Exam Week!

Yes, this is our exam week. I have a son in Year 10, a son in year 6, and a son who started in Year 4 but was having such trouble with it that I created a transition Year 3.5 for him. The rules: three sons, each will have 4 or 5 questions per day, and I'll be posting their responses here daily. Here's what they'll be doing this week:

Monday____________

L - Year 3.5
Tell about the fall of Jericho.
Writing - "I'd like to be a lighthouse/All scrubbed and painted white."
Tell about how Jasper found Phronsie.
If you have $52 and you buy lunch for $6 and a Playmobil castle for $38, how much money do you have left?

J - Year 6
What were the blessings for obeying and curses for not obeying that Moses spoke to the Israelites? Deut
Tell about Mark Antony's death, and the events that surrounded it.
How do animals die? OR tell as much as you about an animal that lives in the sea.
If you buy a table for $37 and 8 chairs at $11.95 each, how much will that cost?

T - Year 10
Briefly sketch the change in attitudes towards slavery that led to the Civil War
Briefly trace or sketch Kinglake's journey (so far) on a map.
Compare Dr. Jekyll with Dr. Frankenstein OR compare Mr. Hyde with Frnkenstein's monster.
If a man made an 8% profit amounting to $800 from selling his house, what did he sell his house for?
Describe Walden Pond.

Tuesday ____________

L - Year 3.5
What was the golden age of Greece like, OR tell about the gods the Greeks believed in.
Describe a compass. What does it tell us?
What do you know about light?
3X + 4 = 13

J - Year 6
Dictation (prepared, from School of the Woods) - "Now cut ahead of the dogs to the runway and watch for the fox. Here is the hunted creature."
Explain how and why Octavius became Augustus
What are some things that cloth is made of? OR describe what Norway looks like.
Describe your favorite episode in The Hobbit
What is two-thirds of 48?

T - Year 10
What were some of the blessings and curses that Moses described to the Israelites based on their obedience or disobedience? (Deuteronomy)
Give some account of one of the battles of the civil war.
Trace the ups and down of Demetrius's life.
Solve 4.59 + 8.125 - 7.68 - .981 - 1.406

Wednesday ____________

L - Year 3.5
Where did the religion of Islam come from?
Tell your favorite part of Bambi.
What is a diving bell?
Add 343 + 237 + 522
Father to choose a poem, and a memory verse.

J - Year 6
Describe the city of ancient Rome OR Athens OR Sparta
Briefly explain the theory of relativity OR give an account of Archimides's contribution to science.
How many square feet of wall are in a room 12x13 feet, 8 feet high? Minus a door 3x7 feet?
Describe "The Milkmaid" by Vermeer

T - Year 10
Explain how Abraham's children with Hagar and Sarah illustratehe two agreements between God and man. (Galatians)
Describe one of the generals of the Civil War.
Describe the scene where Dr. Frankenstein stops working on a second monster OR in Les Miserables the scene where Jean Valjean and Cosette enter the convent the second time by the door
Describe Vermeer's "The Milkmaid"

Thursday ____________

L - Year 3.5
What was one of the things Paul wrote about to the Corinthians?
Can you explain why the sun never seems to remain still in the same place?
Tell what you know about the planets.
Describe "The Milkmaid" by Vermeer

J - Year 6
What kind of body will we have? I Cor 15
Describe one of the Persian attacks ancient Greece OR the civil war in Rome
How did Demetrius come into power?
Tell about his death.

T - Year 10
Explain how Lincoln's character influenced his actions during his term as President.
Give an account of Cairo during the plague.
Explain a few flaws in the liberal movement. (Vision of the Anointed)
Grammar: pick out the eight parts of speech of the italicized words from this poetry selection by Robert Browning:
Oh, *to be* in *England*
Now that April's there,
And whoever *wakes* in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the *lowest* boughs and the brush-wood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the *chaffinch* sings on the orchard bough
In England -- now!

Friday ____________

L - Year 3.5
What do you know about William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings?
Men of Iron - How did Myles meet Lady Alice?
Draw the shape of the earth, and show where the hot countries are and where the cold ones are.
How many feet of ceiling trim will I need to buy for room that's 13x12 feet? If trim is 24 cents a foot, how much will that cost?

J - Year 6
Trace Alexander the Great's life.
What country is called The Land Below the Sea, and why? OR What country is called The Land in the Sky and why?
What is the first Law of Thermodynamics OR Explain how a refrigerator works.
Tell about your favorite character from Animal Farm and what qualities made him your favorite.

T - Year 10
Write about one of God's attributes (Pink's Attributes of God)
Describe Queen Victoria OR give some account of Europe's attitude towards slavery at the time of the Civil War.
Explain how racism is unbiblical OR talk about some forms of intemperance/immoderation.
Briefly summarize an essay you read this term.
Find the cost of papering the walls of a room 15 ft. by 13ft. and 9 ft high; paper 21 inches wide at $2.50 for 12 yards.