Tag: 7th Grade

Homeschool Journal 8/28/17

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I am ahead because we are doing Friday today. I already did all but one thing for Friday so I am doing Monday’s work. Because of that I am going to get to take one day off of everything except for history and Bible this week.

In math I “learned” how to add and subtract in my head, now that they have “taught” me how to add and subtract. Wow, crazy huh?

In history everybody seemed to care so much about the northwest passage and India’s spices. Because everybody was trying to find it and become rich with their silks. I understand the spices because salt kept meat from going bad and gave it flavor, but they still lost a lot of people looking for it.

Homeschool Journal 8/25/17

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Yesterday we didn’t do school because it was Adi’s birthday! So today I did some make-up work. I “learned” how to borrow in math. We went on a field trip to the Chiropractor today, I got to do some reading. In my school reading I read a book about silkworms and moths. It was sort of gross. I memorized Phillipians 1:2-3 for Bible this week, it is a good one to memorize. But then again it would do us good, and all of them are good for, memorizing.

Homeschool Journal 8/23/17

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Today I didn’t finish school because I have a fever. We went on a field trip to Adi’s gymnastics, it was cool. We got color-changing cups with their symbol on it.

Did you know that peace means with, something? Well I guess that means with God!!! Isn’t it cool how much the Bible says and how much their is to still learn about it and who wrote it? Whenever I read a good book, (especially when it’s with C.S. Lewis) I wonder about and wish I could talk to the authors, well this book is one I can talk to the author of, and guess what? He’s my best friend!!!

I revised my essay for LA today and I think it turned out pretty well if I do say so myself.

Fast food? No, faster food!

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The fast food industry is becoming even faster, and sit-down restaurants are trying to catch up. You can now order your food on Amazon, as well as pay for it! You can also order food on Facebook and other social medias. Now that people want it faster, competition to be the fastest has started. There are bots that talk to you, and pick up counters are becoming even more crowded. So there are now no fast food restaurants, there are just faster and faster ones!

Homeschool Journal 8/22/17

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We went to the library today. It was a lot of fun and I got over 20 books! Don’t worry, I returned all the ones I had already.

In Bible we learned that the word Gospel means good tidings, so the story of Jesus is called good news, literaly. The reason there are five versions of the same story is because they are written to different people, Greeks, Romans, Ect… The reason there are 500 years without a book in the Bible is not because God didn’t do anything, it is because God didn’t do anything through a prophet that He also inspired to write a book. Did you ever notice the Bible is the only book in the world that can actually make you wise? How in the world did the Pharisies not notice they were fulfilling prophies?

Homeschool Journal 8/21/17

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Today is the eclipse!!! Yay! We are going outside to see it when it happens! It is going to be so much fun! I know, you might be thinking why is she writing going to? That is because it is only 11:22 AM, (I finished school early.) We are also renting out the house today! So it is an exciting day, actually it is going to be an exciting week, Adi’s birthday, Adi’s first day of gymnastics, Reed’s doctor appointment, ect… We are taking Thursday, (Adi’s birthday) off from school, so I am going to be doing extra school to make it up throughout the week.

I am going to write another essay this week about the definition of courage. I think I might be writing an essay every week from now on!!! Don’t get me wrong, I love writing essays, but an essay a week sounds intimidating when you are used to one or two a semester!

We over-viewed the layout of the bible today. Did you ever notice that in Matthew it says peter cursed and swore when he was denying Christ? So no only he denied Him, he also lied, and swore!

Did you know that the King James Bible was named after the king who ordered it to be made? He ordered a Bible to be made so that Protestants, Purists, and Catholics would all have the same Bible. History is sad, there is too much killing and wars for me.

New Books By Vella Karman

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Don’t you just love new books? The smell, the feel, a story just waiting to be read, whatever your favorite part, (though I hope its not the taste) new books are a favorite among young and old.

Lucy was walking down Main St. for the first time when she saw it, a bookstore! Since Mum had said she could explore, that meant she could go in, right? Looking towards where she had seen Mum and Tracy last, she scanned the crowds. Finding them in the bustle, she caught Mum’s eye. As Mum winked and pointed at the bookstore, Lucy grinned. She nodded, Mum knew her so well! Lucy opened the door and stepped into one of the magical places it seemed God had made just for people like her. She was greeted by the familiar smell of new books, shiny new covers covered the walls, at least a thousand of them, just waiting to be read! She picked up the nearest one and stuck her nose inside. Such fresh, fine, soft pages she thought, fingering a few. She admired the book, a copy of “To Kill a Mockingbird” nice and new, with a beautiful, smooth cover.

I believe that everybody should get the feel the sensation of walking into a bookstore, and hearing all the books almost calling your name, “Read me!” “No, read me first!” “Me, me, me!” So if you still can’t smell that brand-new book smell, keep on sniffing!

Homeschool Journal 8/18/17 Day 5 busy as a bee hive

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Last day already! I have officially finished my first week of school!!! Yay! Today is our half day of school so it is only 10:06! I think that 7th is going to be a great year! I have already learned something is almost every subject! I have also started some extra credit! I am doing a unit study and possibly an study of how long it takes to mail something in the US.

I would not want to have been a queen in history, they can’t trust their family and won’t help their family because of the possibility of treason, they are fearing for their lives all the time, and often get held captive/something horrible happens to them. I think there might be a little bit of tension between the Catholics and the Protestants.

Homeschool Journal 8/17/17 Day 4 more to go

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Some of you may ask “what are there four more of?” and “did I miss something?” The answer to these questions, in no particular order are “No, and there are four more years until I will be starting my last year of school.”

In English I wrote my first (most likely of many) essays. They gave me more direction on what they wanted, and how they wanted it to be done.

In math, they taught me how to add. Seriously this is seventh grade math, people. Well that’s that for math.

We started a new book titled, “But Don’t All Religions Lead to God?” The simple answer to this question is “No!!!!!!!!!!” And that is just what the book said. We also had an interesting discussion due to this book about Protestant v.s. some Catholic thing.

Did you know the Dutch have had only one dynasty!!! That’s a first! The dikes are in the Netherlands, Netherland means “far-away,” so people think that the Netherlands were far away when they named it! Did you know that tulips used to cost about as much as a large house!!!!!

BOOM! -Ottis Amber (Week 1 Day 3, Whoopie!)

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“Boom, boom boom!” You’ll be hearing this noise soon if Trump’s “tough talk” continues. Officials say that conflict is “avoidable” but unless China prevails in getting Korea to stop working on the development of nuclear missiles they have not revealed another plan. According to intelligence, Korea has not succeeded in forming a missile capable of hitting anything closer than the west coast and to our knowledge it has not been properly tested. But they are capable of hitting Guam easily, so who knows what lies in our future.