Assignments

Assignments for December 8th, 2025

Snow day assignments!

Artistic scene of winter village

Explorations in British Literature

Next week, we will go over much of Act IV and all of Act V on our British video! Review Twelfth Night. We will take Quiz #3 and do the final test if time. Also, read the scene by scene summary of Macbeth, a tragedy by Shakespeare. We will discuss it and will have a quiz on it our last week before Christmas. (December 15)

Watch the following brief video to review the play.

American History

Next week, we will quickly review the videos you watched and take a quiz on them. (Urijah and Soffia, please be ready with your Presidential reports.) Read Chapters 14 and 15. We will go over the happenings, and I will give you the items on the test (after Christmas) from the Chapter Reviews.

We will have more Presidential reports on December 15. This will be the last chance for extra credit this semester. If you want to choose a President, email me.

Otherwise, I will take volunteers next week and assign them after that. The Presidents to choose from are as follows: William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson.

Watch the following one-minute videos, to review what you learned from the reports.

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Martin VanBuren

U.S. Government

Next week, we will go over the homework we have not yet completed, and I will give you what you need to know for the final exam. (State Government, City Government, the Post Office, and Army—Lessons 18-21.)

Watch this song for all the Armed Forces.

It makes you want to march to the song! Also, for next week, complete Lessons 22 and 23. (Navy and Marine Corps) Here are the crossword answers for Lesson 22: Navy (United States) and Lesson 23: Marine Corps (United States).

Quick Looks at Great Books

You have finished the book (Silas Marner) now. Please print the copy of the Silas Marner Chronolog to review the entire book. We will watch a few scenes from our BBC video and discuss the questions from your study guide. We will also take Quiz #3. Review the entire book for our final test. We will do a game review and the Chronolog first.

Watch this short video summary of the book.

Complete the following lessons in your Literary Terms notebook: Alliteration (pages 22-24), Flashback (pages 62-67), and Irony (pages 69-71).

Practical Public Speaking

We will continue with the speeches we were going to do today. Informative speeches: Daniel and Glory Demonstration speeches: Belle, Will, Brian, Braden, Zach, and Landon.

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