Friday Girls

History: Test on Chapters 23 and 24 of Spielvogel. Use your study sheets.
             Read Chapter 25


Lit: Finish The Elephant and the Tiger.
       Please make sure that you have a copy of The Red Scarf Girl.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

Literature:  Pages 1-56 of Brave New World
                   Complete your paper on the three commandments.



History:  Read pages 875-880 of Chapter 28 of Spielvogel.
               Answer the following in essay form:
               
               1. Explain Hitler's "Final Solution". What steps did the Nazi party take to try and achieve it?
               2. Discuss the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese reaction.
               3. Explain the Resistance Movement in Nazi-Occupied Europe.

               

Wednesday 1:15 Western Lit

Finish reading Animal Farm. 
Use your handout as reference if you need it.

Construct a rough draft for your contrast and comparison paper.
Compare American and English Lit for any periods. Please give specific examples from experts.
1500 words. MLA please.

Wednesday 9:45 World Lit

Finish The Elephant and the Tiger.

Complete your own timeline for the main events of the war.

Please make sure that you have a copy of Red Scarf Girl.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

History: Complete the study sheet for Chapter 27 in Spielvogel.
              Please make sure that you have read the entire chapter.


Literature: Construct an essay using Animal Farm as a backdrop.
                   State the three most important commandments for a society. Defend your choices and give  examples. Your essay must be 400-500 words. MLA of course.

See you on Thursday!!!

Briley,
Tartuffe :)
                 

Friday World History and Lit

Thank you to those who attended the talk by Mr. Stone. I appreciate the effort that you made to come.

History: Read Chapter 24 in Spielvogel.
Literature:  Read pages 86-156 in The Elephant and the Tiger.


Madeline,
We missed you and hope that you feel better.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

History: Read the remainder of Chapter 27 in Spielvogel.
Literature: Finish you original story with symbolic elements. Use Animal Farm or Narnia as a guide.

Wednesday 1:15 Western LIt

Read Chapters 1- 5 of Animal Farm.
Make a character list of all major characters.

Continue research toward your paper about American and English literature. 
Please make sure that you note any references for future use.
 You may want to research specific characteristics and examples.  The following website may help:
     staff.edmonds.wednet.edu or google literary periods and their characteristics.

See you all next week.

Wednesday, 9:15 World Lit

Wasn't Mr. Stone wonderful? I am so sorry that every student in Beaufort County could not hear him today. It was such a treat. It isn't everyday that a man who served his country tells about his service and ends his talk with scripture. God blessed us today.

Please read pages 53- 156 of The Elephant and the Tiger. ( There are a lot of pictures and some students felt as if they had not had enough reading.)

Construct a timeline with around 15 entries from the French occupation of Vietnam to the current reading.

Try to stick to major points and people.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

Please remember that you are invited on Wednesday at 9:45 to hear Mr. Terry Stone speak on his experience in Vietnam. We will meet in the youth house at CBC and begin promptly at 9:45.

Literature: Begin constructing a work of fiction with some elements of symbolism. Due one week from today.
                   You may choose from one of the following topics:
                    1. Religious persecution
                    2. Overpowering government
                    3. Family disfunctional


History:  Read pages 839-855 of Spielvogel.
               Please bring your study sheet on Chapter 26 to class.
       

Friday World History

Please remember that Mr. Terry Stone will speak at 9:45 on Wednesday. He will be in the youth center
at CBC. Please try to do your Elephant and the Tiger reading.

Literature: Read to page 86 in The Elephant and the Tiger.


History: Read Chapter 23 of Spielvogel.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

History: Complete the reading for Chapter 26 in Spielvogel.
Literature: Find 5 examples of symbolism in Animal Farm and chart both the symbol and the meaning.

Wednesday 1:15 Western Lit

Please make sure that you have a copy of Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Write a 300-400 word essay on one of the following: ( MLA format please!)

1. Do our personal choices have consequences to ourselves or even society?
    Answer the question in the light of Frankenstein and what it taught.
    Give specific examples.
2. Is there responsibility that lies with the quest of knowledge?
    Please answer in light of examples in the novel, Frankenstein.
3. Using the novel as a backdrop, discuss if the "creation" in Frankenstein was a picture of Adam or Satan.
Use specific examples from the text.

Because of the nature of the essay, first person will be allowed.

Use the examples from class and research examples of British and American literature that represent each quality.

Wednesday 9:45 World Lit

I am hoping that Mr. Stone will be with us next week for class.
Please read pages 1-52 of The Elephant and the Tiger.

Monday/ Thursday Western Civ and Lit

Literature: Read Chapters 7-10 of Animal Farm.
                  We will look at Stalin and Trotsky on Thursday.



History: Read pages 803-820 of Chapter 26 of Spielvogel.
              Keep the focus questions in mind as you read.

Friday World History and Lit

Vocabulary:
Exam on the 100 words of the second semester. Please substitute the "i" words from last week for the list from Week 9 on the study sheet.

History: Complete the test from Chapters 20 and 22  of Spielvogel.

Literature: Read Chapter 1 of The Elephant and the Tiger.

Briley

Briley,

Please continue with the Animal Farm reading and also refer the the blog entry of November 14 , 2011.
Write a 500-600 word essay on one of the choices of the Tartuffe essays.
Make sure that you use MLA format. If you have any questions, use the Purdue OWL Writing Lab online.
I am also available to you.

 Take care.