Friday World Lit

Literature:  Read Chapter 1-3 of All Quiet on the Western Front.


 No Vocabulary quiz on Friday.


History:   Test on Chapters 13 and 14 of Spielvogel.
                Study both study sheets carefully!

M/TH Western Civ and Lit

No vocabulary quiz for Thursday.
Please finish any vocabulary work at home this weekend.

Literature: Read Book 1 and 2 of Paradise Lost.
                  Read the Biblical account of the fall of Satan. Ez. 28 11-19.


History:  Begin Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.
                Read pages 443-459.
               If you have not taken your test, please either do so over the weekend or come at 9 on Monday.
               I am trying not to spend any more class time on those chapters.


Have a good weekend.      

Rachel

Rachel,
Please finish the study sheet for Chapter 13 of Spielvogel.

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ LIt

Vocabulary:


1. abate: to make less active
2. abdicate: to give up
3. amicable: characterized by friendship
4. arid: lacking sufficient water
5. brazen: unrestrained by convention
6. brusque: rudeness
7. colloborate: work together on a common project
8. convergence: two or more things coming together
9. digression: message that departs from main subject
10. disdain: dislike, disrespect

Lit: Read First and Second Book of Paradise Lost.

Wednesday World Lit 9:15

Vocabulary:
1. edict: that which is proclaimed by authority
2. educe: to draw out
3. effuse: to pour forth
4. egosim: theory placing man's goodness in completeness of self
5. elegy:lyric poem lamenting the dead
6. emaciate: to waste away in flesh
7. enmity: hatred
8. ensnare: to entrap
9. entrails: internal parts of an animal
10. eulogy: spoken or written lauds of a person's life or character

Literature: Read Chapters 1- 3 of All Quiet on the Western Front.


Have a good weekend!

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

History:  
Prepare for a test on Chapters 13 and 14 of Spielvogel. Use your study sheet to prepare.
                I will dismiss at 9:30, but you may stay late if you need more time.


Literature: Memory work quiz on the "Tomorrow" speech from Macbeth.
                    Correct final Macbeth essay.                  

Vocabulary: Quiz on last list of Macbeth words.

Please make sure that you have a copy of Paradise Lost by John MIlton.

Friday World LIt.

Vocabulary:
1. evanescent: not lasting long
2. florid: ornate
3. intrepid: fearless
4. sagacity: wisdom
5. pragmatic: practical
6. spurious: false, untrue
7. vernerable: respectable because of age
8. wary: careful, watchful
9. vindicate: to free from blame
10. reclusive: withdrawn.

Literature:  Finish reading Sergeant York

Memory Work: Be ready to write In Flanders Fields


History: Complete the reading of Chapter 14
               Answer the questions on the Study Sheet for Chapter 13.

Monday/ Thursday Western CIv and Lit

Vocabulary:

1. braggart: boastful person
2. abjure: formally reject a belief
3. hoodwink: influence with deceit
4. assay: an appraisal of the state of affairs
5. trammel: a restraint that confines freedom
6. farrow: (v) give birth  (n) production of a litter of pigs
7. requite: to return something
8. pernicious: exceedingly harmful
9. adder: viper common to northern Eurasia
10. malice: quality of threatening evil


Literature: Be ready on Thursday to write memory work from Macbeth.
                    Please make sure you have a copy of Paradise Lost.




History: Complete study sheet for Chapter 14 of Spielvogel.
               We will continue our review on Monday.

Have a good weekend.

Rachel

Please complete study sheet for Chapter 13 of Western Civ.

Wednesday Western Civ Lit 1:15

Vocabulary:
1. braggart: boastful person
2. abjure: formally reject a formerly held belief
3. hoodwink: influence with deceit
4. assay: an appraisal of the state of affairs
5. trammel: a restraint that confines freedom
6. farrow: (v) to give birth (n) production of a litter of pigs
7. requite: make a payment for or return something
8. pernicious:exceedingly harmful
9. adder: viper common to northern Eurasia
10. malice: the quality of threatening evil

Literature: Please finish reading Macbeth.


Memory Work: Be prepared to write the "Tomorrow" speech from Act 5. Scene 5 of Macbeth.

Wednesday 9:45 World Lit

Vocabulary:
1. debase: lower in estimation
2. decamp: to leave suddenly
3. decapod: 10 footed
4. decimate: destroy a measurable or large portion of
5. defame: to slander
6. demise: death
7. descry: to discern
8. dilate: to enlarge in all directions
9. distend: to stretch out or expand
10. dolefuly: melancholy

Memory Work: Flanders Field. Please be ready to write with punctuation.


Literature:
Finish reading Sergeant York.


Please ask your parents about any member of your family that may have served in WW11 that may be a good candidate for our veterans project. The information is on the US Library of Congress website.

God bless.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

You will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday. There will just be one more list of words from Macbeth.

On September 28 you will need to be prepared to write the "Tomorrow " speech from Act 5. Scene 5 of Macbeth. Please be careful of the punctuation.

Complete your study sheet of Chapter 13 of Spielvogel, and be ready to discuss the remainder of Chapter 14.

Choose one of the following topics and prepare a rough draft for class on Thursday. The complete essay will need to be 2 pages and include a clear thesis statement, supporting details, and examples from the text.
1. What was the role of the "Weird Sisters" in Macbeth? What did Shakespeare achieve because of their
     presence?
2. Was Macbeth a moral play? Was justice served in the end?
3. Discuss the dramatic irony in Macbeth. How did Shakespeare use it create the experience for the     audience?

Friday World History and Lit

Memory Work:  Work on Flanders Field.
                            You will need to be ready on September 30.
                            We will all agree on a date for Proverbs 31.
Literature:  Read Chapters 19-24 in Sergeant York.
                    Make corrections to essays.


History:  Read Pages 392-305 in Spielvogel.
              Your study guides will be ready next week.
Vocabulary: 
1. arid: lacking sufficient rainfall
2. censure: criticize harshly
3. convergence: joining of parts
4. disdain: to regard with scorn
5. emulate: follow an example
6. extenuating: guilt diminishing
7. hedoist: pleasure seeker
8. impute: to attribute to someone
9. novice: beginner
10. opulent: wealthy

Have a great weekend!

Monday / Thursday Western Civ and Lit

Happy Birthday, Tori Owens! I hope your day is wonderful!

Vocabulary:

1. doff: remove

2. warden: person in charge of a prison

3. kinsman: male relative

4. purgative: strong laxative

5. weal: raised mark on the skin

6. verity: conformity to reality

7. auger: long, flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

8. shard: broken pieces of brittle artifact

9. largess: gift or money given for service or out of benevolence

10. sundry: consisting of assortment

Literature: Read Act 5 of Macbeth.

                    Complete final draft of essay.

Memory Work:  Memorize Tomorrow speech from Act 5.Scene 5 of Macbeth.

                             You will write it on September 28.

History:  Finish Chapter 14 of Spielvogel.

                Work on appropriate Focus Questions.

Rachel

Rachel,
When you get your textbook, begin reading Chapter 13. You will want to answer the focus questions as you get to the information.

Take care,
Mrs. S

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ Lit

Vocabulary: 
1. doff: remove
2. warden: person who is in charge of a prison
3. kinsman: a male relative
4. purgative: strong laxative
5. weal: raised mark in the skin
6. verity: conformity to reality
7. auger: long, flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
8. shard: broken pieces of brittle artifact
9. largess: gift or money given for service or out of benevolence
10. sundry: consisting of an assortment

Literature:  Read Act 3 of Macbeth
                   Make corrections to papers for final draft.

Memory Work: "Tomorrow" speech from Act 5. Scene 5.
                            You will write this portion of Macbeth on September 28.

Thank you all for your hard work. It is a blessing.

Wednesday 9:45 World Lit

What a nice class today. I am blessed to be with you for this season.

Vocabulary: 
1. callow: without experience of the world.
2. cannon: any rule or law
3. carrion: dead flesh
4. chagrin: annoyance
5. chattel: personal property
6. clemency: mercy
7. coddle: to treat like a baby
8. cohere: to stick together
9. comely: handsome
10. commingle: to blend

Literature: Read Chapters 19-24 of Sergeant York
                  Work on a final draft of your pandemic essay.
                
Memory Work: Be ready to Write In Flanders Fields on September 28

God bless.
                    

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

If you did not take your vocabulary quiz, you will need to be ready on Thursday.
Vocabulary quizzes will be on Thursdays for the remainder of the year.

History: Read pages 410-425 in Spielvogel. 
              Please answer any appropriate focus questions.

Literature:  Read Act 4 of Macbeth.
                  I will return essays for final copies on Thursday.


Memory work:  "Tomorrow" speech. You will be required to write it on Sept. 29th.

It was nice to have Spencer with us today.
God bless.

Friday World Lit and History

Vocabulary:


1. anomaly-something that doesn't follow the norm
2. unremitting- relentless
3. anarchy- chaos, great disorder
4. immutable-cannot be changed
5. intrepid- having no fear
6. benefactor- one who has given help
7. resilient- able to bounce back from adversity
8. misanthrope-a person who hates or mistrusts humankind
9. gregarious- enjoying the company of groups
10. amity- peaceful, friendly relations

Literature: Read Chapters 9-18 in Sergeant York
                    Write a three paragraph essay on the Pandemic of 1918.
                     Please include an introduction, a clear thesis statement, supporting
                     facts, and a conclusion.
                     Please make note of your research sources.



History:  Finish reading Chapter 13 in Spielvogel.
                Answer all focus questions and come ready to discuss the chapter.

Memory work:  In Flanders Field
                            Proverbs 31 beginning with verse 10.   



 Have a great weekend.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

Vocabulary:
1. crack of doom- end of time
2. sprite- small being, fairy
3. liege- a person who owes allegiance, follower
4. benison- blessing
5. harbinger- something that precedes, forerunner
6. rapt- feeling of great joy
7. vantage- place, position
8. minion- fawning dependent
9. purge- purify, cleanse
10. interdiction- court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

Literature: Read Act 3 of Macbeth.
                    Write a 5 paragraph essay on one character of Macbeth.
                    You may write on character qualities, actions, or influences.
                    I will be looking for a clear thesis statement, supporting details and a strong intro and
                    conclusion.

Memory Work:  Work on the Tomorrow speech by Macbeth in Act 5. Scene 5.
                             Due on September 29th.


Western Civ: (Spielvogel) Be ready to discuss the last three focus questions in Chapter 13.
                        Review tenets of Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Calvinism.
                     
                 

Wednesday 9:15 World Lit

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. becalm: to make quiet

2. bedlam: madhouse
3. befog: to confuse
4. benison: blessing
5. beset: to attack on all sides
6. bibliophile: one who loves books
7. bide: to await
8. biped: animal having two feet
9. blithe: joyous
10. boll: round pod or seed capsule


Literature: Read Chapters 9-18 of Sergeant York
Write a three paragraph essay on research that you gather on the Pandemic of 1918.
Include: An Introduction
              A Clear thesis statement
              Supporting facts
              Restatement of your thesis
              Conclusion
Please note your research sources.

God bless.

Mrs. F

Wednesday 1: 15 Western Civ LIt

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. crack of doom- end of time
2. sprite- small being, fairy
3. liege- a person who owes allegiance, follower
4. benison-blessing
5. harbinger-something that precedes, forerunner
6. rapt- feeling of great joy
7. vantage- place, position
8. minion- fawning dependent
9. purge- purify
10. interdiction-court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

Literature:
Read Act 2 of Macbeth
Write a three paragraph essay on one character of Macbeth.
Include an introduction, a clear thesis statement, supporting facts and a conclusion.

God bless.

Mrs. F

Friday World Lit/ History

I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed the class today. I can tell already that it is going to be a blessing.

These are your assignments for next week.

Literature: Read Chapters 1-8 of Sergeant York.

Answer the following questions in you notebook:

1. How would you define a hero?

2. Do you agree with Alvin York's stand on not serving in the military?

3. What do believe that scripture says about serving in the military?

History: Read Pages 362-383 of the text.

Answer the focus questions in your notebook that are appropriate for the reading.

Vocabulary: Quiz

1. abjure- to reject

2. antipathy- strong dislike

3. approbation- praise

4. assiduous- hard working

5. blandish- to coax by flattery

6. boon- gift or blessing

7. brusque- short or abrupt

8. cajole- urge, coax

9. clemency- mercy

10. contrite- eager to be forgiven

We will discuss your memorization text at our next class.

God bless.

Western Civ. Monday/ Thursday Class

There will be no class on Labor Day, however, we will meet longer next Thursday.

Please plan on being here until 11.

Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday.

Literature: Read Act 2 of Macbeth.

I am still trying to find a good link for Holinshed. I will let you all know.

History: Finish reading Chapter 13 in Wes. Civ.

Record answers for the Focus questions on the reading. We will discuss them on Thursday.