2 for 1

Written May 2

Happy Friday everyone! This week, I did things a little differently. I was getting tired and bored of the normal schedule, so I tweaked it. Instead of doing one day's worth of every subject each day, I only did one or two subjects each day, but did the whole week's worth of work for them. Like, today, all I had was writing, the blog and my report. Yesterday I did history and Wednesday was math and something else... It was a nice break from what I normally do in school. Ah, I am SO excited for school to be over! My older sister comes home for the summer today, actually, lucky her. I'll be done soon enough though. :)

On Monday, a lady came over to give me a test. It was unlike other tests, which see if you know what a person in your grade should know. Instead, for each subject, the problems kept getting harder as you went along, until you couldn't go any further. This figures out where a student is, their weaknesses and strong points. It was a very interesting experience.

The rest of the week was pretty normal, besides having the change in schedule, of course. Today though, two of my friends are coming over! It's gonna be so fun! :) My uncle is also coming to visit. So I have two friends, my uncle, and my sister coming, all today! Pretty cool, huh? I'm looking forward to it. So, I guess this is it for this week's blog. You can tell—as school dwindles, so does the length of the blog! Haha! Well, until next time, bye!

Written April 25

 

Hello and Happy Friday to all those reading my blog! Well, school is REALLY winding down! I've had only a few subjects a day! This week I had math, writing, handwriting, and history. In writing, I have started on the report. I have my introductory paragraph and my outline.

Here is my introductory paragraph:

“Cats are beautiful and useful creatures. They have been respected and loved throughout history. There was even a time when these felines were practically worshiped. In Ancient times, Egyptians had a great love and respect for cats, elevating them to a sacred level, and worshiping cat gods and goddesses.”

And here is my outline:

“I. Cat Gods and Goddesses

    A. Bastet

        1. Worshiping

            (1). Sacrifice

            (2). Temples

            (3). Celebrations

        2. About Bastet

    B. Other cat gods and goddesses

        1. Sekhmet

        2. Mafdet

II. Death of Cats

    A. Death for Death (kill a cat and die)

    B. Natural death and mourning

        1. Shaving eyebrows

    C. Mummification

        1. Basics

        2. Process

        3. Gifts left in tombs

III. Respected and Sacred

     A. Reasons for respect

         1. Hunting and killing

            (1). Vermin

            (2). Dangerous snakes

         2. Beauty and Cleanliness

            (1). Symbol of grace and poise

     B. Signs of Respect

         1. Sphinx

         2. Statues of Cats

         3. Relics and Objects

            (1). Jewelry

            (2). Mirrors

         4. Tomb paintings”

So, I'm excited to begin the essay, and hopefully, having the outline, it won't be too hard!

In math I'm working on Mean, Median, and Mode. Mode is the number which appears most often in a number sequence. Median is the middle number, and Mean is when you add all the numbers together and divide it by the number of numbers. Like, 50, 40, and 2-- add them together: 92 is your answer and you divide it by three because there were three numbers. 30.66 would be your answer!

Well, since school is wrapping up, there's really not as much to talk about in the blogs...hopefully I'll have more to write about next week, but that's all for this blog! Till next time, BYE!

Sorry, no pics this time.