We continued to read from Chapter 2 of the novel. We met Mr. James Dillon who was preparing to go aboard HMS Sophie and who, the author hints, has a mysterious connection with Steven Maturin. We used "Sea of Words" to look up "cable" as a unit of measure ( 200 yards = 100 fathoms. I remembered!)

Hunter took the Vocabulary Quiz today. We will revisit in two more weeks. We discussed and practiced use of words, admittedly many, but also acknowledge loss of two weeks of our class, and agreed that he would benefit from more usage and practice and a second Quiz at that time. We will not add to, other than those used in context of Mark Twain's satire "Advice to Youth" which we continued analyzing today. Part of lesson is to guess at old English word meaning from context and then define. (beseech, didactic, lark, etc.) Hunter did recall many of the vocabulary words with my reminders/hints. We discussed his essay topic at length today and put together a packet of information along with his marked-up notecards which he will take home over the weekend and bring back, for homework, in our next class, next Tuesday. His homework, admittedly indefinite, is to take a next step towards his goal of writing the essay - either outline form, more complete notecards, or actual pen-to-paper. He has a two page paper on ethical, logical and emotional arguments on newspaper articles and a Newsela article I have provided. I also suggested he simply annotate them to provide notes for the foundation of the essay. He has outline format and pro and con argument from the news op ed.

We spent a few minutes exploring "A Sea of Words," Dean King's companion guide to Patrick O'Brian's "Seafaring Novels." We gained some background information on the Royal Navy's participation in the Napoleonic Wars. Then, we read some material from Chapter 2 of the novel wherein Doctor Maturin considered LT Aubrey's offer as a position as ship's surgeon on HMS Sophie.

Hunter reviewed vocabulary in preparation for a Quiz. We reviewed all parts of speech to tackle "Brain Challenge" portion of Grammar Workbook. We reviewed nouns, verbs, adverbs, interjections, adverbs, and learned anew prepositions and FANBOYS - conjunctions. Hunter will begin writing from notecards for homework, beginning essay about protest started by Colin Kapernick. We read together Mark Twain's satire "Advice to Youth". We did not finish. Hunter answered thought questions after each section,

Gio filled in the graphic organizer for Cantos 1-18 of Beowulf, emphasizing important passages that reveal aspects typical of the epic poem, the struggle between good and evil, several other requested themes, and literary devices.

We continued reading (taking turns) in Chapter 2 in which Captain Aubrey sees about provisioning HMS Sophie in Port Mahon. We finished up on p. 53 (my edition.)

Hunter was absent today.

We continued to take turns, reading Chapter 2 aloud.

We continued into Chapter 6; taking turns reading aloud,

Hunter was absent today. He attended football practice with Lance's permission. He will prepare notecards outlining essay on his chosen topic - Colin Kapernick, too old to drive, or Russia investigation.