Assignments for October 21st, 2024
Quick Looks at Great Books
We finished our discussion of the last two chapters of last week’s reading and started on today’s. It’s the shortest reading yet, including the conclusion to Book 2—Chapters 20-24. Answer the study guide questions 53-58. We will make all the connections possible and discuss the uses of the literary terms we have discussed.
American History
We quickly reviewed for our quiz on Chapter 4 and then took the ten-point objective quiz. We then discussed the last half of Chapter 5 and all of Chapter 6. The War for Independence has been won! Next week, we will do a game review of Chapters 4-6 and take the test on these chapters. The students did a good job on our first test on Chapters 1-3. Read half of Chapter 7 pages 88-07. (through 7.2)
Watch the Continental Army as it spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge with General Washington.
U.S. Government
We had the Powerpoint on “Understanding the Electoral College” at the beginning of our class. Then we passed back quizzes and Conservative vs Liberal sheets. We reviewed for our Quiz #3 and all that it covered. We ran out of time to take the quiz itself, so we will do that at the beginning of our next class. The two new questions added to this quiz are as follows: the number of years in a Presidential term and the term for Supreme Court justices.
Next class, we will also have a short ten-question True/False quiz on the Electoral College. Study the sheet from which you took notes today from the Powerpoint and watch the following video. The quiz will come from those two sources.
Also, for next week, complete Lessons 11 and 12 in your text. (President and Vice-President) These are the answers for the Crossword Lesson 11 page 41 and Lesson 12 page 45. Next week, we will catch up on the lessons you have done that we have not yet gone over.
PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep
The students received the first half of the PSAT verbal section with a scaled score. They also received a list of correct answers with an explanation of how to come to that conclusion for their future reference and study. We then took the “With Calculator” Math test after we had gone over the directions, formulas, and “Grid-in” procedures. It was a 45-minute test, so they have now completed the long portion of this test. Next week, they will do the second half of the Math test, which is the “No Calculator” section. There are 13 questions with 4 “Grid-in” your own answers. Then students will be able to see their scaled score for the entire test. On page 36 in your notebook, a website is given to practice for the math test. Do practice questions in each of the four areas: heart of algebra, problem-solving and data analysis, passport to advanced math, and additional topics in math.
Since next week’s test is only 25 minutes, we will review and have a quiz on the correct usage of verbs. Look over page 38 on “Using Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs.”
Adventures in American Literature
The students did a great job today telling about a number of legendary “tall tale” heroes and heroines of American literary history. Next week, we will have a test on the same characters and descriptions as last time (Study the previous test you got back today.) as well as the literary terms we have had thus far, and the “tall tale” characters we talked about today. This last section will be matching as well. We will do the Acrostic in your text to review what we have covered thus far. You will need to secure a copy of The Scarlet Letter by two weeks from today. (Oct. 28)
I will give you a summary of “The Custom House”. You will just need to read the summary—not the entire 50 pages if that is in your book.
Watch another short video about one of our tall tale heroes.
