Week 7 11th Grade 2/24/25-2/28/25

11th Week 72/24/20252/25/20252/26/20252/27/20252/28/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern LiteratureMore Commas! Yay!

Kubla Khan Quiz?
HW:

Find the connections in the following:

George Gordon, Lord Byron
- When we two parted
- She walks in beauty
- From the Frankenstein Text: Prometheus

Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
- Ozymandias

John Keats
- Ode on a Grecian Urn
- La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad
Romantic PoetsIntroduction to Frankenstein, Third Edition (1831) p.237Comma Test and Literary Criticism

HW: 
1. FInd the school of Literary Criticism that you like best and research it; be prepared to give a 2 minute "Elevator Pitch" about it in class on Monday:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XVy5qKl0iMGSKfCZuJ1JLGU3CLciQzc-8XYBWxoUQy0/edit?usp=sharing

2. How to Read Frankenstein p.227
Pre-CalculusArea of a non-right TriangleSection 9.3: 1-13 oddThe Law of SinesSection 9.4: 1-11 oddThe Ambiguous Case
Section 9.5: 1-13 odd
Government / EconomicsLesson 31 and DiscussionLessons 32 & 33 (GCR)Discussion - Lesson 34 Lesson 35 - Choices 72-77 (GCR)Discussion
Software EngineeringWeek 6 ProgramData Structure researchAlgorithmsAlgorithm ResearchWeek 7 Program Start
Intro to PhysicsChapter 11 pp232-234read chapter 11 pp 235-247Chapter 11 pp 235-240no homeworkchapter 11 pp 241-247Read chapter 11 pp 248-257
Renaissance/Early Modern HistoryIntroduce the Great Awakening: Europe and WesleyNo homework! :) **If you need to make up the quiz, please study as your homework today!!Finish WesleyNo homework. :)George Whitefield
RhetoricMemory Poetry AssignmentMemoryComplete GCR assignment Poetry Presentations 
Christian Thoughta.) Discuss the role of the life of the mind as it relates to apologetics.Read Moreland, pp. 155-171; be prepared to discussa.) Discuss Moreland’s statement “part of loving God with all of your mind is being able to defend your views about God.” b.) Discuss “God really exists, has a certain nature, and has a set of ideas about various things that He has disclosed to us. c.) Discuss “That the things claimed in the first premise can be known to be true and need not be accepted by a blind, arbitrary act of privatized faith exercised by weak people who need such a crutch.Read Moreland, pp. 173-193; be prepared to discussContinue reading Moreland, pp. 173-193.

Week 6 11th Grade 2/17/25-2/21/25

 

11th Week 62/17/20252/18/20252/19/20252/20/20252/21/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern LiteratureWordsworthBiographies: Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Kubla Kahn
Punctuation Quiz

Coleridge
Coleridge
- Kubla Khan

George Gordon, Lord Byron
- From the Frankenstein Text: Prometheus
- When we two parted
- She walks in beauty

Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
- Ozymandias

John Keats
- Ode on a Grecian Urn
- La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad
Recap

HW: TBD
Pre-CalculusChapter 8 ReviewStudy for Chapter 8 TestLaw of CosinesStudy for Chapter 8 TestChapter 8 Test
Section 9.2: 1-17 odd
Government / EconomicsLesson 26?Lessons 26 & 27, Choices 55-61 (GCR)DiscussionLessons 28-29, Choices 62-65 (GCR)Lesson 30
Software EngineeringWeek 5 Program and Data StructuresData Structure researchAlgorithmsAlgorithm ResearchWeek 6 Program Start
Intro to PhysicsChapter 10 pp 222-229finish all homework and study for testcatch up date for chapter 10finish all homework and study for testTest on chapter 10begin reading chapter 11
Renaissance/Early Modern History
RhetoricMemoryComplete GCR assignmentMemoryComplete GCR assignmentMemory presentation
Christian ThoughtPresidents Day-- a.) Discussion on virtue formation; b.) Discussion on study as a spiritual disciplineRead packet C from Habits of the Mind, by James Sire; be prepared to discussDiscussion packet C; What charaterizes the life of the mind?Read Moreland, pp. 145-154; be prepared to discussContinue reading Moreland, pp. 145-154; be prepared to discuss

Week 5 11th Grade 2/10/25-2/14/25

 

11th Week 52/10/20252/11/20252/12/20252/13/20252/14/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern LiteraturePope and Hume discussionThe Romantic Period:

https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature/The-Romantic-period
Romantic PoetryText: English Romantic Poetry

William Blake (Biography), p.v

William Blake p.1
From Songs of Innocence:
- Introduction
- The Lamb

From songs of Experience:
- Introduction
- The Clod and the Pebble
- The Tyger
- The Garden of Love
- The Poison Tree

Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau
Romantic Poetry

HW:
William Wordsworth, biography

William Wordsworth
- Lines Composed Above TinTern Abbey (1798)
- Strange fits of passion I have known
- She dwelt among untrodden ways
- I travelled among unknown men
- A slumber did my spirit steal
- Lucy Gray (1799)
Pre-CalculusMath and Music (con't)No HomeworkSum and Product Trig PropertiesSection 8.5:1-29 oddDouble and Half Angle Trig Properties
Section 8.6: 13-15 odd, 21-43 odd
Government / EconomicsLesson 21 & 22Read Choices 39-47 (GCR)Lesson 23(GCR) Choices 48-50; Lesson 24; Choices 52-54Lesson 25
Software EngineeringWork on the calculations assignment and C# language syntaxLanguage Syntax researchStatementsProgram workFinish 1st Program.
Intro to PhysicsCatch up day for chapter 9finish all homework and study for test on wednesdayTest on chapter 9begin reading chapter 10chapter 10 pp216-221read chapter 10 pp 222-229
Renaissance/Early Modern HistoryFinish discussing Voltaire. Watch Hillsdale video: KantRead DTD pg. 369-382Rousseau, Culture & SocietyDTD pg. 382-392Finish discussing the Enlightenment
RhetoricStyleComplete GCR AssignmentStyleComplete GCR AssignmentStyle - Presentations
Christian Thoughta.) Discuss the quote by Moreland: "The mind is like a muscle. If it is not exercised regularly and strenuously, it loses some of its capacities and strength. We modern evangelicals often feel small and without influence in the public square. We must recapture our intellectual heritage if we are to present to our brothers and sisters, our children, and post-Christian culture a version of Christianity rich and deep enough to challenge the dehumanizing structures and habits of thought of a society gone mad." b.) Discussion on the empty self.Continue reading Moreland, pp. 99-117; Be prepared to discussa.) Discuss the quote by Moreland: “the empty self is a general foe of the Christian mind. But two specific thieves rob many people of the fruitfulness and flourishing that is part of a developing Christian intellectual life.” b.) Discuss “the odd bedfellows of inferiority and pride.” c.) Discuss “keeping a sense of control.”Read Moreland, pp. 119-141Continue reading Moreland, pp. 119-141; be prepared to discuss

Week 4 11th Grade 2/3/25-2/7/25

 

11th Week 42/3/20252/4/20252/5/20252/6/20252/7/2025Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern LiteraturePoetry ReviewThe Revolutionary Era 1640-1660, p914 - 918Poetry ReviewAlexander Pope, Essay on Criticsm:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kC59sk3WFSOvoi5v8vzv-SSl0nFmHgXHx7B5q02o6FQ/edit?usp=drive_link
Quiz over key tenants of Pope's Critial Theory

HW: The Romantic Period:
https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature/The-Romantic-period
Pre-CalculusHarmonic AnalysisSection 8.3: 14, 17-33 odd, 36Harmonic Analysis (con't)Section 8.4:3-14Math and Music
Government / EconomicsPenny Candy 51-54 Keynesian Economics HandoutLessons 16-17; Choices pp. 34-36 GCRPenny Candy 55-58 - Lesson 18Lessons 19-20 - GCRPenny Candy 59-62 - Discussion
Software EngineeringFinish Data Types and ReviewStudyMini Knowledge CheckpointDev Environment SetupMy First Program!
Intro to Physicscatdh up date homework and study for test on Wednesdayfinish homework and study for test chapter 9test on chapter 9begin reading chapter 10chapter 10 pp216-221read chapter 10 pp 222-229
Renaissance/Early Modern HistoryReturn quizzes, discuss thoughts on Pascal's Wager. Introduction to the EnlightenmentStart at the top of page 505, Legacy of Locke and Newton, and stop at pg. 507, Voltaire. This link will take you to the beginning of the reading.The Enlightenment: John LockeRead DTD. Start at the top of pg. 364 and stop at the bottom of pg. 368.The Enlightenment: Montesquieu
RhetoricStyleComplete GCR assignmentStyleComplete GCR assignmentStyle
Christian ThoughtDiscussion on essayWork on essay; Be prepared to discussEssay 3.1 due; Discuss essays; Read packet B from Discipleship of the Mind, by James Sire; How can anyone know anything at all?Read Moreland, pp. 99-117Continue reading Moreland, pp. 99-117