Assignments for December 2nd, 2024
Quick Looks at Great Books
We discussed at least the first seven chapters of Silas Marner by George Eliot. I spent a lot of time going over the background of the book, and I think they all understand that well. We took a quiz over the first seven chapters and will finish the discussion of the rest of Part 1.
Then we can start on the rest of the book in Part 2. For next week, read Chapters 16-21 and Conclusion. We will discuss the rest and prepare for the final test before we celebrate a “Victorian Christmas” that last day of class before our break.
American History
Today, we went through the rest of Chapter 11 and circled certain items on the Chapter Review page. We then had our first reports, beginning with the first five Presidents. Each of the students was very thorough and did an excellent job! Even though they were already familiar with most of these founding fathers, we learned even more about their lives. As we go through the Presidents in order, hopefully they will remember at what time they were serving us. Our next set of reports will be due on December 9 on John Quincy Adams through James K. Polk. I’m excited to hear what those students have for us on these Presidents.
We then went through the reading for today—Chapter 13. This chapter focused on Revival and Missions throughout the 1800s. There is not as much to remember in this chapter referring to the events in history. Then we went over the Chapter Review for Chapter 12. For next week, read Chapter 13 which focuses on the development of education, technology, and culture in the 1800s. There will be a lot of inventors in this section (a matching section on the test later).
Watch a 60 second preview of three of our next Presidents.
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
U.S. Government
Today in class, we watched a Powerpoint to learn more about the Supreme Court before our test. It covered many things in our lessons, but also many things we did not know. Then we did a review game to prepare for our test on Lessons 13-17. After that, we took our test and went over the Citizenship tests. Over half of the students passed the test (Citizenship Test), and one person even made a perfect paper!! (This is not for a grade—just a chance to see what process non-citizens have to go through to achieve U.S. Citizenship. For next week, complete one lesson only—Lesson 20 on the U.S. Post Office. (Did you know that was an arm of our government?) Here are can find the answers to the Lesson 20 the U.S. Post Office crossword on page 77.
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
Today, we did two practice Reading tests before taking the 35 minute ACT Reading test. The students did well on the SAT Reading test, so they will be familiar with this. There is no homework for next Monday. We will go over the ACT Science test and what it covers. Then we will do some practice tests that will be on the test itself. We will actually be taking the ACT Science test the following week. Next week we will learn how to read charts and graphs.
Adventures in American Literature
We finished our discussion of the rest of the book and had our final quiz. I think everyone understood what happened in Hawthorne’s story. (The students have now finished the most difficult book of the year!) We will continue with our game reviews of the book next week. Students should complete the Chronolog on page 17 of your study guide. We will have our final test on the book after we finish our competitive review next week.
Watch the following 60 second recaps of the book you just finished.