Days 72 & 73

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned                                                January 7, 2013   Days 72, 73

1.       Math

a. I learned helpful translations from English to math.

b. English: of Math: x (multiplication)

c. English: sum, total, more than Math: + (addition)

d. English: difference, less than Math: - (subtraction)

e. English:  per, quotient, a Math: ÷ (division)

f. I started to learn about ratios I learned that there are three ways of writing ratios: 1 to 2 1:2 or ½

g. All three ways of expressing this ratio do the same thing, compare 1 to 2!

2. Science

a. Cells come in a variety of shapes and sizes however they are all small and cannot be seen with a naked eye.

b. The microscope was necessary for the discovery of cells because it was, at the time, the only device that allowed humans to see cells.

c. Early humans did not discover cells because they did not have the technology necessary to see them.

d. The term cell was chosen because the compartments reminded Hooke, (the inventor of the microscope and the finder of cells) of the rooms, cells, chambers in his house.

e. Hooke didn’t find real cells he found empty cell walls which are dead cells.

f. Hooke’s microscope looks less complex than ours now.

g. Hooke communicated his findings by publishing a book about cells called Micrographia.

3. History

a. The fifteenth amendment in 1870 allowed all male citizens to vote

b. The nineteenth amendment in 1920 allowed all female citizens to vote this happened fifty years after all men got the right to vote.

c. The Twenty fourth amendment is important because it allowed poor people the right to vote.

d. I think the two most important amendments are the nineteenth and fifteenth giving all people the right to vote for their president and senator.

e. What are two titles the president has? Chief Executive and Commander in Chief

f. Name three responsibilities of the executive office. Carrying out the laws made by the legislative branch, and appointing officers to the U.S military

g. I think the most important duty of the executive office is to create programs to deal with national issues.

4. Language—Latin Review Part 1-3 translate

*This is Sophie's last lesson in Latin for awhile.  She worked hard on both the Minimus *pic * and Minimus Secondus books and then finished the Learning Latin through Myth book this week. Below is a review she completed today. She translated each Latin sentences (yes, the accents and language marks are not there--Word does not make that easy) cold and without her vocabulary cards or sheet or the book. She did an excellent job.
We start Spanish next.

Part 1

Actaeon venatur. Acteon is a hunter

Actaeon Dianam videt. Acteon sees Diana

Diana aquam iactat. Diana throws the water

Actaeon e cavern currit. Acteon runs out of the cave

Actaeon e cavern currit. Nunc Actaon est cervus. Acteon runs out of the cave, Now Acteon is a stag

Part 2

Daedalus et Icarus de vita iamdudum desperabant. Deadalus and Icarus were despairing for their lives

Daedalus ceram et pennas paravit. Deadalus took wax and feathers

Postremo Daedalus per auras evolavit. Icarus per auras paulisper evolavit. Deadalus gives instructions, Icarus doesn’t listen

Daedalus circumspectavit. “eheu!” exclaimavit tristis Daedalus, “Icarus est mortuus.” Deadalus looks around, alas! Says Deadalus, Icarus is dead

Part 3

Pegasus est equus mirabilis. Pegasus is a wonderful horse

Bellerophon Chimaeram concpicit.  Bellaphron sees Chimaeram

Heros est fortissimus.   Heros monstrum petit. The hero is very ferocious The hero attacks the monster

Heros Chimaream gladio necat.  The hero takes his sword and kills Chimaream

5. Reading

a. I learned vocabulary skills, As used in the article, common means- ordinary

b. As used in the article, strains means- types

c. As used in the article, customizing means- tailoring

d. Super vedere and the power of observation most likely mean the same thing. True or false? True

e. Leonardo da Vinci probably made sketches of the heart since he made sketches of other parts of the human body like organs our skeleton and muscles.

f. To dissect something means to cut it apart.

g. Empirical research is based on observations.

6. Writing

Comparing Characters, “Katniss and Peeta”

Katniss Everdeen is a very brave sixteen year old girl who lives in District 12 in the country of Panam. Her family is poor and lives in the seams, the part of District 12 that are were the starving and unnoticed live. She goes hunting in the woods with her bow and arrow to try and feed her little sister prim. But when Prim gets chosen for the hunger games, Katniss steps in and risks her life to save her sister.

                Peeta Mellark is a baker’s son in District 12, who has a nice, plain, and simple life until he gets chosen to be a tribute from District 12 in the Hunger games. He saves Katniss’s and his own life by telling all of Panam that he is desperately in love with her on a T.V interview. Katniss doesn’t know his love is real which becomes a problem later.

7. Music

a. I had a music lesson where we practiced the G7 chord on the piano.

b. We sung a duet of “A whole new World” from Aladdin.

c. I learned the intro the Tim McGraw on the piano

d. I again practiced crescendo and decrescendo on a new song, “Colors of the wind”

e. I practiced the A7# chord on the piano going from C major to Gsus#

f. I learned the Cadd9 chord on Piano

g. I learned one of my voice warm-ups on the piano