Assignments due for the week of February 13th, 2023

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Quick Looks at Great Books

We took questions on today’s reading and then caught up on the study guide questions and the details of what they have read so far. This is such a detailed and exciting story that I know you’ll be sad when it’s over!! There are lots of new characters and a lot of ones returning in this week’s reading.

Here is the assignment for next week:

Chapters 28-41 (Abridged version)
Chapters 36-62 (Unabridged version)

Answer study guide questions 52-77 to make sure you understand what you read. Come to class with any questions you may have. Next week, we will fill out together some of the the diagram pages in your study guides.

Watch the following video about how the Carnival is celebrated today in Europe.

Practical Public Speaking

Today we enjoyed getting to know members of the class via the “Interview” method. The students started off with great examples of being at ease and connecting with the audience! Next week, we will finish three more and then reverse the interviewer and interviewee and do them all again so that we have learned about everyone in our class! It’s a lot of fun. Have your questions ready at the end of each interview.

For next week, using page 12 in your notebooks, practice your listening skills by finding three advertisements that illustrate at least two different (or three) strategies listed on page 12. It always works out this week to use the unique commercials from this week’s Super Bowl. Of course, you don’t have to watch those. You can choose from radio ads, billboards, other TV commercials, or find some on the Internet. You may even find this year’s Super Bowl commercials early online. Plan to turn in a sheet of paper with you name on it and list three commercials or ads that you found. Tell the product being advertised, a 2-4 sentence summary of the ad, and list the listening strategy being used from the ones on page 12. Have fun!

American History

We took our test today on Chapters 10-17. I look forward to some great grades on this test, based on how well they did on last week’s review. We then continued with our reports on the Presidents during out study of history. We have one left, which we will finish next week. Two weeks from today, we will do three more that will go along with the Industrial and Gilded Ages—Rutherford B, Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester Arthur. For next week, read Chapter 19 in your text. We will go over Chapters 18 and 19 next week and cover the people and terms you need to know from these important eras in our history—the Industrial Age and the Gilded Age.

Watch these brief videos as an introduction to what you read in Chapter 19 about these Presidents.

Rutherford B. Hayes

James Garfield

Chester Arthur

No-Spin Economics

We covered the Crash Course video on Specialization and Trade. Then, to make sure everyone understood the benefits of free trade, we played a game to see how it worked. As trade opportunities increased, so did the scores they compiled on their ratings sheet!! “Self-sufficiency is inefficiency!” Free trade benefits everyone involved!

For next week, read Chapters 1 and 2 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury. Fill out the sheets you were given which can be used to study for future tests and quizzes. Also, watch Crash Course Economics video #3 at the following link. Complete the worksheet for it that you were given in class.

Adventures in American Literature

We went over the homework that was due today—the poems of Walt Whitman as well as his masterpiece—“When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”. We also went over the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe and read an excerpt from her influential novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This novel made a great impact on the Northern readers. Many terms in her book are still used today.

For next week, read Mark Twain’s satires on pages 114-125 in your notebooks. Answer the questions after each of the entries. We will learn more about Mark Twain and his works and receive the study guide for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as we begin the book with chapters due the next week.

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Assignments for 02/13/2023