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Assignments for 04/18/2022

Assignments due for the week of April 18th, 2022

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Debate

It was great seeing everyone again today! We have three more formal debates we will be doing before the end of the year. Hopefully, the students will improve with each one that we do! We went over the JFK debate that we did before spring break and many basics of public speaking and persuasive techniques. Next week, we will be conducting two debates on two different topics. This is a more normal debate team size. All of the students should now be familiar with the Public Forum debate format. Don’t forget to make contact with your teams this week as you make your final preparations.

Explorations in British Literature

We will be working hard to get through a lot of material in the few weeks we have left! For next week, you have a number of short assignments. Here they are. Let me know if you have any questions at all.

1. Read Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s excerpts from Aurora Leigh, her poetic novel, on pages 138-141 and answer the four questions on the last page.

2. W.S. Gilbert was born in London in 1836 and was a social satirist. He collaborated with Sullivan to write satirical, comic operas like “The Pirates of Penzance”. Listen to this brief clip and watch the humor of how fast he talks. (sings) It’s the explanation of a modern Major General.

3. Study the form of a limerick, created by Edward Lear on page 151 and write your own limerick based on the proper format. Bring it to class with you next week. For more information on how to write a limerick, watch this short video.

4. Read the biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that your were given in class today and complete the study guide based on his biography. Bring this to class as well for a quiz grade.

5. Read one of Sherlock Holmes’s famous detective stories, “The Red-Headed League”. We will discuss it in our next class. (A quiz will follow.)

6. Secure a copy of Animal Farm by George Orwell by next Tuesday as we will begin our reading the following week.

No-Spin Economics

We reviewed Chapters 7-9 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (Study the notes you were given.) We then watched Crash Course Economics #7 and filled out the corresponding worksheet. Next week, we will have a quiz on Chapters 7-9 in our books and on Crash Course #7. (Go over the handout we filled out.) Here is the video if you need to watch it again.

Also, watch Crash Course Economics video #9 and complete the study guide you were given.

Quick Looks at Great Books

Continue your reading in To Kill a Mockingbird with Chapters 12-14. Next week, we will have a quiz over the first 14 chapters. Be sure to complete your study guide questions for those chapters and bring any questions you may have about them to class with you. Watch the following scene from your reading with many important lessons from the book.

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