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Assignments for 05/09/2022

Assignments due for the week of May 9th, 2022

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Debate

Great job on today’s debate on the Supreme Court Justices!  It’s great to see improvement with each debate that we do.   We’ll go over points made next week together, and then you will have some time with your teams before the debate starts.

May 9 Debate

  • The right to vote should be extended to citizens 21 years and older: Josie, Sol, Colin, Devon, Natalie, Cyrus
  • The right to vote should be extended to citizens 18 years and older: Sara, Abigail, Macy, Benny, Kierstyn

May 16 Debate

  • The minimum wage should be raised to $15/hour: Nick, Lucy, Lily, Olivia, Samuel
  • The minimum wage should NOT be raised to $15/hour: Emily, Emma, Cianna, Ariel, Darrin

Explorations in British Literature

We answered the questions from the excerpt from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.  Then we finished going over all the points in the study guide and discussed the rest of Animal Farm by George Orwell.  We took the quizzes on the book.  Next week, we will play a Jeopardy game to review Animal Farm before we take the final test and the character quiz we did not have time to finish in class.  Also, read the mini-biography on C.S. Lewis and complete the summary page (front and back) to turn in for a quiz grade.  We will finish our discussion of this great Christian author the following week.  You can find more information about him at the C.S. Lewis official website.

To gain more information and specific facts, watch this brief biography.

No-Spin Economics

We took our quiz on Penny Candy Chapters 10-12 and on Crash Course Economics video #9.  We also went over the handout you were given on The Federal Reserve board and a map of its 12 districts. That is a review of Crash Course #10.  We also went over the worksheet on Crash Course #11.  For next week, we will finish our Penny Candy book by reading the Summary.  (Chapter 13)  You were given a handout for our last video of the year—Crash Course Economics #12.  Watch the video at the following link.

We will cover all to this material next week and then take a quiz on Penny Candy Chapter 13 and Crash Course video #12

Quick Looks at Great Books

We played a Jeopardy game to review the entire book of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.  Since we had two rounds in addition to a final Jeopardy question, we did not have time to take the final test!  We will take the test at the beginning of our next class period.

For next week, read the short book (no chapters) of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.  You were given a study guide with several questions even though the book only has two main characters and covers only four days.  Look over the questions to make sure you understand the story and come to class with any questions you may have about the characters or events.  We will discuss the entire book and then take two quizzes on the events of the story.  Watch for all the symbolism the author uses.

Watch this brief reminder of what symbolism is.

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