Assignments due for the week of September 16th, 2019

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

Great first day of class!! Don’t forget to bring your syllabus/notebook back to class next week as we will be doing some practice sections to prepare for the PSAT Reading test. No homework. 🙂

Explorations in British Literature

Happy first day of class! In your British literature textbook, read pages 10 and 11 (Translations of Beowulf) and answer the two questions on page 11.

For #3 just write a sentence instead of a paragraph to show how the translations are alike and how they are different.

Read the following modern summary of the story of Beowulf.

Watch the following brief videos to help your understanding of the early poem Beowulf:

U.S. Government

Great job participating in our game on government facts today. You will be amazed at the end of the semester how much you know and how easy it will be when we try this same game!! In the “textbook” you were given, complete pages 3-4, 7-8, and pages 11-12. No worries about those pages in between. We will work on those together next week in class.

Watch the following video to focus on the three branches of government and their functions:

Quick Looks at Great Books

Great job giving your comparisons with the American Revolution and the French Revolution!! For next week, read pages 2-33 in your purple study guide and be prepared for a quiz. We will discuss all of these pages BEFORE the quiz. Also be prepared to present to the class the information you found on the subject you were assigned. Just give us some extra facts about each person or subject you were given.

Watch the following brief summary to review the events of the French Revolution:

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