litalive

Assignments for 01/17/2022

Assignments due for the week of January 17th, 2022

Winter cottage

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

Great job studying the cards today for each of the different subjects on the ACT test! The examples on the English and Math cards would definitely help on the PSAT and SAT as well. For next week (our last class for this semester), don’t forget to turn in your writing assignment if you have not already done so. Go to the bottom of this page to last week’s assignment for specific instructions. Next week, we will also do game competitions to review all that we have covered this semester.

Explorations in British Literature

We will take our quiz on the Elizabethan Age next week. I went over today all that you will need to know. Studying the terms in your Twelfth Night study guide would be a good way to cover the terms you would need from there. We covered all the other things you would need to know from that period. We discussed all the work that you had done so far and will go into more detail about the history of the great fire of London in 1666. We will also discuss the devices of satire and the distinctions between them. Read the satirical passages on pages 91 and 92 and answer the questions about them. Read the satirical piece on the Elizabethan Theater and answer the corresponding questions.

Read the following satirical writing by Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal”.

Try to answer the questions about Swift’s writing on pages 94 and 95. (Remember that Swift is NOT really serious about his proposal! This is satire!) On pages 96-98 read Samuel Johnson’s brief bio of Alexander Pope and answer the questions on the last page. Finally, on pages 100 and 101 read Daniel Defoe’s fiction based on facts about the 1665 plague. After you have read the excerpt, answer the questions on page 101.

Watch the following brief video for more historical facts about the plague in London. How does it compare with the pandemic we are experiencing right now?

U.S. Government

Review your past quizzes and tests as well as your notebook for our final exam next week. We will do a game review of the entire semester before we take the exam.

Watch once again the songs and mottos of the branches of our military.

Watch this brief video on our newest branch of the military:

Quick Looks at Great Books

Finish your reading of Cyrano de Bergerac by completing Acts IV and V. Don’t forget to have your study guide in class as we will work on it together. We went over Acts I-III and watched some of the scenes from the classic movie. We will continue finishing our study guide, taking our quiz on Acts IV and V, and watching more reenactments of the play.

Previous Assignments for 2021: