Tag: 7th Grade

Homeschool Journal 8/16/17 Day 3, Whoopie!

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Wow! Three days of school already, it is going fast!!! I like making up puns for the number of days we’ve done of school. We went on a field trip to the orthodontist so that Reed could get a wire cut.

LA was easy today. I am writing a essay tomorrow, on the first week! I am probably going to do a lot of fun stuff this year! I actually get to read a bit more than a teeny bit this year for reading, yay! But it does mean that it takes a ton longer to do my reading.

Did you know that the Bible is actually for Christians, not non-christians? It is to tell us how to live, but it is also good for non-christians to learn about Christianity. The word Bible comes from the word “biblo” which means “book,” that really fits because the Bible is The book. The Bible was written in three different countries, with over 40 people writing in it!!!!! Now that is an awe-inspiring book!!!!! We are amazed by Jesus’ miracles but what we should really be inspired by is that He led a completely sinless life, because though He was still God, He was also completely human at the same time, so He was tempted just as much as we are. I know you’re saying “He had an advantage” but no, He really didn’t, He was just as human as we are. I know it’s hard to wrap your head around that concept, but He really was.                                   “I am not afraid of the temptation, I am afraid of the fact that I am tempted to do it”                                                                        -Vella Karman

In history we learned about the Spanish settling in South America. They stole around 15,000 dollars worth of money in gold from the natives!!!!! And thye forced them to mine it for them!!! I don’t know about you, but I would of made a few complaints about that!

Homeschool Journal 8/15/17 Day way 2 little

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Yay, second day!!! We read one of Shakespeare’s poems, it was a bit weird. I interveiwed myself for English, it was fun and sort of cool.

It is amazing how much the Bible has went through, people have tried to destroy it and it has prevailed, and it has also been quoted, made into songs, read, and translated into more languages than any other book. It would have died out by now if it wasn’t God’s Word. Even non-christians know The Lord’s Prayer, and admit that it is powerful. If you took any mention of the Bible and disputes about the Bible ect ect out of history you would take out half of the great leaders of this world and half of history itself. Isn’t it amazing how the Bible was written by different people, in different countries, in different languages and yet it still portrays the same concept? That shows that the Bible was actually written by God. Isn’t it also cool that the Bible is a book for anybody, with any job, at any age, in any country, and at any stage of life? The Bible is the only book like that.

In history we learned about the start of the “Holy Roman Empire” the first king was a christian!!! So it spread christianity!!!!! (Years later) Charles got 3 kingdoms when he was still a teenager! He was a greedy, liar and he gave half his kingdom to his son, and half to his brother, which is probably going to lead to a power struggle.

Homeschool Journal 8/14/17

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Yes, yes it’s the first day of school again. Yay!!! 7th grade!!! I think 7th is better than 6th because I am not behind yet. In 7th grade you get a “school counselor,” so this morning I went and talked to her/mom about my schedule for this year. I personally think it is just a teeny bit crazy. This year I am going to have a yearbook which is going to be so much fun!!! It will be like a 7th grade scrapbook!!! We are making first day of school cupcakes in our school colors!!!

In English I started a notebook with all the things that I am learning about things like nouns, et cetera. So when I need to know something I can just look it up! LA was lots more work but a ton of fun today!

In history we read the introduction. Why do they even have one of those for a history book? But they did, and they started by telling us about the lay of the land. Also called where the 7 continents, and the oceans names. Where do they think we live, the bottom of the ocean? Outer space? They had some cool poems though. It is amazing how much the world has developed in the last 500 years!!!!! Just think about it, travel, medicine, governing, science, maps, electronics, why electronics wasn’t even a thing 500 years ago!!! We saw some really cool pictures of Anne Frank’s actual diary, the Hubble telescope, Henry Ford in a car, (I didn’t realize that Ford was somebody’s last name!) and a picture of JFK just minutes before he was shot. Current Events was sad with all the great things in the newspaper there are to write about.

In Bible we learned about bible junkies, the author, that God plants us in the right place, the Bible is a cleaning agent and God is the cleaning person, that you should document your insights, and that I might want to write a guide to God’s word. We read the Beatitudes. They said to go the extra mile in sharing too.

Put today on your calendar folks!!!!! In math I actually learned something, on the first day!!!!! I learned about Roman Numerals, I thought they stopped at X but they actually go on to do L,D, and M!!! I also wrote some of my answers with the cool tails!!!!!

Homeschool Journal 9/1/15

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I started a new disk on math today. I learned what I have wanted to learn for while. The quicker way to convert fractions to decimals.

We learned about Taiyuan today in 100 Gateway Cities. At one point it had 27 temples dedicated to the god of war!

Your right lung is bigger than your left lung because your left lung has a dent in it for your heart to fit in your body.

The House of Sixty Fathers

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The House of Sixty Fathers is about a boy named Tien Pao. He lives in China during WW2. His village is destroyed by Japanese fighters. He and his family are the only survivers. Taking someone else’s sampan found floating on the ocean during the attack they rowed upstream as far as they could go. And there his parents found work. On only the second day, while his parents were out at work with their baby, he and the family pig are yelling and running around in the sampan it becomes untied to the mooring and the river takes him all the way back to his village, being guarded by Japanese soldiers. He makes his way slowly back to the city he came from.

Along the way he saves and travels with a soldier. With and without his friend he makes his way back to his city. Which at the moment he gets there being attacked by the Japanese!