Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

History: 
Test on Chapters 15 and 16.

Literature:
Read Acts 1 and 2 of Tartufe.

Friday Girls

Literature:
Read Pages 3-74 of Stalin by Albert Marrin
History:
Read Chapter 16 in Spielvogel. 
You girls did a wonderful job on your projects and  teaching.
Vocabulary:
1. ignoble: low in character or purpose
2. imbibe: to drink or take in
3. imbrue: to wet or moisten
4. imbroglio: misunderstanding (ill feelings)
5. incipient: beginning
6. indigent: poor
7. insipid: tasteless
8. irksome: wearisome
9. insular: pertaining to an island
10. islet: small island


I will email you each a study sheet for Chapter 15.

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ Lit

Vocabulary:

1. ignoble: low in character or purpose
2. imbibe: to drink or take in
3. imbrue:  to wet or moisten
4. imbroglio: misunderstanding  ( ill feelings)
5. incipient: beginning
6. indigent: poor
7. insipid: tasteless
8. irksome: wearisome
9. insular: pertaining to an island
10. islet: a small island

Literature:


Finish reading Paradise Lost.
I will post the paper topics later. These are not due yet!

Wednesday 9:15 World Lit

Vocabulary:
1. ignoble: low in character or purpose
2. imbibe: to drink or take in
3. imbrue: to wet or moisten
4. imbroglio: misunderstanding ( ill feelings)
5. incipeint: beginning
6. indigent: poor
7. insipid: tasteless
8. irksome: wearisome
9. insular: pertaining to an island
10. islet: small island

Literature: Read pages 1-74 in Albert Marrin's Stalin.


Nice jobs on the projects. I enjoyed them.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

Remember, no class on Thursday, the 27th!!!


Vocabulary: You are to take the quiz at home.

History: Complete the study sheet for Chapter 16 of Speilvogel.

Lit: Paper on Paradise Lost due on the 31st. The three options are listed on last Thursday's blog.
       I am avaiable if you would like to send rough drafts to me.

We are planning to review and introduce Tartuffe on Monday, then we are all going to Fuji for lunch.
Your moms can pick you up there, or I can help get you home.

God bless.

Friday World Lit and History

Vocabulary:
1. avow: to declare openly
2. banal: commonplace
3. bursar: treasurer
4. cede: to pass title to
5. comely: handsome
6. diatribe: bitter criticism
7. dilate: to enlarge in all directions
8. dolor: lamentation
9. emit: to send or give out
10. engender: to produce

Literature: Finish reading All Quiet on the Western Front
                    Complete propaganda project.


History: Answer all focus questions on Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.
               Prepare lessons for your assigned pages.

Monday/ Thursday Girls

Vocabulary: 
1. avow: to declare openly
2. banal: commonplace
3. bursar: treasurer
4. cede: to pass title to
5. comely: handsome
6. diatribe: bitter criticism
7. dilate: to enlarge in all directions
8. dolor: lamentation
9. emit: to send or give out
10. engender: to produce

Literature: 
Finish reading Paradise Lost.
Paper Options:
1000 words on one of the following:
1. Milton often depicts Satan as an attractive or sympathetic character. 
In what ways could Satan be seen as  attractive or sympathetic? Cite examples from the text.


2. How do Adam and Eve differ after their fall from grace?
Discuss the differences with examples from the epic.


3. Discuss Milton's attitudes of gender roles and marriage as seen in the epic. Cite examples.

History:
Complete study sheet on Chapter 15.
Make sure you have read Chapter 16.


Remember there is no class on the 27th!!!

 You will need the next book on the 31st.

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ Lit

Vocabulary:

1. avow: to declare openly
2. banal: commonplace
3. bursar: treasurer
4. cede: to pass title to
5. comely: handsome
6. diatribe: bitter criticism
7. dilate: to enlarge in all directions
8. dolor: lamentation
9. emit: to send or give out
10. engender: to give out

Literature: Read Books 7,8, and 9 of Paradise Lost.
Please be finding the next book selection.

Wednesday 9:15 World Lit

Vocabulary:


1. hackney: to make stale by repetition
2. heterogeneous: consisting of dissimilar elements
3. hibernal: pertaining to winter
4. homogeneous: made or of similar elements
5. hybrid: crossbred
6. hindmost: farthest from the front
7. hillock: small hill or mound
8. halcyon: calm
9. huckster: one who retails small wares
10. hydros: watery

Literature: Finish reading All Quiet on the Western Front.
                  Your propaganda project is due.

Please make sure you have a copy of Albert Marrin's Stalin.

M/TH Western Civ and Lit

I am so sorry that I had to cut the time short today. I feel a lot better and am fine.
We will meet at 8:15 on Thursday and stay a little longer if that is ok. I think that we will work until 10:30.
If you cannot stay, I understand.

Literature: Read Books 10 and 11 of Paradise Lost.
History:  Finish reading Chapter 16 of Spielvogel.
               We will begin your study sheets together on Thursday.
                Haley, I am emailing one to you.

Friday World lit and History

Vocabulary:
1. intuitive: prompted by natural tendency
2. mundane: found in ordinary course of events
3. opulent: superior quality
4. ostentatious: intended to attract notice
5. prosaic: not fanciful or imaginative
6. prudent: careful and sensible
7. querulous: habitually complaining
8. tenacious: good at remembering
9. vindicate: show to be right by providing proof
10. wary: marked by keen caution

Literature:
Read Chapters 7-9 in All Quiet on the Western Front.
Omit pages 143-153.
Begin memorizing Proverbs 31: 10-12.

History: Finish reading Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.
              Begin research for Project due on October 28.

Have a great weekend.

M/Th Western Civ and Lit

Vocabulary:
1. intuitive-prompted by natural tendencies
2. mundane- found in ordinary course of events
3. opulent- superior quality
4. ostentatious- intended to attract notice
5. prosaic- not fanciful or imaginative
6. prudent- careful and sensible
7. querulous- habitually complaining
8. tenacious- good at remembering
9. vindicate- show to be right by providing proof
10. wary- marked by keen caution


 Literature: Read Books 8 and 9 of Paradise Lost.


History: Read pages 483-500 in Chapter 16 of Spielvogel.
              If you have not anwered the focus quesitons for Chapter 15, please do so.

Rachel

Rachel,

Finish reading Chapter 14 of Spielvogel.

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ Lit

Vocabulary:
1. intuitive- prompted by a natural tendency
2. mundane- found in the ordinary course of events
3. opulent- rich or superior on quality
4. ostentatious- intended to attract attention
5. prosaic- not faniciful or imaginative
6. prudent- careful and sensible
7. querulous- habitually complaining
8. tenacious- good at remebering
9. vindicate- show to be right by providing proof
10. wary- marked by keen caution

Literature: Read Books 5 and 6 of Paradise Lost. 
                  Write a character sketch on any character from the text.
                  Your skectch must be short and concise. ( no more than 1/2 page)

Wednesday 9:15 World LIt

Justin,
We missed you today. I hope all went well.

Vocabulary:


1.gamut- whole range or sequence
2. genesis- creation
3. germane- relevant
4. gesticulation- to make gestures or motions
5. globular- spherical
6. glutinous- sticky
7. gnash- grind or strike teeth together
8. gibe- to utter taunts or reproaches
9. germinate- to begin to develop
10. glacial- icy, or icily cold

Literature: Read Chapters 7-9 of All Quiet on the Western Front. ( not pages 143-153)
                   Review your sheet of Figures of Speech for your own information.
                   Begin your research for your project due on Oct. 26
                   Bring your beginning research to class on Wednesday.

M/ Th Western Civ and Lit

Vocabulary: Quiz on Thursday.

Literature:  Read Books 6 and 7 of Paradise Lost.
                   Watch for more signs of foreshadowing as Milton unfolds the epic.

History: Make sure that you have read Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.
              Answer the focus questions.
              We will begin Chapter 16 for the weekend. If you would like to get ahead, that is great!      

Friday Girls

Vocabulary:

1. adulation: high praise
2. assiduous: hard working
3. benevolent: friendly, helpful
4. congregation: crowd of people
5. divergent: separating, moving in different directions
6. emulate: to follow an example
7. enervating: tiring, weakening
8. frugal: thrifty
9. impute: to attribute an action to particular person or group
10. longevity: long life

Literature: Read Chapters 4-6 in All Quiet on the Western Front. Please skip page 78.
                  Begin to consider your propaganda project.
                  Research propaganda of WW1.


History: Read pages 419 - 437 in Spielvogel.
              Answer appropriate focus questions.

Have a good weekend.

M/Th Western Civ and Lit

Vocabulary: 


1. adulation: high praise
2. assiduous: hard working
3. benevolent: friendly, helpful
4. congregation: crowd of people, gathering
5. divergent: separating, moving in different directions
6. emulate: to flow an example
7. enervating: tiring or weakening
8. frugal: thrifty
9. impute: to attribute an action to a particular person or group
10. longevity: long life

Literature: 
Read Chapters 4 and 5 of Paradise Lost.


History: Answer the Focus questions for Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.

Rachel

Western Civ:
Please read pages  410-421 of Spielvogel.
Review your study sheets several times before next week.

Have a good weekend!

Wednesday 1:15 Western Civ Lit

Vocabulary: 
1. adulation: high praise
2. assiduous: hard working
3. benevolent: friendly, helpful
4. congregation: crowd of people, gathering
5. divergent: separating, moving in different directions
6. emulate: to follow an example
7. enervating: tiring or weakening
8. frugal: thrifty
9. impute: to attribute an action to a particular person or group
10. longevity: long life

Literature: Read Books 3 and 4 of Paradise Lost.
Answer the following questions:

1. What is God the Father doing while Satan plans his revenge on Heaven?
2. Where is the Son?
3. How does God intend to satisfy both justice and mercy?
4. How does Satan deceive Uriel?
5. Where does the archangel direct Satan?

Wednesday 9:15 World History

Vocabulary:
1. fastidious: hard to please
2. festal: joyous
3. fete: a festival or feast
4. fidelity: loyalty
5. finite: limited
6. flue: floating polar ice
7. flux: a constant state of movement
8. frugal: economical
9. furbish: to restore brightness or beauty
10. fusible: capable of being melted by heat

Literature:  Read Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of All Quiet on the Western Front.
                     Please omit page 78 for your own protection.
                     I appreciate your honesty.

Begin thinking about a project on propaganda regarding WW1.
I will give you the specs next week.

God bless.

M/TH Western Civ and Lit

I am so sorry that I was so late posting, my internet has been down.

Western Civ.:  Read the remainder of Chapter 15 of Spielvogel.
                        We will discuss the focus questions in class.


Literature:  Read Book 3 of Paradise Lost.
                    Look for similes in Milton's description.


Vocabulary: There is no vocab quiz this week.

M/Th Western Civ and Lit

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