Fortis Academy: Week 17, December 8-12, 2025

11th Week 1712/8/202512/9/202512/10/202512/11/202512/12/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Dual Credit American & Modern LitPresentationsPrep for presentationPresentationsPrep for presentationPresentations
American & Modern LitDiscuss Final ExamWork on Final Exam1st Semester Final Exam dueNo assignmentDiscuss the Semester; Have a good Christmas break!
Pre-CalculusReviewCreate Semester Review SheetChapter 7/Semester ExamChapter 7/Semester Exam
Intro to PhiloDiscuss Final ExamWork on Final Exam1st Semester Final Exam dueNo assignmentDiscuss the Semester; Have a good Christmas break!
Biblical GreekChristmas translation exercise with assigned partner/groupStudy ALL vocabulary for 15 minutes.Cont...Christmas translation exercise with assigned partner/groupStudy ALL vocabulary for 15 minutes.Game day: Greek PictionaryMerry Christmas!
Christian ThoughtDiscuss final examWork on final exam1st Semester Final Exam dueNo assignmentDiscuss the Semester; Have a good Christmas break!
Physicsfinish chapter 7study for test on Wednesday and finish all homeworktest on chapter 7 turn in notebookno homeworkcorrect test in class
American & Modern HistoryFinish ch. 11, Reconstruction discussion. Civil War amendments.Ch. 11 Narration. Complete one of the following options: 1) Write a 1 page response to your feelings about/response to Reconstruction. 2) Create a picture narration that expresses some aspect of Reconstruction. 3) Craft a poem from your understanding of Reconstruction. Due tomorrow!!In-class semester exam. Bring textbook & notes as this will be open note/book.No HWGame day: Jeopardy!Merry Christmas!
French IIWeather reports. Poetry and Christmas songsRead the summary of Le Comte de Monte-Cristo in French. Be prepared for discussion on Thursday.Zoom meeting tomorrow 10 a.m.Zoom meeting 10 a.m.Joyeux Noël
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 Fortis Academy: Week 16, December 1-5, 2025

11th Week 1612/1/202512/2/202512/3/202512/4/202512/5/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Dual Credit American & Modern LitMary Oliver - Wild Geese

Yeats:
- The Second Coming
- Easter 1916		Yeats:
- The Second Coming
- Easter 1916		Yeats:
- The Second Coming
- Easter 1916		By the waters if BabylonBy the waters if Babylon

HW: Prep for presentation
American & Modern LitHand out 1st Semester Final Exam; discussWork on Final ExamDiscuss Final ExamWork on Final ExamDiscuss Final Exam
Pre-CalculusParametric Equations for an Ellipse and The Pythagorean IdentitySection 7.5: 1, 2, 3-5, 7-14Graphs of Inverse Trig FunctionsSection 7.6: 5-21 odd
Can you draw the graphs of the inverse trig functions?		Chapter 7 ReviewSemester Final 12/10 and 12/12
Intro to PhiloHand out 1st Semester Final Exam; discussWork on Final ExamDiscuss Final ExamWork on Final ExamDiscuss Final Exam
Biblical GreekHand out exam, discuss. Introduction to verbs. Review vocabulary.Read section overview 4 & chapter 15. Study vocabulary for 10 minutes.Questions over ch. 15. Work on translation exercise in workbook.Read ch. 16. Make vocab cards for ch. 16 and study them for 10 minutes.Questions over ch. 16. Begin ch. 16 exercises in class.
Christian ThoughtHand out 1st Semester Final Exam; discussWork on final examReview the semester - What are our conclusions? What is Christian discipleship?Work on final examDiscuss final exam
Physicschapter 7 pp 169-172finish reading chapter 7 work on homeworkin class work for chapter 7 work on homework and study for test on next weekhomework and study for test on chapter 7homework and study for test on chapter 7homework and study for test on chapter 7
American & Modern HistoryHand back remaining graded work. Finish discussing chapter 10 notes, discussionRead ch. 11, Reconstruction, pg. 190-204.Chapter 11 notes, discussion.Complete ch. 11 workbook questions #1, 6, 8-9, 13-14, 24. Due tomorrow.BRING WORKBOOK! Group work activity on ch. 11 document: the 14th Amendment.**Co-teachers: there will be an open note & open book semester exam next Wednesday, 12/10.
French IIThursday 11/20 HW due.Review passe compose ; Chapter 6 la meteo, Object pronouns, reflexive verbs with the past.Study for quiz on regular and irregular past participles on Wednesday. Do exercises M, N, and O on pages 96, 97, 98.Quiz on regular and irregular past participles.//Reflexive verbs in the past, il y a,Prepare #1 (written) in "A Vous la Parole" on page 101. Be ready to give your weather report in French! Due Monday. Also, read "La Lecture" on page 101 and be prepared for a discussion.no class
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 Fortis Academy: Week 15, November 17-21, 2025

11th Week 1511/17/202511/18/202511/19/202511/20/202511/21/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Dual Credit American & Modern LitWWI Poets- Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
- Mary Oliver: Wild Geese		Robert Frost
Mary Oliver		William Butler Yeats
-The Second Coming
-Easter 1916
Yeats

HW: "By the waters of Babylon"
American & Modern LitRead/listen The Screwtape Letters dramatization, Letters 28-31; discuss; hand out prompt for Essay 2.2 in class on FridayRead The Screwtape Letters, Letters 25-31; Plan for essayDiscuss essayPrepare for essayEssay 2.2 complete in class
Pre-CalculusAlgebraic Tranformations of Trigonometric ExpressionsSection 7.3: 1-33 eoo, 43-53 oddArcsine, Arctangent, Arccosine
vs
sin ^-1, tan^-1, cos^-1		Section 7.4: 1-35 every other oddParametric Equations for an Ellipse and The Pythagorean Identity Section 7.5: 1, 2, 3-5, 7-14Chapter 7 Test 12/5
Intro to PhiloDiscuss essayPrepare for essayWrite Essay 2.1 in classNo assignmentDiscuss the essays
Biblical GreekReview #3 in classStudy for examReview #3 in classStudy for examTest #2 Chapters 10-14Happy Thanksgiving!
Christian ThoughtDiscuss Atheism on Trial, Markos - Good Without God, 241-264; discuss essay; Essay 2.1 What if the arguments of the book are true? Discuss the impact of this idea from the perspective of how you think, look at the world around you, and how you should live. Is it reasonable to see life through these ideas? If so, we do we not think and live in light of them?Prepare for essayDiscuss essayPrepare for essayWrite Essay 2.1 in class
Physicstest chapter 6begin reading chapter 7begin chapter 7chapter 7
American & Modern HistoryTurn in Narrations. Finish group work/questions from Friday. Discuss ch. 10.Read 2nd inaugural address of Lincoln using this link. Write a 1 page compare/contrast essay between Lincoln's 1st & 2nd inaugural addresses.Discuss the differences & similarities between the two addresses. Watch "Land of Hope" lesson 10 video.No HW! :)Finish discussing ch. 10:Happy Thanksgiving!
French IIChapter 6; weather, passe compose reviewListen to the Chapter 6 recording on the weather in Canada. Also listen to a Quebecois weather report from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsDrGnP3soChapter 6; Zoom class Thursday at 10. See email for invite, ID # and passcode. Passe compose reviewZoom class; you may complete the homework after the class or during the weekend. Do exercise H, p. 94, I, and J page 95. To turn in Monday December 1.no classJoyeux Thanksgiving!
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  Fortis Academy, Week 14, November 10-14, 2025

11th Week 1411/10/202511/11/202511/12/202511/13/202511/14/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Dual Credit American & Modern LitHappy Prince

"The Yellow Wallpaper" vs "The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne"?		- Tennyson: The Charge of the Light Brigade

- Rupert Brooke: The Soldier

- Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum Est

- Siegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches

- Siegfried Sassoon: The General		"The Yellow Wallpaper" vs "The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne"

WWI Poets?		- Tennyson: The Charge of the Light Brigade

- Rupert Brooke: The Soldier

- Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum Est

- Siegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches

- Siegfried Sassoon: The General		WWI Poets

HW:
- Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken

- Mary Oliver: Wild Geese
American & Modern LitRead/listen The Screwtape Letters dramatization, Letters 19-21; discussRead The Screwtape Letters, Letters 19-21Read/listen The Screwtape Letters dramatization, Letters 22-24; discussRead The Screwtape Letters, Letters 22-24Read/listen The Screwtape Letters dramatization, Letters 25-27; discuss
Pre-CalculusSinusoidal Functions as Mathematical ModelsSection 6.7 1, 3-5, 11, 13Section 6.7 (con't)
Recipricol Trig Functions and Three Pythagorean Properties		Study for Chapter 6 TestChapter 6 Test
Section 7.2:2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10		Chapter 7 Test 12/5
Intro to PhiloDiscuss packet "Virtue Ethics and Education"Read packet "Virtue Ethics and Education"Discuss packet "Virtue Ethics and Education"; Essay 2.1 Discuss the relationship between happiness, excellence, and the good life. What is education? How do your ideas about happiness, excellence, and the good life relate to education? Should education be about developing a “whole person?” Support your answer. Discuss the essay
Prepare for the essayDiscuss the essay
Biblical GreekFinish ch. 13 exercises. Review vocabulary together in class.Read ch. 14. Make vocabulary cards for ch. 14.Chapter 14 questions and exercises in class.Translate ch. 14 translations for 30 minutes. Review ALL vocabulary.Work with partners. Vocab: 15 minutes, translations: 20 minutes. Review answers.
Christian ThoughtDiscuss Atheism on Trial, Markos - The Illusion of Choice, pp. 223-240; Watch video "The Story of Reality" - Session 6: ResurrectionRead Atheism on Trial, Markos - The Illusion of Choice, pp. 223-240Discuss Atheism on Trial, Markos - The Illusion of Choice, pp. 223-240; discuss quizRead Atheism on Trial, Markos - The Illusion of Choice, pp. 223-240; Prepare for quizTake Quiz 2.3 in class
Physicschapter 6 pp 141-147read chapter 6 pp 148-155 begin working on homework and finish writing up density experimentchapter 6 pp 148-155finish homework and experiment on density and study for test on chapter 6catch up day for chapter 6 finish homework, study for testfinish homework and experiment on density and study for test on chapter 6
American & Modern HistoryDiscuss: The Dred Scott decision & its implications, Lincoln's election, Compact Theory & secession, the Corwin Amendment.Read ch. 10, pgs. 171-189.Test: Read original documents in packet on the Lincoln/Douglas Debates and answer 4 historical reasoning questions.Narration: choose one of the following options. 1. Memorize the "Gettysburg Address" (ch. 10 documents in the workbook). 2. Write a 1 page narration from ch. 9 or 10. 3. Draw a picture representing an idea expressed in ch. 9 or 10. Due Monday--QUIZ GRADE!!Group work: Read Lincoln's first inaugural address. Write 3 questions about the address, pass to another group, answer the questions, discuss.
French IIChapitre 5Completez les exercices E, H, J, et L dans le livre de texte, pp. 71- 77. A rendre mercredi.Chapitre 5Completez les exercices P, Q, R, U, et W, pp. 78-83. Pour exercice R, faites affirmatif et negtif. A rendre lundi 11/ 10.no class
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