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This year Elijah's main focus was on Linguistics. He spent the vast majority of the year immersed in the world of languages, writing systems, and phonetics. Language Arts: Elijah reads on a regular basis for information and pleasure. He enjoys writing comics, emails, grocery lists, table top game instructions, and notes and plans for game designs. He is adept at finding information via online wikis, Internet and Google searches, encyclopedias, and the library catalogue. He knows how to use a dictionary and thesaurus. This year Elijah focused on linguistics, constructed languages, writing systems, and foreign languages. He was mentored by both armchair and professional linguists via online conversations on the web forum Reddit. Elijah also recently started using Duolingo to learn so German. An excerpt from email Elijah sent discussing pragmatism in the Chinese languages Elijah plays Scrabble & Words With Friends solo and with others. Mathematics: Elijah continue

Language Arts Elijah reads on a regular basis for information and pleasure. He enjoys writing comics, emails, grocery lists, table top game instructions, and notes and plans his for video game designs. He is adept at finding information via online wikis, Internet and Google searches, encyclopaedias, and the library catalogue. He knows how to use a dictionary and thesaurus. This year Elijah focused on linguistics, constructed languages, writing systems, and foreign languages. Elijah created his own constructed language called  Elænjiuajie , which he describes as an "alternate historical version of Old English". He was mentored by both armchair and professional linguists via online conversations on the web forum  Reddit . The first 8 lines of the famous soliloquy by Hamlet transcribed into  Elænjiuajie. Mathematics Elijah continued to practice and gain skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and measurements by exploring c

Elijah and I taking a selfie on this 11th birthday One of the many outtakes from taking family pictures for Solstice gifts; E helped set up the lighting, camera, and helped take pictures of his father and mother. E's always a cam-ham! Language Arts Elijah reads on a regular basis for information and pleasure. He enjoys writing comics, emails, grocery lists, table top game instructions, and notes and plans his for video game designs. Both his handwriting and typing skills have improved some same this year. He continues to excel in spelling and reading comprehension; both areas well beyond average for his age group. Elijah is still fascinated with linguistics, translations, accents, and foreign languages. We spent a lot of time translating words and phrases in various languages. Elijah is adept at finding information via online wikis, Internet and Google searches, encyclopaedias, and the library catalogue. He knows how to use a dictionary and thesaurus.