Assignments due for the week of October 24th, 2022
Quick Looks at Great Books
We finally caught up on our discussion with our reading! We have now almost finished going over Book 2. Many seemed to know who the golden thread referred to! We took last week’s quiz and will take the one on Chapters 20-24 at the beginning of our next class.
We are now beginning our last stretch, Book 3 — The Track of a Storm. (I think you know what that means!) Read Chapters 1-10 and answer questions 59-72 in your study guide. Things are moving quickly as the Revolution progresses, and many characters are intertwined. Tensions rise and bad things tend to happen! Enjoy.
Watch this scene from the storming of the Bastille. Do you notice the Defarges at the head of all the action. Senseless violence!!
PSAT/SAT/ACT TEST PREP
We went over last week’s quizzes and filed them for future reference. We also finished the practice Writing section on pages 34 and 35 in your notebooks. (“Resumes”) Hopefully, that helped prepare them for the full timed Writing Test they took in class today.
Next week, we will take the first, longer section, of the PSAT Math Test. We will spend time going over the formulas given as well as go over how to handle the four “grid in” answers on the test.
DO NOT FORGET TO BRING A CALCULATOR TO CLASS NEXT WEEK FOR THIS TEST!!
To practice for next week’s test, go to Khan Academy.
Do practice questions in each of the four areas:
- Heart of algebra
- Problem-solving and data analysis
- Passport to advanced math
- Additional topics in math
Once you have set up a “Learner” account on this site, you can practice full SAT tests any time you would like. (Free, of course) They have a whole section to practice for the SAT and PSAT.
American History
Study for a test on Chapters 4-6. This is about the events that led up to the War for Independence as well as the war itself in Chapter 6. Study the things I gave you at the end of each chapter. You most certainly do not need to remember everything in the chapter—just those I gave you in each Chapter Review.
We will do a competitive game review next week and play another Revolutionary War game to review basic facts.
Watch this video to review the events of the war. Pay special attention to those names, places, and terms I told you to know.
U.S. Government
The students did a fantastic job on the quiz from last week. I’m sure they did a good job on today’s quiz as well! We began going over lessons that we had not had time to check yet. We went through the lessons on the Senate and the House of Representatives. Next week, we will go over the Voting lesson in preparation for our upcoming election. For next week, complete Lessons 9 and 10 about the two major political parties in the United States. (Pages 34-36 and pages 38-40) I’m attaching the answers for Lesson 9 and Lesson 10. Just copy the answers onto pages 33 and 37 in your notebooks. We will also discuss the history of our two major parties and their current differences.
Please watch this explanation of political parties.
Adventures in American Literature
Today, we went over the Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Mike Fink, and Davy Crockett pages in your “textbook”. We answered questions and became familiar with these real and fictional folklore legends in American literature. SUPER job today on your reports of these legendary characters! You had lots of details to inform the class about characters they may not have heard about before. We have two reports yet to finish next week.
You were given a list of literary terms to put in your notebook, which we will be working on throughout the year. Next week, we will begin reviewing for our first test, including some of these terms that will appear in a matching section.
Also, for next week, choose an aphorism of Ben Franklin’s from page 36 and then do the following for the aphorism you have chosen. First, draw (or copy from online or another source) a picture to illustrate the saying, then give the literal meaning, the idea expressed, and then a specific real life example. See a detailed explanation of aphorism to follow when you do it. This is an assignment to be handed in for a grade. Email if you have any questions at all.
Watch the following song and explanation of Peg Leg Joe’s life and work.
Folk song and Negro spiritual
Explanation of the meaning in the song
Sweet Betsy from Pike (Great example of a ballad) Thanks, Chloe