April Apprentice

READ
Finish Gladys Aylward and bring your favorite quote

WATCH or READ 
http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1900

CREATE
Choose one of the following:
● Draw your favorite part of the book and share a principle you learned from it
● Pray for a special mission today that will take you out of your comfort zone and act on the prompting your receive even if it makes you nervous.
● Share an object lesson from the speech "What is Your Calling in Life" with your family or with the class

WRITE 
Find a quiet place that you can go and be completely alone with your own thoughts. Begin the time with a prayer. Then for fifteen to thirty minutes write any thoughts that come to your mind about the mission the Lord has for you to accomplish.
Write anything...it does not need to be complete scentences, you can write words, or draw pictures, anything to help you remember how you thought and felt during the time. Later that same day, go back and read all the things you wrote. Write
any more thoughts that come to your mind.

PROJECT
The following youth will present their presentations this week: Esther Wolf, Colt Williams, Josee Shupe, Aaron Housholder, Nic Cloward, Gracious Pack

April Journeyman

READ 
Pilgrim's Progress - to the end of Part I

READ
Fictional Story Prompts (go to "Writing  Instructions" - a tab on the top of this blog, then scroll down to "Fiction Story Prompts about your Topic")... this may help you with ideas for your Master writing this week, but even if it doesn't, I wanted you to know it was there for future reference.

READ
Richard Wagner in Spiritual Lives of Great Composers

READ OR WATCH
http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1633

LISTEN 
Choose and listen to two or more of Wagner's works listed at the end of the chapter or any other pieces by Wagner

CHOOSE
A character or place to study from your readings in Pilgrim's Progress, come prepared to represent him/her/it

EMAIL
 Your inspirement sheet to Sis. Housholder and Sis. Bates by Tuesday at 2.

THINK ABOUT
(We'll be discussing the following questions in class, so come prepared with your thoughts about them...)
● Should we separate Wagner’s music from his unpleasant character and racism? What about other immoral or unpleasant composers….should we listen to their music?
● Hitler used Wagner’s music over 50 years after his death. Should the evil way that another person used his music effect our appreciation of Wagner’s compositions?
● The power of music to form associations between events and emotions, can you think of any other examples where music evokes certain emotions because of what we associate it with?

CHOOSE one of the following:
● Learn to play a piece by Wagner
● Learn more by reading this website:  http://kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/classical/wagner/ 
● Watch this TED talk:  http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion

April Master

READ 
The Lost Prince of Samavia by Frances Burnett

CHOOSE 
A favorite quote or thought from the book to share with us

PREPARE 
A question to ask the class during our discussion

EMAIL
All of the following inspirements include some writing. Email your writing to Sis. Bates or Sis. Housholder by Tuesday night. (The sooner you email it, the more likely you will be to get feedback on it before class.)

CHOOSE one of the following:
● Act like a Prince or Princess for a day - use the language, manners, and deportment that you would picture a Prince or Princess would use (don't just be normal with the excuse that you ARE a prince or princess, but really try to be like a stereotypical good
prince or princess!) Write your thoughts about what changed about the way you usually act, speak or behave. Where the changes good? Why or why not?
● As you read, take note of the preparations Marco undertook to become who he was destined to become. Compare them with the preparations you are making. How are they alike or different? Do you see anywhere where you could improve. Write your
thoughts about this and practice this improvement for at least a day.
● Which character did you most relate to in the book? How are you like this character? How are you different? Is there anywhere you could improve to be more like or unlike this character? Write your thoughts and practice what you thought to improve upon for a day.
● Write your own story about someone or something who comes to know their mission by preparing themselves. How are you doing likewise? Think about something you can do to better prepare for your mission now and act on it for at least a day.
● Draw your favorite scene in the book that illustrates a principle. Why was it your favorite? What principle did it teach? Apply this principle to your life for a day and write what you learned.
● Write your own inspirement from a principle you took from the book. Make sure you include some writing of your thoughts as well as an application to your life.

March Apprentice

Apprentice:

Read:

• Finish Charlie’s Monument
• Artist: This months artis is Murillo.  Read about his paintings at: http://archive.org/stream/homebookofgreatp00hurl#page/n615/mode/2up There are 16 chapters of his paintings.  Please choose 3 or more to read.
• 1 Corinthians 13

Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6r11uJz54

Email: Favorite Murillo art work to Isaiah or Megan by Thursday at noon

Find:  EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO THIS!  Find a rock that represents you, bring the rock to class with you.

Create one of the following:  

• Create a monument to someone who is important to you, this can be a oral monument, a written monument, or a physical monument.  Share the monument with them (if possible) and share it with us and why you chose that person.
• Create your own physical monument and make it a geocashing site. As part of your site include a poem, thought, scripture, testimony, etc. something that will bless the lives of those who find your cashe.  (dont forget to send us the coordinates :)) 
• Create a poem about Charity and God's love for you or others. 
• Create a rock pile (with your parents permission) write something about love on every rock you place in your pile. 
• Create a service every day this week, have a heart that looks outward and meets others needs, share with us what you did and what you learned.

Think About:   Complete a word study on Love, Charity, or Compassion.   Why is Love important?  Why is love important if you are a leader?  How does Christ love?   

Write:
Write your favorite quote from either of the books you read for this month, or something you learned about yourself by reading the books.  Make sure your writings come to class with you

Memorize:  Please pick your own thought, or poem, or quote AND scripture that has to do with Leadership, or the attribute you are studying for your leadership project this month.  The following youth will share their memorization this week:  Justin, Colt, Dallin, Carson, Christian, Rob  Priscilla, Sarah    

Charlie's Monument:  As you read, consider some of these questions:  What symbols of Love has the Lord given you?  What kind of a monument are you building with your life?  How do you show your love for the Lord?  Do you believe that God never makes a mistake?  As a leader how do you love others even when they are mistreating you? How can you be the kind of leader who makes others want to be better?  What is your hill to conquer?  Where do you think true happiness comes from?

Project: Complete your attribute project for the month.  Please plan to share what you did for your project and what you learned from the project.  Please include as part of your presentation:  which attribute you studied, who you studied about that displayed that attribute, how you learned this attribute this month, and how you served others by learning this attribute.   

March Journeyman

JOURNEYMAN

READ 
Pilgrim's Progress until Christian and Hopeful see Ignorance the SECOND time

CHOOSE
A Character to research about from your Pilgrim's Progress Readings

READ
In Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers: Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams

*We will be going to Temple Square for a performance of the two works listed below. It will be on Mar. 21, but it will be important for you to have done your study before hand to fully appreciate and enjoy the concert, please read the program notes while listening to the music. Also, in the program notes there is background information that is interesting and useful, please make sure to read that as well.

CONSIDER 
What can you learn from these two composers? What can you learn about love of fellowman and love of country from them?

Edward Elgar:

Read: These Program notes while listening to the link below: http://www.nmphil.org/music-in-new-mexico/program-notes-enigma-variations/

Listen: Listen to this while reading the above program notes: https://archive.org/details/EdwardElgar-EnigmaVariations  about 30 minutes

Ralph Vaughan Williams:

Read: These program notes while you listen to the links below:  Vaughan Williams is  on page 10-16 http://www.sflc.org/concerts/programs/Peace_Program.pdf

Listen/Watch: These are four YouTube videos that comprise his "Dona Nobis Pacem"  about 40 minutes

Part 1: Agus Dei

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlYen5oEaFY

Part 2: Reconciliation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zOfYZO3Qk

Part 3: Dirge for two veterans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Jl4dqoESs

Part 4: The angel of death

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpfcF8NF7c

CHOOSE one of the following:

● Take notes or draw pictures of how you feel during the different movements as you listen to the music (this will require you to pay attention to the feelings you get instead of the thoughts) It may help to print out the program notes and then you can just write or draw on those as you listen.

● Listen to an additional work by either or both of the composers. Look at the end of the chapter in Spiritual Lives to help you pick their more recognized and famous works. Did you like these composers works? Why or Why not? How does Opera make you feel?

● Write a personal narrative about how music came to be important to you, or what has made it so you do or don't like some types of music.

March Master

Master

READ
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


CHOOSE 
A favorite quote AND question to ask the class (don't forget the question!)

CHOOSE one of the following:
● Austen uses dialogue to portray her characters. You come to know them by what they say and how they express themselves. Pay attention to how you express yourself to others for a whole day. Is your speech flowery, exaggerated, honest, kind, sarcastic, rude, uplifting, etc? Take notes throughout the day of what you notice. How can you your speech be a true portrayal of who you are? Or is it that way already? Write your thoughts and what you learned.

● Write a "How to" paper on how to find an ideal husband or wife, include principles you found in the book

● Write a "Slicing the Pie" essay on the different kinds of young men (or women) that you may have to date someday. Your labels may be characters from the book. Include principles you learned about the character traits that would put people under a certain label.

● It was ironic in this book that often women (such as Mrs. Bennett and Miss Bingley) repelled the very people who they were trying to attract. What was it about their behavior that repelled those people who they so wanted to be liked by? Write your thoughts.

● Write a Compare and Contrast Essay about how the women in the book acted towards the men they liked.

● This book provides an interesting look at social hierarchies. See if you can find a form of social hierarchies in your society. In your observations, do you see pride or prejudice in the socially "superior" group? Do you see pride or prejudice in the socially "inferior" group? Write a persuasive letter to someone in either group about how to overcome that obstacle and become friends with someone in a different social group. It may be fun to include examples from the book. Or you may pretend you are a character in the book who is writing to this person after they have had these learning experiences.

February Cultural Literacy

Here are this week's 25 cultural literacy terms for the game night at the end of the month! This is optional, but please study the terms and come if you can!


1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
2. an eye for an eye
3. Judge not, that ye be not judged
4. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone
5. The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life
6. Love thy neighbor as thyself
7. Love your enemies
8. Turn the other cheek
9. "Actions speak louder than words"
10.  "Experience is the best teacher"
11. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going"
12. "While there's life, there's hope."
13. purgatory
14. Quaker
15. sect
16. Hawthorne, Nathaniel
17. The Pilgrim's Progress
18. The Scarlet Letter
19. character
20. hyperbole
21. paradox
22. purple prose
23. spoonerism
24. syntax
25. Liszt, Franz

February Apprentice

Apprentice

Watch: (this is a good one because it talks about Carl Bloch's life, and about the exhibit we are going to see
Carl Bloch Video

Investigate:   The following web site is a Carl Bloch website: http://www.carlbloch.org/ Click on the biography tag and read his biography.

Find answers to the following questions.  Which paintings did Carl Bloch consider to be his best? What did his parents hope his career would be?  What tragic thing impacted his life?  What else do you wish you knew about Carl Bloch?

Go to the sitemap tab and see the listing of the names he gave his paintings.  Choose your favorite painting.  Come to the field trip prepared to share which is your favorite and why.

Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AozRXE2ssyM.

Read: Finish reading Freedom Factor

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIBu2p8FR3o

Think and Write: We will be learning about paradox's this week.  Please choose two of the following to complete word studies on.  You will need to complete both word studies.  Then please compare and contrast the two.   Justice and Mercy:   Servant and Master:  Joy and Sorrow:  Humility and Pride:  Life and Death:   Obedience and Sacrifice:   or choose another paradox that is interesting to you.  Ask yourself the following questions:   How do paradox's make me feel?   Do I have paradox's in my life?   How do I find answers to understanding paradox's?   Why are paradox's important?  What did I learn about myself studying about paradox's?  What did I learn about the Lord?   EVERYONE  will need to bring their chosen paradox word studies.  We will be using them in a class discussion!  Dont forget!

Find: For your scripture to read this week please find a scripture story (or two) that illustrates the two words from your word study.  This will also be a part of our class discussion so you may choose to bring a visual representation to go along with your scripture story if you would like, but please make sure to read your chosen scripture story(s)

Consider: Freedom Factor:   As you read, consider some of these questions:  Many today cry for constitutional reform, do you think we need constitutional reform?  Why or why not?  What are your feelings about your country and the consitution?    Do you agree with the arguments people make regarding the idea that 2014 is a different time and we have different needs than they had back in the 1700's?  What questions do you have after reading the book?  What excitement and passions did you discover while reading the book?  What paradox's did you find in the story?  What will you fight for?  What sacrifice are you willing to make for a righteous cause?

Create:
Make your own paralell universe for our country without a constitution.  Bring some visual way to show us how you think things would be different
Write your own story about what would happen to our country without a constitution.  Share your story in class or on the yahoo group.
 Write a poem about why the constitution is important to you.
Create a piece of art work from a theme in Freedom Factor
Re-write the constitution in your own words.
Choose to be more actively involved in the government.  Some ideas:  attend a city council meeting,   attend a TARS meeting,  research bills and laws affecting your city, state and country today, take a debate or speech class, earn your citizenship merit bagdes, etc.
Is Nathaniel Gorham real?  Do some of your own research on him.  Share what you learn with us in class.
Bryce is told that he is important, that he makes a difference.  Prepare a 2-5 minute speech on how one person can make a difference.  Give the speech to us in class.
Write an persuasive essay expressing your thoughts  on the second paragraph on page 64.  It begins "A democracy"
Do some research into the fate of the signers of the Constitution and Declaration of independecnce.  Share with us what you learn.
Research the different forms of government.  Create a presentation to share with us the good and bad things about each type.
Create your own inspirement to share with us something you learned from reading Freedom Factor.

Project: Complete your project for the month. Please plan to share in some way what you did for your project and what you learned from the project.

February Journeyman

Journeyman

Consider: 1)Franz Liszt was a man who was blessed with incredible talent.  He was in himself a paradox.  As you read about him and listen to his works, consider the following questions: Are there times that you find yourself giving in to the "natural man"?  Do you sometimes find yourself giving in to things that you know you shouldn't do?  How can you develop your talents more to glorify God? 2) As you read Pilgrim's Progress, consider if you have ever felt sadness or even despair over a choice that you made. Notice what Christian and Hopeful do to get out of this predicament. 3) How do you overcome your natural tendencies that you know are not good for you? (The Neil A. Maxwell talk will also help answer this).

Read: Pilgrim's Progress to when Christian and Hopeful reach the Delectable Mountains.

Choose and Write: Choose a character or place from Pilgrim's Progress and do some research about how you can improve yourself in regards to the trait that you choose. Be sure to put your choice on the blog so we don't have duplicates.

Read: Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers: Liszt

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goeOUTRy2es and one other from this site:http://www.52composers.com/liszt.htm (feel free to explore the site!)

Read:  This talk by Neal A. Maxwell and these scriptures: Mosiah 3:19, 1 Cor 2:14

Read: How to Write a Persuasive Letter

Email: Inspirement Sheet to Sis. Bates and Sis. Housholder by Tuesday at noon.

And do one of the following:

-Practice a talent twice as much as you normally do for this week (music, art, sports, charity, forgiveness, etc) and see how you improve, keep your focus on God as you do, remembering to acknowledge Him for your talent and progress.  Write in your journal about your experience (How did it go? Did you feel like things went easier or harder?) 

-Choose a piano piece by Liszt and practice it to perform for us at Vanguard!  It's okay if you don't have all of it done, you can even come and play just a few lines, whatever you have been able to do.  The important thing is putting your best effort at it.  Just remember to put God first in your day, and do your best. 

-Choose a favorite Liszt piece, and create something artistic to show us.  This could be a collage of favorite items, a slideshow that shows balance and opposition, you can either share it with us on the blog, or in class. Be sure to share a principle and application   If you want to show it in class, please let me know so I can better plan.  

-Write in your journal each day this week at the end of the day.  Record how you did at putting off your natural man and how you became a better man or woman of Christ. Remember, it's okay if you struggle with this, we all do.  The important thing is to notice when you are being selfish, and when you are being Christ centered. Keep writing each day about how you are doing.  The more focus you put on becoming like Christ, the better you'll do. 

-Write a letter  to someone (imaginary or real - it can even be to yourself) who is struggling with their desires not being in line with what they know to be right. Tell them how they might overcome those desires.

-Read and study The Scarlet Letter (highlight or write as you read)

-Research something about which you wanted to learn more in any of your readings this week.  Teach us what you learned and share a principle and application from your research

February Master Inspirements

Master:

Consider: As you read this book, consider what letters you might have to wear if the initials to your weaknesses/sins had to be pinned on your shirt. Think about how this might affect you and others. 

Read: The Scarlet Letter
Choose: A favorite though/quote/idea in the book
Write: A thought-provoking question to ask others about something in the book

And choose one of the following:

-Write a  persuasive letter to someone (imaginary or real - it can even be to yourself) who is struggling with their desires not being in line with what they know to be right. Tell them how they might overcome those desires. (This can be the same as you did in journeyman, only using the persuasive letter format).

-If you did not like the ending of the book, write a different ending.  Bring it to class and be prepared to share why your ending would be better (be prepared to discuss/defend your point).

-Hawthorne is known for his ability to write excellently in symbolism. Look for possible symbols in the book and write down what they might symbolize. Bring a symbol to help you remember a lesson (principle) you learned from reading the book (you can make one). 

-Choose your own way to teach us a principle you learned from reading this book.

25 Cultural Literacy Terms

Here are the 25 cultural literacy terms this week for the game night at the end of the month. You don't have to memorize them word-for-word, and you can choose whether you want to memorize them for the game night at the end of the month. This is optional.

This has been so much fun!  I hope those who are ready for this challenge are working hard, it should be a fun night of challenging memory retention!

Section titled: Literature in English-pg. 115

1. Friday

2. Robinson Crusoe

Section titled: Conventions of Written English pg. 147

3. allegory

4. analogy

5. circumlocution

6. couplet

7. declarative sentence

8. ellipsis

9. folklore

10. parody

11. satire

Section titled: Fine Arts pg. 164

12. allegro

13. baroque

14. concerto

15. counterpoint

16. key

17. liberal arts

18. rococo

19. Stradivarius

20. string quartet

21. strings

22. suite

23. viola

24. violin

25. Vivaldi, Antonio