Assignments for October 7th, 2024
Quick Looks at Great Books
We discussed all of the chapters that you read and answered the study guide questions. We even referred to the book itself for many descriptions. Then, we watched the DVD of Book 1. We ran out of time to take our quiz! We will take the quiz next class at the beginning of the hour. Then we’ll discuss the next chapters. For next week, read Book 2, Chapters 1-9 and answer questions 15-31 in your study guide. We will list the main characters and take the second quiz on the book.
American History
We finished Chapter 3, and I gave the students all the things they needed to know from the Chapter Review. We then reviewed the numbers to know in the Chapter Reviews of Chapters 1 and 2. Study for our first test on Chapters 1-3 for next week. (You have already studied Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 for today’s quiz. You’re over half-way there!) Also, read Chapter 5 in your text, and we will go over Chapters 4 and 5 after your test. In Chapter 6, we will read about the Revolutionary War itself.
Watch this video about the French and Indian War.
U.S. Government
Today, we went over the lessons on Congress, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. We also went over the Bill of Rights and a sheet outlining each of Amendments 11-27. The students were given the ten amendments they need to know for our quiz two weeks from today. Next week, we will add the seven articles of the Constitution and what each of the articles is about. Next week we will have a quiz on Lessons 3 and 4, but not on the amendments, just on the terms in the lessons other than that. There will also be the same fill-in-the-blanks questions as on our first quiz, with the addition of 3 new questions: the number of U.S. Senators, the number of U.S. Representatives, and the number of Supreme Court Justices. You can study all of these from your last quiz or from the blue sheet you were given to add to your notebook on the three branches of government. Also, complete Lesson 8 on Voting. As we cover that, we will also have a slide show on our Electoral College.
Lesson 8 Crossword Answers (PDF)
Watch the following video to review the Senate and the House of Representatives.
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
We reviewed the Principal Parts of Verbs once again and then took the quiz to review for our upcoming PSAT Writing test. We will then go over the graded quizzes next week before we take the final English test. We will also have another quiz on the grammar rules in your notebook and the verb errors. We will make sure the students understand these before we take the test. Please complete the sample grammar PSAT test in your notebook: Electroconvulsive Therapy on pages 31-33 and Resumes on pages 34 and 35. (Answer the questions following each passage.) After we have gone over these two practice tests, we will be ready to take the PSAT Writing Test. (35 minutes)
Adventures in American Literature
We started with the ballads for the Revolutionary War. Ballads are poems that are written to be sung. You can see why these would incite enthusiasm and excitement for freedom! We then started with Ben Franklin and his organizational skills. Maybe he accomplished so much because of his orderly life! We talked about his almanack as well. I collected the aphorism assignment, and I’m excited to go through them! Also, for next Monday, we will have our first quiz, which will be all matching. Just review from the beginning of your text: John Smith was in charge of the Jamestown colony, William Bradford was in charge of the Plymouth colony and wrote the first history book, Edward Taylor was the first major poet even though his poems were not published until the 1930s, Anne Bradstreet was the first female American poet, Jonathan Edwards was associated with The Great Awakening with his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Abigail Adams was famous for the legacy of letters she left, Patrick Henry was famous for his speech, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” and Thomas Paine for his pamphlets, particularly Common Sense. Also, review the first four literary terms that we went over as well as alliteration.
Also for next week, read the following selections in your text: Phillis Wheatley’s poem and questions on pages 37-40, “What Is an American? by Crevecoeur and the subsequent questions on pages 41 and 42, and the Acrostic on pages 44 and 45. We will do a lot of the pages in class together. Be ready to explore the “tall tales” that Americans created to explain many things they had no explanation for and secure a copy of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.