Resources for Eleventh Grade

1. Vocabulary from The Scarlet Letter has a high tendency to show up on the SAT test. The following website has some helpful review activities and games which may be helpful for you. All of the vocabulary words in this website are SAT vocabulary (as well as being used in The Scarlet Letter), and many of them are the same as those we are studying in class.

http://quizlet.com/218397/sat-vocab-words-from-the-scarlet-letter-flash-cards/

2. Below is a compilation of some websites about Puritans--the article I originally linked to over the long break, as well as some helpful websites found by students.

http://academicamerican.com/colonial/topics/puritannewengland.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h573.html

http://endtimepilgrim.org/puritans.htm

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/puritans.html

Week of September 21-25

English 11 - American Literature

Classwork will be focused on The Scarlet Letter and preparing for a test Friday (background information and vocabulary).

Homework:

Monday - Read ch. 6-7. Character sheet on Pearl. Worksheet.
Tuesday - Read ch. 8. Vocabulary chart ("Personal Word List") due tomorrow
Wednesday - Read ch. 9-10. Ch. 5-8 vocabulary due tomorrow
Thursday - study for test
Friday - Read ch. 11-13

World History

This week, we will be studying ancient Indian and China.

Homework:

Monday - timeline assignment, due Wednesday
Tuesday - Read pp. 72-82. p. 78 and 82 "Define," "Identify," "Critical Thinking"; timeline due tomorrow
Wednesday - Read pp. 82-88. p. 89 "Define," "Identify," #1-5
Thursday - mini-project due at the end of class Friday
Friday - study guide for test Tuesday

World Literature

We will have a test over the ancient literature we have studied thus far, then begin a unit on the Medea.

Monday - study for test
Tuesday - Read pp. 238-239 in Medea booklet and write a paragraph describing Greek theater. 2-page quest story due tomorrow (assigned last week)
Wednesday - Read Medea pp. 240-250. Worksheet.
Thursday - Read pp. 250-260.
Friday - Read pp. 260-261.

John

Homework:

Monday - Read pp. 44-45. Answer #6-13 on pp. 45-47. Write a 1/2 page news report about one of the two events in John 2.
Tuesday - Read pp. 49-52. Answer questions #1-5.
Thursday - Read pp. 53-57, answer questions #6-13 in your notebook. Study for memory verse quiz tomorrow (John 3:16)
Friday - study for test Tuesday

Week of September 14-18

11th grade English: We will be working on grammar and vocabulary Monday and Tuesday and will begin our unit over The Scarlet Letter on Wednesday.

Homework:

Monday: G.U.M. (grammar workbook) p. 118 (whole page), 123 A

Tuesday: study for quiz

Wednesday: Read ch. 1-2 of Scarlet Letter, make character sheet for Hester

Thursday: read chapter 3, complete worksheet (ch. 1-4 vocab)

Friday: Read ch. 4-5

World History: We are finishing up chapter 2 and beginning chapter 3 (ancient Egypt).

Homework:

Monday: work on project (due Friday)

Tuesday: read and outline pp. 52-57

Wednesday: read and outline pp. 58-69

Thursday: study guide for test tomorrow

Friday: work on project (due Monday)

Note: Project deadline has been moved to Monday.

10th grade English: Most of this week will be devoted to reading the Epic of Gilgamesh in class. Unit test will be next week Tuesday.

Homework:

Monday: Write a paragraph summary of what was read in class.

Tuesday-Wednesday: same as Monday

Thursday: writing assignment, due Tuesday

Friday: G.U. M. (grammar workbook) pp. 139-140 all; writing assignment due Tuesday

John:

Homework:

Monday: Read pp. 36-37, answer #7-9

Tuesday: Read p. 37-38, answer #10-13

Wednesday: chapel

Thursday: none

Friday: Read John 2:1-25. Read pp. 41-42; answer #1-5 on pages 42-44

Week of Sept. 8-11

Below are the homework assignments for this week.

English 11:

Tuesday - no homework
Wednesday - Read "Images or Shadows of Divine Things" (handout); write down unfamiliar vocabulary and definitions
Thursday - vocabulary map, writing assignment (write 1/2 page describing in detail how something in nature expresses a spiritual truth, not using Edwards's metaphors)
Friday - G.U.M. (grammar workbook) 97 A, 107 A-B

World History:

Tuesday - no homework
Wednesday - Read pp. 43-49. Answer p. 49 #1-6.
Thursday - outline pp. 46-49 (Persians)
Friday - work on project

English 10:

Tuesday - none
Wednesday - G.U.M. (grammar workbook) 4 A, 7, 10 A, 11 B
Thursday - Read Popol Vuh: Part 1 chapters 1-3, part 3 chapters 1-2
Friday - begin reading Epic of Gilgamesh

John:

Tuesday/Wednesday - all questions from chapter 2 (pp. 19-27) and web diagrams for "Word," "world," and "grace and truth" will be checked on Thursday
Thursday - Read pp. 31-34 and do all questions on those pages
Friday - pp. 35-36 and questions #5-6. Read Mark 1:1-18. Create a poster with an illustration of John the Baptist; on your poster, also answer the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how.

English 10 reading assignment

Tenth graders:  please refer to this website for the text of the Enuma Elish, your reading assignment.  The Enuma Elish is the Babylonian creation myth, written on seven tablets.  I would like you to read tablets 1-2, 4-6 (up to line 110 of tablet 6), and the epilog.  Feel free to use the excellent summaries on this website to help you understand the content of the story and to get a quick overview of the portions that are not assigned (tablets 3, second half of tablet 6, and tablet 7), but do NOT use them as a substitute for reading the text itself.

Please also answer the following questions on your own paper:

1.  What is the cause of the conflict among the gods?

2.  How is Marduk described, and who is he?

3.  What role does Anshar play in the battle of the gods?

4.  Who will face Tiamat?  Why does he think he can defeat her?  What does he ask for in return?

5.  What is done with the parts of Tiamat's body after she is killed?  Be specific.

6.  What is Kingu's role in the conflict?  What happens to him in the end?

7.  Of what were humans made?  Why?

8.  Look at Dennis Bratcher's summary of Tablet II.  What does Tiamat symbolize?  Considering her symbolic significance, why do you think it was important for her to be defeated?

9.  Do you notice any similarities between the Enuma Elish and the Genesis account of creation?

10.  What are some important differences between the Enuma Elish and the Genesis account of creation?

11-12.  Find two sections from the text that contain a poetic devices (one or two lines each).  Write down the lines, along with the tablet and line numbers, and state what the poetic devices are.