Computer

Growing a Nation

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English

Time: 80 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched the introductory lectures of my new Novel in a Year course with my mother, and then moved on to lesson one, where I learned about the different types of novels and wrote about my hero.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson1.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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April the 3rd 2010

English

Time: 10 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I worked a bit more on my description of my hero.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson1.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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April the 4th 2010

Elective

Time: 90 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked with Mr Tom on my piano lesson for today. I showed him some of my songs and we worked on some scales and we finished Musette! We also looked at my progress in Elementary Harmony, and I am moving on to the next part of Lesson 4: Tonic and Dominant. I also did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 40 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I made a picture for a contest for the magazine Cicada with my Wacom tablet.

Resources

Computer

Artists Tablet

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April the 5th 2010

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book, using the suffixes ment, ness, tion and sion to complete some sentences.

Resources

Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book

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Elective

Time: 330 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, we began by going to the branch of the Warren County Library in Belvidere, where we went to to the research room and looked at books on farming and other occupations in New Jersey. I made some notes on immigrants to our area as well as growing bees and cattle in New Jersey. After that, we had lunch, and Jodee Inscho took us over to the County Courthouse, where we looked up the deeds for our respective properties. We also had a look at a will, and looked up some of the people we found the deeds of with a search tool at the library.

Resources

Computer

Other Students

My Mom

Jodee Inscho

Library

County Courthouse

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English

Time: 50 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson two of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about the different viewpoints of a story and wrote a scene in first person.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson2.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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April the 6th 2010

Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I answered two questions about an article in my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/economicsFeasibility.pdf

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I wrote sentences about a kid named Alex hating a type of food without using the word hate.

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 24, which was on exponential functions and was pretty easy.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Elective

Time: 30 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 14th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on some new words.

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 180 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

We started our our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today by working on some experiments in the Bodyworlds Supplementary Course. We basically took a look at the chemical processes that occur in our digestive system to help us break down food. We looked at digestion of fat with and without the aid of bile, and found that the reaction that happens to break up fat in our body is greatly sped up by the presence of bile. We looked at how the body breaks down starch into sugar, and demonstrated that amylase, pancreatin and my saliva all break down starch. We also added pancreatin to a starch solution and tested for the presence of sugar by using a Fehling's solution (made of Fehlings one and two) and observed the color change when it was heated. The color change demonstrated that the starch solution had in fact been broken down by the pancreatin and that sugar was now present.

Resources

My Computer

My Mom

My Dad

Bodyworlds Course Materials

Various Chemicals

Lab Equipment

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English

Time: 40 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson two of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about how to plan a story and wrote part of my story's synopsis.

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on formatting my Terror of Porridge book at Mr Pete's house. We're pretty much done now!

Resources

Computer

Photoshop

Book-Editing Software

Lulu.com

Mr Pete

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April the 7th 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 14 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I finished an exercise where I wrote sentences about a kid named Alex serving a type of food without using the word serve.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Alexhatedit.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 25, which was on logarithmic functions and was pretty easy.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3. I also worked on some homework for Tom in my Elementary Harmony book.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

Elementary Harmony

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Science

Time: 120 min

Physical Science

Reflection

For our Physical Science class today we started by looking at the nature of mirrors in our Joy of Physics workbook. However, we quickly moved on to learn about concave and convex lenses, and drew ray diagrams to demonstrate some of the really cool effects that can occur if you move around the lens or the object being focused on. We showed the focal lengths and image lengths of the different lenses, and explained how magnification works. Next, we moved on to other facts about light, including rainbows and mirages. We also found out about looming, the opposite of a mirage, which often occurs at sea when the water is colder than the air around out. If a ship is just beyond the horizon, the light can distort to show an image of the the ship floating in the air. Lastly, we learned a bit about Albert Einstein and how he helped start Quantum Theory.

Resources

My Science Book

Charts

Computer

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

Joy of Physics Book

Materials

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English

Time: 40 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson two of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about how to plan a story and worked on my story's synopsis.

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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April the 8th 2010

Science

Time: 150 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

We started our our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today by going to the Body Worlds 2 exhibition at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. I had, I admit, had some misgivings about going to the exhibit, but it was quite benign compared to the things I had heard. If you can get over the fact that you're looking at things that were once human and focus on it as one of the best anatomy classes you can get outside of medical school, you'll be fine.

Anyway, on to the exhibit. It started off with a simple look at some of the organs in our body. The skeletal system, the nervous system, the digestive system, the reproductive system, the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system were all covered at some point in the exhibit. After a few skeletons, of the type you are usually shown in an anatomy exhibit, there were some plastinated bodies with the layers peeled back to show different areas that you wouldn't normally see unless you were doing a dissection. The bodies were all in very simple positions to begin with, swinging a bat or reaching. By the end they seemed to be running out of ideas of how to pose it to make people interested, which led to the dissections being done in a more artistic way, which I wasn't so sure about. For the most part though, it was very well done. Through the exhibit, I got to understand that beauty really is skin deep, and that if you take off that upper layer, we all look pretty much the same. I had a good time once I got over my reservations, and focused on applying what I had learned in my anatomy course.

Resources

My Mom and Dad

Bodyworlds 2 Exhibit

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Science

Time: 30 min

Physical Science

Reflection

For our Physical Science lesson today we went to the Electricity exhibit at the Franklin Institute. It started out pretty good, with a selection of Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiments and some notes on them. However, the rest of the exhibit seemed to be mostly hands-on stuff that didn't really teach you that much. There were signs there to read, but the whole exhibit seemed geared towards children, who weren't reading the signs. However, there was some good information in there if you looked hard enough, so it wasn't too bad. Also, we got to see a huge Tesla coil being fired at the end of the exhibit, which was very cool!

Resources

My Mom and Dad

Electricity Exhibit

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April the 9th 2010

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book, using the suffixes ance, ancy, ence, ency, ity and ship to complete some sentences.

Resources

Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 13 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered some questions about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 26, which was on matrices and dependants and was pretty easy.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Community Service

Time: 60 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Adult Day Care Center, where I played cards with one of the members.

Resources

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Other Volunteers

Members

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English

Time: 70 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

I started my Novel Writing study today by writing the next scene for my play, using no more than four words per line. I also finished my plot summary and worked on the Adventure Novel in a Year quiz. I got a perfect score!

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/playfinalscene.pdf http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson3.pdf

Resources

My Computer

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April the 10th 2010

English

Time: 60 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

I started my Novel Writing study today by going to the Growing Stage for the Actor Speaks class, which I believe can be counted under novel writing because of the techniques I'm learning through it. Today, we went through our four-word line scenes. Jake's was very good, and I think mine, while a bit unclear (because I could only use four words per line), was pretty good. After that, we discussed where our stories were going and then worked with the actors for a bit. I need to work on a few of my scenes to make them a bit clearer.

Resources

My Computer

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April the 11th 2010

Elective

Time: 90 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked with Mr Tom on my piano lesson for today. I showed him some of my songs and we worked on some scales and The Battle Hymn of the Republic! We also looked at my progress in Elementary Harmony, and I am moving on to the next part of Lesson 4: Tonic and Dominant. I also did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, I sketched a historical farmhouse down our road from all angles.

Resources

Sketchpad

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April the 12th 2010

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book, using the suffixes ar, er, or and ist to complete some sentences.

Resources

Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 13 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered a questions about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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Math

Time: 90 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 27, which was on solving systems of equations using matrices and dependents.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

My Dad

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Elective

Time: 30 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 14th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on some new words.

Resources

Fluenz French

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English

Time: 90 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson four of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about the five principles of stories and worked on planning more of my story's themes. I also made some changes to my plot summary to fit with my new ideas.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson3a.pdf http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson4.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Social Studies

Time: 120

A Study of Physical and Political Geography

Reflection

For our Study of Physical and Political Geography today, we started by looking at our homework from last time, which was to write a piece about how La Voz (a cooperative in Guatemala), Heifer International and Green Mountain Coffee could cooperate to improve the lives of coffee growers in Guatemala. We also learned what actually happened when these three groups got together. After that, we looked at the issue of child labor in the banana industry, and made some notes about, if we were executives of a banana company, what stance we would take on the issue. After that, we looked at labor issues in the flower, coffee and banana industries, got our homework and finished up.

Resources

Get It! Geography Course

My Mom

Other Students

Tools

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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April the 13th 2010

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book, using the suffixes ate, en, fy, ify and ize to complete some sentences.

Resources

Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 13 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered a question about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 28, which was on recursive functions.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

My Dad

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Elective

Time: 30 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we finished the 14th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on some new words.

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 200 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

We started our our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today by working on an experiment from the Bodyworlds 2 Course Book, which simulated digestion. After that, I answered all the questions about the human body that came with the course and wrote up the hypothesis, method, results and conclusions of my experiment.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/anatomy_Body.pdf

Resources

My Computer

My Mom

My Dad

Bodyworlds Course Materials

Various Chemicals

Lab Equipment

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on my gargoyle painting. Today, we worked on adding more detail to the head.

Resources

Computer

Paints

Brushes

Mr Pete

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April the 14th 2010

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book, using the suffixes ary, ery and ory to complete some sentences.

Resources

Red Hot Root Words Grammar Book

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 13 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered a question about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 29, which was on sequences and series.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

My Dad

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Elective

Time: 10 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 15th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on parler, which means "to speak".

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 120 min

Physical Science

Reflection

For our Physical Science class today we started with a short experiment where we reflected laser light with a disc and recapped what we learned in our light experiments. Next, we looked at Einstein's theories of general and special relativity, and looked at some really weird stuff that happens as you approach the speed of light. We read a biography of Einstein, and did some math to figure out the wavelength of a laser. Lastly, we had a little look at quantum physics, and how new things are being discovered in this area every day!

Resources

My Science Book

Charts

Computer

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

Joy of Physics Book

Materials

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English

Time: 75 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson five of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I wrote some more about my hero, his emotions and his past.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson5.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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April the 15th 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I finished answering the remained two questions for chapter 13 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/economicsChapter13.pdf

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I joined sentences together with transitions to make a story more readable.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Youarewhatyoueat.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 60 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working in the lesson in the book for video 30, which was on an introduction to trigonometry.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

My Dad

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Elective

Time: 15 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 15th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on parler, which means "to speak".

Resources

Fluenz French

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Social Studies

Time: 180 min

United States History

Reflection

For my United States History Study today, I finished the the extension activity in Lesson 4 of the Liberty! series, and then moved on to lesson five, which was on revolutionary war music. I answered all the questions and wrote the first part of a classical song about the battle of bunker hill.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/AmericanRevolution4.pdf http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/AmericanRevolution5.pdf

Resources

PBS Liberty! Course

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English

Time: 120 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson six of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about who my hero really is inside and learned about morality in characters. I also wrote some more about my hero.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson6.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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April the 16th 2010

English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I joined sentences together with transitions to make a story more readable.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/oatmeal.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 90 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on lessons one through three of my new Life of Fred trigonometry book. It was fun, and the difficulty was just right. I think I got a good idea of how to use the sine function, what an angle of depression is, and how to use these to solve problems.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Social Studies

Time: 120 min

United States History

Reflection

For my United States History Study today, I finished my song about the battle of bunker hill.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/bunkerhill.mp3

Resources

PBS Liberty! Course

Notion 3

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English

Time: 30 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

I started my Novel Writing study today by working on the Adventure Novel in a Year quiz. My score was 81.3% because I got a few of the questions wrong. I went back to the book and refreshed myself on the areas I had got wrong.

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 120 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, we went to a presentation on a project to restore the Swayze cemetery. The presentation started with some words from a few of the members, where their mission and the history of the Swayze cemetery were laid out. After that, we learned about the school's involvement in the project, and listened to a cemetery restoration expert talk about a few good techniques. After that, a benediction was read and the meeting ended.

Resources

My Parents

Swayze Cemetery Restoration Project

Other People

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April the 17th 2010

Elective

Time: 40 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano, finished chapter four of Elementary Harmony and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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April the 19th 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 14 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I rearranged a recipe to make it more readable.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/addingsomeorder.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on lessons three through seven of my new Life of Fred trigonometry book. It was fun, and the difficulty was just right. I think I got a good idea of how to calculate the areas of triangles using the sine function.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Elective

Time: 20 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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Elective

Time: 300 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, we began by going over our Growing a Nation homework from last time, as well as Ashlei's writeup of a Native American Clothing presentation she went to. After that, we watched the next chapter of Growing a Nation and got our new homework for that. After lunch, we looked at the sketches we drew of the houses we were assigned to research and what we had learned about them, we looked at a book on early construction and Mom read a native American story about corn and beans. Lastly, we did some work on the worms, played a short memory game with creatures that might be in our worm bins, and sifted our worm bins for castings to fertilize our swamp milkweed seeds!

Resources

Computer

Other Students

My Mom

Materials

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English

Time: 90 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson seven of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about the story goal. I also answered some questions about my story's goal.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson7.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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April the 20th 2010

Elective

Time: 20 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 14 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered some questions about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I wrote a story three different ways depending on who my audience was.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/audience.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on chapter one and a half in my new Life of Fred trigonometry book. It was fun, and the difficulty was just right. I think I got a good idea of how to calculate the significant digits of a number.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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English

Time: 90 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson eight of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned more about the story goal. I also answered some questions about my story's goal, and wrote a scene about the worst possible thing that could happen to my hero.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson8.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 30 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 15th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on parler, which means "to speak".

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 120 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

We started our our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today by watching a lecture about the eye, which sends raw information to the brain, which makes sense of it. First, we watched a video on this topic and then I answered two questions to show what I had learned. Then we found out about the physiology of the kidneys and the urinary system, and I answered two questions about the physiology of these fascinating areas. Lastly, I read some more of The Human Brain by Rita Carter, and got up to the section on sight.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/anatomycourse_Kidney2.pdf

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/brain12.pdf

Resources

My Computer

My Mom

Teaching Company Human Anatomy and Biology DVD

Teaching Company Understanding the Brain DVD

The Human Brain by Rita Carter

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on my gargoyle painting. Today, we worked on adding more detail to the head and the body.

Resources

Computer

Paints

Brushes

Mr Pete

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April the 21st 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 15 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I wrote a story using the letters of the alphabet, a-z, to start each sentence.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Alphabetical.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on part of chapter 2 in my new Life of Fred trigonometry book and the two corresponding lessons in the lesson book. It was fun, although it was getting a bit harder. I think I got a good idea of how to use the tangent function.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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English

Time: 60 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson nine of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned more about the story goal. I also answered some questions about my story's goal, and rewrote my plot summary.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson9.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 25 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we finished the 15th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on parler, which means "to speak".

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 40 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

We started our our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today by watching a lecture about the visual system of the brain, and how the brain interprets the information from the eye. First, we watched a video on this topic and then I answered two questions to show what I had learned.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/brain13.pdf

Resources

My Computer

My Mom

Teaching Company Understanding the Brain DVD

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Science

Time: 90 min

Physical Science

Reflection

For our Physical Science class today we started by recapping what we learned about quantum physics in the last lesson, and then moved on to radioactivity. We learned a bit about atomic fusion and fission, and how this science was used to create a devastating weapon. Then we looked at the different particles that exist inside an atom (there are a LOT), and the really confusing (for us laymen) attempts at a theory to unify everything. Lastly, we looked at Edwin Hubble and some of the ideas put forth to explain certain elements of our expanding universe. It was really interesting lesson!

Resources

My Science Book

Charts

Computer

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

Joy of Physics Book

Materials

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April the 22nd 2010

Elective

Time: 20 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 15 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered some questions about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I rewrote some sentences by using different verbs.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/verbing.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on part of chapter 2 in my new Life of Fred trigonometry book and the two corresponding lessons in the lesson book. It was fun, although it was getting a bit harder. I think I got a good idea of how to use the tangent and cosine functions.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Social Studies

Time: 120 min

United States History

Reflection

For my United States History Study today, I watched a 90-minute program on the life of Dolly Madison, which was very interesting and really gave me a better idea of who the "first first lady" really was. After that, I answered a question about what Dolly Madison saved from the British in the War of 1812.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/americanhistory.pdf

Resources

PBS Course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 15 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the podcast for lessons 13-15 of Fluenz French 1. It was quite tricky in places!

Resources

Fluenz French

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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English

Time: 10 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

I started my Novel Writing study today by working on the third Adventure Novel in a Year quiz. I got a perfect score!

Resources

My Computer

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April the 23rd 2010

Elective

Time: 20 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 15 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered some questions about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I found the red herrings in some short stories.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Redherring.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Social Studies

Time: 60

A Study of Physical and Political Geography

Reflection

For my Study of Physical and Political Geography today, I worked on the cover for my second folder, which is on People and the Products We Buy, then sorted out the folder and made some notes on the flower industry.

Resources

Get It! Geography Course

My Mom

My Computer

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Social Studies

Time: 150 min

United States History

Reflection

For my United States History Study today, I watched three twenty-minute programs about the slice of American history from the reworking of constitution to 1815. I then wrote a short synopsis of the history of that era, also looking at how the constitution was formed and tweaked.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/americanhistoryquestions.pdf

Resources

PBS Course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 240 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I went to Mr Bill's house and worked in the yard, planting potatoes and mowing the lawn.

Resources

Mr Bill

Tools

Lawnmower

Potatoes

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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April the 25th 2010

Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked with Mr Tom on my piano lesson for today. I showed him some of my songs. We also looked at my progress in Elementary Harmony, and I am moving on to Lesson 5! I also did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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April the 26th 2010

Elective

Time: 20 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 15 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered some questions about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I had to fix errors in the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Goldilocks.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on part of chapter 2 in my new Life of Fred trigonometry book and the two corresponding lessons in the lesson book. It was fun, although it was getting a bit harder. I think I got a good idea of how to use the tangent and cosine functions.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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Social Studies

Time: 240

A Study of Physical and Political Geography

Reflection

For our Study of Physical and Political Geography today, we started by looking at our homework from last time, which was to make a folder on People and the Products We Buy. Next, we watched some interviews about the work of Rachel Carson in Silent Spring, and how it contributed to our Environmental Protection programs. Next we did some worksheets on cut flowers, and watched a 20-minute video on Heifer International's work in Nepal. After lunch, we did some work on coffee, and did two murals comparing shade and sun-grown coffee. Lastly, we did a worksheet analyzing our murals.

Resources

Get It! Geography Course

My Mom

Other Students

Tools

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English

Time: 60 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson ten of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about how to create dread. I also answered some questions and wrote a short scene about what my character dreads.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson10.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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April the 27th 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 15 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered a question about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 45 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I had to fix errors in the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Goldilocks.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on part of chapter 2 in my new Life of Fred trigonometry book and the two corresponding lessons in the lesson book. It was fun, although it was getting a bit harder. I think I got a good idea of how to use the sine, tangent and cosine functions.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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English

Time: 90 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson eleven of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about how to make dreadful promises to the reader. I also wrote a scene where the hero goes from the frying pan into the fire.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson11.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 15 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 16th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on some new words!

Resources

Fluenz French

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Social Studies

Time: 165 min

United States History

Reflection

For my United States History Study today, several other students and I gathered together at Shippen Manor Historical Museum, where Mr Andy, the curator, discussed the forming of the constitution and onwards, hitting all the major periods. It was really good!

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/americanhistoryquestions.pdf

Resources

My Andy Drysdale

My Mom and Dad

Paper and Pencils

Other Students

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on my gargoyle painting. Today, we worked on adding more detail to the head and the body with shadows and highlights.

Resources

Computer

Paints

Brushes

Mr Pete

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English

Time: 40 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched a webinar where Mr and Mrs S, who made the Adventure Novel in a Year course, broke down how comic books can have interesting stories, and also how they can be very goofy. I asked a couple of questions, and now have some new artists to look up.

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

Mr and Mrs S

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April the 28th 2010

Elective

Time: 10 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read chapter 15 of my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book and answered a question about it.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

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English

Time: 15 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I had to fix errors in the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/Goldilocks.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Algebra 2

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by finishing chapter 2 in my new Life of Fred trigonometry book and the corresponding lesson in the lesson book. It was fun, although it was getting a bit harder. I think I got a good idea of how to use the sine, tangent and cosine functions.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Algebra 2 Course

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English

Time: 150 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

For my Novel Writing today, I watched lesson twelve of my Adventure Novel in a Year course, where I learned about how to make the villain a symbol of dread. I also wrote a scene where the stakes are raised and the hero loses someone he holds dear. Lastly, I went to another webinar, this one an interview where a young author talked about the experience of writing a novel.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/NovelLesson12.pdf

Resources

Adventure Novel in a Year course

My Computer

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Social Studies

Time: 40

A Study of Physical and Political Geography

Reflection

For my Study of Physical and Political Geography today, I worked on a survey to find out if people are willing to pay more for far trade and organic flowers.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogApril2010/surveyflowers.pdf

Resources

Get It! Geography Course

My Mom

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, I answered the next two questions for my homework, using materials from the Growing a Nation website.

Resources

Computer

Growing a Nation

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I worked with my dad in the yard, making walls for the compost pile.

Resources

My Dad

Tools

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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Elective

Time: 20 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the 16th lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. We worked on some new words!

Resources

Fluenz French

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April the 29th 2010

Community Service

Time: 120 min

Community Service

Reflection

I went to an event where we planted saplings for NJ Audubon. It was really fun!

Resources

Other Helpers

Shovels

Trees

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English

Time: 10 min

Literature - Novel Writing

Reflection

I started my Novel Writing study today by working on the third Adventure Novel in a Year quiz. I got an almost perfect score!

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 40 min

Local History Study

For my Local History Study today, I answered the next four questions for my homework, using materials from the Growing a Nation website.

Resources

Computer

Growing a Nation

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I played my song Musette on the piano and made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Piano

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4

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April the 30th 2010

Community Service

Time: 60 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Adult Day Care Center, where I played some games with the members and waterproofed a sign with tape.

Resources

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Other Volunteers

Members

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Elective

Time: 180 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I went to Mr Bill's house and worked in the yard, moving wood from one pile to another and starting to dismantle a greenhouse.

Resources

Mr Bill

Tools

Greenhouse

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-- JackW - 01 Apr 2010