Week 2 Independent Workbook | November 16–20, 2026
For an independent learner around age 12. The shared theme is truthful speech, evidence, and careful reasoning. Grade placement must be assessed individually. These are original learning exercises.
Work from a Bible, notebook, math paper, and credible reference sources. Keep study records private.
Monday, November 16
- Analyze Proverbs 12:17–22 in context. Identify the passage’s contrasts, the stated consequences, and a responsible modern application.
- Original passage: ‘Researchers report findings using methods others can examine. An unsupported conclusion may sound persuasive, but sound reasoning separates measurements from interpretation. A transparent report also discusses uncertainty and competing explanations.’ Identify the thesis, two details, and a limitation.
- Define transparent, variable, inference, and competing explanation.
- Math: solve 4x−7=29; simplify 42:56; calculate 18% of 250; find 5/6−1/4; calculate area of a 14 cm by 9 cm rectangle.
- Write 150 words comparing a truthful report with a persuasive but unsupported claim.
Tuesday, November 17
- Read Proverbs 18:13–17. Distinguish listening to an account, examining evidence, and declaring guilt.
- Original civics passage: ‘Communities need fair ways to consider competing claims. Testimony, written records, and physical evidence each have limits. Honest inquiry creates opportunities to examine conflicting accounts.’ Summarize the argument and two supporting ideas.
- Math: simplify 2(3x−4)+5x; solve x/3+4=10; find 30% of 90; convert 7/8 to decimal; compare −12 and −8.
- Write two paragraphs explaining why evidence should precede a public accusation, including a counterargument.
- Research one fundamental due-process protection in the United States using a trustworthy civic education source, and cite it.
Wednesday, November 18
- Read Proverbs 15:1 and James 1:19–20. Explain how the audiences and instructions relate, without collapsing the two passages into one.
- Science: design a safe seed-germination investigation. State a question, independent variable, measurable dependent variable, and two controlled conditions. Do not claim to have performed it.
- Invented math data, not observations: 3,5,5,7,10. Calculate mean, median, mode, and range; draw a clearly labeled plot.
- Math: solve 3x+8=35; 2/5+7/10; 0.75×16; 48÷0.6; triangle area with base 14 and height 9.
- Write a methods paragraph and identify one possible bias.
Thursday, November 19
- Read Deuteronomy 19:15–19 in context. State its judicial setting and why it is not the same as an everyday argument.
- Choose a verified event in Alabama history. Use two sources and build a five-event timeline with genuine dates. Distinguish primary from secondary sources when possible.
- Math: slope between (1,2) and (3,8); solve 5(x−2)=30; calculate a 15% discount on $80; simplify 63/84; mean of 12,16,20,24.
- Compare the framing of the two history sources, quoting sparingly and citing facts accurately.
- Write a checklist for verifying a video clip before reposting it.
Friday, November 20
- Original reading: ‘Reliable explanations allow readers to trace claims to evidence. Observations require context, and statistics require accurately labeled units. Reproducible findings are often more persuasive than isolated anecdotes, but even repeated results must be interpreted within the conditions studied.’ State the thesis and two qualifications; define reproducible.
- Math assessment: solve 6x−5=31; 3/4+5/8; 12% of 350; simplify 36:60; mean of 4,8,9,11; slope between (0,1) and (2,7). Show your steps.
- Write 250–350 words on truthfulness, evidence, and responsibility to speak. Interpret Proverbs in context and cite two factual sources from another subject.
- Science: identify independent variable, dependent variable, and a possible confounding factor in Wednesday’s proposed investigation.
- Review grammar, arithmetic, source support, and completeness before parent assessment.
Final Review
Save work and sources privately. Ask a parent to review with the separate Week 2 key. Academy home.