Assignments due for the week of October 3rd, 2022
Quick Looks at Great Books
We finished our review of the French Revolution and had our quiz on the background, or setting, for this book. Then we started with the initial section of A Tale of Two Cities. Remember, this is the most difficult book we read all year, so please ask any questions about characters or events that you don’t understand. We will finish the last two chapters of today’s reading and answer any questions you may have on that section before our quiz next week.
For next week, read Chapters 1-9 of Book 2–The Golden Thread. We will see if you know why it was given that title by the time we finish that section. Also, answer questions 15-31 in your study guide to check your comprehension. Look for lots of new characters and note the difference five years have made! The location is now London, England. You will see Jerry Cruncher, along with his wife, in his home in London. Dickens’s days as a court reporter helped him to accurately describe the trial at Old Bailey.
PSAT/SAT/ACT TEST PREP
We went over the answers to the last two sections of the practice Reading passages in the notebooks. Everyone seemed to do really well! Then we took the actual 60 minute Reading PSAT test. This is for practice and for knowing how to manage the time you have. This was an actual test that was given in the past. Students will receive their graded tests back next week so that they know how they did. At the end of the period, each student received a sheet to study of the principal parts of irregular verbs. We will have a quiz on these next week after we have thoroughly gone over them. Watch particularly the following pairs: lay/lie, raise/rise, and sit/set. You will just need to correct any misuse in the sentences or mark them as “Correct”.
American History
We reviewed everything that would be on our quiz on Lessons 1 and 2 next week and finished going over Chapter 3. We will have a test on the first three chapters on Monday, October 10. We will review for that test next week. Also read Chapter 4 in your textbook and answer the “section” questions in your textbook. (2 sets) We will then continue with the games we played today. If you played with the trivia geography cards today, you will switch to the states and capitals next week. That way, the entire class will work with both sets. You can learn a lot of important material that is not actually in your textbook!
Watch this video that briefly explains the importance of the French and Indian War:
U.S. Government
Great discussion today on the “colorful” life of Gouveneur Morris! We talked about the Constitutional Convention and reviewed for next week’s quiz on Lessons 1 and 2. There will be two matching sections of the terms in Lessons 1 and 2. There will also be a “fill-in-the-blanks” section on the three branches of government. They will need to know the three branches, their function, the two parts of Congress, and the length of the terms of Senators and Representatives. In addition to studying for the quiz, do Lesson 5 in your workbooks. (Congress–pages 18-20) You were given the Crossword answers for page 17 in class today. Hopefully, you wrote the answers onto that page. You will do the remaining pages using those terms. (pages 19 and 20) Let me know if you have any questions.
Watch the following two videos to provide more information on what we discussed.
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Articles of Confederation
Adventures in American Literature
We discussed the two early English colonies today and read some of the journals which became our historical records. We then went over the works of two early poets in America. Edward Taylor was known for his metaphors–comparing two things that may be unsimilar. We also started, through a game, to become familiar with the works and authors in literature.
For next week, we are finishing with some of our earliest forms of American literature by reading some sermons, letters, speeches, and songs. Read Jonathan Edwards famous sermon on pages 19 and 20 and answer the questions on page 20. (He has great illustrations of lots of our literary terms.) Read Abigail Adams’s letters to her husband, which give us a woman’s perspective of the events of the day. (pages 21-24 with questions) Patrick Henry’s famous speech is on page 25, and Thomas Paine’s excerpt and questions are on page 26. Lastly, read the lyrics of the two Revolutionary songs and answer the questions on pages 27-30. We’re almost ready for some of the fun of America’s tall tales!
Watch the following video that illustrates the song “Revolutionary Tea”: