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2017-03-14 23:03:43
[…] Betsy truly has the patience of a saint. Way out of Jack’s league, Betsy is a fun loving, beautiful young woman with a stylish strut in her heels. She’s sassy, confident and not afraid of doing something reckless. Trying her best to stay cool and loved up, Betsy’s Getting Married is the deal breaker and the value of their love is gambled away. Photo credit: Nick Rutter Partners in crime, Tommy Korman (Maxwell Caulfield) and Jonny Sandwich (Nicolas Colicos) gave gentlemen a newfound swagger. With experienced devilish hands, they toy with these young lovebirds and try to give them a run for their money. Studs in the making, Tommy and Jonny create a very Bondish feel and nearly sent my mum into a hot flush. Bravo chaps! Personally, my man of the night goes to Simon Lipkin, who played Buddy Rocky and Roy Bacon. Constantly […]
2015-04-29 23:52:18
Can ya dig it? One of our current novels, “Schooled”, by Gordon Korman, references the hippie lifestyle and communes, so we took a look at iconic items of this outrageously creative movement; the fashions, hairstyles, crafts (macramé/tie-dying). My son poured over the photos, completely fascinated by the psychedelic colors, flower head wreathes, fringed leather vests, granny glasses, macramé belts and plant hangers. EVERYTHING. News from the vocabulary front – I have added a new tab (“The Wordery”) to the menu bar under the blog title…we are now keeping a running list of vocabulary words that we find from our study units or novels. A new academic unit – Napoleon! And I think we have the perfect starter reference. This little book is well organized and clearly written. It is helping us to understand the complexities and career of this unique (I am not sure this is a strong enough word) man. […]
2015-04-21 23:25:03
[…] showed him thespian (new vocab word) comedy and tragedy masks, the concept of which originated from the dramas of ancient Greece around 335 BC (or shall we say, 335 BCE). Novels – We continue to read, “The Way to Stay in Destiny” by Augusta Scattergood – still really like picking up this book every night. And this past week, we began a re-read of one of our old favorites, “Schooled” by Gordon Korman (important read, heartwarmer read). Our Farmer Brown Story Problem – Offspring in the spring! Farmer Brown’s ranch is home to 20 ewes. This spring, half gave birth to twins, a fifth gave birth to quadruplets, and the rest had a single lamb each. How many sweet lambs does Farmer Brown have now? Last night’s music theme was “Benjamin Franklin in France” – We used the […]
2014-08-15 21:14:56
[…] stories with recurring villains, or time travel. Here is what I am looking for: humor, adventure, mystery, self-reliance, team efforts, friendship. We are looking for the good read with storylines complex enough to warrant rereading. We probably read 50 novels annually. Here are the books we cannot get enough of, so they get reread about once a year: Hatchet – Gary Paulsen Cheaper By The Dozen – Frank B. Gilbreth Schooled – Gordon Korman Surviving the Applewhites – Stephanie S. Tolan While Mrs. Coverlet Was Away – Mary Nash Mrs. Coverlet’s Magicians – Mary Nash The Wednesday Wars – Gary D. Schmidt Here is what we worked on last night: My son was presented with a long list of locations; his job was to divide them into city, state, or country categories. We finished the amphibian unit (yay!) and we started the lizard unit (yay!). We […]
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