Assignments due for the week of November 30th, 2020
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
I have emailed you the ACT Reading test and answer sheet. I will also send you the results from your ACT English test. Time yourself with 35 minutes and take the ACT Reading test at home this week. The only thing you need to return to me is your answer sheet. If you can print it, put the test in your notebook for future reference. See you on Zoom next week!
Quick Looks at Great Books
Finish Silas Marner by George Eliot for next week. (Chapters 13-21 and “Conclusion”) We will discuss the surprising twists as the book comes to a conclusion, and all the pieces fall together. Some surprises will be in store!!
U.S. Government
Great discussion and participation today in our first online class! We will finish our discussion in your notebook of the offices of the President and the Vice President next week and then do a competitive review of the following lessons: Voting, Electoral College, Political Parties, President and Vice-President. We will then be ready for the test on these sections.
Watch the following video to actually “see” some of the information we discussed today about the U.S. President’s special limo–the Beast.
In your notebook, complete Lessons 13 and 14 on pages 50-52 and 54-56) (Immigration and Citizenship) Below you will find the answers to the crossword answers on pages 49 and 53)
IMMIGRATION
ACROSS DOWN
2. Emigration 1. United States
5. Visa 3. Immigration
7. Displaced 4. American
8. Ellis 6. Deported
9. Old 11. New
10. Assimilation 12. Quota
13. Naturalization 14. Alien
CITIZENSHIP
ACROSS DOWN
1. Jus sanguinis 1. Jus soli
4. Dual 2. Alien
6. Noncitizen 3. Apartheid
8. Citizenship 4. Diplomatic
10. Naturalization 5. Civil
12. Expatriate 7. Nationality
9. Stateless
11. Refugee
Adventures in American Literature
After taking today’s quiz from the email you received, finish The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne by reading Chapters 19-24 and going over the questions in your study guide. We will discuss the entire book next week and prepare for our final test.