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Assignments for 12/13/2021

Assignments due for the week of December 13th, 2021

Merry Christmas and Tree

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

Great job today as we took the ACT Reading test and practiced the three kinds of tests on the ACT Science test. Next week, we will try one more practice test on Charts and Graphs and then take the last test on the ACT–Science. We will then practice more vocabulary to pick up a few new words.

Explorations in British Literature

Great review of Twelfth Night! I think you all did well on your test today! For our last week before Christmas break, read page 67 in your notebooks about “How to Read an Essay.”

Read Sir Francis Bacon’s essay on “Studies” and answer the questions on page 69. On page 70, read Herbert’s poem and note how the shape of the poem is related to its meaning. Read the Cavalier poems on pages 71 and 72, and answer the three questions about them. Lastly, read John Donne’s metaphysical writing and answer the questions on pages 75-77.

Watch the following analysis of A Christmas Carol on this video:

Note the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement that we learned about in Twelfth Night.

We will also go over Macbeth and its storyline and discuss how the Elizabethans celebrated Christmas.

U.S. Government

Great review of Lessons 13-17! I have great hopes for the grades on this test! Next week, we will finish the last page of the lesson on State Government. You were given the crossword answers for the next two lessons. Complete pages 74-76 (City Government) and pages 78-80 (Post Office).

Watch this brief video about our postal system:

Quick Looks at Great Books

Complete the Chronolog you were given to review (in chronological order) the events and characters in Silas Marner. We will do a quick review and take the final test. We will also experience a Victorian Christmas with some of the traditions that England created for us.

Watch this brief video on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens:

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