Regina Caeli Academy Memory Work: Recent Episodes
Morgan Costigan
Paul Revere’s Ride (The Landlord’s Tale)
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen, my children, and you shall hear(Scholé Day 1: ll. 1-5)
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
5 Who remembers that famous day and year?
He said to his friend, "If the British march(Scholé Day 2: ll. 6-14)
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,—
10 One, if by land, and two, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
15 Then he said, "Good night!" and with muffled oar(Scholé Day 3: ll. 15-23)
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
20 A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street,(Scholé Day 4: ll. 24-30)
25 Wanders and watches with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
30 Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church,(Scholé Day 5: ll. 31-38)
By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
35 On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade, —
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down(Scholé Day 6: ll. 39-49)
40 A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night-encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
45 That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, "All is well!"
A moment only he feels the spell
50 Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread(Scholé Day 7: ll. 50-56)
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay, —
55 A line of black that bends and floats
On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,(Scholé Day 8: ll. 57-69)
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
60 Now he patted his horse's side,
Now gazed at the landscape far and near,
Then, impetuous, stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle girth;
But mostly he watched with eager s
The Village Blacksmith
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Under a spreading chestnut-tree(Scholé Day 1: ll. 1-6) The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands,
5 And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long;(Scholé Day 2: ll. 7-12) His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
10 He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,(Scholé Day 3: ll. 13-18) You can hear his bellows blow;
15 You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
When the evening sun is low.
And children coming home from school(Scholé Day 4: ll. 19-24)
20 Look in at the open door;
They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
25 He goes on Sunday to the church,(Scholé Day 5: ll. 25-30)
And sits among his boys;
He hears the parson pray and preach,
He hears his daughter's voice
Singing in the village choir,
30 And it makes his heart rejoice.
It sounds to him like her mother's voice(Scholé Day 6: ll. 31-36) Singing in Paradise!
He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies;
35 And with his hard, rough hand he wipes
A tear out of his eyes.
Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,(Scholé Day 7: ll. 37-42) Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begin,
40 Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,(Scholé Day 8: ll. 42-48) For the lesson thou hast taught!
45 Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought.
Paul Revere’s Ride (The Landlord’s Tale)
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen, my children, and you shall hear(Scholé Day 1: ll. 1-5)
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
5 Who remembers that famous day and year?
He said to his friend, "If the British march(Scholé Day 2: ll. 6-14)
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,—
10 One, if by land, and two, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
15 Then he said, "Good night!" and with muffled oar(Scholé Day 3: ll. 15-23)
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
20 A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street,(Scholé Day 4: ll. 24-30)
25 Wanders and watches with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
30 Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church,(Scholé Day 5: ll. 31-38)
By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
35 On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade, —
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down(Scholé Day 6: ll. 39-49)
40 A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night-encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
45 That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, "All is well!"
A moment only he feels the spell
50 Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread(Scholé Day 7: ll. 50-56)
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay, —
55 A line of black that bends and floats
On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,(Scholé Day 8: ll. 57-69)
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
60 Now he patted his horse's side,
Now gazed at the landscape far and near,
Then, impetuous, stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle girth;
But mostly he watched with eager s
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Asia Part II song:
Welcome fifth grade, welcome fifth grade
To Asia part II, Asia Part II
I’d like to introduce you
To seven “Stan” countries
Starting at the top
Just below Russia
Kazakhstan is a lovely goldfish
Uzbekistan is a squid
Turkmenistan is a Hercules beetle
Kyrgyzstan is a crab’s claw
Tajikistan forms an arch atop Afghanistan
Pakistan is a three-legged tripod
India points down into the Indian Ocean
Sri Lanka is an island shaped like a teardrop
Bangladesh is a little man resting
Looking at the clouds- Nepal and Bhutan
Nepal looks like a pancake, Bhutan looks like a biscuit
That’s the end of Part II Asia.
Oh let's go see Asia in the East
Georgia looks like a set of longhorns
Turkey is the steer lying down in the field
A bell 'round his neck Armenia
Azerbaijan is a fish swimming to the Caspian Sea
Iran looks to me like a dancing lady
wearing a tiara and a fluffy tutu
Iraq I see is a lion sitting
Syria gives a thumbs up- good job!
Cyprus starts with a "C" in the Mediterranean Sea
A little parakeet is Lebanon
Israel where our Lord lived, worked and prayed
Jordan lives next door sharing the Dead Sea's shore
Saudi Arabia a large stingray.
Kuwait a man sitting hunched, Bahrain the stingray's lunch
Qatar surrounding the Persian Gulf
United Arab Emirates is a kangaroo
Who escaped from the local zoo.
We're almost done here
Look below Saudi Arabia
Yemen to the left, Oman to the right
A pair of shoes just a little too tight.
Mrs. Costigan’s Latin Grammar Song
- Now in Latin there are only five declensions
All the endings you must memorize and say:
"a" is for the NOMIN-A-TIVE. "ae" GENITIVE AND DATIVE
"am" ACCUSATIVE. The ABLATIVE long "a".
Chorus:
Start with
a-ae-ae-am-a.......then ae - arum - is - as - is
And repeat the first declension every day:
"a" is for the NOMIN-A-TIVE, "ae'' GENITIVE and DATIVE
"am" ACCUSATIVE, the ABLATIVE long "a".
- Now the second one is very very simple:
us - i - o - um --o.......i - orum - is - os - is
And the neuter starts with bellum - belli - bello - bellum - bello
Plural: a- orum - is -a -is.
Chorus :
Start with:
us-i-o-um-o. Then i - orum - is - os - is.
It is masculine. Remember five apiece.
And the neuter starts with bellum - belli - bello - bellum - bello
Plural a- orum - is –a- is.
- You will find that when you come to third declension
Nouns'll end in l....and . . . .r....and....s....and....x
Dux and ducis duci ducem duce.......lucis, luci lucem luce
CONSUL...... IMPERATOR..... MILES.... REX.
Chorus:
Start with:
blank -is -i -em -e. Third declension for today
es - um - ibus - es - ibus. Say it next:
dux and ducis duci ducem duce.... .lucis luci lucem luce.
CONSUL. . . . ..IMPERATOR..... MILES. . . . .REX.
- One....two....three....and then we come to Fourth Declension
us - us - ui - um - and - u. It's Just a ball
Plural us - uum. - ibus - us accusative and ibus.
Now we're ready for the fifth and that is all.
Chorus:
Start with:
es - ei - ei - em - e......then the plural right away:
es and erum ebus, es - ebus........too
First you SAY IT then you PLAY IT. But be sure you EVERY DAY IT
And with all the five declensions you are through. √
Chapter 1:
1. What is matter? Matter has mass (weight) and takes up space.
2. What is volume? Volume is the amount of space matter takes up.
Chapter 2:
1. What is energy? Energy is the ability to make things move.
2. Why do we say that light (energy) is not matter? Energy does not have mass nor does it
take up space.
Chapter 3:
1. What are the states of matter? The states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
2. What is a solid? A solid is a form of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
Chapter 4:
1. What is a liquid? A liquid is a form of matter that has a definite volume but no definite
shape.
Chapter 5:
1. What is a gas? A gas is a form of matter that has no definite shape or volume.
2. What makes up the air? The main gases that make up the air are nitrogen and oxygen.
Chapter 6:
1. Can solids change to liquids? Solids can be changed to liquids by adding heat.
Chapter 7:
1. What is evaporation, condensation, and vaporization? Condensation is changing a gas to
a liquid. Vaporization is changing a liquid to a gas. Evaporation is a kind of vaporization
without boiling.
Chapter 8:
1. What are elements? An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into
anything else.
2. How many elements are there? There are more than 100 known elements.
Chapter 9:
1. What are some properties of metals? Metals are solids at room temperature (except
mercury). They are malleable, have a shiny luster, and are silver-gray in color (except
gold and copper). Metals are also good conductors of electricity and heat.
(See chart on p. 87 for comparison of Properties of Metals and Non-Metals)
Chemistry I Study Guide
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Chapter 10:
1. What are the properties of a non-metal element? Non-metals can be solids, liquids or
gases. They are brittle (not malleable), have a dull luster, and are different colors. Nonmetals are not good conductors of electricity and heat.
Chapter 11:
1. What are chemical symbols? Chemical symbols are a short way of writing the names of
the elements.
Chapter 12:
1. What is the Periodic Table? The Periodic Table is a chart showing the elements in order
of atomic number.
2. How are elements arranged? Elements are arranged in order of atomic number and in
groups and periods in the table.
Chapter 13:
1. What is a compound? A compound is a combination of elements that has different
properties from the elements that make it up and cannot be easily separated.
Chapter 14:
1. What are the elements that make up water? The elements that make up water are
hydrogen and oxygen.
Chapter 15:
1. What is a chemical formula? A chemical formula is a shorthand way to write the name
of a compound.
2. What are the chemical symbols for hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen? The chemical symbol for
hydrogen is H, sulfur is S, and oxygen is O.