Celebration Presentations

 
 
 

Trumpet Practice, Norman Rockwell (1950)
 
  
Our celebration is next week! We hope you can join us, even though summer is already in full swing. 

For our celebration please bring some food to share, and have every school-age child ready to give a 1-2 minutes presentation. Our goal is for every student to feel accomplished and recognized. I will have a certificate for every child that presents. The plan is to have a student give a presentation followed by thunderous applause, and then handed a certificate. That is it. Look for the sign-up on the app. Also if you have to leave early or come late, let me know and we can arrange to have them present when they will be there. 
 
We will have a table to display tangible projects with small placards with name and title of project. Please let me know if the project is displayable, and the title, so I can have a placard ready.

Here are suggested ideas for Form I (age 5-9), but this list is not exhaustive. (For example, my 6 year old painted and labeled a Paddle-to-the-sea map.)
 
  • Recite a poem (can be a poem they learned at Lux or even read a poem they don't have memorized)
  • Show a picture they drew or painted
  • Sing a song they know
  • Present a map they made from their studies
  • Tell about an interesting topic they learned about this year
  • Tell about an interesting book they read this year
  • Tell a joke or story
  • Act out a favorite scene with a friend or sibling 
  • Show a nature journal or other notebook
 
Form II students (9 and up) that attended the entire Spring session should have a Plutarch project to present. If they do not, they can pick something from the above list or whatever else will be easy for them to have ready for Wednesday. Here is the list the students were given weeks ago. (For examples, My 11 year old made a paper sculpture of Antigonus, and my 9 year old made small-scale paper Greek and Roman armor.) If your student needs more info to make one of the following projects, let me know, and I will try to help. (Students were given print outs of Grecian clothing and hairstyles. If your student missed that week, let me know and I can send you a screenshot.)
 
  • Create a timeline of Eumenes' life.
  • Create a timeline that depicts what was going on elsewhere in the world (Book of Mormon, Bible) while Eumenes was alive.
  • Dress like Alexander's sister, Cleopatra, or dress like Roxana, Alexander's widow. Read a letter from one of those characters' points of view, begging Eumenes for help. 
  • Create a diorama of one of the battles, or of the siege at Nora, with Eumenes' ancient treadmill to exercise the horses. 
  • Act out a scene from the life of Eumenes. 
  • Write a poem about Eumenes' character, and his noble qualities. 
  • Draw a portrait of Eumenes or some other scene. 
  • Draw a map of  the division of Alexander's Empire after his death.
  • Make Ancient Grecian armor or weapons from paper and cardboard. 
  • Sculpt a bust of Eumenes out of clay.
  •  Write a brief story from the point of view of a soldier in Eumenes' army.
  • Write a short essay about different ways we can be more like Eumenes, and why.

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