Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. -James 4:10


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While your job is to prepare for Debate in Current Events, please do not be stressed about getting it "right". You and you teammates should be especially prepared to clearly state your 3 Constructive Points when you come on Thursday/ Friday.  The first 20 minutes of our seminar time will be devoted to team meetings for you to refine your work.  Assigning each team member's role in the debate before our CC day will also be a good thing :)
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For the Durham students:  In our Science seminar for Week 5, please be prepared to give an oral presentation on Pascal for a time frame of one and a half minutes to two minutes in length, using a couple of points you learned about Pascal.  The point of this presentation is to TELL us about Pascal NOT to read your note cards(!)  I did NOT mention this in our seminar.  This is new information for you.
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Citing work in your Bibliography when there is not an author listed from A Research Guide for Students website:

1. Standard Format for a Book:

Author. Title: Subtitle. City or Town: Publisher, Year of Publication.

If a book has no author or editor stated, begin with the title. If the city or town is not commonly known, add the abbreviation for the State or Province.

If you are citing two or more books by the same author or editor, list the name of the author or editor in the first entry only, and use three hyphens to indicate that the following entry or entries have the same name. Do not use the three hyphens if a book is by two or more authors or is edited by two or more individuals.

Example:

Business: The Ultimate Resource. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2002.

King, Stephen. Black House. New York: Random, 2001.

---. Dreamcatcher. New York: Scribner, 2001.

---. From a Buick 8: A Novel. New York: Simon, 2002.

Osen, Diane, ed. The Book That Changed My Life: Interviews with National

          Book Award Winners and Finalists. New York: Modern, 2002.


2. Standard Format for a Magazine, Periodical, Journal, or Newspaper Article:

Author. "Title: Subtitle of Article." Title of Magazine, Journal, or

          Newspaper Day, Month, Year of Publication: Page Number(s).

Example:

Hewitt, Ben. "Quick Fixes for Everyday Disasters." Popular Mechanics Nov. 2004: 83-88.

Nordland, Rod, Sami Yousafzai, and Babak Dehghanpisheh. "How Al Qaeda Slipped

          Away." Newsweek 19 Aug. 2002: 34-41.

Suhr, Jim. "Death Penalty for Juveniles Is Considered: High Court to Hear Missouri Case."

          Buffalo News 10 Oct. 2004: A12.

For other citation examples, see Chapter 12. Bibliography - Examples in MLA Style.

Note: It is generally not necessary to indicate volume and issue numbers for newspapers and magazines as the publication dates and pages make the articles easy to find. For scholarly journals, such as those published quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, it is advisable to indicate both volume and issue numbers when available. For a detailed discussion on citing articles and other publications in periodicals, please see Chapter 5.7 in MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

http://www.aresearchguide.com/11guide.html


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We are having quiz in Logic this week, Week 3.  It will cover Lessons 1-5.  While the guide states that your NEXT quiz will be Week 7, I am inserting a quiz on Week 5.  It will cover Lessons 6-11.  Please make a note in your guide.
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Please bring in a copy of your Current Events articles this week, Week 2.
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The following Math schedule does follow the Challenge B guide.  It is posted here for the benefit of those in Challenge I who are taking Algebra 1

Week 1  in Seminar: Lessons1-4                                                  
Homework: Lessons 1-4
Week 2  in Seminar: Review Lessons 1-4, introduce Lessons 5-8 
Homework: Lessons 5-8
Week 3  in Seminar: Review Lessons 5-8, introduce Lessons 9-12 
Homework: Lessons 9-12
Week 4  in Seminar: Review Lessons 9-12, introduce Lessons 13-16 
Homework: Lessons 13-16
Week 5  in Seminar: Review Lessons 13-16, introduce Lessons 17-20 
Homework: Lessons 17-20
Week 6  in Seminar: Review Lessons 17-20, introduce Lessons 21-24 
Homework: Lessons 21-24
Week 7  in Seminar: Review Lessons 21-24, introduce Lessons 25-28 
Homework: Lessons 25-28
Week 8  in Seminar: Review Lessons 23-28, introduce Lessons 29-32 
Homework: Lessons 29-32
Week 9  in Seminar: Review Lessons 29-32, introduce Lessons 33-36 
Homework: Lessons 33-36
Week 10  in Seminar: Review Lessons 33-36, introduce Lessons 37-40 
Homework: Lessons 37-40
Week 11  in Seminar: Review Lessons 37-40, introduce Lessons 41-44 
Homework: Lessons 41-44
Week 12  in Seminar: Review Lessons 41-44, introduce Lessons 45-48
Homework: Lessons 45-48
Week 13  in Seminar: Review Lessons 45-48, introduce Lessons 49-52
Homework: Lessons 49-52
Week 14  in Seminar: Review Lessons 49-52, introduce Lessons 53-56
Homework: Lessons
53-56
Week 15  in Seminar: Review Lessons 53-56, introduce Lessons 57-60
Homework over the Christmas break: Lessons
57-64

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What do I need to bring on the First day of Challenge?
7/5/10       

  

  • Curricula Guide
  • erasers
  • sharpener
  • highlighter
  • flags or stickies
  • Bible
  • all Math books (if applicable)
  • either a spiral notebook for each seminar (need a big thick one for Math) or 3-ring binder for all subjects with lots of paper for Math (graph paper is best)
  • Introduction to Logic book
  • Shiloh
  • Bag lunch & drink
  • Classroom Etiquette filled in from Guide, p.p. 8-9
  • Lesson Plan Book
  • Student Reference Notebook from IEW
  • Latin Flashcards (Level 4 book)
  • Latin's Not So Tough, Level 5
  • a book on Archimedes
  • WORLD magazine article (Life and Death)
 

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Summer Reading Suggestions

Biographies on:
Archimedes
Copernicus
Kepler
Linnaeus
Pascal
Faraday
Morse
Curie and
Einstein

While students could read Defeating Darwinism over the summer, it would be even more important that one or both parents read it AND make notes on each chapter so that intelligent discussions with the parents and child can take place during the Spring semester.  When the students read DD, they will need to read each chapter 2x in order to be fully prepared for our seminar discussions.  So if students read it once now, that would save time for them when we read it together.  Parents can decide whether to read DD once during the summer or wait and have their child read each chapter 2x in the Spring.