I continued our chemistry lesson on elements and compounds. We learned about what they are, how the periodic table organizes elements, and the law of definite proportions.

Jaydn did the quiz on chapter 2. We then reviewed the answers together.

Today I introduced Jaydn to SAT vocabulary which she said she has never studied. I began by introducing her to the words. She didn't know any of them. I had an interactive game to practice them and she enjoyed that. I then had sentences for her to apply the words and she did very well. She enjoyed the lesson and mastered the words. I then had her orally use the words in an oral creative story as best she could. She enjoyed that.

I continued to review with Jaydn over the chapter on lines, rays, points, line segments, addition postulates, betweenness, and the number line. I asked her questions from the chapter review dealing with concepts and problems. There was no assignment.

We used this hour to work on chemistry homework.

Charles Dickens and the Victorian Novel. Today we looked at Narration and the various techniques employed by Dickens in his famous work A Christmas Carol.

We continued to look at dialogue, again focusing on Jane Austen and this time Othello by Shakespeare. We looked at the pros and cons to the dialogue conventions each genre employs.

We learned about homogenous and heterogenous mixtures. We also learned about separation techniques. She reviewed for her quiz for the last 20 minutes.

In today's lesson, we explored the social, economic, and political conditions in late 18th-century France, out of which the French Revolution exploded in 1789. The decay of 18th-century France had as much to do with its economic disposition as anything else. Had France's crippling debt not threatened to ruin the state, Louis XVI would likely not have been forced to make the fateful decision of calling the Estates-General. Additionally, it's unlikely the French Revolution would have unfolded the way it did if not for the highly unfavorable view of the French court by the people. Also, the economic crisis coincided with the beginning of an intellectual movement that attacked the very philosophical pillars on which the divine-right, monarchical government of France was based. Even considering all of these factors, it was still impossible to predict, at this juncture, the varied, nuanced - and at times, borderline insane - characteristics the French Revolution eventually exhibited.

Jaydn read, analyzed, and discussed the next two chapters of Jeannette Wall's The Glass Castle. In preparation for tomorrow's session I had her read and think about the following question which she will write on:
Throughout the book, we hear Rose Mary’s complaint: “I’m a grown woman now, why can’t I do what I want to do?” At what stage can adults do whatever they want, if at all? As a new
high school student nearing college, how will you manage your new sense of independence and autonomy?