Weekly Review x 2: 1/30 to 2/10

I didn't get a chance to post a week in review last week so this one will cover some highlights of the past two weeks.

Bible - Last week we finished the "Quarter 2" lesson plans for Bible. We finished reading I Dare You by W. H. Danforth. Z-man really connected with this book and I've been pleased to see the way he's applying things. We also finished 1 John and read 2 John, 3 John and Jude.

This week I started the "Quarter 3" lesson plans with Artist. We'll be reading through the book of Acts along with Windows on the World. Z-man is trying to complete a Trek challenge for Awana that requires him to read a 250 page book. We had to request the book through interlibrary loan so we only have it for a short time. I told him that could be his Bible assignment for the next couple of weeks.

Fridays we usually meet to go over our Bible assignments and discuss the passages we read.  Even though the boys did different things we went ahead and met.  Z-man gave us an overview of If I Perish, the book he is reading.  He said he would give it 5 stars so far!  Artist updated Z with what we learned in the Window on the World book which covered Judaism, Druzes, and Azeris.

Literature - A and Z read the first half of Hamlet.  Our library didn't carry the recommended TOG selection so I went with a different abridged version.  Both boys are enjoying the story.  Artist and I are also attempting to memorize lines 56-88 from Act 3, Scene 1...you know, the well-known "To be or not to be," section. A has already passed me by.  He's been able to memorize much more in a shorter period of time. My old brain just doesn't work like it used to.  The sad part is I remember memorizing these lines in 9th or 10th grade myself.  You'd think it would come to me more easily!

Z convinced me to allow him to memorize a shorter passage.  He still has several lines of dialogue from A Midsummer Night's Dream that he's working on.  I agreed he could memorize Sonnet 116 instead.

Cheese Lover finished Huguenot's Garden.  He says it's only worthy of 2 or 2.5 stars.  When I asked him why, he said it's because it doesn't have much action.  I guess that's what makes or breaks a story for him!

Grammar - Last week A and Z finished Season 1 of Analytical Grammar.  They did very well on their test and were happy to have this week off from grammar.  Now they'll move into a period of weekly grammar review.  CL is working through Easy Grammar 5 & 6. The last two weeks we've been working on fragments/run-ons and punctuation.

Music - We finished our third composer, George Frideric Handel.  I didn't realize how much music Handel wrote that included vocals. Of course I knew about Handel's Messiah, but he composed so many other operas and oratorios.  The boys and I didn't really care for many of the selections.  The final tracks on the CD were selections from Water Music. This was more our speed and I think we all enjoyed these tracks.

We finished up a bit early Friday to head out for our second Outdoor Hour Challenge. The rain had stopped and the sun was peeking out when we left but its rays were short-lived.  Thankfully we didn't get too wet.