Week of Oct. 25-28

All classes: Students, be sure to plan on coming to parent-teacher-student conferences on Friday for extra credit in my classes.

American Literature: We have just finished a unit on Individualism, and we are about to learn strategies for making persuasive speeches.

Homework:

Monday: learning survey (page 1)
Tuesday: brainstorming/prewriting for speech; G.U.M. 91-2, 97
Wednesday: speech outline
Thursday: prepare speech for Tuesday or Wednesday next week

World Literature: Research paper is due Tuesday; after that, we will begin reading Medea by Euripides.

Homework:

Monday: self-assessment
Tuesday: research paper due today

World History: We are still studying Rome--finishing up the Roman Republic and beginning to learn about the Roman Empire.

Homework:

Monday: Worksheet (due Tuesday). Respond to Chesterton (due Wednesday).
Tuesday: read pp. 150-160 and take notes. Response to Chesterton due tomorrow.
Wednesday: Read pp. 160-169. p. 164 #1-4, other TBA
Thursday: TBA

Gospel of John: This week's focus will be on John chapters 8-9.

Homework:

Monday: Read the following passages: John 8:12-30, John 8:31-38, John 8:39-47, and John 8:48-59. For EACH passage, answer three questions: 1) What does it mean? 2) So what for them? 3) So what for us/me?
Tuesday: pp. 101-107 #1-11
Thursday: Take home test due date TBA

Week of Oct. 19-22

American Literature: We have just finished our study of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and we will be sampling excerpts from individualist and transcendentalist writers. This week's readings are a smorgasbord ranging from impassioned speeches about liberty to poetry that takes a long look at human suffering; related topics include types of rhetoric, rights of the individual vs. obedience to the government, and whether morality comes from without or within.

Homework:

Tuesday: no HW
Wednesday: see handout
Thursday: read pp. 397-403. Finish pictures on academic vocabulary worksheets (x3: appeal to logic, appeal to emotion, transcendentalism)
Friday: Finish questions; read "O Captain!"

World Literature: This week's activities will center around teacher and peer conferences over the research paper; however, we will also be doing some grammar work in order to help you be able to edit your research paper for errors. Don't forget that the final draft is due on Tuesday, October 26 (next week).

Homework:

Tuesday: G.U.M. 161, 163, 175-6
Wednesday-Thursday: G.U.M. 167, 169, 178, 179
Friday: Paragraph: look at the rubric. Tell me what grade you want, whether you have done everything needed to receive that grade, and what else you can change to improve your paper and/or receive the grade you want.

FINAL DRAFT due Tuesday, October 26

World History: This week, we are studying Rome and will examine how one group of people was able to conquer most of the known world (Europe) at the time.

Homework:

Tuesday: read pp. 130-135. Map and worksheet.
Wednesday: read pp. 135-140. p. 141 Define, #1-6
Thursday: read pp. 141-147. Section 3 review (all)
Friday: read pp. 150-160; take notes (one page)

Gospel of John: We are currently reading and discussing John chapters 6-8.

Homework:

Tuesday: Read pp. 75-77. p. 77-81 #3-13
Thursday: Read pp. 83 and outline. p. 86 #3-15
Friday: pp. 93-98 #1-10

Reading assignment for American Literature

"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne:

http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/mbv.html

Week of October 11-15

American Literature: We have just finished reading The Scarlet Letter, but before moving on to a different unit, we will spend some time reading a few of Hawthorne's excellent short stories.

Homework:

Monday: Read LN 132-133 and 135-136; G.U.M. 115-116, 118
Tuesday: Read Literature 500-513 ("Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"); worksheet
Wednesday: Write a one-page advice column to the characters in "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."
Thursday: Read "The Minister's Black Veil"
Friday: Written response to "The Minister's Black Veil" TBA

World Literature: We are continuing to work on the research paper and will be learning about formatting and how to use a word processor to change the formatting, create a heading, etc. Conferences over the rough draft will be this week and next week. Final draft is due October 26. Don't forget that the test over research paper writing skills is on Thursday.

Homework: Continue working on the research paper (final draft due Oct. 26). Skillwriter assignment: write 1/2 page about OCSI volleyball for the yearbook; assignment due Friday afternoon in Skillwriter.

World History: We are finishing a unit on ancient Greece, after which there will be an opportunity to raise your grade on the previous unit test.

Homework/schedule:

Monday: worksheet (interview with Alexander the Great)
Tuesday: study guide for test
Wednesday: Chapter 5 test; no homework
Thursday: study for retest Friday
Friday: retest (ancient Egypt, India, China); no homework

Gospel of John: The first half of the week will be spent preparing for a test Tuesday; the second half of the week, we will look at some online resources for studying the Bible in depth.

Homework:

Monday: study guide
Tuesday: test; no homework
Thursday: worksheet
Friday: TBA

Week of Oct. 4-8

American Literature: This is our last week studying The Scarlet Letter; the unit test for this book will be on Monday. Also, remember that your notebooks are due on Friday.

Homework:

Monday: G.U.M. p. 108 A; read chapters 19-20 (review)
Tuesday: Read chapters 21-22; worksheet
Wednesday: Read ch. 23-24
Thursday: paragraph - Who is the true hero of The Scarlet Letter?
Friday: study for test on Monday


World Literature: We are continuing to work on the research paper (first four pages of the rough draft are due Monday).

Homework:

Monday: Bibliography due tomorrow, if you have not already finished it
Tuesday: one-page outline due tomorrow
Wednesday: continue to research
Thursday: two intro paragraphs due Friday
Friday: rough draft (first four pages) due Monday

World History: We are beginning a short unit on ancient Greece; the next test will be Tuesday.

Homework:

Monday: finish worksheets and paragraph
Tuesday: Read pp. 102-114; answer p. 108 #2-5
Wednesday: Read pp. 115-127, make a 1-page outline
Thursday: map worksheet, p. 114 Define, ID, #1-6
Friday: study guide for test Wednesday

Gospel of John: We are about to begin another short unit (the last for this quarter) and will have another unit test on Tuesday of next week. Chapel this week will be on Friday instead of Wednesday.

Monday: Read pp. 59-60. pp. 60-62 #1-9.
Tuesday: pp. 63-66 #11-19.
Wednesday: pp. 68-72 #4-12.
Thursday: Read pp. 72-73. p. 73 #13-16.

World History - Greek Myths

For your assignment today, there are two worksheets. The first worksheet (no internet connection needed) is the one that says, "Greek Gods and Goddesses." For the second part of your assignment, you may choose one of two stories to read online. One is an adventure story about the Greek hero Jason and the Argonauts (you will hear a little bit more about him later in English class). The other is the story of Cupid and Psyche, a classic love story.

If you would like to read the story of Jason, click here:

http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/jason/index.html

Then click on "The Quest" and follow the blue arrows until you reach the end of the story.

If you would like to read the story of Cupid and Psyche, click here:

http://www.greekmythology.com/Books/Bulfinch/B_Chapter_11/b_chapter_11.html

You should have a worksheet in front of you which has some boxes for you to write down events in the story. (Event 1, Event 2, Event 3). However, these stories have more than three events. To make up for this, use the back of the worksheet to write down all the additional events in the story--you should have a total of at least ten.

Finally, after you have finished reading your story, write a paragraph responding to the appropriate prompt below.

Jason: What is Jason like as a hero, and what does that show about what the Greeks valued?

Cupid and Psyche: What does this story say about love?