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Assignments for 12/09/2024

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Assignments for December 9th, 2024

Quick Looks at Great Books

Today, we finished discussing through Part 1 and took the second quiz. You should have already finished the rest of the book. Don’t forget to complete the Chronolog on page 22 of your study guide. (Events of book in chronological order) Since you should be done with your reading, complete the following pages in your Literary Terms notebook: Conflict (pages 54-56), Dialogue (pages 60-61), Genre (pages 66-68), Irony (pages (69-71), and Plot (pages 81-82). We will finish the book discussion, take Quiz #3, do a game review for the test, and then be ready to actually take the final test.

Here is a brief summary of the book.

American History

Today, we went over Chapter 13 and talked about the major inventors of that time. We also went through the terms they needed to know for the test in January. For next week, read Chapter 14. We will go through the important events and talk about the meaning of Manifest Destiny. We will also go over the important people and terms on the Chapter 14 Review page.

Watch the following brief video on The Alamo. (In this week’s lesson)

Listen to the Ballad of Davy Crockett from the Disney TV show about his many accomplishments. You will see why he became a tall tale hero and legend.

U.S. Government

We passed back and went over Test #2. The students did amazingly well and set new records for our grades! We went over Lesson 18 (State Government). I also gave them terms to study from that lesson for our final exam in January. We went through Lesson 19 on our City Government and then began the lesson on our Post Office (a federally-owned business). We will finish that lesson next week as well as go over this week’s assignment. Here are the answers for Lesson 21 Army and Lesson 22 Navy. We will talk about the Coast Guard and the new Space Force branches of the U.S. military as well.

Watch this brief video explaining our postal system—amazing!

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We practiced today for the various types of passages on the ACT Science test. You do not have to be a scientist to do well. It tests your ability to logically read and understand experiments, charts and graphs, and scientists’ opinions. All the answers are in the passages, so it is not about how much you remember from classes. They seemed to understand and do really well! Next week, we will actually take our last test.

Adventures in American Literature

Today, we reviewed the entire book with game reviews including two rounds of a Jeopardy game. Next week, we will review the Chronolog (page 17) in your study guide and take our final test. (The games went really long, but they know the events well!)

For next week, read the Frontier Hero (page 52), Cooper’s Deerslayer (pages 53-54), and Washington Irving’s Early Life in Manhattan (pages 56-61). Also, answer in your American Literature text the twelve questions to the right of your reading in Early Life in Manhattan.

If you need to review for your test on The Scarlet Letter, please do so. You did a fantastic job on the games today! We will go over the Chronolog next week and answer any questions you may have.

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