Assignments due for the week of December 5th, 2022
Quick Looks at Great Books
We continued our discussion and finished Book I and then took the quiz on that section. We will finish with the discussion of Part II and then play a review Jeopardy Game team competition in our next class. If we have time, we will finish watching the final scenes from the BBC version of the book. It was great to see Eppie and Silas grow together today. Make sure you have completed the Chronolog review page you were given to review the characters and events in chronological order. We took questions and then took the final quiz on Part II. Next week, we will do the game review before we take the final test. Since you have no assigned reading this week, compete the following lessons in your Literary Terms notebook:
- Alliteration (pages 22-24)
- Characters and Characterization (pages 52-53)
- Conflict (pages 54-56)
- Flashback (pages 62-63)
- Foreshadowing (pages 64-65)
PSAT/SAT/ACT TEST PREP
We completed our ACT Math test today. Only one more test to complete all of the ACT as well as the PSAT (SAT)! Next week, we will review for the final test, Science. We will go over what the test will cover and practice each of the types of sections that will be on the test. We will also review some vocabulary words, which should help on the Reading section of any standardized test. We will then make sure of any make-up work that needs to be done by any of the students.
American History
We went over Chapter 10 in our textbooks today, which covered the Presidential terms of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. We also had a little information and trivia about the six first ladies. Then we took a few minutes to review once more the 50 states and capitals to prepare for the test at the end of this semester. Some of you have been studying these!! We had an unbelievable “roll” with three of the girls in our class!!
For next week, read Chapters 11 and 12, which covers the Presidency of Andrew Jackson, the Second Great Awakening, and those who responded to the call to reach out with missions to various groups who needed to hear the Gospel.
We will have a quiz on the information in the following videos. Much of this is covered in your text, but the quiz will come solely from the videos.
War of 1812
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
U.S. Government
Today, we studied the last of the three branches of our government—the Judicial Branch. We had a slideshow on the Supreme Court and its current justices. We learned their functions, their salaries, and by which President they were appointed. Then we covered the pages you did in your notebooks on the Supreme Court. Hopefully, you now know their names and could recognize their faces. Remember that John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush is the current Chief Justice. He has extra duties as well as serving as head of the highest court in the land.
We also began talking about the special airplane (Air Force One) and the special limo (The Beast) provided for the U.S. President.
Next week, we will have our first test over several lessons we have finished: Voting, the Electoral College, Political Parties (Democrat and Republican), President and Vice-President. We will do a game review before we take the test. Also, watch the following two videos to learn more about Air Force One and the President’s special limo. There will be a quiz on the information given in these videos.
Air Force One
The Beast (Cadillac 1)
Adventures in American Literature
Great job in finishing The Scarlet Letter and in understanding Hawthorne’s attempt at 17th century dialogue!! We had a question time before we took the final quiz, and we had amazing questions about events and characters! We reviewed the Chronolog (p. 17 in your study guide), which reviews the entire book in chronological order. Next we will play a Jeopardy review game (with assigned teams) before we take the final test on the book. Study any characters or events you are unsure of or just review the questions in your study guide.
Also, for next week, read pages 53 and 54, an excerpt from James Fenimore Cooper’s The Deerslayer. Cooper was one of America’s first novelists, and he wrote about the American frontier hero. Before our Christmas break, we will study Washington Irving, who was the first American novelist to be recognized and praised by Europeans.