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Assignments for 04/01/2024

Happy spring break!

Assignments due for the week of April 1st, 2024

Enjoy your week off. See you on April 1st!

Quick Looks at Great Books

Everyone is completely caught up with quizzes and tests. When you return to class, don’t forget to bring your Literary Terms notebook and your To Kill a Mockingbird study guide. Be sure to secure a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee by the time we return to classes.

Public Forum Debate

Great job on your first Public Forum Debate! We will have three big debates during the rest of the semester. You will be with different team members each time. For our first debate, the teams and subjects will be as follows:

  • The Government should cease the minting and circulation of the U.S. penny: Huck, Yuna, Ellie, Austin
  • The Government should continue the minting and circulation of the U.S. penny: Zach, Adam, Erica, Keely, Cody
  • Each state should have the right to ban self-driving cars on their state highways: Ben, Alura, Ian, Paul, Rocky
  • Each state should NOT have the right to ban self-driving cars on their state highways: Scott, Zeke, Autumn, Eda, Wyatt

American History

We will continue covering Chapter 23 in your text and finish our Presidential reports with Lainey and Shota. No homework is due, but come to class with your text and ready to play games to review.

No-Spin Economics

We covered Crash Course Economics #6 and went over notes for Penny Candy Chapters 7-9. No new homework.

Explorations in British Literature

We played a Jeopardy game to review and took our final test on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Don’t forget to bring your British Literature text with you on April 1.

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