Assignments due for the week of November 8th, 2021
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
We took the second half of the PSAT Math test today—the one where no calculator is allowed. If you have finished all four sections of the test, you will receive your scaled PSAT score in our next class.
Next week, we will begin studying for the different parts of the ACT test. I think most of you will really like its format. As before, we will study and review extensively the most often missed grammar rules and points. This will be helpful for either test, but also in every class that you take. Grammar is a key issue for adults in speaking and writing!! We will talk about the contents of the ACT and practice some sample sections.
Please review page 41 in your notebooks–Twelve Classic Grammar Errors on the ACT. If you can master these common mistakes, you can raise your score immensely! Study that sheet. We will have a quiz on those specific 12 errors. Let me know if you have any questions.
Explorations in British Literature
We finished our reports of the history and happenings during the Elizabethan Age (Renaissance) in England. Great job telling us about the key people involved in the areas of religion, poetry, prose, theater, and also what was going on in the rest of the world at this time!! We will finish the poetry and plays you read for homework next week and note the part they played in this literary period. We will finish with Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe as we begin our journey through Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. We will answer the questions about them together in class next week. (You will receive a study guide for this play.) We will have a quiz on your reading, but we will discuss Acts I and II first and answer any questions you may have.
Watch this video to see the Globe Theater “in person” as people gather to watch plays there today.
U.S. Government
We had a brief quiz today on the Electoral College. Review for a test next week over the following lessons: Voting, Electoral College, The Republican Party, The Democratic Party, and the President and Vice President. We will play a game to review these sections before the test.
Review this video from last week about America’s two political parties.
Also, complete Lesson 13 on Immigration (pages 50-52). You were given the answers to the Crossword on page 49.
Quick Looks at Great Books
It was certainly a “Victorian novel” ending to this book! All the loose ends were tied, and everyone was accounted for in the final chapters. It was a surprise ending for many, but you may have been wondering how Sydney Carton would accomplish this release!! If you have not yet finished your reading, please catch up by next week as we will review the events of the entire book before our test. (2 game formats) Complete the Chronolog you were given at the end of the class period to review all the major events in “chronological” order. Also, look over the “Family Tree” of the characters to more clearly see how they are related and further aid in understanding the ending and Carton’s “prophecies.”
Also watch the following scenes reenacted from the book.
Miss Pross and Madame Defarge
Carton and Darnay
Since you should be done with your reading now, we will do some work in your Literary Terms notebook (pages I gave you).
We will complete the terms we have been observing throughout A Tale of Two Cities. Fill out the following pages in your notebook: Metaphor and Simile (pages 10-12), Personification (pages 16-18), Symbol (pages 19-21), Alliteration (pages 22-24), Foreshadowing (pages 64-65), and Irony (pages 69-71). You do not need to do the “Writing Exercises.” Just read the definition of the term and complete the activities explaining it. Don’t forget to bring your notebook to class next week. Let me know if you have any questions.