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Assignments for 01/11/2021

Assignments due for the week of January 11th, 2021

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

Great review today of the ACT subjects and our work on a “Writing Plan” for standardized testing. Next week we will do a game review of all our testing strategies and material and talk about tips for the test-taking day itself. Next week, please turn in your ‘’’Writing Plan”, either typed on the computer or hand-written on a piece of notebook paper.

Here are the three components you should include:

  1. Two personal experiences to teach a lesson
  2. Two historical or literary incidents to make a point or
    teach a lesson
  3. At least 10 college-level vocabulary words that you could
    use in any writing assignment (We did this in class today
    using the SAT vocabulary cards.)

Quick Looks at Great Books

Read Acts I – III in Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. We introduced the play and some of its concepts today in your new study guide. Complete the diagram on page 6 by following the directions on page 5. Do this before you begin Act I. We will have a quiz next week to test your comprehension of what you read. Also, make sure you have your Literary Terms notebook for me to check in class. You should have the following lessons completed this year:

  • Metaphor & Simile (pp.10-12)
  • Personification (pp.6-8)
  • Symbol (pp. 19-21)
  • Alliteration (pp. 22-24)
  • Onomatopoeia (pp.31-33)
  • Allusion (pp. 49-51)
  • Characters & Characterization (pp. 52-53)
  • Conflict (pp. 54-56)
  • Dialogue (pp. 60-61)
  • Flashback (pp. 62-63)
  • Foreshadowing, (pp. 64-65)

U.S. Government

We watched a PowerPoint on the Supreme Court today so that you knew exactly the function and the names of the current Supreme Court justices. (As well as recognize their faces when you see them.) 🙂 We also went over State Government, City Government, the Post Office, and the four branches of the U.S. Military. I told you what terms from those lessons you would need to know for the final exam next week. You can study for the exam by reviewing all of your corrected quizzes and tests we have had this semester. We will also review the entire semester with a competitive game.

Watch the following video to learn more about the military branches before our exam next week.

We will discuss next week how the Coast Guard entered the military field. (Note the picture of Iwo Jima at the end of the Marines’ song.)

Adventures in American Literature

Today you experienced firsthand the “horror stories” of Edgar Allan Poe. Continue to reflect on how Poe’s upbringing affected his literary works. For next week, read Poe’s poems and answer the questions on pages 66, 67, 68, and 69.

Read “The Black Cat” by Poe

Answer the questions on page 70 and compare the two stories (“The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”) on page 71. (“The Tell-Tale Heart” we watched in class today.)

Watch the following video to review the events of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.

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