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Artistic scene of winter village

Assignments for December 16th, 2024

Quick Looks at Great Books

We went over the rest of the book today, answered the study guide questions, and took the last quiz. We then began our review of the entire book (along with watching cute scenes of Eppie as a child in the BBC version). We had two rounds of Jeopardy, but we didn’t have time to do the second round! We will do it at the beginning of next week’s class, and then take the final test. The students can finish the Chronolog they were given today, and we will quickly go over it before the test. With the time we have left, we will celebrate our Victorian Christmas!

Watch this short explanation of a Victorian Christmas.

American History

We used Quiz #3 as a review sheet, rather than a quiz. We went over all the answers. Almost all of them were very important, and ones they will surely see again. They were told to keep the sheet to study for our final exam in the Spring.

We then started our Presidents’ reports. We will do one next week, but we talked about each of their lives and also issues and instances that were unique to them. We will review these men again before our test when we cover the first twenty-four.

We then went over Chapter 14 and those things they would need to know. “Manifest Destiny” was covered in this chapter, and they saw the famous painting illustrating it. James K. Polk’s Presidency accomplished so much in one term!

Watch the following videos for our quiz next week.

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

U.S. Government

We finished covering the U.S. Post Office and then went on to the first two branches of the military—the Army and the Navy. For next week, finish our workbook by doing Lessons 23 and 24—the Marine Corps and the Air Force. Students were given the answers for the Crosswords in class today,

Watch this medley of songs that represent the branches of the U.S. Military.

Meet the newest branch of the U.S. Military.

Space Force official song

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We reviewed once again that the Science section of the ACT is not dependent on your mastery of science class, but instead on your ability to get information from charts and graphs, analysis of experiments, and the comparison of two opposing views of scientists. Next week, we will do our final review of what to expect on the writing section of standardized tests, We will make a plan or strategy when we return from Christmas break. If time permits, we will learn more vocabulary often found on the SAT or any standardized test.

Adventures in American Literature

In class today, we went over the Chronolog for review and then took our final test. Students also made up any quizzes missed. Then we began work on the Frontier Hero, James Fenimore Cooper, and began an excerpt from Washington Irving’s History of New York. We will finish that next week and also discuss Washington Irving and other Americans who influenced our celebration of Christmas.

Read the story of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving for a quiz next Monday, December 16.

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