Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Work Due October 31, 2014 Halloween

Literature:  Last test on The Trojan War in class.  Bring your two Aeneid Books.




Geography:  Africa Papers due.  Please use the topics you agreed to in class.  Please use 2 to 3 Sources.  Use the format you used last time (MLA)  and include the sources in the text.  No Works Cited page needed, but do not discard the information on the sources.  This time 3-5 typed pages, please. 

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Work for 28 October 2014

World Geography:  Write summaries of each of the articles about Greece and Italy on the Current events form.  Your Africa Paper is due 10/31.






Literature:  Finish the last chapters of the Trojan War.  You will have the final quiz on it when you are ready (to be determined) .  We will discuss the Character paper due the first week in Nov.  On 10/31 we will begin the Aeneid.  Bring the text and the Student Guide.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Work Due 24 October 2014

Geography:  Read the Introduction to Europe, and Greece, and Italy, part of the grouping Lands of the Mediteranean.  Do map drawing and coloring in the student guide book and add some current facts about these two countries from your two articles.  Bring the articles in.




Literature: Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the Return of the Heroes.  Do pp. 60-65 in the student guide.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Work Due 21 October 2014

Geography:  No new assignments.  Please bring both books Geography I and be prepared to tell me your paper topic.  We will formulate your thesis sentence.


World Literature:  The Trojan War-Part V- The Fall of Troy----Chapters I, II, III.  Do pages 54-55-56-57, Including enrichment in Student Guide.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Work Due October 17, 2014

World Geography: Finish taking notes about Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.  Know What happened in the Arab Spring and what is happening up to 16 December 2013 when the summaries you are reading were last updated by the BBC World News. Also Know where each country is and its capital and location.  If you discuss other cities besides the capital, place them on the map.


Next go to Sudan and write notes about what has been happening there.
Begin with the article from HRW  Human Rights Watch which discusses the situation there on 23 September 2013.  then go to the article from the Sudan Tribune 11 October 2014 "Heavy" Fighting  Hits South Sudan and get an update from that.  You must know what happened and what the results will be.


I hope you will be ready on Friday with this information. 




World Literature:  You will have a test on Part Four -The Close of the War, Chapters 1-7.  Go over the Questions, the Characters' Identities, Quotations and Enrichment Vocabulary.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Work for 14 October 2014

Geography:  you have all been sent an email with your assignment and attached articles to print and study.  Please do so.






Literature:  Please Read and do the pages in the Student Guide on Book IV  The Close of the War Chapters 5,6, and 7.  We will discuss them as well as Chapter 4 (Pyrrhus) that we did not complete in class on Friday.  I will create a test for that Book to take ?? When you are ready.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Work for 10 October 2014

World Geography:  Prepare well for your in class test of  the African Continent.  We have yet to do North Africa which is covered in Book I so bring Student text and Guide to class.  Also keep collecting any news about Ebola in the Western Coastal countries and don't forget about the Kurds in the Middle East hot spots.






World Literature: Do Chapters 1-4 of Book IV (read and do questions.)  Please do all the questions, vocabulary, and add to your character list ( Do not write discussion questions.  They are for discussion.)  I have to see two more Guidebooks and will collect them today.  You know who you are!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Work For 7 October 2014

World Geography: Do Quiz on first part of Africa Lessons 1-4. We will go over Lessons 2,3,4 first. (Prepare for test on Lessons 1 to 8 by completing the map with the rest of the countries.  Study them and their capitals.)  We will review in class.


You will need to bring Student text and workbook for Geography # 1.
We are starting Northern Africa and it is in Book 1.


World Literature I :  Prepare for Test on Book III in class on Tuesday.