Intrigued gravitating apprehensive ritual
adherence abandoned chastise impatient
mystified elders chortled nurturers
obediently serene insight nondescript
ironic palpable transgression infraction
aptitude distraught humiliation remorse

Chapters 6-10

reprieve excruciating indulgently conspicuous
meticulously exuberant anguish benign
integrity independence exemption exasperated
relinquish acquisition scrupulously crescendo
interdependence integral buoyancy exhilarating
prestige transgressions indolence deftly

Austin is reading The Giver for Literature.

Questions for discussion:

1.  In The Giver, each family has two parents, a son, and a daughter. The relationships are not biological but are developed through observation and a careful handling of personality. In our own society, the makeup of family is under discussion. How are families defined? Are families the foundations of a society, or are they continually open for new definitions?

2.  In Jona’s community, every person and his or her experience are precisely the same. The climate is controlled, and competition has been eliminated in favor of a community in which everyone works only for the common good. What advantages might “Sameness” yield for contemporary communities? Is the loss of diversity worthwhile?

3. Why is the relationship between Jonas and the Giver dangerous, and what does this danger suggest about the nature of love?

4. There are groups in the United States today that actively seek to maintain an identity outside the mainstream culture: the Amish, the Mennonites, Native American tribes, and the Hasidic Jewish community. What benefits do these groups expect from defining themselves as “other”? What are the disadvantages? How does the mainstream culture put pressure on such groups.

Dylan and Matthew did a short one page report on Bach.

Dylan’s paper….

Bach’s temper was short. He once got in a arguement with one of his music student’s and called him a nannygoat. Bach worked for the duke then he wanted to quit and was sent to jail. His job was in music. He loved to write music. He loved to play the organ. Bach made the best music. Bach died at age 65 from a stroke.

Matthew’s paper….

Bach married twice. One of his wives was a cousin. He had 20 children in all. He loved the organ. He walked 200 miles to watch somebody play the organ. Johann Sebastian Bach loved to drink coffee and smoke his pipe. He went blind. He died at 65 by a stroke.

This is Matthew’s first paper. One problem I notice with him and need to always be on him about is putting capital letters where they don’t belong. We are going to write about some more famous people. I just haven’t picked who yet.

A list of opening sentences for writing prompts…..
http://www.jamiearamini.com/Jamie_Aramini/Lesson_Plans/Entries/2008/6/9_Entry_1_2_files/OpeningSentences.pdf

If you are looking for some great movies to watch that may go along with what you learning in school, go here….
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Movies/index.html

Today we did some work on our timelines. We entered George Washington, Sandro Botticelli, and Ben Franklin. We got our timeline free from this web site
http://www.ourlosbanos.com/homeschool/history/timeline.html I added the timeline into a binder for each one of the kids and put the cover on it.
Well not much is going on here. The boys are at basketball practice with dad and Mikayla is next door at her friends house so I should take advantage of it and get some things done.

Here is a web site that has lesson plans to go along with the book also.
http://teachers.net/lessonplans/posts/2090.html