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This is a fun little quiz for middle school aged kids.  Answers are at the bottom in very tiny print!  Don't peek until you think you've guessed most of them! Obfuscated Christmas Carols Quiz Can You Name These Religious Christmas Carols? Approach Everyone Who Is Steadfast Ecstasy Toward The Orb Hush, The Foretelling Spirits Harmonize Hey, Minuscule Urban Area Southwest Of Jerusalem Quiescent Nocturnal Period The Autocratic Troika Originating Near the Accent of Apollo The Primary Carol During the Time Ovine Caretakers Supervised Their Charges Past Twilight Celestial Messengers From Splendid Empires The Tatterdemalion Ebony Atmosphere What Offspring Abides Thus? Removed in a Bovine Feeding Trough Seraphim We Aurally Detect in the Stratosphere The Slight Percussionist Lad The Event Occurred At One Minute After 11:59 PM—Visibility Unlimited Are You Experiencing Parallel Auditory Input? ANSWERS TO OBFUSCATED CHRISTMAS CAROLS QUIZ 1. O Come All Ye Faithful 2. Joy To The World 3. Ha...

"Christmas Once is Christmas Still" by Phillips Brooks The silent skies are full of speech, For who hath ears to hear; The winds are whispering each to each, The moon is calling to the beach, And stars their sacred mission teach Of Faith, and Love, and Fear. But once the sky its silence broke, And song o'erflowed the earth, The midnight air with glory shook, And angels mortal language spoke, When God our human nature took In Christ the Saviour's birth. And Christmas once is Christmas still; The gates through which He came, And forests wild and murmuring rill, And fruitful field and breezy hill, And all that else the wide world fill Are vocal with His name. Shall we not listen while they sing This latest Christmas morn, And music hear in everything, And faithful lives in tribute bring To the great song which greets the King Who comes when Christ is born. ~~Phillips Brooks~~ (He is better known for his carol, "O Little Town of Bethelehem." I have assigned this...

Dear friends, In my 7th-8th grade English class in our Providence Home Educators co-op, we've been doing a unit on Medieval Legends.  I've been sending home handouts with the legends in them, as well as comprehension questions and related writing assignments.  The two main source books I've been using are: Medieval Legends (Imitation in Writing series) by Matt Whitling , where I found the legends of Roland and of St. George and the Dragon.  I did not use the writing component of this book, which I found at a used curriculum sale. Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons   by Lori Verstegen, which is published by the Institute for Excellence in Writing ( www.excellenceinwriting.com/ ).  In the this book, I found the story of "Genghis Khan and His Hawk" as well as instruction on sentence starters and descriptive writing.  (This is a $35 book, but I found it at a used curriculum sale for about $1.) I also pulled my vintage copy of Hero Tales from History ...

Sentence Style Variety for Writing by Virginia Knowles These handouts, which I have used in my 7th-8th grade English class in our home school co-op, are loosely based on concepts from materials published by Institute for Excellence in Writing ( www.excellenceinwriting.com ).   Using a variety of sentence styles in each paragraph makes your writing more interesting. Very Short Sentence: Very Short Sentences contain only 1-5 words. Use them to contrast with longer sentences, or put two or three in a row for effect. • You won! Congratulations! • Your mother is gorgeous. • God loves you. I do too. Begins with Subject These tend to be boring if there are too many of them strung together in a row, so don’t use them all the time. • Kate couldn’t believe what she saw in the box. • The red kite dipped and swooped on the strong breeze. Begins with Prepositional Phrase: The prepositional phrase lacks either a subject or a predicate, so it is not a clause. • In the house, we found a complet...

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare Literature Study Guide The Bronze Bow is set in Israel at the time of Christ. The main character, Daniel, is a runaway apprentice who lives in the mountains with a band of zealots determined to drive out the Roman oppressors. The Book 1. In what year was The Bronze Bow published? 2. What award did it win the following year? 3. Name two other books written by Elizabeth George Speare. Chapter 1 Notice the very descriptive language in this chapter. Copy a sentence that gives a vivid description of a person, place or thing. Why is Daniel living in the mountains, and why did he make himself known to Joel and Malthace? Compare Daniel’s appearance and habits with those of Joel and Malthace. Write in complete sentences! If you know that “bar” means “son of” and that “Daniel bar Jamin” means “Daniel son of Jamin,” then what was the name of Joel’s father? Look at the following recipe for honey cakes, which they ate for lunch. What do the abbreviation...

Dear friends, I love the Holy Experience blog by Canadian Ann Voskamp. Today her post is full of links for web sites that post daily educational goodies like spelling quizzes, geography facts, poems, writing prompts, bird pictures, classical musical, today in history, Biblical art and so much more. She notes that this was her kids' "go-to" list when she was busy with another child. How to Feed a Brain Every Day (Daily Links for Hungry Minds) http://www.aholyexperience.com/2009/08/how-to-feed-brain-everyday-daily-links.html While we're at it, you may as well feast on a foundational home schooling piece she posted last year, Seven Daily Rungs. I need to reread it myself! http://www.aholyexperience.com/2008/01/seven-daily-rungs.html Blessings, Virginia Knowles

Dear friends, If you're linking in from Lisa Stump's Wildflower Academy blog and looking for the article "Do It Well, But Keep It Humble" you can find it on my main blog here: http://virginiaknowles.blogspot.com/2009/08/do-it-well-but-keep-it-humble.html Blessings, Virginia