Around the World in 80 Days By Jules Verne

This is a classic Story that we decided to read. While it's story line and plot twists are definitely 19th century, it's still a fun read and blows away the latest movie. While we have seen and enjoyed movies made from Jules Verne books, this was the first Verne book that we have read. Fortunately, we enjoyed Around the World in 80 Days as much or more than the movie.  We are even more amazed that Verne had not gone to all of these places himself. 

Lily and Aj thought the book was exciting. They learned a lot about different cultures and countries and had fun completing the related activities! 

Here are activities we completed along with reading the book!

Worksheets related to the book 

The kids watched a biography about Jules Verns Life.

Completing hot air balloon crafts 

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Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville

After reading Herman Melville's renown classic "Moby Dick" for the first time, this book has become one of our favorites. Melville writes with incredible skill. In an instant gratification age where the media looks to provide entertainment at the expense of meaning, there is nothing like a book that requires some thinking to accompany it. At its best, Moby Dick is excellent. It’s moving, insightful, and it very much captures the sense of the sacred, the spiritual relationship of crew to whale or man to obsession. It can also be fascinating in its detail. Entire chapters are devoted to the anatomy of the whale, the symbolism of the color white, or the role of the whale in art and history. Phrases like “Call me Ishmael” are some of the best known of any book, even among people who haven’t read the original source: it is but one of many unforgettable phrases. I do have to say we did find the book a little boring and drawn out but we decided to read the entire book. 

It took us more then a few months to read Moby Dick. It was very time consuming and we had many discussions over dinners. After every chapter we read the cliff notes and took a quiz. We used the Spark Notes website for chapter quizzes. Lily and Aj also completed a character study, colored a picture and watched the movie. They also read about Herman Melville and completed a time line about his life. The kids loved learning about Krakens and Sea Monsters. They watched a video and we saw a fake Kraken while in Florida. We can’t wait for the summer so we can go to The New Bradford Whaling Museum.    

     

                                                                                                                                   

Spark Notes website for quizzes and cliff notes 

Learning about the characters 

Learning about Herman Melville Life

Coloring

The Kraken in Florida

Video on You-tube 

Watching the Movie 

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed our activities. 

Earth Day 2020

🌎Happy Earth Day!🌎

Today we worked on our garden, started a compost and completed worksheets about Earth day.  The kids also read a book on Hoopla, watched a video and baked bread!

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Patriots Day 2020

🇺🇸Happy Patriots Day!🇺🇲

The kids created paintings, completed worksheets, watched a video and read a book to learn about Patriots day! 

Passover Related activities 2020

Today we learned about Passover.. made Matzah and partitioned in our families online Seder. 🌻

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