Week 11 Class Work and Homework
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Day
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Class Work
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Homework
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Monday
Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit
points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be
returned to you before end of period). If you
complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points.
Ideas to explore:
Why were the colonists dissatisfied
with their British rulers?
How did the freedom movement affect
the rights of women, slaves, and Native Americans?
Was religion an important influence
on the philosophies of the founding fathers?
Was science an important influence
on the philosophies of the founding fathers?
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CAA Revised Demonization Essays due last Day.
Declaration of Independence:
Preamble Recitations
Handouts Due
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Check Test Take Home p. 178 (29)
Vocabulary Test P/ 178 (30)
Study for Selection Test on Declaration
of Independence. Review Jefferson’s arguments in favor of Independence. Be able to discuss his diction and
style and types of logical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos).
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Tuesday
Objectives/Goals
Explore themes of joining together on
cooperation and peace
To identify and understand concrete
symbols that stand for abstract ideas
To identify elements of leadership and
control
To understand the phrases used in
sentences
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Test on Declaration of Independence
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Read Pp. 217 American Classic, Pp. 218-219 American
Romanticism
Read pp. 220-224
Take Cornell Notes
Note and study Characteristics of Period
· An impulse toward reform
· A celebration of
individualism
· A reverence for nature
· A concern with the impact of
new technology
· An idealization of women
· A fascination with death and
the supernatural
· Transcendentalism- the belief
that through intuitive contemplation individuals could “transcend” reason and
discover a higher reality
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Wednesday
To understand early British and
colonial conflicts which contributed to the colonies Spirit of Independence
To identify examples of
Characterization using STEAL
To learn that words change their
meaning across time
To recognize a writer’s use of
vivid verbs and verb phrases
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Figurative Language Pp. 222(1)
And Study Guide (p. 2)
Complete in Teams
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Vocabulary Self-Reliance (p. 222)
p. 3
Render-give in
return
Bestow-give as
gift
Hinder-get in
way; make difficult
Importune, ask
urgently or repeatedly
Capitulate-surrender
Remember to use correct form of
verb.
Grammar Verb Forms (p. 4)
Review infinitive, present
participle, past, and past participle.
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Thursday
Vocabulary
Formidable
Disciplined
Precipitation
Prowess
Plunder
Impious
Dominion
Solace
Insidious
Entreaty
Remonstrate
Prostrate
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Discuss Self-Reliance
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Vocabulary Test and Check Test
Study for Exam on Self-reliance
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Friday
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Self- reliance Exam
Short Answers and 5-paragraph Essay
Skip lines, Back up your claims
using logical arguments and evidence.
Extra credit for using vocabulary words
correctly. Underline/highlight words before you turn in paper.
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Read Walden pp. 226 and Civil
Disobedience pp. 231
Take Cornell Notes and answer questions
1-8 pp. 254.
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