Assignments due for the week of November 1st, 2021
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
We completed the first and longest of two math tests on the PSAT. We will do the shorter and final one next week after we review the past test and correct answers. You can review for the next test by going to the Khan Academy to the SAT test prep, math section and click on the different kinds of problems to try. This will just give you an idea of the kinds of problems on the test and help you review.
Explorations in British Literature
We completed our test today on the Middle Ages and began our study of the English Renaissance/Elizabethan Age. We covered some of the reports and will finish next week. This is a highly successful era for England, and Elizabeth did a lot to make the country a world power as well as a thriving age for the arts! (poetry, music, and the theater). Watch the following brief video to summarize some important parts of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Henry VIII would have been proud of her since she accomplished more than most of the previous kings in British history!
For next week in your notebook, read pages 45-50 and answer the corresponding questions. You will see Elizabeth I’s attempts at writing poetry, an example of a struggle of conscience in an excerpt from a drama, and an example of a morality play. Then skip to pages 59 and 60 on Shakespeare’s stage and fans. Lastly, read the excerpt from Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus on pages 61 and 62. Answer the questions on page 63. (Don’t forget to find a copy of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare by next week.)
U.S. Government
Today we reviewed our Electoral College powerpoint from last week and prepared for a quiz next Monday.
Watch the following video to review for the quiz on the Electoral College:
For next week, complete pages 42-44 and pages 46-48 in your notebooks. You were given the crossword answers for these lessons.
Next week we will review the Senate and House of Representatives, the political parties of America, Voting, and the President and Vice-President. Watch this video to learn more about our two-party system.
Quick Looks at Great Books
It’s hard to believe, but we are ready to finish reading this suspenseful historical novel! Conclude the book by reading Chapters 10-15 and by completing study questions 72-80. All “loose ends” are tied up with a perhaps unexpected ending! We will discuss the conclusion of this work by Dickens. Make sure to start bringing your Literary Terms notebook to class if you have not already done so. We will go over the terms that we have discussed in A Tale of Two Cities. We will begin to review for our final test with the first of two game reviews.
Watch this video clip of Charles Darnay’s second trial.