2015-2016 Book Lists

10-12 Graders
Classical/ American Literature

September: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
                   Short stories by Hawthorne (I will provide a handout)


October: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
 
November: Our Town by Thornton Wilder

December: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

January : Frankenstein by Mary Shelly  (This is not an American author)
                "Essays on the Conduct of Life" by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( handouts)

February: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

March: My Antonia by Willa Cather

April: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

May: original work


US History: Bob Jones US History
I have the third edition, but they are so much alike it shouldn't make any difference.






8th and 9th Grade
Late Renaissance/ Early Modern Literature

September: The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
                   " Rikki Tikki Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling ( internet download will work)

October: "A Voyage to Lilliput" and ' A Voyage to Brobdingnag" by Jonathan Swift
               These are selections form Gulliver's Travels

November: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan ( please make sure this is unabridged)

December: " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and " Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving

January: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

February: Persuasion by Jane Austen

March: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

April: Poetry unit

May: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne




     

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: Take your "C" list and mark all the words you do not recognize. Please be ready to share.

 Literature: Read pages 1-99 of The Red Scarf Girl. We will continue in class.

Next week is our last week. I will be available until four o'clock for you guys to play volleyball.
I think we decided that everyone would bring a snack to share.


I will have your grade reports ready.
God bless.

Thursday morning ( Bluffton)

Grammar: No grammar homework.

Vocabulary: Take your "C" list and mark all the words you do not recognize. Please be ready to share.

Medieval Literature: Read the last section of King Arthur. I would also like for you to read Act 4 of "Romeo and Juliet". Please bring your copy to class.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 80, 81 and 82 of SWB's Medieval History.

Next week will be our last class. I will have grade reports ready.
God bless you all.

Tuesday classes

Next week is our last class. We will work for a short while to finish our material.

Vocabulary: Please review your "C" list. Highlight each word you do not know.

Medieval Literature: FInish the King Arthur book.
Bring "Romeo and Juliet" to class.

Medieval History: Read Chapters 80, 81 and 82 or if you are reading the text, please read any article about the First Crusade and the events that led to it.

US History: Read Chapter 25 for homework.

I will have grade reports ready for class next week.
Congratulations to Zachary and Autumn as they graduate.

Thursday afternoon class

Vocabulary: Review your "B' list and highlight every word you do not know. Be ready to share. We will look at the " C' list in class.

Literature: Finish reading  Air Raid  and bring Red Scarf Girl to class.

 I will bring snacks.

Thursday class

Grammar: Please bring your grammar book to class. We will try to finish Pattern 3 together.

Vocabulary: Please highlight any word on your " B" list you do not know and be ready to share.
We will look at the " C" list in class.

Medieval Literature: Read the next part in King Arthur and His Knights. It is entitled "Sir Pellias".
Please read Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet and bring your copy to class.

Medieval History: Be ready to share your poster again in class and present the following chapters:
( I will bring the supplies)

Chapter 71: Sarah and Jessica
Chapter 72: Sophie and Dakota
Chapter 73: Leilani and Logan
Chapter 75: Ross and Libby
Chapter 76: Mrs. Fowler

Tuesday Classes

Grammar: No homework, but please bring your grammar books to class. We are going to try and finish the work in Pattern 3 of Analytical Grammar.

Vocabulary:  Please highlight any "B" word you might not know. We will review and look at a "C" list in class.

Medieval Literature: Please read the next part in King Arthur and His Knights.  It is entitled "Sir Pellias".
Please make sure you bring Romeo and Juliet to class.

Medieval History:

Please be ready to present you poster in class from last week. We will keep the same groups present our information in class. Each group should be ready to "teach" the following chapter to class.

Chapter 69: Mrs. Fowler
Chapter 70: Hannah Wise and Timothy Edwards
Chapter 71: Trey, Justin and  Abigail
Chapter 72: David Wise and Cole Floyd
Chapter 73: Woods and Turner
Chapter 75: Mrs. Fowler
Chapter 76: Mrs. Fowler


US History: Read Chapters 23 and 24  for class.