October 7, 2010 Day Twenty-Three

5 x 5 for

5 Vocabulary

1. Line of demarcation: An imaginary line drawn on a map, established in 1493 between Spain and Portugal dividing the New World for colonization.

2. Galleon: A large sailing ship used in the 16^th to 18^thcenturies.

3. Conquistador: The Spanish name for conquer.

4. Symmetry: A pattern same on both sides on an imaginary line.

5. Equation: A math sentence

5 Details/Facts

1. To make a copy of a document, you can save as and rename.

2. With drawing pencils, 1, 3, or 4 means the pencil is light if it's 3 and dark if it's 1 or 4.

3. I had art with Gamma today.

4. Lily and I did math today in the morning. She did addition and I did math problems.

5. A crab spider changes color when on a flower and a bee or fly copes and the spider catches it, like a chameleon.

5 Sentences

1. Today I did an equation to help me with my calculation.

2. Squares, triangles, diamonds, circles, and more shapes are all symmetrical.

3. Hernando Cortez is a conquistador for Spain in Mexico and the Aztecs.

4. A big ship, mostly user by colonists, is a galleon.

5. An imaginary lines drawn on a map between Spain and Portugal pretty much describes a line of demarcation.

 

5 Questions & Answers

1. Why is shading important when drawing? A: Helps drawings look three dimensional.

2. What do parentheses mean in a math equation? A: To do that part first.

3. How is a galleon different than a carrack ship: A: It's bigger.

4. What changed the Line of Demarcation between Spain and Portugal in 1494? A: Treaty of Tordesilla

Bonus: By how many miles did the line change and in what direction? A: 750 miles

5. What natural, cyclical occurrence does the story of Demeter and Persephone explain? A: Seasons

Bonus: What astrological sign does this story represent? A: Virgo

Activities

Book report: Stories from the Stars, compiled by Juliet Sharman Burke "Demeter and Persephone" and "Birth of Zeus"

Book Report October 7, 2010

Title: Stories from the Stars

Author: Juliet Sharmon Burke    Demeter & Persephone (p.40) and Zeus (63)

1. Summarize the story: D & P: A story about Demeter and Persephone told how the seasons were made by Persephone visiting Hades for six months and Demeter for six.
   

   Zeus: A story about how Cronos (Zeus' father) wanted to always be king and swallowed all his children except Zeus who was raised by a goat who when he got old enough sent him back to have war with his father.
   

2. List at least 3 characters with one sentence describing them:
   

   Hermes: A very clever messenger who flew by wings on his shoes.
   

   Zeus: The Greek god who rules all of the Greek gods and goddesses.
   

    Rhea: Zeus' mother who gave birth to Zeus but hid him away on an island.

1. What did you like best about this book? I liked the story about Zeus because the story was very interesting.
   
2. Write a one sentence advertisement for the book. If you like myths and zodiacs, Stories from the Stars is the book for you!
   
3. What did you learn from the book? What lesson does the book teach?
   

   I learned about how the planets were named and how Greek myths were told.
   

Art—Portrait of Ben, which is an on-going, intensive drawing lesson that will result in a portrait of Sophie's character, Ben, which will be used as an important prop in her play.

Game

Math Puzzle—Calculate Columbus' Distance

September 6, 1492-- Departs Spain

October 11-13, 1492—Arrives in Bahamas

Approximate travel = 150 miles per day

"Columbus' ships covered approximately 150 miles a day. His seafaring instincts were extraordinary. His crews used a compass for direction and a chip log (a knotted line with a wooden weight attached at the end) to measure speed. A sailor counted how many knots were let off the reel in the time allotted. Multiplying the average rate of a ship's speed by a fixed amount of time gave a rough estimate of the distance traveled. Columbus, however, relied on dead reckoning, meaning he used his experience, intuition, observations, and guesswork to determine his ships' positions."

Retrieved from: http://library.thinkquest.org/C004237/english/nond/voyagecol.html

Calculate: How many miles did Columbus' ship travel on their voyage?

31 (-3) + 30 + 31 (-18) = 70 days x 150 miles per day = 10,500 miles

How many miles did Columbus tell his crew they would travel before reaching land? 3,000

How many more did they travel? 7,500

How many days more did they travel past the time Columbus told them? 50

Sophie's Blog: What is the goal you set with Gamma for your portrait? What is your homework? What did you do with Dad this morning? Use three words to describe the weather today—be creative! Describe your finished Wampum belt.

My goal with Gamma on my self portrait, is to make it believable, I have to work on the ears and the mouth, and eyes, and stuff. I have to make a body that moves, and a self portrait. This morning, I skyped with Dad. Today's weather was misty, thick, and showery.