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Assignments for May 19th, 2025

Quick Looks at Great Books

We reviewed the entire book (The Old Man and the Sea), took two quizzes, and played a competitive review game. Over half the class took the test, and the rest will take it next week. To review for the final exam, study all of the literary terms, except for 11-19 with the exception of #12, the authors and main characters of our six books, and a few very general questions about these books. We will have a game review next week before taking the exam. I love to see how much they know!

American History

We did Ana’s report and then took our test on the second half of the Presidents. We then reviewed the last five chapters of our book, including important events that were not listed on our study guide. The students were given a study guide with things they needed to know from each chapter in our book. It’s not as comprehensive as when we went through the chapters, but it is still all they need to know for the final exam. As always, we will do a game review before the test. They only need to know a few dates, which are listed at the top of the study guide.

Watch this review of all the Presidents through Biden.

No-Spin Economics

We reviewed all of the Penny Candy Chapters 1-3 with a game review. I tried to make sure that they knew all the basic principles. We also read an excerpt from Hazlitt’s economic book on automation. Even when new inventions take many jobs, we have to look long range at the situation. Many more jobs are created to cover those lost! Since they have already studied Penny Candy Chapters 1-13, they should focus on the Crash Course Economics videos 1-7 and 9-12. Just study the notes on the worksheets they were given. We will do a game review to prepare for the exam.

Practical Public Speaking

We finished the last two Demonstration speeches and one (made-up) Informative speech. Then we began our final speech—the Persuasive speech (This prepares each one for the Debate class next year!) We will complete all of our speeches next week. Don’t forget to make up any speeches that you missed.

Adventures in American Literature

We discussed the homework and compared the two satires of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis (excerpt) and Erma Bombeck’s “Convenient Hearing” about her teenage son. Then we went through Hemingway’s story, “In Another Country” and answered the questions about it in your text. We also had reports on some of O. Henry’s short stories and the endings which were always great examples of situational irony—The Gift of the Magi, The Last Leaf, and The Cop and the Anthem. Study the guide you were given for the final exam. It is all matching and multiple choice, except for a few short answer (on your study guide). You can actually make an A on your final exam which is 20% of your final grade!

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