Week 33: May 16 & 19
7th Grade Literature:
Study for your Peter Pan test on Wednesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Congratulations on your completion of Traditional Logic! Have a wonderful summer. Read a great book this summer and I can't wait to see you in U.S. History next year.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Your extra credit assignment is due Tuesday.
Study for your final exam on Tuesday.
I haven't cemented the short answer/essay questions for your final exam, but it will likely be along these lines:
Our theme in U.S. History has been freedom and hope. Trace this theme throughout American history. There is not one particular answer I am looking for - I want you to develop your response and support it with historical events/ideas/people. You may begin with the Pilgrims arriving on our shores, seeking religious freedom, but you don't have to begin there. You may discuss our Founding Fathers and their pursuit of a government that exists at the will of the people, but you don't have to begin there. You may discuss the War for Independence, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the War Between the States, the Spanish-American War, or any of the wars of the 20th Century, but you don't absolutely have to. What I do want you to do is to think about is how America has been a "city on a hill," a pillar of freedom in the world, and I want you to be able to develop this into a couple of well-constructed paragraphs.
Also think about one particular event or period that you have loved studying the most.
As usual, spelling counts on your test, because Mrs. Jones is mean and she loves you.
Week 32: May 9 & 12
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapter 14 & 15 in Peter Pan.
Review vocabulary.
10th Grade Logic:
Study for your final exam on Wednesday, March 14.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 22 & Epilogue.
In your student workbook, complete the following Chapter 22 questions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9-12, 16. Also complete the following Epilogue questions: 1-4, 8-9, 11-13.
Study for the 40 dates quiz on Tuesday.
Begin studying for your final exam. (Note the correction on the Neil Armstrong quote.)
Extra credit assignment due May 20.
Week 31: May 2 & 5
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapter 12 & 13 in Peter Pan.
Prepare for a short quiz over Chapters 8-11.
Review vocabulary.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 13: Complex Syllogisms: The Dilemma.
Complete the following Chapter 13 exercises in your workbook: #1-21.
Recitation quiz on Wednesday.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 21: Fall and Restoration: From Nixon to Reagan.
Student workbook:
On pp. 239-42, answer #2-4, 9, 12, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27, 29-30, Objective Questions.
On pp. 243-48, read Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, June 12, 1987.
Read Live Not By Lies by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (article handed out in class).
On a separate piece of paper, in your best cursive handwriting, answer the questions handed out in class for Reagan's Remarks & Live Not By Lies.
Work on extra credit assignment.
Prepare for recitation quiz next week.
Upcoming presentation: May 6 - Eli & Donnie.
Quiz over all 40 dates on May 13.
Week 30: April 25 & 28
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 8 & 9 in Peter Pan.
Prepare for a short quiz over Chapters 5-7.
Review all vocab words, paying particular attention to the words for Chapters 4-5. (Only Chap 4-5 will be on the quiz.)
You are all saying Jabberwocky for Recitation Day! You already know it; practice it a couple of times aloud to a parent or sibling.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 12: Complex Syllogisms: Epicheirema.
Complete the following Chapter 12 exercises in your workbook: #1, 2, 4-6, 9-10, 13, 16(a), 18(a), 20(a), 22(a) .
Study for Chapter 12 quiz on Thursday, May 1.
Prepare for a recitation quiz. Practice saying it out loud to a parent or sibling.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 20: Out of Balance: The Turbulent Sixties.
In your workbook:
Complete Chapter 20 questions 1, 3-4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 20-23, 25-26, 31 (you do not need to answer in complete sentences) & Objective Questions.
Exercise 12 (pp. 288-89) - Europe During the Cold War. Read the paragraphs carefully and follow the instructions. This map will assist you as you differentiate between the NATO countries, Warsaw Pact members and those that remained neutral. (Note that NATO was formed by countries who opposed Soviet Communism and its expansion and that the Warsaw Pact was created by Soviet Communist countries to counter NATO.)
Use your colored pencils on the map and be sure to draw the "Iron Curtain" (who coined that term?) separating East and West Germany and the NATO nations from the Warsaw Pact.
Practice your recitation, reading it aloud and making sure you know it completely!
Upcoming presentations: April 29: BellaMarie & Virginia; April 30 - Ella; May 1 - Clarissa; May 6 - Eli & Donnie.
Extra credit opportunity: select one of the four Holocaust accounts sent to your email (choose one you have not previously read), let me know what you're reading (you may email me or tell me in class on Tuesday), read the book in entirety and submit a 1-page double-spaced, typed reflection by May 14. Do not write a summary of the book. I have read all of these books before; I want to know how the account affected you. None of these books are long but they are all incredibly powerful. The exact amount of extra credit is TBD but it would be considerable enough to bump you to the next grade (i.e., A- to an A, etc.) or to give you a cushion for the final exam.
Week 29: April 18 (Good Friday) & 21
7th Grade Literature:
Finish reading Chapter 5 (p. 56-62) in Peter Pan.
Prepare for a quiz over Chapters 1-4 (including vocab).
10th Grade Logic:
Review (read in entirety if you have not already) Chapter 11: Complex Syllogisms: Goclenian & Conditional Sorites.
Complete the following Chapter 11 exercises in your workbook: #10 (a & c); 12 (a & c).
Study for Chapter 11 quiz on Wednesday, April 23. Be able to distinguish Aristotelian & Goclenian sorites, extrapolate a Golenian sorites and determine validity for conditional sorites.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 19: All Thoughts and Things were Split.
In your workbook, complete Chapter 19 questions 3-4, 7-8, 11-13, 18, 20, 23, 25-27, 30, 32, 40-41, 45 & 47 (you do not need to answer in complete sentences).
Study for your WWII test on Tuesday, April 22.
Work on your presentation & put the finishing touches on your research paper (papers are due April 22). Have a parent proofread your paper.
Upcoming presentation schedule: Emma Clare & Kayla - April 23; Virginia & BellaMarie - April 24; Ella - April 29; May 1 - Clarissa.
Week 28: April 4 & 14 - Have a wonderful Spring Break!
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 1-3 in Peter Pan.
Work on recitation.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 11: Complex Syllogisms: Goclenian & Conditional Sorites.
Study for Chapter 10 quiz on Wednesday, April 16. Know the mnemonic names/figures of the five most common categorical syllogisms and be able to apply the structures of polysyllogisms and Aristotelian sorites. Also know how to extrapolite Aristotelian sorites.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Study for your WWII test on Tuesday, April 22.
Work on your presentation & research paper (papers are due April 22).
Upcoming presentation schedule: Carter - April 16; Emma Clare & Kayla - April 23; Virginia & BellaMarie - April 24.
Week 27: March 28 & 31
7th Grade Literature:
Study! As You Like It test is on Tuesday, April 1.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 10: Complex Syllogisms: Polysyllogisms & Aristotelian Sorites.
Complete the following Chapter 10 exercises in student workbook: # 1-9; 11-17; 18 (a); 20; 23 (a & b).
Study Chapters 7-9 for a test on Wednesday, April 2. Know the names of valid forms and specific fallacies of all three hypothetical syllogisms. Know how to reduce disjunctive & conjunctive syllogisms to conditional syllogisms.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read the second half of Chapter 18: The Finest Hour (pp. 329-340).
In your student workbook:
Answer questions # 39, 41, 43-49, 51-63, and Objective Questions.
Read FDR's "The Four Freedoms" speech on pp. 205-209. Using your best cursive and complete sentences, answer the questions #1, 3 & 4. In the space under question 6, list the four freedoms FDR identifies (you may use bullet points for this one).
Label # 1-11, 13, 14, 18, 20 on Exercise 11: World War II in the South Pacific (pp. 286-87). Use the map on p. 335 of your textbook as a guide.
WWII test on Thursday, April 3.
Week 26: March 21 & 24
7th Grade Literature:
Due Tuesday, March 25: Using the notes in your book, complete the vocabulary definitions #3-6 & 10 on p. 34 of your student guide.
Due Thursday, March 27: Complete the following Review Questions on pp. 40-42 in your workbook (you may need to reference the Intro to Shakespeare on pp. 4-5 in your workbook for a few of the questions): 1; 4-18; 23-71.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 9: Hypothetical Syllogisms - Conjunctive Syllogisms.
Complete the following Chapter 9 exercises in student workbook: #1-6, 8-11, 14-16, 18-19, 21, 25 (a - d); 27 (l - o).
Study and commit to memory the four forms of conjunctive syllogisms on p. 62 of your textbook.
Test over Chapters 7-9 on Wednesday, April 2.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read the first half of Chapter 18: The Finest Hour (pp. 316-329).
In your student workbook, answer questions # 1-37 (you may skip #36) on p. 198 - 202.
In your Student Workbook, use your colored pencils to complete the map of Europe in WWII (pp. 284-85). Use the map on p. 330 of your testbook for guidance.
Use class notes, textbook & study guide to prepare for a Roaring 20s/New Deal quiz on Thursday, March 27.
Work on your presentation and research paper. (Upcoming schedule: Caroline - March 26; Davis - March 27; Mary Beth & Trey - April 1; Razor - April 2.)
Week 25: March 14 & 17
7th Grade Literature:
Using the notes in your book, complete the vocabulary definition on p. 30 of your student guide.
Review Act III vocab, quotes & CQs (pp. 22-29 of your student guide).
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 8.
Complete the following Chapter 8 exercises in student workbook: # 1-2, 5-6, 8-11, 14-17, 19, 21, 23, 25 (a - c), 26-28, 37 (d, f, i, l).
Study and commit to memory the four forms of disjunctive syllogisms on p. 55 of your textbook.
Chapter 8 quiz on Thursday, March 20.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 17: The New Deal.
In your student workbook, answer the Chapter 17 questions on p. 182-186 (including the objective questions) (you may skip question 27).
Read the two articles by Thomas Sowell that were handed out in class. In a well-organized, 4-6 sentence paragraph, including an introductory and conclusory sentence, using your best cursive handwriting, proper grammar and correct spelling, please answer these questions: (1) what extended the economic downturn of the 1929 stock market crash?; (2) what ideas did Hoover and then FDR implement and what were the consequences; (3) why did the country experience a different outcome after the 1987 stock market crash?
Work on your research paper & presentation.
Week 24: March 7 & 10
7th Grade Literature:
Complete the questions for quote #4 on p. 23 of your student guide (reference III.II.388 for the context of this quote).
Complete CQs 13 & 14 on p. 25 of your student guide.
Use the notes in your book to write the definitions for vocab words #2-6 on p. 26 of your student guide.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 7.
Complete the following Chapter 7 exercises in student workbook: #1-7, 13-14, 15(a) - (d), 16-20, 23-24.
Study and memorize the two valid forms of conditional syllogisms (Modus Ponens & Modus Tollens) on p. 43 of your textbook.
Chapter 7 quiz on Thursday, March 13.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Study WWI class notes & Chapter 15 in preparation for a test on Tuesday, March 11.
Complete post-WWI map of Europe.
Read Chapter 16: From Boom to Bust & answer the following questions in your workbook: 1-15; 18-21, 24, 30-33, 36, 38-39.
Week 23: February 28 & March 3
7th Grade Literature:
Study your class notes & student guide for Acts I & II. Know the vocab words we circled in class, CQs & quotes (be especially familiar with the circled/highlighted CQs and quotes but review ALL quotes & CQs). Also be familiar with iambic pentameter.
Test over Acts I & II on Tuesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Study for quiz over Chapters 5-6. Quiz on Thursday, March 6.
Review Chapter 5, refreshing yourself on the rules required to translate sentences into logical statements (you do not need to memorize the rules verbatim; however, you must be able to apply them).
Complete the following Chapter 5 exercises in student workbook: #17 (a) - (d), (g).
Re-read Chapter 6.
Complete the following Chapter 6 exercises in student workbook: #2-5, 8-10, 12 (a), (c) & (d).
11th Grade U.S. History:
Review the presentation topics, discuss with a parent and come to class on Tuesday with your top three choices.
Review your notes on World War I (WWI test on Tuesday, March 11).
Review list of dates (from 1215 - November 11, 1918).
Complete the World War I map handed out in class.
Week 22: February 21 & 24
7th Grade Literature:
Review Act II.I - IV vocabulary, quotes and CQs.
10th Grade Logic:
Study for test over Chapters 1-4. Test on Wednesday, February 26.
Complete the following Chapter 5 exercises in student workbook: #3, 4 (a) - (d), 6, 7, 8 (a) - (e).
Read Chapter 6.
Complete the following Chapter 6 exercises in student workbook: #1-11.
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, re-read Chapter 15: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War.
In your student workbook, answer Chapter 15 questions 19-39.
Read Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s Natural Law Harvard Law Review journal article, November 1918 (handed out in class). Nominated to serve on the Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt, Holmes embodied the Progressive ideology in his rejection of natural law and absolute truth as he "sneered at the natural rights of man." Answer questions 1 & 2 on a separate sheet of paper in your most excellent cursive handwriting.
Read Henry Cabot Lodge's August 12, 1919, League of Nations Speech (handed out in class). Answer questions 1-6 on a separate sheet of paper in your most excellent cursive handwriting.
February 19: Snow Day!
7th Grade Literature:
In your student guide, review Act II CQs, quotes & vocab.
10th Grade Logic:
Complete the syllogism handout (hand it in tomorrow if you have not already). Email me if you have questions or want to be sure you're on the right track.
Review the mnemonic verse and five most commonly used syllogisms. Test over Chapters 1-4 next Wednesday.
Read Chapter 5 (I mean to actually read the chapter).
In your workbook, complete the following Chapter 5 exercises (p. 30): 3 & 4 (a-d).
11th Grade U.S. History:
Quiz (Spanish-American War & Progressive Era) tomorrow.
In your student workbook, read Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and answer questions 1-5. Wilson presented this plan to Congress in January 1918.
As you read, consider the context of Wilson's speech in light of world events: World War I was still raging, bringing death, destruction and devastation that cannot be described through mere words. Through its unrestricted submarine warfare, Germany was terrorizing the seas, where it would sink 30% of the world's merchant ships during the war (of course, this does not account for the military vessels and passenger ships/luxury liners it would also torpedo and sink without warning or hesitation). In other parts, the declining Muslim Ottoman Empire (remember, this is modern-day Turkey) seized the opportunity, in the midst of the chaos of war, to exterminate three-quarters of the Armenian (Christians). Additionally, the Bolsheviks (Communist revolutionaries) had recently overthrown the tsarist government in Russia, murdering Tzar Nicholas, his wife, Alexandra and their five children, and formed a new Communist government (through which a horror show would play out for approximately the next 70 years, until the Soviet Union's eventual collapse).
Week 21: February 14 & 17
7th Grade Literature:
Study Act II vocabulary words for a quiz on Tuesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Study for Chapter 1-4 test on Wednesday. Use your Study Guide (handed out in class) to direct your studying. Make sure you know the 19 syllogisms in the 4 lines of the mnemonic verse. Know the 5 most commonly used syllogisms. Know the operations required to reduce to First Figure.
Read Chapter 5.
Complete the syllogisms handout (including reducing the 2nd, 3rd & 4th syllogisms to the First Figure where applicable). Work through the steps carefully - this will be graded for accuracy.
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, read Chapter 15: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War.
In your student workbook, answer Chapter 15 questions 1, 3-5, 8, 11-15, 17-18, and Objective Question.
Read Woodrow Wilson's War April 2, 1917, War Message to Congress and answer the questions on a separate piece of paper in your neatest cursive handwriting.
Use your study guide, book and class notes to prepare for a quiz on Wednesday over the Spanish-American War & Progressive Era.
February 11 - Snow Day - Play in the snow and drink hot chocolate! Enjoy the day! Also...
7th Grade Literature:
Review for Act I quiz.
10th Grade Logic:
Commit to memory all four lines of the mnemonic verse (spelling counts) and the five most commonly used syllogisms.
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, re-read the first two paragraphs on page 247. Understand and be able to articulate the fundamental difference in worldview between Progressivisim and Biblical Christianity. What do Progressives omit from Scripture? What do Progressives view as the problem?
Week 20: February 7 & 10
7th Grade Literature:
Study for Tuesday's Act I quiz. Review in your student guide: Character Log, Quotes & Comprehension Questions.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 4.
Complete the following Chapter 4 exercises in workbook: 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, 23, 44 & 45. (You will do syllogisms for #25-43 next week.)
Prepare for Chapter 4 quiz on Wednesday. Know the all four lines of the mnemonic verse (spelling counts) and the five most commonly used syllogisms.
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, read Chapter 14: The Progressive Era.
In your student workbook:
Chapter 14 questions 1-2; 4-6; 10-19; 23; 29, and Objective Question.
Map on 282-83.
Read What is Progress? by Woodrow Wilson and answer the questions on a separate piece of paper in your neatest cursive handwriting.
Read The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive by Theodore Roosevelt and answer questions #3, 5 & 6 on a separate piece of paper in your neatest cursive handwriting.
Week 19: January 31 & February 3
7th Grade Literature:
Study vocabulary in your Student Guide in preparation for a vocab quiz on Tuesday (matching quiz - you will not need to write the definitions).
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 3.
Complete Chapter 3 exercises in workbook.
Prepare for Chapter 3 quiz on Tuesday. Know the seven rules of validity and all four lines of the mnemonic verse (spelling counts).
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, read Chapter 13: Becoming a World Power.
In your student workbook, answer Chapter 13 questions 1, 3-6, 10-12, 14-16, and Objective Questions.
Study for Wednesday's quiz on the Gilded Age. (See Chapter 12, class notes & study guide.)
Week 18: January 24 & 27
7th Grade Literature:
Study your Character Log (pp. 8-9) in your Student Guide in preparation for a short quiz on Tuesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 2.
Complete Chapter 2 exercises in workbook.
Prepare for Chapter 2 quiz on Wednesday. Know the chart of distribution, seven rules of validity and the first two lines of the mnemonic verse (spelling counts).
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read "Wealth" by Andrew Carnegie and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. Use complete sentences and neat cursive handwriting.
Study for Tuesday's quiz on Reconstruction. (See Chapter 11 & study guide.)
Week 17: January 17 & 20
7th Grade Literature:
Read Act I, Scene I, Lines 59-152.
Prepare for a short quiz on Tuesday:
Review vocabulary words 1-7 on p. 10.
Review CQs 1-5 on pp. 11-12.
Review your character maps.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 1.
Complete Chapter 1 exercises in workbook.
Prepare for Chapter 1 quiz on Tuesday. (Remember: seven rules of validity will be on your quiz.)
11th Grade U.S. History:
In your student workbook:
Read the Fourteenth Amendment (pp. 118-119) and answer questions 1-3.
Read "The New Colossus" (p. 123) and answer questions 1-3 on p. 124.
Read the Thirteenth & Fifteenth Amendments (handed out in class).
Prepare for Bill of Rights quiz on Tuesday.
Week 16: January 10 & 13
7th Grade Literature:
Read Act I, Scene I, Lines 24-46.
Read Introduction to Shakespeare and As You Like It on pp. 4-7 of your workbook.
Review vocabulary words 1-3 on p. 10.
10th Grade Logic:
Review logical form of a proposition. (Quantifier, Subject, Copula & Predicate)
Thoughtfully ponder John Locke's quote, "Logic is the anatomy of thought."
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, read Chapter 12: A Nation Transformed.
In your student workbook:
Answer Chapter 12 questions 1-5; 8-22, and Objective Questions.
Complete the map on p. 281 by labeling each state with the state abbreviation and the year of its readmission to the Union. (States and dates are found on p. 280.)
January 8 Snow Day
7th Grade Literature:
Enjoy the snow! Play outside!
Make some hot chocolate or hot tea and bake something yummy, work a puzzle or play a game with someone - your brother, sister, parent, grandparent, friend, etc. No electronic games allowed! Some of my favorite games: Bananagrams, Sequence, Scattergories, Clue, Yahtzee, Scrabble & Rack-o.
Read a book you enjoy. Wait with bated breath until we resume Shakespeare together in class! (Guess what: the earliest known use of the expression "bated breath" is in - wait for it - Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.)
10th Grade Logic:
Play outside! Enjoy the snow!
Make some hot chocolate or hot tea and bake something yummy, work a puzzle or play a game with someone - your brother, sister, parent, grandparent, friend, etc. No electronic games allowed! Some of my favorite games: Bananagrams, Sequence, Scattergories, Nertz, Yahtzee & Scrabble.
Read a book you enjoy. Continue to wait with bated breath until school resumes and you receive your new Logic books.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Play outside and enjoy the snow!
Make some hot chocolate or hot tea and bake something yummy, work a puzzle or play a game with someone - your brother, sister, parent, grandparent, friend, etc. No electronic games allowed! Some of my favorite games: Bananagrams, Sequence, Scattergories, Nertz, Yahtzee & Scrabble.
Read a book you enjoy (bonus points if it's Gone With the Wind). Wait with bated breath until school resumes and we pick up with Reconstruction. I can't wait.
Week 15: January 6
7th Grade Literature:
As You Like It - Read Act I, Scene I, Lines 1-20
Make sure you're reading all assigned passages; completion of at-home reading will be part of your grade.
10th Grade Logic:
No home assignment this week. Continue to wait with bated breath until Tuesday, when I will pass out new books.
11th Grade U.S. History:
In Land of Hope, read Chapter 11: The Ordeal of Reconstruction.
In your student workbook:
Answer Chapter 11 questions 4, 6, 8, 11, 13-15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, Objective Questions
Week 14: December 13 & 16
7th Grade Literature:
Review Intro to Shakespeare class notes.
Quiz on Wednesday, Dec 15.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 13: Qualitative Rules for Categorical Syllogisms.
Complete Chapter 13 Exercises in your Student Workbook (most/all of this should have been completed in class; I will check for a completion grade on Tuesday, Dec 17).
Use your study guide to prepare for your cumulative final exam (exam on Thursday, December 19).
11th Grade U.S. History:
Make final edits to research essay. Proofread your essay one more time. Have a parent proofread your essay. Email essay to me (cc: a parent) NO LATER THAN 8 p.m. on Monday, December 16.
In your student workbook:
Complete map on pp. 278-279 (skip questions re: Oklahoma & West Virginia). Use the map on p. 176 of your text as a guide.
Use your study guide to prepare for cumulative final exam (exam on Thursday, December 19).
Week 13: December 6 & 9
7th Grade Literature:
Friday: Complete Part I of the Dynamic Character Assignment.
Monday: Complete Part II of the Dynamic Character Assignment.
Remember to use complete sentences and your neatest cursive handwriting. Also reference page numbers in your answers. The response to each prompt should be 5-7 sentences in length.
DUE WEDNESDAY, December 11.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 12: Quantitative Rules for Categorical Syllogisms
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 12 Exercises on pp. 74-80.
Memorize the two quantitative rules VERBATIM and IN ORDER. The terminological rules will also be on your quiz.
Chapter 12 quiz on Tuesday, December 10.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Land of Hope: read Chapter 10, pages 171-189.
In your student workbook:
On pages 109-112, answer questions 2-5; 12-17; 21-23; also answer all Objective Questions on p. 112.
Read excerpt from Dred Scott v. Sandford (handed out in class). On a separate sheet of paper, answer questions #1-3.
Read excerpt from the Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate (handed out in class). On a separate sheet of paper, answer questions 2-5; 8-9.
Recitation quiz on Thursday, December 12.
Week 12: November 22 & December 2: Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 24-27 in The Secret Garden.
Begin to study for The Secret Garden test. Test on Thursday, December 5. Remember to use your study guide!
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 11: Terminological Rules for Categorical Syllogisms
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 11 Exercises on pp. 67-72. You may eliminate the Review Exercises for Day 4 (#25-34) on pp. 72-73.
Memorize the two terminological rules VERBATIM and IN ORDER.
Chapter 11 quiz on Tuesday, December 3.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Land of Hope: finish reading Chapter 9, pages 159 (beginning with the last paragraph on 159) - 170.
In your student workbook:
Answer questions 16, 18-20, 22, 24-25, 27-28 on pp. 96-97.
Read The Thanksgiving Proclamation issued by President George Washington that was passed out in class on Thursday, Nov. 21.
Work on Final Draft of your Lafayette research essay. Due Date: December 3.
Chapter 9 quiz on Wednesday, December 4.
Week 11: November 15 & 18
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 21-23 in The Secret Garden.
Comprehension quiz on Tuesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 10: What is Deductive Inference?
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 10 Exercises. Homework due on WEDNESDAY.
We will review Chapter 10 on Tuesday. Chapter 10 quiz on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Land of Hope: read Chapter 8.
Land of Hope: read Chapter 9, pages 151-59.
In your student workbook:
Answer questions 11 & 12 on p. 87.
Answer questions 1, 4, 6-8, 10, 11, 13, 15 on p. 94-96.
Complete Exercise 5 on p. 274-75. Read p. 274 and color the map on p. 275. (The map on p. 176 of your textbook will help you.)
Work on Final Draft of your Lafayette research essay. Due Date: December 3.
Week 10: November 8 & 11
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapter 20 in The Secret Garden.
Review your class notes and previous quizzes.
Test on Tuesday, November 12 over Chapters 14-20.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 9: Obversion, Conversion, and Contraposition.
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 9 Exercises.
Test over Chapters 5-9 on Wednesday, November 13.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read "The American Scholar" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Test over Chapters 5-7 on Wednesday, November 13.
Week 9: November 1, 4, 5
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 18-19 in The Secret Garden.
Review vocab words and dynamic/static characters, round/flat characters.
Quiz on Wednesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 8: Distribution of Terms.
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 8 Exercises on pages 45-50. You may skip the review questions at the end.
Chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, November 6.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Marbury v. Madison and answer questions in your own handwriting and in your own words on a separate sheet of paper.
Read Washington's Farewell Address and answer questions in your own handwriting and in your own words on a separate sheet of paper.
Land of Hope: read Chapter 7.
In your student workbook:
Read Alexis de Tocqueville's excerpt from Democracy in America and answer questions (pages 68-71).
Read Davy Crockett's letter and answer questions (pages 71-73).
Chapter 7 questions (pages 74-77).
Week 8: October 25 & 28
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 16-17 in The Secret Garden.
Comprehension quiz on Tuesday over your weekend reading.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 7: Subcontraries and Subalterns.
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 7 Exercises on pages 39-44. You may skip the review questions on p. 44.
Chapter 7 quiz on Tuesday, Oct 29.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Federalist 84 and answer questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Lafayette essay rough draft due Wednesday, Oct 30. This is for a grade. Please do your best work and follow the instructions (i.e., sources, MLA format, word count, etc.) as set forth in the packet I gave you. Your thesis statement should come at the end of your introductory paragraph and should be a compound complex statement. Your thesis statement should be restated at the beginning of your concluding paragraph.
DO NOT USE AI for ANY PART of your essay (including, but not limited to, your outline, sources, research, formulating your thesis statement, writing any part of your paper, etc.).
Include a certificate of word count on a separate page behind your Works Cited page.
Week 7: October 18 & 21
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 14-15 of The Secret Garden.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 6: Contradictory and Contrary Statements.
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 6 Exercises on pages 33-38. You may skip the review questions on p. 38.
Chapter 6 quiz on Tuesday, Oct 22.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Land of Hope: finish reading Chapter 5 (pages 78-92).
Land of Hope: read Chapter 6.
In your Student Workbook:
On pages 48-51, answer questions 8, 9, 13, 14, 21, 22, 26, 29
On pages 63-67, answer questions 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28 & Objective Questions
Week 6: October 11 & 14
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 12-13 of The Secret Garden.
Test on Tuesday. Test will cover reading comprehension through chapter 13, vocab, class notes.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 5: The Four Statements of Logic.
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 5 Exercises on p. 27-31. You may skip the review questions on p. 32.
Chapter 5 quiz on Tuesday, Oct 15.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Land of Hope: read pages 74-78 in Chapter 5
In your Student Workbook:
Answer questions 1-12 on p. 47-48.
Read Federalist 10 on p. 51-55 and answer questions (p. 56) on a separate piece of paper.
Complete map on p. 268-269. Rather than the regions indicated on p. 268, please use the following regions:
New England, South, Midwest, Southwest, West and Pacific
Using your colored pencils, color each region a different color and label each state with the capital, number and abbreviation.
Chapter 4 quiz on Wednesday.
Continue research and work on your outline and rough draft for your Lafayette essay. Rough draft due Oct 30.
Week 5: October 4 & 7
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 8-11 of The Secret Garden.
Review *new* vocabulary words (indignant, accustomed - be prepared to write definitions for both).
Study for comprehension quiz over chapters 8-11 & new vocab.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 4: What is Judgment?
In your Student Workbook, complete Chapter 4 Exercises.
Test Wednesday, October 9. Test will cover Introduction through Chapter 4.
Reminder: review session after school on Tuesday, October 8 (4-4:45 p.m. in Logic room).
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 4 in Land of Hope.
In your Student Workbook:
Complete the questions on pages 34-37.
Read the Declaration of Independence on pages 298-301. On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions (you do not need to write in complete sentences and each answer should be brief):
What is the date of the Declaration of Independence?
Give a brief definition of "Laws of Nature."
Who is "Nature's God"?
What does it mean to be "created equal"?
Define "unalienable Rights."
List our "unalienable Rights."
What does "the pursuit of Happiness" include?
What does it mean that government derives its power "from the consent of the governed"?
When a "long train of abuses and usurpations...reduce[s] them under absolute Despotism," what is the right and duty of the people?
What did the King of Great Britain's "history of repeated injuries and usurpations" establish over the States?
What did King George III keep "among us, in times of peace...without the Consent of our legislatures"?
What have the Americans petitioned for in "every stage of these Oppressions"? And how have the British answered the Americans' "repeated Petitions"?
Who is unfit to be "the ruler of a free people"?
What do the Americans declare that "they have full Power" to do? List 5 specific things.
Week 4: September 27 & 30
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 5-7 of The Secret Garden.
Review vocabulary words (disdain, impudent, indifference, imperious) and notes on characterization, plot, setting, theme and motif.
Study for quiz over chapters 5-7, vocab and notes (we reviewed in class on Thursday).
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 3: Signification and Supposition
In your Student Workbook, complete Exercises #1-35 on pp. 18-21.
Study for Chapter 3 quiz on Tues, October 1.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Fill out Chapter 2-3 Study Guide (to the Concepts/Terms/Places section, add Boston Massacre & Boston Tea Party). Use your book, workbook and notes.
Study for your test - Chapter 2-3 test on Wednesday, October 2.
Color map of 13 colonies - color code by New England (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut), Middle (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware) and Southern Colonies (Maryland, Virginia, North & South Carolina, Georgia). Due Tuesday.
Remember to study map of 13 colonies! No word bank for colonies on test!
We will review for test on Tuesday. Bring your questions!
Week 3: September 20 & 23
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 3 & 4 of The Secret Garden.
Review notes on characterization, setting, theme and motif.
Review vocabulary words.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 2: Comprehension and Extension
In your Student Workbook, complete Exercises for Day 1, 2 3, and questions 30-32 for Day 4. Also complete the Review Exercises on p. 16-17.
Study for Chapter 2 quiz on Tues, September 24.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Reread p. 40-51 (part of Chap 3) in Land of Hope.
In your Student Workbook:
Pages 21-22, complete questions 11 & 14.
Read "A Modell of Christian Charity" by John Winthrop on p. 17-18 and answer questions 1, 4 & 5 on p. 19.
Read Common Sense (Excerpts) by Thomas Paine on p. 23-27. Answer questions 2, 3, 5 & 6 on p. 28.
Exercise 3 - Landforms - on pages 270-71. Using your colored pencils, color and number the geographic (1-12) features of America.
Week 2: September 13 & 16
7th Grade Literature:
Read Chapters 1 & 2 of The Secret Garden.
Review notes on author's life and this week's notes on Chapters 1 & 2.
Study for Tuesday's quiz. As we discussed in class, the quiz will cover your reading and notes on author's life.
10th Grade Logic:
Read Chapter 1: What is Simple Apprehension?
Complete exercises/questions 1-20 on pages 8-11 of your Student Workbook. Read the workbook instructions carefully for each day, rereading the sections of the textbook as directed in the instructions.
Study for quiz on Tuesday, September 17. Be sure to know your definitions.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read Chapter 3 in Land of Hope.
In your Student Workbook:
Pages 20-22, complete questions 1, 2, 4, 6-10, 12, 13 & Objective Questions.
Pages 7-10, read Columbus's Log of His First Voyage. Answer questions 1, 2 & 4 on p. 10-11.
Page 15, read the Mayflower Compact. Answer questions 2, 3 & 5 on p. 16.
Pages 266-267 - complete the map with the state abbreviation, date the state joined the union and the number (1-50) it reached statehood (you do not need to do the instructions in paragraph 2).
Study for quiz on Tuesday, September 17.
Week 1: September 6 & 9
7th Grade Literature:
Review notes taken in class over Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden (no quiz on Tues, Sept 10).
Read syllabus, sign and have a parent sign. Return on Tuesday.
Return summer reading completion form on Tuesday.
10th Grade Logic:
Read, sign and obtain a parent's signature on syllabus; return on Tuesday.
Read Introduction chapter.
Complete the following questions: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 11-35 on pages 4-7 of your Student Workbook.
Study for quiz on Tuesday. Quiz will cover class notes and Workbook pages 4-7.
11th Grade U.S. History:
Read, sign and obtain a parent's signature on syllabus; return on Tuesday.
Read Chapters 1-2 in Land of Hope.
Complete the following questions in your Student Workbook:
Pgs 4-6: questions 4-6, 10-12, 16, 21 & all Objective Questions
Pgs 12-15: questions 1, 4, 6, 8, 10 12, 14, 16, 17, 21 & all Objective Questions
Study for quiz on Tuesday. Quiz will cover class notes, epigraph & Introduction chapter/questions (just the Intro questions that we covered - not all of them).