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Assignments for 02/05/2024

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Assignments due for the week of February 5th, 2024

Quick Looks at Great Books

We will begin our next book for this week. Here is the assignment:

—Abridged version Chapters 1-12
—Unabridged version Chapters 1-15
—Questions in Study Guide 1-18

Since I forgot to pass out the study guides, only three or four of you have them! If you did not get it, I will give it to you next week.

Watch this brief bio of the author you will be reading.

Public Forum Debate

We continued in our deductive reasoning skills and finished pages in our text. (pp. 5-6) We also practiced listening skills and debate exercises. For next week, read the speech by Susan B. Anthony on pp. 16-17 and answer the three questions on page 17. Also, complete the two worksheets you were given on Deductive Reasoning.

American History

We played a competitive game to review for our test over Chapters 10-17. We took the test, and I think everyone did well. For next week, read Chapter 18—The Age of Industry. We will discuss the innovations and progress that took place during this time. We will discuss the Presidents and inventors that dominated these years.

Watch the 60-second videos on these Presidents:

James Garfield

Chester Arthur

Grover Cleveland

No-Spin Economics

We watched some introductory videos and discussed how timely Bastiat’s book was for our U.S. economy. After covering the worksheets you did for today, we will finish with a report from our groups on the Extra Credit questions from Crash Course Economics #1 next week. For next week, watch Crash Course Economics #2 on Specialization and Trade and begin our book on Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (Chapters 1 and 2). You will see a bit of overlap in the two sources. Complete the worksheets you were given for both of these.

Crash Course Economics #2—Specialization and Trade

Explorations in British Literature

We went over all the poems you had read and saw the transition to Romanticism. We went over the transitional elegy poem and Robbie Burns and why he was such a hero to the Scottish people. Read the excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on pages 115-117a and answer the questions on your reading. Read John Keats’s “Ode to a Nightingale” on pages 120 and 121. Answer the questions on pages 123 and 124. Finally, read the excerpts from Jane Austen’s novels on pages 125-129 and underline details that reveal something of early 19th century life.

Listen to the following poem/song written by Robert Burns and see if you recognize it!

Note the English translation with the Scottish lyrics.

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Assignments for 01/29/2024

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Assignments due for the week of January 29th, 2024

Quick Looks at Great Books

We had a great review for the play, Cyrano de Bergerac, today, and finished our final test. Don’t forget to secure a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas by next week. If you would like to borrow my copy of the unabridged version, just let me know. If you want to start reading the book, you can start now. Most of you good readers will not have trouble keeping up with the unabridged reading. However, all quizzes and tests will be based on the abridged version. Those of you reading the unabridged will have to fill the others in on what they missed!

Since you have no assigned reading this week, complete the following lessons in your Literary Terms notebook. Don’t forget to bring that notebook to class next week as we will be going over the terms, and I need to check that you have completed all that has been assigned thus far.

—Lesson 30—Moral & Theme (pages 77-78)
—Lesson 34—Pun (pages 86-88)
—Lesson 35—Rhetorical Question (pages 87-91)
—Lesson 36—Satire, Parody, & Farce (pages 92-93)
—Lesson 37—Story Within a Story (pages 94-95)

Public Forum Debate

Welcome to Debate class! We’re going to have a fun semester with lots of creative ideas. For next week, turn in a sheet of paper with your name and a syllogism that you have written. (See Deductive Reasoning on page 8 in your text. Make sure it is valid and sound.) Also research one of the three words from page 7 that you were assigned for its origin and meaning over the years in debate.

Watch this brief video from Monty Python and tell me what is wrong with the deductive reasoning.

American History

We took our quiz on the Presidents today (James Polk-Franklin Pierce) and went over the events of the Civil War Next week, we will have a review game on Chapters 10-17 and the take the test on those chapters. That will be our last grade for first semester. Students should study only the circled terms (in the Chapter Review) of these chapters. Listen carefully on the review to see if you are aware of all you should remember.

Watch his 60-second video of Rutherford B. Hayes.

No-Spin Economics

We finished our review of first semester and took the final exam. We also took a quiz to find our the “Economic IQ” of each student. This is not for a grade, but only to look over at the end of the semester to see how much they know then! For next week, watch the following videos and fill out the notes on them that you were given today in class.

Summary of Bastiat’s The Law

Crash Course Economics #1

Explorations in British Literature

We finished up our first semester pages, and I gave the students the second half of our text. We will begin Oliver Twist in around three weeks, so be sure to secure a copy by then if you do not already have it.

For next week, continue with the following pages in your text. Since you now know the difference between Neoclassicism and Romanticism, we will now read some poetry which are illustrations of Romanticism.

Read “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” and see how commoners are honored! (pages 104-106) Answer the questions to the right of the stanzas. Then read and answer the questions about “A Red, Red Rose” (page 87) and “Afton Water” (page 108) by Robert Burns. Read and answer the questions on the poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” (pages 109-110) by William Blake. Finally, read the poem and answer the questions about the “Lines Composed a Few Miles from Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth (pages 112-112). We will define some of the goals and plans of the Romantic writers.

Listen to these two poems read for you.

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Assignments for 01/22/2024

Winter cottage

Assignments due for the week of January 22nd, 2024

Please read assignments for each class you have so that you know what to do for next week even though we didn’t have class this week.

Quick Looks at Great Books

We will still have our game review before our final test on Cyrano de Bergerac next week. I will check your Literary Terms books to make sure you are up-to-date with all of the assignments so far. Since you will have no new reading to do, complete the following pages in your Literary Terms notebook:

  • Lesson 1—Denotation and Connotation (pp. 1-3)
  • Lesson 6—Oxymoron & Paradox (pp, 13-15)
  • Lesson 10—Assonance & Consonance (pp. 25-27)
  • Lesson 26—Genre (pp. 66-68)
  • Lesson 29 Mood & Tone (pp. 74-76)
  • Lesson 32—Plot (pp. 81-82).

We will go over many of these terms the next week in class.

Public Forum Debate

Please bring to class any work to make up for last semester even though we will be beginning our debate class next week. Most of the same group will be staying with me, and we will also add a number of new students! All you will need is a three-ring binder to hold the pages I give you for the new semester. This will be a fun, highly interactive class!

American History

We will thoroughly go over Chapter 16 next week, including circling those terms in the Chapter Review that you will need to know. Continue your reading with Chapter 17 on The Reconstruction of the South. We will also go over the terms in the Chapter Review for Chapter 17 and begin to prepare for our big test on Chapters 10-17. Next week, we will have a short quiz on the Presidents you have been studying—James Polk-Franklin Pierce. There will be ten multiple choice questions with facts about these Presidents. We will also review before we take the quiz.

Watch these short videos about the two Presidents in our reading.

U.S. Government

We will still play the review game and have our final exam next week. Then we will begin the new semester with our No-Spin Economics. All you will need is a three-ring binder to hold the pages I will give you. By the third week of class, you will need the book, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury. We will see how this book reinforces the principles we will cover. New students who join our Economics class will play the game with us!

Explorations in British Literature

We will continue with our study of British literature. This next week, I will give you the second half of our text which covers to our present day. We will finish our study of the Great Fire of London and our study of satire in the 1700’s. Finish your reading by completing pages 96-98 on Alexander Pope. We will do page 99 together in class. Read Daniel Defoe’s Journalistic Fiction on pages 101-102. We will begin our study of Neoclassical vs. Romantic movements in Great Britain with the second half of our text.

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Assignments for 01/15/2024

Winter cottage

Assignments due for the week of January 15th, 2024

Quick Looks at Great Books

We finished our study guide for Cyrano de Bergerac together in class today. Then, we started going over the terms we did in our Literary Terms notebook. Next week, we will take the second Cyrano quiz (Acts IV and V) and then take our final test. Before, this we will play a review game to go over the events of the entire play. Since you have no reading for next week, complete the following terms in your Literary Terms notebook: Lesson 20 on Characters and Characterization (pages 52-53), Lesson 21 on Conflict (pages 54-56), and Lesson 23 on Dialogue (pages 60-61).

Watch this final scene from the play we read.

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We went over things to remember on an actual test day, and they each have a list for their notebooks. We then played a Jeopardy game to review the information we have covered this semester. We will finish the review next week and finish other instructions to register for the free test in April. If you need to turn in your complete writing plan, please bring it to class next week. Let me know if you have any questions at all. If you had any notes on your vocabulary list, please give that back to me as well.

American History

We spent today’s class period reviewing the states and the capitals and special facts about each of our past Presidents. Even though we do not have these tests for a few weeks, each time we review, you will remember a few that you did not know before! Sooner or later, it will come naturally to you.

For next week, read Chapter 16 in your text on The Civil War. We will finish Chapter 17 next week on The Reconstruction of the South. Then, we’ll be ready of our test over Chapters 10-17. Students will be given a list in the Chapter Review of what you need to study from these two chapters. You need only study those terms I have given you for each of these chapters for the test. We will have a quiz on Chapters 16 and 17 in two weeks, which will prepare us for the upcoming test. The Civil War is a pivotal point in American History, and we will begin our study of a more modern nation after that.

Watch this brief video about the start of the Civil War.

U.S. Government

Today we played the same game we did on our first day of class. It was amazing how much the students knew that they did not know on that day at the beginning of this semester! This was also a great review for our final exam next week. We will do a game review over the entire semester of U.S. Government before we take the 100 question final exam for the semester. We will begin with No-Spin Economics the following week, which will tie in directly with what’s going on in today’s government issues.

Watch this video to review how our government was set up by the Constitution.

Explorations in British Literature

We finished up what the students had already read in their texts and then did some of the pages together. (through page 89) For next week, read the following examples of satire: pages 91-93 and answer the questions after each entry.

Then read the following excerpt on “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift.

Complete page 95 after you have read the proposal. We will complete page 94 together in class.

Watch this 60 second description of satire.

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Assignments for 12/18/2023

Assignments due for the week of December 18th, 2023

Merry Christmas and Tree

Quick Looks at Great Books

We took our final test on Silas Marner today and then went through our study guide on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. We discussed Cyrano’s Grand Gestures in Acts I and II. Next week, we will take our quiz on Acts I-III. Also, read Acts IV and V for next week. We will celebrate a Victorian Christmas since Charles Dickens and George Eliot both wrote in that period.

Watch this scene from Act I in the play.

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We took the last ACT test today—the Science Test. We then went over all the writing pointers for the ACT writing test, which will also apply for the SAT test as well. We looked at actual submissions for the prompt that was given in the opening. For next week, turn in a sample of two personal experiences that could be used in a variety of illustrations. Also, give two examples of illustrations that could be used in any writing prompt. The two can be both historical incidents or two literary references or one of each. I will give these back to you to add to your notebook. This will be in your writing “plan” for these tests.

American History

Super job again on your Presidents’ reports in class today! They were each thorough with lots of important information! We will review these again before our test on the first 24 Presidents.

Watch the following 60-second video of the life of President Abraham Lincoln.

For next week, read Chapter 15 on Slavery and Secession. We will talk about the new Republican party and how Abraham Lincoln was elected. The Civil War is up next! Also, next week, we will take a short quiz on Chapters 10-12 that was supposed to be last week. Since we ran out of time, we postponed the quiz. Lastly, we will see how the Americans celebrated Christmas in the 1800’s.

U.S. Government

Everyone did a super job on the second test over five lessons in your text. We went over those and answered any questions. Then we went through the lessons on City Government and the Post Office. The students were given the few terms that will be on the final exam for Lessons 18-21. Here are the crossword answers for Lesson 22—Navy, Lesson 23—Marine Corps, and Lesson 24—Air Force. Then complete these last three lessons in our texts before Christmas break.

Listen to this medley of the theme songs for each branch of the military.

Here is the newest addition—the Space Force

British Literature

Review the following summary of Macbeth for our quiz next week.

For next week, do the following reading in your text:

Carpe Diem: Seize the Day (Cavaliers’ poetry and questions on pages 71 and 72), John Donne’s Metaphysical Writing (poetry and questions on pages 75-77), and the excerpt from Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan & questions on page 78. We will finish anything we missed from last week’s assignment. We will also find out how the Elizabethans celebrated Christmas!

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Assignments for 12/11/2023

Assignments due for the week of December 11th, 2023

Christmas downtown

Quick Looks at Great Books

The students had a great review today with our Jeopardy game of two rounds. We went over the Chronolog that they completed for homework as well. We ran out of time after our comprehensive review, so they will take the test at the beginning of our next class.

They received the study guide for our new book Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It’s a play, so it will be quick reading. For next week, read Acts I-III, and we will work on the study guide together. Before you begin your reading, read the instructions on page 5 and then complete the drawing on page 6 to illustrate the set-up for the play that was being presented in Act I. I know some of you are talented artists, but no worries if you’re not! Just draw stick men to illustrate what the various guests are doing. Let me know if you have any questions at all.

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We did some practice tests to prepare for the last section of the ACT test—Science. The students did a fantastic job on these, and many got all of the answers right! It doesn’t matter how many science classes you have had. The information for the questions is all contained in the charts, graphs, or experiments given. We will take the ACT Science test next week and go over the writing portion.

American History

Super job on your Presidents’ reports in class today! They were each thorough with lots of important information! The Ukrainian students (Vlad and Maks) did an especially thorough job and read it all to us in English. Fantastic accomplishment! We all admitted that we could never do that in the Russian or Ukrainian language!

Next week, I will give you the list of things to know from Chapter 13, and we will go over Chapter 14. Read that new chapter (14) this week, and we will continue with new political and Presidential facts about what was going on during the advances in transportation and technology.

Watch the following 60-second videos of the lives of the Presidents that we will be hearing about next week.

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan

Don’t forget if you have a report next week:

  • Zachary Taylor—Lainey
  • Millard Fillmore—Elizabeth
  • Franklin Pierce—Erica
  • James Buchanan—Annaleigh

Let me know if you have any questions at all.

U.S. Government

Great job as we reviewed for this second test! The score was so close that we will have to have a rematch soon on our next review! We then took the test itself, and I think everyone did well! For next week, complete the next two lessons. Here are the Crossword answers for Lesson 19—City Government and Lesson 20—The Post Office. We are almost done with our notebook and just have the four branches of the military left!

Watch the following video about how our mail is processed and delivered.

British Literature

We went over the terms in our study guide, finished pages there, and did a review game on the entire play. I think the students will do really well on the test they took after that. We will go over what you did in your text on Dr. Faustus, as well as the assignments for next week. I will give you on this website a summary of the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Watch the summary, and we will work together on the pages in your text.

In your text, complete the following pages: page 60 (Royal Fans—Answer questions about Shakespeare’s Globe Theater.), pages 65-66 on The Sonnet: A “Little Song”of Thoughts, page 67 “How to Read an Essay”, pages 68-69 on Bacon’s Essay, and page 70 Poetry and Meaning Take Shape. (Answer the two questions.)

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Assignments for 12/04/2023

Assignments due for the week of December 4th, 2023

 

Christmas downtown

Quick Looks at Great Books

We finished our discussion of the remainder of the book and watched some “heartwarming” scenes of Eppie as she grew up on the BBC video. Each student was given a Chronolog sheet to review the events of the book in chronological order. We will review the sheet next week and play a Jeopardy review game before we have our final test on Silas Marner.

In addition to getting ready for the test, complete the following lessons in your Literary Terms notebook: Flashback (pp. 62-63), Hyperbole (pp. 4-5), Idiom (pp. 6-7), Imagery (pp. 8-9), and Alliteration (pp. 22-24).

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

Great job on the ACT Reading test! That subject seems to be a favorite of most of the class. We took the Math portion of the ACT today. Most of this class said that they felt they did their best work in math, so I look forward to the results of this test. Next week, we will begin work on the final part of the ACT—the science section. All answers are included in the reading of each section. We will take several practice science sections so that the students are familiar with the format they will be experiencing.

American History

We went through Chapter 12 and gave numbers to circle of terms to know for that chapter. Next week, we will have a quiz on Chapters 10-12, with a total of 20 multiple choice questions. Also, read Chapter 13, which focuses on the education, technology, and culture of this time period rather than the historical and political events. We then played games to review the U.S. Presidents and our states and capitals.

We will begin our reports on the Presidents next week with the following students:

  • Andrew Jackson — Vlad
  • Martin Van Buren — Maille
  • William Henry Harrison — Hannah
  • John Tyler — Karly
  • James Polk — Hadley

Watch the following 60-second videos of the lives of the Presidents that we will be hearing about next week.

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

James K. Polk

U.S. Government

Next week, we will have our second major test, covering five lessons. (Immigration, Citizenship, Supreme Court, The Law, and Trial) We will play a competitive game together before we take the test. In class today, you were given the Crossword answers for Lesson 18 (page 69) on State Government. This differs just slightly from what you have learned about the National government. (States’ Rights!) Click here to see the answers again.

Watch this other video that describes the Supreme Court building itself.

British Literature

We watched Acts IV and V on our video before we took our final quiz. It is much easier to follow the comedy as you see the characters’ facial expressions! We also worked in groups to analyze some of the characters in the play. We will play a competitive review game before taking the final test on this play. We will continue with a few remaining pages in your study guides as we discuss the answers together. Complete page 19 in your study guide, and we will go over it together in class.

In addition to reviewing the play and characters, using your British literature text, read the excerpt from Dr. Faustus on pages 61 and 62 and answer the questions on page 63.

Watch the following video about the themes revealed in Twelfth Night.

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Assignments for 11/27/2023

Assignments due for the week of November 27th, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving - sending blessings

Quick Looks at Great Books

We watched some of the BBC version of Silas Marner so that the students could see the characters portrayed on the screen. Part I of the book is such a sweet story of how Eppie came to Silas and replaced the gold he had lost! We went through the study guide questions for their reading today. For next week, please finish your reading of this book —Chapters 16-21 and the Conclusion. (only 2-4 pages) Everything is resolved, but not the way you may have thought! This is such a sweet story, and we will make sure that you didn’t miss anything in your reading! We will begin our review for the test on this book. Everyone seems to have a good understanding of it so far!

Enjoy the conclusion of this story and your Thanksgiving with your family!

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

The students received their grammar quizzes back, and we went over any questions. Then we reviewed the Reading practice test they did for homework, as well as another practice test to review for the ACT Reading test itself. I was pleased with the results so far on the ACT test. Many of the students have excellent scores as we begin this series of standardized tests. We then took the ACT Reading test on the same answer sheet. Next week, we will continue by taking the Math test. This is more the kind of math you are used to doing in your classes. Review page 47 in your notebook to study for the math section. Make sure you know how to do all the processes listed on that page.

American History

We went over the last test and pointed out any questions that were frequently missed. The students did an excellent job, improving with each test they take!

We will have a test on Presidents 1-24 during second semester and then finish with Presidents 25-45 at the end of the year. We will have a series of reports on each of them after James Monroe (#5). They covered much of their lives in the early history of our country. On Dec. 4, we will hear reports on the following:

  • Andrew Jackson — Vlad
  • Martin Van Buren — Maille
  • William Henry Harrison — Hannah B.
  • John Tyler — Karly
  • James Polk — Hadley

These are oral reports and are for the benefit of the entire class, not to be handed in as a writing assignment. I will also give the students the facts they need to remember about each President for our test later. On Dec. 11, we will continue with the following reports:

  • Zachary Taylor — Lainey
  • Millard Fillmore — Elizabeth
  • Franklin Pierce — Erica
  • James Buchanan — Annaleigh
  • Abraham Lincoln — Maks

Please let me know if you have any questions at all. You can tell, read, or use notes with bullet points when you give you report. Make it fun for all of us!

For next week, read Chapter 12 in your text. We will go through it and I will tell you what you will need to know for any quiz or test. Also, we will have a quiz just on the videos given on this website next week.

Andrew Jackson (Battle of New Orleans)

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

U.S. Government

We went over our lessons on Immigration and Citizenship today and then took the Citizenship test that immigrants have to pass to become naturalized (or legal) citizens. They really have to study some of America’s history and government information to pass the test! Hopefully, the students have learned some of those things this year already. For next week, complete the pages on The Law and Trial. Here are the crossword answers for Lesson 16 The Law and Lesson 17 Trial. With these answers, you can complete pages 62-64 and 66-68. We will go over these together and begin to prepare for our second test over these lessons. The Law and Trial go with the Supreme Court because all the justices on the Supreme Court are former lawyers! Let me know if you have any questions at all about the assignment. We went over the lesson on the Supreme Court together in class today and recognized pictures of all the justices last week. Remember the the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (currently John Roberts) is the one who swears in the new President on Inauguration Day.

Watch the following video on the Supreme Court of the United States.

British Literature

We watched a lot of the play today from the video performed outside London. It was easier to understand and enjoy as you saw the actors portray their characters! (Especially Malvolio!) We watched Malvolio fall prey to the trickery of Maria, and then implement everything she had told him to do!

For our next class, finish reading Acts IV and V. Actually, these two acts are shorter than your last reading of Act III. You will enjoy the resolution that comes if you have not already figured it out. We also watched a little of Act IV which is a preview of what you can assume might be part of the resolution! We will continue to watch the resolution of the plot on our video. It should be easier to understand and enjoy as you see it performed.

We will discuss the remaining two acts as well as work on the study guide. We began our definitions of Useful Terminology on page 1. We will also begin our review of the entire play then and complete the study guide together. We will do a competitive game review of the details of the entire play before we take our final test.

Watch this short clip of a scene from Twelfth Night performed at the iconic Globe Theater in London.

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Assignments for 11/20/2023

Assignments due for the week of November 20th, 2023

 

Hello November

Quick Looks at Great Books

We went over the background and events in the first seven chapters of Silas Marner. Even though this book is written in the same time period as when Charles Dickens wrote, I think the students will still find it easier to understand as well as enjoying a heartwarming story!

For next week, read Chapters 8-15. (through Part 1) This will be our longest reading assignment, but a lot happens during this time! Students should look over all the questions in the study guide for these chapters to make sure they have not missed any important events. We will also watch portions of this novel’s BBC version in class. It’s always fun to see the characters personified to see how they match with what we were thinking from our reading! (ESPECIALLY this week’s assignment) Please bring to class any questions you may have about your reading. We will definitely go over them all before the quiz.

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

We reviewed some basic rules on subject/verb agreement, reviewed the 12 Classic Errors on the ACT, and took a quiz over the material. Then we took the ACT English Test together. (45 minutes) I will pass back the graded answer sheet next week. The students were given a practice test for the ACT Reading Test. Complete that at home, and we will go over it together. We will also do other preparation for the Reading test, which we will take next week. (35 min.) I expect good things on both these ACT tests.

American History

We did a review game to prepare for the test over Chapters 7-9, with a brief review on the first six chapters as well.They did a super job on the review, so I think they will do well on the test too. We had great scores on last week’s quiz on Chapter 7, so that should help!

For next week, read Chapters 11 and 12. We will go over the chapters with a focus on the new Presidents elected. On Monday, December 4, we will have a number of reports on some of the Presidents we will be reading about in the next few chapters. I will give the assignments next week, and you will have two weeks to prepare them. Let me know if you want to be included in this opportunity.

Watch the following short videos about the first four Presidents.

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

U.S. Government

We reviewed all the lessons for our test today by playing a competitive game between each half of the class. If they listened to all of the questions, they should not have missed them on the test. They will receive the results next week.

For our next class, students were given the Crossword answers for Lesson 13 on Immigration (in the news a lot right now!). Complete pages 50-52 based on the answers I gave you. Also, complete pages 54-56 on Citizenship. (Lesson 14) Here are the answers for the crossword Citizenship Lesson 14. In our next class, we will also take a sample Citizenship test which all those applying for legal naturalization in our country have to pass. It will allow us to see what they have to study and know to assimilate into our country. Let me know if you have any questions.

British Literature

The students seemed to have a good understanding of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night despite the 1500’s English used!!! We went over the first two acts along with a discussion of all the major characters. We watched a little of the video of a performance of the play outside London. Act III will be especially fun to watch with the trick that was played on Malvolio. It’s always good to see the characters portrayed as real human beings and see how they fit Shakespeare’s description of them! We will watch lots of the next scenes of the play. We took our quiz on the first two acts after we had fully discussed it. (We went over especially questions that would be on the quiz.)

For next week, read Act III and answer the questions on page 15 of your study guide. I think you already know which characters will provide the humor in the story! Enjoy the comedy!

Watch the commentary about Act I Scene 1.

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Assignments for 11/13/2023

Assignments due for the week of November 13th, 2023

 

Hello November

Quick Looks at Great Books

We finished going over the book itself and then went over the Chronolog for A Tale of Two Cities. (Events in the book in chronological order) After that, we had a review on the entire book by having a competitive game between two teams. They did well and listened to all the questions to get a thorough review. Students will receive their graded tests back next week.

For homework Read Chapters 1-7 in Silas Marner by George Eliot. Each person received a study guide for our next book. Look over all of the questions for Chapters 1-7 to assure that you understood what you read. We will watch part of the BBC version next week. We did read the biographical sketch of the author and went over it together.

PSAT/SAT/ACT Test Prep

Each student received a copy of all the correct answers with explanations for the last Math Test (With Calculator). These should be kept in their notebooks for reference and study before they take an actual standardized test.

We continued to review grammar and took two practice tests in preparation for the ACT English Test. We will take a quiz on the 12 Classic Grammar Errors on the ACT (pages 41-42) before we take the ACT English Test.

American History

We reviewed last week’s videos on The XYZ Affair and The Louisiana Purchase. If you have any trouble with them at all, watch the two videos from last week at the bottom of this page. Review Chapters 7-9 for next week’s test. There will also be some review questions from the first six chapters. Just review the questions on your first two tests. The review questions will come from those tests. We will play a competitive review game before we take the test on these chapters.

Watch the following video song to review the Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson’s victory.

U.S. Government

We covered the review sheet of the Powerpoint of Political Parties. Know each of the major parties’ core beliefs as well as a basic tenet of the third parties. We went through the lessons on the two major parties (Republican and Democrat) and also the ones on the President and Vice President. Next week, we will have a test on the following lessons: Voting, Electoral College (Powerpoint and notes sheet, Political Parties (Powerpoint and notes sheet), Republican Party, Democratic Party, President, and VicePresident.

Watch the following two videos of the perks and protection of our President.

The Beast

Air Force One

British Literature

The students received back their tests on British Literature during the Middle Ages. We then finished our reports on the Renaissance years in England and around the world. We spent extra time talking about the history of the Globe Theater and its more modern update in London today.

For next week, read Acts I and II in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. In the study guide you were given in class, read pages 2 and 3 about the play’s characters and answer the questions that follow. Complete pages 6 through 12 to assure that you understand what is happening in the play. We will discuss both these acts and take any questions you may have before we take the quiz.

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