mater amabilis level 2, year 1 syllabus

7/29/2019 Mater Amabilis Level 2, Year 1 Syllabus

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Assisi Academy

Curriculum for Mater Amabilis

Level 2, Year 1


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Religious Education

CHURCH HISTORY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

The First Christians (Hunt)

__ Introduction, pp. 3-7 (end of 3rd paragraph)

__ Introduction, pp. 7 (4th paragraph) - 12

__ Ch. 1, pp. 15-20 (end of 2nd paragraph)

__ Ch. 1, pp. 20 (3rd paragraph) -24

__ Ch. 2, pp. 27-30 (end of 1st paragraph)

__ Ch. 2, pp. 30 (2nd paragraph) - 34

__ Ch. 3, pp. 37-40 (end of 1st paragraph)

__ Ch. 3 pp. 40 (2nd paragraph) - 44 (end of 2nd paragraph)

__ Ch. 3, pp. 44 (3rd paragraph) - 49__ Ch. 4, pp. 51-54 (end of 4th paragraph)

__ Ch. 4, pp. 54 (5th paragraph) - 56

__ Ch. 5, pp. 59-64 (end of 8th paragraph)

__ Ch. 5, pp. 64 (last paragraph) -68

__ Ch. 5, pp. 69-72

__ Ch. 6, pp. 75-78 (end of first paragraph)

__ Ch. 6, pp. 78 (2nd paragraph) -82 (end of 5th paragraph)

__ Ch. 6, pp. 82 (last paragraph) - 86

__ Ch. 7, pp. 89-92 (end of 3rd paragraph)__ Ch. 7, pp. 92 (4th paragraph) - 96


__ Ch. 8, pp. 102 (6th paragraph) - 106 (end of 3rd paragraph)

__ Ch. 8, pp. 106 (4th paragraph) - 109

__ Ch. 9, pp. 111-114 (end of 3rd paragraph)

__ Ch. 9, pp. 114 (4th paragraph) - 118 (end of 1st paragraph)


__ Ch. 10, pp. 123-126 (end of 3rd paragraph)

__ Ch. 10, pp. 126 (4th paragraph) - 129 (end of 4th paragraph)__ Ch. 10, pp. 129 (5th paragraph) - 133


__ Ch. 11, pp. 140 (7th paragraph) - 144 (end of 3rd paragraph)

__ Ch. 11, pp. 144 (4th paragraph) - 148 (end of 1st paragraph)


__ Ch. 12, pp. 155-162 (end of 2nd paragraph)

__ Ch. 12, pp. 162 (3rd paragraph) - 165


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SAINTS! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY, ORDINARY TIME ONLY

New Six-oclock Saints (Joan Windham) ! (Term 1: Sep.4-Nov.22)

___St. William! ! ___St. Humphrey! ___St. Owen! !

___St. Irene! ! ___St. Stephen! ! ___St. David

___St. Kenneth! ! ___St. Alice! ! ___St. Ronald

___St. Veronica!! ___St. Jennifer!! ___St. Gladys

___St. Walter! ! ___St. Mungo ! ! ___St. Joseph of Arimathea

Saints for Boys and Girls (Catherine Beebe)

___St. Anne! ! ! ___Bl. Brian Lacey! ___St. Edward ! !

___St. Anthony of Padua! ___St. Catherine of A.! ___St. Frances

___St. Agnes! ! ! ___St. Daniel! ! ___Xavier Cabrini

___St. Barbara! ! ! ___St. Dennis ! ! ___St. Gerard Maj.

ADVENT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

Stories of the Child Jesus from Many Lands by A.Fowler Lutz.Read one story for each lesson. (Use over both years)

Saints for Boys and Girls (Term 2 : Nov. 27 - Feb. 23)

___St. George! ! ___St. Jude! ! ___St. Rose of Lima ! !

___St. Helen! ! ___St. Kevin! ! ___St. Robert

___Bl. Imelda! ! ___St. Michael! ! ___St. William of Roch.

___St. John Berchmans ! ! ! ! ___Bl Richard Herst

___Mary, Mother of Jesus! ! ! ! ___St. Joseph


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" " " " ! ! ! ! (Term 3 : Feb. 26 - May 25)

LENT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

My Path to Heaven: Geoffrey Bliss, SJ

____ Made For God ! ____ The Call of a King ____ The Agony in the Garden

____ The Best Way of Life ____ The Incarnation ____ The Cross of Jesus

____ The Three Sins! ____ The Two Standards ____ Jesus the Consoler

____ My Own Sins! ____ The Election ____ How to Love God

EASTER ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

St. Jude by Michael AquilinaOR

Our Ladys Book by Lauren Ford

Recommended ReadingOne saints biography to be read as independent reading each term.

CATECHISM! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

WEEKLY

Faith and Life books, as assigned in CCD class

Mathematics! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Daily

Singapore Math

Study next lesson in text book, asking Mom for help if needed.

Stop when you get to an arrow and do the corresponding lesson in

the activity book.

Alternate text:

Saxon Math 54


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Study next lesson in text book. Try solving the example problems, only looking

at the solutions as needed. Solve a few of the practice problems (different

types); if you have trouble with any, go back and study the lesson again. If

you still dont understand, ask Mom for help.

Five minutes of daily drill in math facts, particularly multiplication tables.

Recommended Extras

" Mathematical reading and activities from How Math Works

" Calculadder

" Math-related file-folder or board games

" Flashcards

English

READING ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! FOUR TIMES WEEKLY

READ-ALOUDS AND INDEPENDENT READING

__ Caddie Woodlawn (Brink) " " __ Little Britches(Moody) " "

__ Behind Rebel Lines (Relt)" " __ Narnian Chronicles (Lewis)

__ All Sail Set (Sperry) " " __ The Great Turkey Walk (Karr) "

__ Matchlock Gun (Edmonds) " __ Cautionary Tales For Children (Belloc)

__ Wonder Book (Hawthorne) "__ At the Back of the North Wind (MacDonald)

__ Shakespeare For Children (Lamb) __ Golden Key (MacDonald)

__ Dragon Slayer (Sutcliff) " " __ Eagle of the Ninth (Sutcliff)

__ Five Children and It (Nesbitt) " __ The Treasure Seekers (Nesbitt)"

__ Redwall (series, Jacques) " " __ Good Master (Seredy)

__ Winged Watchman (Stockum) " __ Homer Price (McCloskey)

__ In Freedom's Cause: a Story of Wallace and Bruce (Henty)

__ Legend of the Cid (Goldston)" " __ Hank the Cowdog series (Erickson)

__ Princess and Curdie (series, MacDonald) __ Phoenix and the Carpet (Nesbitt)

__ Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow (French) __ Freckles (Porter)


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__ Swallows and AmazonsSeries (Ransome) __ Olga De Polga series (Bond)

__ Tales From the Arabian Nights (Lang) __ Tales From Troy and Greece (Lang)

__ The Outlaws of Ravenhurst (Wallace) __ Peter Pan (Barrie)

__ Pinocchio (Collodi) __ Jungle Book (Kipling)

__ My Father's Dragon (Gannett) __ The Borrowers (Norton)

__ Rabbit Hill (Lawson) __ Tough Winter (Lawson)

__ Understood Betsy (Canfield Fisher) __ A Certain Small Shepherd (R. Caudill)

__ The Librarian and the Robbers (Mahy) __The Half-A-Moon Inn (Fleischman)

__ The Great Piratical Rumbustification (Mahy) __ Twenty and Ten (Bishop)

__ Humbug Mountain (Fleischman) __ By the Great Horn Spoon(Fleischman)

__ Madeleine Takes Command __ The Twenty One Balloons

__ Soup Ahoy (Robert Peck) __ Soup and Me (Robert Peck)

__ The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode (Estes) __ The Witch Family (Estes)

__ The Alley (Estes) __ The Moffat Series (Estes)

__ The White Stag (Seredy) __ Philomena (Seredy)

__ Warrior Cat Series (Hunter, Erin) __ Rowan of Rin Series (Rodda, Emily)

__ The Aventures of Ulysses(Landmark) __ Marco Polo(Landmark)

__ Alexander the Great(Landmark) __ Genghis Khan (Landmark)

__ The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt(Payne)

__ Harold's Tail (Marciano, John Bemelmans)

__ Be a Perfect Person in just Three Days! (S. Manes)

__ Child of the Silent Night:The Story of Laura Bridgman (E. Fisher Hunter)

Reading time is also to be used for the books on the various reading lists for this

year (history, religion, geography, literature, & science).

WRITING AND COMPOSITION!! ! ! ! ! ! DAILY

Copywork (10 min. daily)

Copy two lines daily from favourite poems, prayers, Bible passages, or

the Shakespeare play being studied.


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Composition (10-20 min. daily)

Written narrations from the book youre currently reading for history, religion,

geography, literature, and science.

VOCABULARY! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

English From The Roots Up (1st half of book)

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GRAMMAR ! ! ! ! ! ! THREE TIMES WEEKLY

Intermediate Language Lessons (Emma Serl)" Term 1: Lessons 1-50, pp. 1-51

" Term 2: Lessons 51-100, pp. 52-106

" Term 3: Lessons 101-150, pp. 107-159

(Do one lesson a day, three days per week)

STUDIED DICTATION! ! ! ! ! ! TWICE WEEKLY

Short paragraphs or passages to be dictated from a section (two or three

paragraphs long) of a history, literature, geography, or religion book that

has been studied in advance.

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LITERATURE

MYTHOLOGY! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

The Childrens Homer (Padraic Colum)

Term 1: Troy - Chapters 1-10

Term 2: Troy - Chapters 11-20

Term 3: Troy - Chapters 21-23;

! ! Odyssey - Chapters 1-7


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Further Reading: DAulaires Book of Greek Myths

SHAKESPEARE! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY

Suggested plays for Year 1: The Tempest; Macbeth; As You Like It

Study one play per term with family, using recommended resources.

POETRY! ! ! ! ! ! ! WEEKLY, with daily review

The Harp and the Laurel Wreath (Laura Berquist)

Other poetry books from our home library

Work on memorizing at least 6-8 lines of poetry each week.

PENMANSHIP

WRITING CAN HELP! ! ! ! ! ! THREE TIMES WEEKLY

Work on one lesson per day, three times each week

AMERICAN HISTORY! ! ! ! Three Times Weekly; ! ! ! ! additional books ad. lib.

This Country of Ours (H.E. Marshall)

The Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas (I. Reninger)

Sept:!This Country of Ours, Ch. 1-12

___Chp. 1!! ! ___Chp. 5!! ! ___Chp. 9

___Chp. 2!! ! ___Chp. 6!! ! ___Chp. 10

___Chp. 3!! ! ___Chp. 7!! ! ___Chp. 11

___Chp. 4!! ! ___Chp. 8!! ! ___Chp. 12


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Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas, Ch. 1-3

___Chp. 1!St. Brendan

___Chp. 2!The Discovery of the Americas

___Chp. 3!Converting Mexico

Oct:! ! This Country of Ours, Ch. 13-21

___Chp. 13! ! ___Chp. 16! ! ! ___Chp. 19! !

___Chp. 14 ! ! ___Chp. 17 ! ! ! ___Chp. 20! !

___Chp. 15 ! ! ___Chp. 18! ! ! ___Chp.21

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Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas, Ch. 4!! ! ! !

___Section 1! Early Spanish Explorers!

___Section 2! St. Peter Claver

___Section 3! St. Martin de Porres

___Section 4! St. Rose of Lima

Nov:! This Country of Ours, Ch. 22-34

___Chp. 22! ! ___Chp. 26! ! ___Chp. 30! ___Chp. 34

___Chp. 23! ! ___Chp. 27! ! ___Chp. 31

___Chp. 24! ! ___Chp. 28! ! ___Chp. 32

___Chp. 25! ! ___Chp. 29! ! ___Chp. 33

Recommended Reading for Term 1 (choose at least one):

Pedros Journey by Pam Conrad

He Went With Christopher Columbus by Louise Andrews Kent

The Landing of the Pilgrims (Landmark Book)


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Calico Bush by Rachel Field

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Dec:! This Country of Ours, Ch. 35-44

___Chp. 35! ___Chp. 38! ! ___Chp. 41! ___Chp. 44!

___Chp. 36 ! ___Chp. 39 ! ! ___Chp. 42! !

___Chp. 37 ! ___Chp. 40! ! ___Chp. 43

Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas, Ch. 7-8! ! ! ! !

___Chp. 7!! ! English in America

Chapter 8:!Exploring the Southwest and California

___Chp. 8, Section 1! ! Fr. Francisco Kino

___Chp. 8, Section 2! ! Fr. Antonioo Margil

___Chp. 8, Section 3! ! Blessed Junipero Serra

Jan:! This Country of Ours, Ch. 45-53

___Chp. 45! ! ___Chp. 48! ! ___Chp. 51!

___Chp. 46 ! ! ___Chp. 49 ! ! ___Chp. 52! !

___Chp. 47 ! ! ___Chp. 50! ! ___Chp. 53


___Chp. 5!! ! The French Contribution

Chapter 6:!Exploring the Mississippi

___Chp. 6, Section 1! ! Fr. Marquette and Joliet

___Chp. 6, Section 2! ! Rene de La Salle


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Feb:! This Country of Ours, Ch. 54-63

___Chp. 54! ! ___Chp. 57! ! ___Chp. 60!

___Chp. 55 ! ! ___Chp. 58! ! ___Chp. 61! !

___Chp. 56 ! ! ___Chp. 59! ! ___Chp. 62


Chapter 9:!The Carrolls in the War for Independence

___Chp. 9, Section 1! ! Charles Carroll

___Chp. 9, Section 2! ! Daniel Carroll

___Chp. 9, Section 3! ! John Carroll

Chapter 10:! Catholics in the War for Independence___Chp. 10, Section 1! John Barry

___Chp. 10, Section 2! Francisco Vigo

___Chp. 10, Section 3! Other Volunteers


Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader by Arthur SchlesingerPoor Richard by James Daughtery

Kateri Tekakwitha: Mohawk Maid (Vision Books)

Fr. Marquette and the Great Rivers (Vision Books)

St. Isaac and the Indians (Vision Books)

Louis Jolliet & Father Jacques Marquette

La Salle and the Exploration of the Mississippi by Daniel Harmon

Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel Brill

The Book of Indians by Holling C. Holling

Johnny Tremain by Esther ForbesCalico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare

The American Revolution (Landmark)

Gettysburg (Landmark)

Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit

John Paul Jones by Norma Jean Lutz

Ethan Allen by Virginia Aronson

The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery


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March:! This Country of Ours, Ch. 64-75

___Chp. 64! ___Chp. 67! ! ___Chp. 70! ___Chp. 73!

___Chp. 65!

___Chp. 68! !

___Chp. 71!

___Chp. 74!

___Chp. 66 ! ___Chp. 69! ! ___Chp. 72


Chapter 11:! The Catholic Church Growing in the United States

___Chp. 11, Section 1! Demetrius Gallitzen

___Chp. 11, Section 2! St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Chapter 12:! Three Bishops in a Young Church

___Chp. 12, Section 1! Benedict Flaget

___Chp. 12, Section 2! Simon Brute

___Chp. 12, Section 3! James Bayley

April:!This Country of Ours, Ch. 76-87

___Chp. 76! ___Chp. 79! ! ___Chp. 82! ___Chp. 85!

___Chp. 77 ! ___Chp. 80! ! ___Chp. 83! ___Chp. 86!

___Chp. 78 ! ___Chp. 81! ! ___Chp. 84! ___Chp. 87


Chapter 13:! Friends of the Indians___Chp. 13, Section 1! Rose Philippe Duchesne

___Chp. 13, Section 2! Peter deSmet

___Chapter 14! ! Oregon Territory

___Chapter 15! ! Father of the Catholic Schools


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Chapter 16:! Sisters in the Civil War and After

___Chp. 16, Section 1! Nursing Sisters

___Chp. 16, Section 2! Sister Blandina

May:! This Country of Ours, Ch. 88-99

___Chp. 88! ___Chp. 91! ! ___Chp. 94! ___Chp. 97!

___Chp. 89 ! ___Chp. 92! ! ___Chp. 95! ___Chp. 98!

___Chp. 90 ! ___Chp. 93! ! ___Chp. 96! ___Chp. 99


Chapter 17:! Forgotten People

___Chp. 17, Section 1! St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

___Chp. 17, Section 2! St. Katherine Drexel

Chapter 18:! Irish Christian Brothers Come to America

___Chp. 18, Section 1! Br. Edmund Rice

___Chp. 18, Section 2! Br. Ignatius Doorley


Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark by Rhoda Blumberg

Pioneers Go West (Landmark)

Moccosin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothly Sterling

Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell FreedmanAbe Lincoln (Landmark)

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit

The Perilous Road by William Steele

This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War by

! ! Bruce Catton (OOP)

World War 1 by Kent


14/18

Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

The Terrible Wave by Marden Dahlstedt

ANCIENT HISTORY!! ! ! ! ! !

Twice Weekly

Terms 1 & 2: Bible History/ Mesopotamia (read 4 pps. per lesson and study

extra sidenotes; discuss with Mom)

The Childrens Illustrated Bible

Israel Timeline, Ancient World of the Bible, others

Term 3: Ancient Egypt

The Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne

Ancient Egypt Timeline

Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World

Usborne Time Traveller: Pyramids and Pharoahs

GEOGRAPHY & EARTH STUDIES! ! Three Times Weekly! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! plus map work

People and Places (Europe) (36 lessons, one per week)

Choose one book each term from the list below to read either independently

or as a read-aloud. At the beginning of each lesson, spend five minutes

studying the map of the region. Aim to be able to quickly name and locatecountries, capitals and other major cities, important rivers, and mountain

ranges.

Vendela in Venice by Christina Bjork (Italy)

The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren (Sweden)

The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson (France)

Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil (Italy)

The Wheel on the School by Meinhart de Jong (Netherlands)


15/18

Weather (36 lessons, two per week for 18 weeks)

The Earth: the Geography of Our World by Barbara Taylor

plus multiple extras - lessons/activities to be done with Mom

Maps and Plans (36 lessons, two per week for 18 weeks)

The Earth: the Geography of Our World by Barbara Taylor

NATURE STUDY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Take at least one nature walk each week.Keep a nature notebook (make at least one entry each week).

SCIENCE! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Twice Weekly

Term 1: Plants

Reading (one lesson weekly)

Exploration (one lesson weekly)

Science With Plants (Usborne)

____Week 1: Starting to grow (2 pages)

____Week 2: Growing (2 pages)

____Week 3: Plants and water (1 page)

____Week 4: Make a bottle garden (1 page)

____Week 5: Using light (1 page)

____Week 6: Looking at leaves and leaf prints (1 page)

____Week 7: Flowers (2 pages)

____Week 8: Trees (2 pages)

____Week 9: New plants from old (2 pages)


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____Week 10: Plants leaving home (2 pages)

____Week 11: Plants and soil (2 pages)

____Week 12: Useful plants (2 pages)

Term 2: Birds


The Burgess Bird Book for Children, by Thornton Burgess


Home Science Adventures: Discovering Birds

Note: Lesson 3 optional; Lesson 14 to be done before a family trip

Optional Extras

Non-Fiction

All About Owls by Jim Arnosky

Looking for Seabirds: Journal From an Alaskan Voyage, by Sophie Webb

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies

Fiction

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B.White

Coot Club by Arthur Ransome

Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome

Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard Atwater

The Wheel on the School by Meindert de Jong - story about storks set in Holland

There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat

Term 3: Insects


The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery Insect Adventures by J. Henri Fabre

Other (Moms choice)



17/18

Science Adventures: Discovering Insects (13 lessons)

Optional Extras

Non-Fiction

Simon and Schuster Children's Guide to Insects and Spiders, by Jinny Johnson

Big Book of Bugs by Theresa Greenaway

The Tarantula in My Purse: and 172 Other Wild Pets by Jean Craighead George

Fiction

Charlotte's Web by E.B.White - classic fiction about a spider and a pig

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Poetry

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischmann

FOREIGN LANGUAGE! ! ! ! ! ! ! Twice Weekly

Learn Spanish With Grace

Rosetta Stone

PICTURE STUDY ! (Impressionists)!! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Term 1: Pierre-Auguste RenoirTerm 2: Edgar DegasTerm 3: Claude Monet

MUSIC APPRECIATION! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Music Masters, Set 1 (6 weeks per composer)

Term 1: Bach, MozartTerm 2: Chopin, Schumann/GreigTerm 3: Mendelssohn, Schubert


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ART"" " ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Weekly

Discovering Great Artists by Mary Ann Kohl

The Usborne Book of Art Skills by Fiona Watt

PRACTICAL WORK!! ! ! ! ! ! ! Daily

(1) Help in house and yard/ garden.

(2) Work on learning a practical craft or skill of your choice.

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