Assignments due for the week of December 6th, 2021
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
Great review today as we did some practice tests for the ACT Reading section. We also worked on some new vocabulary words that would be helpful on the Reading sections of all standardized tests. Hopefully, you learned some new words today!! Next week, we will take our ACT Reading test and then begin practice work on the ACT Science practice tests.
Explorations in British Literature
We will have a game review next week on the entire play (Twelfth Night) and then take the final test. Today we watched the last two acts to see how it played out watching it instead of reading it. In your literature notebook, read and complete the questions on pages 51-54. (excerpt from Twelfth Night) Complete page 56 for the play we just read, Twelfth Night. Read and answer the questions on pages 65 and 66. (Sir Thomas Wyatt’s translations of Petarch’s sonnets) We will compare them to Shakespeare’s sonnets.
Read the following summary of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. We will discuss the story and then have a quiz on the play.
Watch the following 60 second recap of Macbeth.
U.S. Government
We discussed the “quizzes” you took last week and all the policies they represented. We discussed the video on how to amend the Constitution from the website last week. We also went over Lessons 16 and 17 (The Law and Trial) Next week, we will do a game review and then take the test on Immigration, Citizenship, The Supreme Court, The Law, and Trial. Review these lessons in your notebook.
Also for next week, complete pages 70-72 in your notebooks. (State Government) Below are the answers for page 69 (Crossword page) as you begin this lesson.
STATE GOVERNMENT
Across Down
1. Political 2. Legislature
6. Auditor 3. Superintendent
8. Attorney 4. Four
9. Constitution 5. Secretary
12. Governor 7. Rhode Island
13. Appeals 10. Nebraska
14. Ad Interim 11. Property
Watch this brief video on Citizenship:
Quick Looks at Great Books
For next week, complete Silas Marner by George Eliot and answer questions 87-164 in your study guides. We will finish going over the entire book and see if the ending was a surprise for you!! We will finish the final quiz and begin to review for the test on the book. Sixteen years have passed as Part II begins and as all situations are resolved. If you have any questions at all about the events, bring them to class next week.