Assignments due for the week of September 23rd, 2019
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
Great job with the Reading practice sections we did in class today. For homework, finish the questions following the reading section on George Washington’s “Farewell Address to the United States of America”. Then complete the last section by reading the excerpt from a 2013 article titled “The Great Seal” and answer the questions that follow. We will go over these in class and then take the timed Reading test for the PSAT. This is the longest of the PSAT tests, so please be on time so that we can get it all in! 🙂
Explorations in British Literature
We will continue to do the textbook pages on Beowulf in class. Be prepared for the quiz on the epic at the beginning of our next class period. Read the two Welsh poems and answer the questions that follow on pages 16-18. We will then review the Anglo-Saxon era for a quiz before we begin the Middle Ages and the era of knighthood.
View the following brief review of the story of Beowulf:
U.S. Government
Great job going over all the government terms and philosophies today. We will keep reviewing these, so that they will be totally familiar to you! 🙂 Make sure you have completed through page 16 in your notebook, and I will give you background material for the Constitution itself. Let me know if you are interested in the upcoming Michigan Constitution Bee, and I will have more details. Don’t forget to ask the two questions of your parents that we talked about today. We will learn more about our “mystery” founding father next week. 🙂
Watch the following presentation by high school students for this week’s celebration:
Quick Looks at Great Books
Great job on your historical reports today! Hopefully, you have some basic facts about the Revolution and some of its famous “characters”. We will have our quiz on pages 2–33 at the beginning of our next class period. (historical information in your study guide)
Begin A Tale of Two Cities by reading Book I Chapters 1–6 for next week. We will discuss this section and answer any questions you may have. Note the famous opening lines of this novel.