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Assignments for 02/22/2021

Assignments due for the week of February 22nd, 2021

Practical Public Speaking

We finished many of our interviews today and learned even more about our classmates!! We discussed the four types of speeches we will be doing this semester and how and why they are used. (We completed page 35 in your notebook.) For next week, prepare an example of a memorization speech. You may choose a toast or tribute (for a wedding, banquet, birthday, graduation, or anniversary) to honor a friend, sibling, teammate, relative, etc. You will need to write out what you plan to say and then memorize it. (You can write it on page 37 in your notebook or on another sheet of paper.) Plan to turn in a copy of your speech to me before you speak. It should be at least one minute.

Identify the occasion, your relationship to the person, and a few opening remarks to the couple or person. Then list some personal examples of good qualities of the honoree and how that will serve him/her well in the future. You might also or instead tell some humorous events that the two of you shared in the past that would be entertaining to the audience. Congratulate the person again as you close! Don’t forget to practice aloud and time yourself so that you are speaking for one minute.

Quick Looks at Great Books

Continue reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and answer questions 77-82 in your study guide.

  • Abridged version — Chapters 42-53
  • Unabridged version — Chapters 63-81

Watch for more new characters, combined with an ever-increasingly complicated plot! New relationships abound!!

No-Spin Economics

Great discussion today on supply and demand, a key concept in the study of economics! Watch the following link to Crash Course Economics #4. Since I forgot to give you the handout to complete, I will give it to you next week, and we will complete it together in class. Since it is on “supply and demand”, it will reinforce what you have already read about it.

Also, we will have a quiz on Chapters 3 and 4 from Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (Now you know the answer to the title question!)

ALSO DO NOT FORGET TO BRING A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO CLASS NEXT WEEK TO EXAMINE COINS AND A DOLLAR BILL. You will enjoy the study!!

Adventures in American Literature

Great beginning discussion of one of American literature’s greatest novels!! It is representative of life in Missouri in the early 1800’s. Twain is definitely basing this on his experiences growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. I think you will enjoy and engage with the story of his adventures as it unfolds. For next week, read Chapters 11-18 and answer questions 27-47. We will still go over the rest of the questions on Chapters 1-10 that we did not get to today.

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