Week 34: Ionic Bonds, The Golden Age of Islam, and Fall of the House of Usher

Math: Slopes

Chinese: 8th Grade Chemistry Textbook in Mandarin
Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 5
Energy Levels, Electrons, and Ionic Bonding (pg.337- 351) Quizlet

Videos: American Chemical Society, Khan Academy,

Geography:  Chapter 10, The Muslim World (600-1250) Unit 3: Muslim Culture

Quizlet/ Videos: Sunni–Shi’a Split: Khan Academy 1, 2,
Science and Technology: The Golden Age of Islam, Medieval Islamic Science

World Religions Video: Ted-ED

Spanish: Hacer (Unit 11) Quizlet: Hacer, Expressions
Videos: Hacer Conjugation, Expressions w/Tener + Hacer,

Writing: Unit 7, Classification Essays, pg. 175-189 Write a Classification Essay

US History: A Young People’s History, Chapter 25, “War in Iraq, Conflict at Home”

Reading: Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe  (PDF)

Pre-Reading: Quizlet Vocabulary

Post Reading Comprehension: Quizlet

Week 33: Slopes, Covalent Bonding, the US War on Terror and Islam Expansion

Math: Slopes

Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 4 (pg.319-,
Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding (Quizlet)

Videos: American Chemical Society, Covalent Bonding, Crash Course,
Take Notes:
Covalent bond in hydrogen,   Covalent bond in water, Electrolysis,  Oxygen’s double bond,
Covalent bonding of methane,..

Geography:  Chapter 10, The Muslim World (600-1250)

Unit 2: Islam Expands Quizlet/ Videos: Byzantine-Sasanian War

Spanish: Tener (Unit 10) (Quizlet: Tener, Feelings) Videos: 1, 2, 3

Writing: Unit 7, Classification Essays, pg. 166-174

US History: A Young People’s History Chapter 24, “The War on Terrorism”

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 27-31 (Vocabulary), Test

Week 30: Atoms, West Africa, and Reaganomics

The student has started a new science textbook, skipping the first three chapters on Matter, Changing States and Density, as she studied this in elementary school. There was some confusion on what was expected of her writing the past weeks, as she thought the essays were her writing class and not homework for her other subjects. So she is still on Unit 6 and Cause-Effect Essays.

Math:

Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 1 The Periodic Table and

Bonding (pg. 245-259) Quizlet, Videos: Atoms, Carbon, The Electron,

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter4/lesson1#pencil_zoom

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter4/lesson1#protons_and_electrons

Geography: Chapter 15 Societies and Empires of Africa,

Unit 2 Western African Civilizations (Quizlet), Mansa Musa, Empires of West Africa

Spanish: The Verb IR (to go). Quizlet Review + Make 20 sentences.

Writing: Unit 6 Cause-Effect Essay (pg. 154-163)

US History: A Young People’s History, Chapter 21, “Politics as Usual”       

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 12-16 (Vocabulary/ Review)

7th Grade Homeschooling Week 11: Dating Rocks and Spanish Transportation

She is continuing independelt in her Chinese Math, Mandarin , writing (Great Writing Book 2) and georgraphy. This short holiday week, has only 3 days, so not sure if she can complete everything without homework on the weekend (for once).

Science: Science: Chapter 7 Age of Earth

Lesson 2: Absolute Ages of Rocks (Quizlet)

Videos: Electrons (Crash Course), Isotopes,  Radiometric (Absolute Rock Dating)

Half Life and Carbon dating (Khan Academy)

Field Trip: Yehliu Park

Spanish: Vehicles in Spanish + Describing Vehi  (Quizlet), Feelings Part 2 (Quizlet)

Verb :Tener (I have) Video

Reading: A Christmas Carol: The Last of the Three Spirits (Quizlet)

US History: A Young Person’s History Chapter 5, “Revolution” (handout)