Second Semester, Week 9 Updates and Assignments

"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next."  Abraham Lincoln

Math:
Algebra ½ Students: We covered Lessons 97 - 100 today. Don't forget to complete the exercises and stay on top of your weekly tests.


Logic:
We discussed Lesson 16 and worked in pairs to complete several of the problems in the Exercise for the same lesson.  For many, this semester's Logic is flowing much better than last semester's and for others, it's still a bit of a blurr.  Don't give up!  It just takes practice and looking at all the rules.  I'll allow you to use a copy of page 207 for your upcoming quiz, but you have to bring in your own copy of it.  Remember, you'll work in pairs so you can help one another.  It will be very helpful to not only study the problems in the actual homework and the  Review for Lessons 13 - 16 because the questions will come from either or a combination of the two.



Literature:
Your Short Stories are due next week!  Everyone should bring in your story for peer review.  I will randomly have a portion of the class read their stories for input and critique from the class.  You are also to read "The Casket Scenes," "Iago's Intentions," "Paradise Lost", "The Pardoner's Tale," and "I Heard the Bells" this week and be prepared to answer the discussion questions.



Defeating Darwinism
This was the last week for DD.  Your final exam is next week, so please review your outlines and notes.  You may use them to take the test.  There are only 10 questions on the test, with one bonus question.

We'll begin Chemistry the following week, so please order the text if you haven't already.


Mock Trial:
A great class today!  I can tell many of you are putting in quite a bit of work regarding MT.  However, several are still lagging behind.  Remember what I told you in last week's email...

"It is your job to know your role/part inside and out.  As lawyers, you must not only know your case, but every thing about the case, your witnesses and the witnesses of your opponents.  If you are a witness, you must take on the persona of your character as if it were your alter-ego and you are striving for an Academy Award. Play time is definitely over and it's now game on! Any slip up, missed piece of evidence, or failure to know your character could cost your team the case.  While we're truly out to have fun and learn, we also want to put forth our best efforts to bring home the win."

This week you're to write questions for the direct and cross examination for the defense witnesses Barrett and McGuire.  We covered quite a bit of information during class that will be beneficial in this process, so I pray you were paying attention.  Also reread the sections on objections and court procedures (identifying evidence, etc.).


Latin:
See Mrs. Richardson's separate email regarding your assignments.

Enjoy the week and weekend. 


Blessings and Love,

Ms. Sharon