Our Homeschool
Progress Report

Kappa-Epsilon Academy
November 1999

November can be a busy and hectic month, what with family visits, that HUGE dinner at Thanksgiving time and so many plans to make for the fast-approaching Christmas holiday. It's easy to let up on our work if we're not careful, but if we work together and everyone pitches in, school won't get lost in the shuffle.

Math: Kevin is almost finished with his Saxon Algebra 2 book. He's definitely getting into the tougher equations now, but he's hanging in there. Some things he's worked on this month are: probablility, set-builder notation, logarithmic equations, absolute value inequalities, age word problems, Venn diagrams and advanced geometry.
Erin continues work with both Key to Algebra and Key to Geometry. She has completed the 1st Algebra book in the series, scoring 99% on the final test. Some work she's done in November are: review of circles & finding the perimeter of geometric figures, variables, negatives and positives, adding like and unlike terms, exponents and evaluating expressions.

Vocabulary, Language Arts: In Vocabulary we are continuing with our weekly lists of 15 words. As an interesting sidenote--we have found quite a few of our vocabulary words in the Shakespearean plays we're reading for our Saturday discussion groups ! (Remuneration ! O that's the Latin word for three farthings: three farthings, remuneration. Love's Labour's Lost, Act III, Scene 1)

In Language Arts we are focusing mainly on Creative Writing this year. Kevin has branched out into play writing and we look forward to further adventures of "Don Fromaggio de Bologna". Erin's story has tons of characters who all seem to worry more about their clothes,hair, and who's the cutest than about anything else *G*

We are also continuing Greek and Latin root words-to help with our vocabulary skills-the words we've learned in September are--

  • urbs, urbis -- city (Latin)
  • pathos -- feeling, suffering
  • autos -- self

Reading: Kevin and Erin- will again turn in Book Reports, but these will be less "formal" than before. We will be keeping a list of books read each month

    Kevin-
  • Loves Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
  • Wild, Wild West by Bruce Bethke
  • Back to the Moon by Homer Hickham Jr.
  • All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
  • Goodbye and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
  • Myst: The Book of Ti'ana by Miller & Wingrove
   Erin-
  • Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
  • Romeo & Juliet Together (& Alive) at Last by Avi
  • Loves Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
  • All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

Social Studies: We continue work on North American geography, our second unit covered these states....

  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisianna
  • Maine

Science: We are almost finished our science course in Biology. Kevin and Erin have finished the digestive system and the excretory system. We will close out the unit with the reproductive system and a final test in December. We will then begin Geology at the start of our second semester.

Bible Studies: We are discussing the Book of Genesis as a family Bible study. Dad is leading our study group. In November we have been through:

  • Genesis 42-45 -- Joseph and His Brothers Meet in Egypt, the Famine Continues, Joseph is Revealed to His Brothers
  • Genesis 46-48 -- Jacob and His Family Journey to Egypt, Joseph's Vow to Jacob, Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons
  • Genesis 49-50 -- Jacob Last Words to His Sons, Joseph Reassures His Brothers, Death of Jacob and of Joseph
On To Exodus !!!

Computer: Kevin and Erin continue work on their homepages.
Kevin -- Paladin Castle
Erin -- Erin's House

The Fine Arts: We have an opportunity to attend some more Shakespeare seminars on Saturdays throughout this month, the next study we will attend focuses on Loves Labour's Lost...
(Update)We've finished both Loves Labour's Lost and All's Well that Ends Well (Mom's favorite so far) and we look forward to the Spring study group (Erin is hoping to study Midsummer's Night Dream)
This month we attended a performance of the musical, Guys and Dolls, by a local theater group. An excellent production of a lively & fun show !

Sign Language: In ASL we continue to work on signing proficiency and strengthening our vocabulary.

Future Plans: In December--Study of Exodus, Christmastime with ALL the Donnell kids (YAY!)

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