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Assignments for 01/20/2025

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Assignments for January 20th, 2025

Quick Looks at Great Books

Today, we worked on the Grand Gestures on page 7, Acts I-III. We also talked about the events of the three acts and what was not understood. For next week, read Acts IV and V. If possible, finish Acts IV and V on page 7. We will go over those and many more pages in the study guide. We also will take our first quiz on Acts I-III since we ran out of time today. I will warn you that Act IV is a “tear-jerker”! Act V takes place 15 years later.

American History

Read Chapter 17 for next week and complete the Crossword Puzzles on Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. The following week, we will have our test on Chapters 10-17. You will only be tested on the circled terms at the end of each chapter.

Watch these videos to review their lives.

President Thomas Jefferson

President Zachary Taylor

President Millard Fillmore

U.S. Government

We played a review game today before we took the final exam. Then we took the exam itself! No homework. Next week, we will begin No-Spin Economics. This is in the news so much and will fit exactly our study of economics. The economy always plays a major role in any government policies. Come to class with a three-ring binder and secure a copy of Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury. I can’t wait to grade the exams and see how they did!

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We reviewed a sheet of Tips to Remember when you take a standardized test. Then we divided into teams and played a game to review all we have covered this semester, including vocabulary and English particularly.

Next week, we will begin our Practical Public Speaking class, with the addition of several new students. This is a perfect companion class to Test Prep. They have spent lots of time taking tests, but now, they will take no written grades, only public speaking. We will really get to know these students! No homework. All you need to do is bring a three-ring binder to class with you to hold the text pages I will give you.

Adventures in American Literature

Today, we covered all of the homework and the life of Edgar Allan Poe. (Listened to his famous poem, The Raven) For next week, read the excerpt from Redburn by Herman Melville on pages 79-82. Answer the questions on page 83 and 84. After that, read the excerpt from Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Be prepared to discuss the meanings in this story. You need to read one other story by him, The Minister’s Black Veil. Answer the questions on page 85 about the symbolism in this story. On page 88 answer Yes or No to each statement found in Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment and tell why you gave that answer.

Next week, I will give you the pages for second semester to add to what you already have.

Watch this brief plot summary of Thoreau’s book

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