Assignments

Assignments for January 12th, 2026

Explorations in British Literature

We went over any questions on our Twelfth Night test and our quiz on Macbeth. We covered Dr. Faustus and the questions on page 63. Then we went over “The Galley” and the questions on pages 65 and 66. We reviewed the rhyme scheme of Shakespeare’s sonnets and the questions. We read Bacon’s essay on Studies and answered the questions on page 69. We then read the poems on page 71 and answered the three questions. We talked about the Cavaliers and the Puritans and the philosophy of the Cavaliers.

For next week, read John Donne’s: “Meditation XVII” and answer the questions on page 76. On page 77, read “Holy Sonnet X” and answer the three questions. Then read John Bunyan’s The Trial of Faithful and answer the three questions. Then skip to page 80 and read the excerpts from Paradise Lost and answer the questions through page 85. Read his short poem “On His Blindness” and answer the questions on page 86.

American History

We reviewed some of the Presidents we had reports on and then played games on the Presidents we have studied and the Civil War. For next week, read Chapter 17 on The Reconstruction. We will go over Chapters 16 and 17, and I will give you what need to know from the Chapter reviews. Two weeks from today, we will have a test on Chapters 10-17.

Watch these one minute videos from our reports today.

Andrew Jackson

William Henry Harrison

James Buchanan

U.S. Government

We reviewed those things we have studied this semester. This is the same competitive game we played the first day of class. They did much better this time! Next week, we will play anther review game before we take our final exam for Government. Study your text and the copies of tests you saved. Watch one more time the video on the Space Force since it was created after our textbook.

Quick Looks at Great Books

Read Acts I-III in Cyrano de Bergerac. We will do most of the pages in the study guide together. Read page 9 to know what to do on page 10 to create what the Hotel de Bourgogne might have looked like at the time.

Don’t forget to bring your completed Literary Terms notebook to class next Monday.

Practical Public Speaking

Next week, we will do the impromptu speeches of those who were absent today. Also, we will do the Demonstration speeches for Asher, Daniel, and Glory.

I’m looking forward to next semester. You are familiar with those in the class, but next semester, you will be working as a team. We will work on logic and individual debates, along with three major debates.

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