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

 

11th Week 5	2/10/2025	2/11/2025	2/12/2025	2/13/2025	2/14/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern Literature	Pope and Hume discussion	The Romantic Period: https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature/The-Romantic-period	Romantic Poetry	Text: 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-Calculus	Math and Music (con't)	No Homework	Sum and Product Trig Properties	Section 8.5:1-29 odd	Double and Half Angle Trig Properties Section 8.6: 13-15 odd, 21-43 odd
Government / Economics	Lesson 21 & 22	Read Choices 39-47 (GCR)	Lesson 23	(GCR) Choices 48-50; Lesson 24; Choices 52-54	Lesson 25
Software Engineering	Work on the calculations assignment and C# language syntax	Language Syntax research	Statements	Program work	Finish 1st Program.
Intro to Physics	Catch up day for chapter 9	finish all homework and study for test on wednesday	Test on chapter 9	begin reading chapter 10	chapter 10 pp216-221	read chapter 10 pp 222-229
Renaissance/Early Modern History	Finish discussing Voltaire. Watch Hillsdale video: Kant	Read DTD pg. 369-382	Rousseau, Culture & Society	DTD pg. 382-392	Finish discussing the Enlightenment
Rhetoric	Style	Complete GCR Assignment	Style	Complete GCR Assignment	Style - Presentations
Christian Thought	a.) 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 discuss	a.) 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. 119-141	Continue reading Moreland, pp. 119-141; be prepared to discuss

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

 

11th Week 4	2/3/2025	2/4/2025	2/5/2025	2/6/2025	2/7/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern Literature	Poetry Review	The Revolutionary Era 1640-1660, p914 - 918	Poetry Review	Alexander 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-Calculus	Harmonic Analysis	Section 8.3: 14, 17-33 odd, 36	Harmonic Analysis (con't)	Section 8.4:3-14	Math and Music
Government / Economics	Penny Candy 51-54 Keynesian Economics Handout	Lessons 16-17; Choices pp. 34-36 GCR	Penny Candy 55-58 - Lesson 18	Lessons 19-20 - GCR	Penny Candy 59-62 - Discussion
Software Engineering	Finish Data Types and Review	Study	Mini Knowledge Checkpoint	Dev Environment Setup	My First Program!
Intro to Physics	catdh up date homework and study for test on Wednesday	finish homework and study for test chapter 9	test on chapter 9	begin reading chapter 10	chapter 10 pp216-221	read chapter 10 pp 222-229
Renaissance/Early Modern History	Return quizzes, discuss thoughts on Pascal's Wager. Introduction to the Enlightenment	Start 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 Locke	Read DTD. Start at the top of pg. 364 and stop at the bottom of pg. 368.	The Enlightenment: Montesquieu
Rhetoric	Style	Complete GCR assignment	Style	Complete GCR assignment	Style
Christian Thought	Discussion on essay	Work on essay; Be prepared to discuss	Essay 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. 99-117	Continue reading Moreland, pp. 99-117

Week 3 11th Grade 1/27/25-1/31/25

11th Week 3	1/27/2025	1/28/2025	1/29/2025	1/30/2025	1/31/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern Literature	John Donne	The Early 17th Centry 1603-1660, p891-898	???	George Herbert: - Intro (p1255) - Death - Love Robert Herrick - Intro + To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Andrew Marvell - Intro + To His Coy Mistress	Donne's influence HW:  Literature and Culture - 1603-40, p899-910
Pre-Calculus	Review Semester Exam Questions 8, 16	No Homework	Cos Linear Combinations and Composite Property (Remember the arctan must be in the correct quadrant)	Section 8.2: 1-5 odd, 10-11, 15, 19-25 odd	Odd/Even, Cofunction, and Composite Trig Properties Section 8.3: 9, 10, 11-15 odd
Government / Economics	Penny Candy pp. 39-42 - Discussion - Critique of Marxian Economics	Lessons 11-12; Choices pg. 25 (GCR)	Penney Candy pp. 43-46 - Discussion - Economic Schools of Thought	Lesson 14; Choices 26-33 (GCR)	Penny Candy - pp. 47-50 - Economic Schools of Thought
Software Engineering	Finish OOP	Research Data Types	Data Types	Research Pointers	Data Types and Pointers
Intro to Physics	chapter 9 pp192-198	read chapter 9 pp 199-204	chapter 9 pp 199-204	read chapter 9 pp 205-210	chapter 9 pp 205-210	review chapter and do homework
Renaissance/Early Modern History	A revolution in Thinking, continued... Pascal. Review for quiz with a classmate as time allows.	Study for Quiz. Quiz tomorrow.	Quiz: Scientific Revolution	Read DTD pg. 359 to the end of 363.	The Enlightenment
Rhetoric	Organization & Stasis Theory	Complete GCR assingment	Organization & Stasis Theory	Complete GCR assingment	Mini-Presentation
Christian Thought	a.) Discuss quote by Charles Malik; b.) Discuss quote by Arthur Holmes, “To bring our every thought into captivity to Christ, to think Christianly, to see all of life in relationship to the Creator and Lord of all, this is not an optional appendage of secondary importance, but is at the very heart of what it means to be Christian;” c.) Discuss the overall characteristics of a worldview; d.) Discuss the ingredients of God’s relationship to His creation	a.) Read Moreland, pp. 75-96; b.) Be prepared to discuss	a.) Discussion on the nature of the soul; b.) Discussion on the nature of the mind’s role in spiritual transformation; c.) Essay 3.1 Discuss the issue of intellectualism vs. anti-intellectualism. Should a Christian be an intellectual? Support your answer. How does your answer relate to the quote by Arthur Holmes, “To bring our every thought into captivity to Christ, to think Christianly, to see all of life in relationship to the Creator and Lord of all, this is not an optional appendage of secondary importance, but is at the very heart of what it means to be Christian.” How does your discussion relate to the statement by James Sire, “The Christian mind is the prerequisite of Christian thinking. And Christian thinking is the prerequisite of Christian action.” (due 2/5, typed, 3-5 pages)	Work on Essay	Work on Essay

 

Week 2 Second Semester 11th Grade 1/20/25-1/24/25

 

11th Week 2	1/20/2025	1/21/2025	1/22/2025	1/23/2025	1/24/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern Literature	Theater Quiz and Sonnets	Research Old, Middle, and Renaissance poetry, identifying the role of (1) rhyme, (2) alliteration, (3) meter, and (4) chiasmus, so that you can recognize each by its structure	How has English story and poetry changed since the First Millennium AD?	John Donne: - Intro (p920 - 922) - The Flea - The Good-Morrow - Song - The Bait	John Donne HW: John Donne - Holy Sonnets - 1, - 7, - 14, - 2: https://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/sonnet2.htm - Death be not proud: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44107/holy-sonnets-death-be-not-proud - For Whom the Bell Tolls: https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2118
Pre-Calculus	Mathematical Probability of Poker	No Homework	Mathematical Probability of Poker	No Homework	Problem Set 14-7: 1-13 odd
Government / Economics	Economic Schools of Thought	Choices 16-22 (GCR)	Penny Candy pp. 31-34 -Economic Schools of Thought	Lessons 7- 8; Choices 23-24	Penny Candy 35-38 - Economic Schools of Thought
Software Engineering	How do Compilers work?	Research JIT	Language Types / Psudocode	Research OOP	Object Oriented Programming
Intro to Physics	bouyancy experiment	study for test on chapter 8	test on chapter 8	begin reading chapter 9 pp 192-197	chapter 9 pp192-198	read chapter 9 pp 199-204
Renaissance/Early Modern History	Finish notes on a Revolution in Medicine. Watch video, "How to Understand the Scientific Revolution" on science and religion.	Read Spielvogel, "Debates on the Nature of Women". This link will take you to the correct page. Write a response to this section. Do you agree with the thinking of the Middle Ages with regards to men & women? Why or why not? Defend your position.  You many NOT use AI for this assignment. Be prepared to discuss tomorrow.	Class discussion over yesterday's homework. Begin discussing A Revolution in Thinking.	Read Spielvogel. This link will take you to the correct page. Start with "Toward a New Earth" and read to the end of this chapter (pg. 498).	Continue notes on A Revolution in Thinking.
Rhetoric	Organization & Stasis Theory	Complete GCR assignment	Organization and Stasis Theory	Complete GCR assignment	Student presentations
Christian Thought	a.) Discuss the Biblical portrait of the life of the mind; b.) Discuss the statement: “According to the Bible, developing a Christian mind is part of the very essence of discipleship unto the Lord Jesus”; c.) Discuss Romans 12:1-2, Matthew 22:37-39, 1 Peter 3:15; d.) What is the relationship of Christianity to knowledge? e.) What is the relationship of faith and reason to knowledge?	a.) Read packet A from Discipleship of the Mind, by James Sire; b.) Be prepared to discuss	a.) Discuss the quote by Harry Blamires, “The Christian mind---a mind trained, informed, equipped to handle data of secular controversy within a framework of reference which is constructed of Christian presuppositions. The Christian mind is the prerequisite of Christian thinking. And Christian thinking is the prerequisite of Christian action.” b.) Discuss the Christian mind as an attitude toward God; c.) Discuss the Christian mind an attitude toward ourselves; d.) Discuss a recipe for humility; e.) Discuss a Christian mind in motion	a.) Read packet by Arthur Holmes, “Toward a Christian View of Things”; b.) Be prepared to discuss	a.) Continue reading packet by Arthur Holmes, “Toward a Christian View of Things”; b.) Be prepared to discuss

Week 1 Second Semester 11th Grade 1/13/25-1/17/25

11th Week 1	1/13/2025	1/14/2025	1/15/2025	1/16/2025	1/17/2025	Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern Literature	Hamlet - BRING YOUR BOOK	An Elizabethan Miscellany (p502 - 504) Thomas Campion: - My Sweet Lesbia - I care not for these ladies Marlowe: - The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Sir Walter Raleigh: - Intro (p526) - The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd	Elizabethan Poetry	Sir Walter Raleigh: - The Lie - Farewell, false love - Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay - The Author's Epitaph, Made by Himself	Sir Walter Raleigh HW: Norton: - The Elizabethan Theater (p27) Shakespeare - "Sonnets" (p722) - Sonnets: 1, 18, 29, 55, 60, 73, 116, 130, 144, 147
Pre-Calculus	Probability Trees and Counting Principals (#3) see 727	Lesson 14-2: 1, Lesson 14-3: 1-17 odd	Permutations vs Combinations	Lesson 14-4: 1-17 EOO Lesson 14-5: 13-29 EOO	Properties of Probability Lession 14-6 1-13 odd
Government / Economics	Penny Candy pp. 15-21 - Lessons 1&2	Complete GCR assignment	Penny Candy pp. 22-27 - Lesson 4 - Discussion	Complete GCR assignment	Penny Candy - pp. 28-30 - Lesson 5 - Discussion
Software Engineering	Programming Language Development	Research Fortran, C++, and C#	Number One, Engage!	Research Library types	Interpreted Vs Compiled
Intro to Physics	chapter 8 pp 177-183	finish reading chapter 8 and start working on homework odd numbered pressure problems and all bouyancy problems	Chapter 8 pp 184-188	finish all homework study for test on Monday	Bouyancy experiment slides 40-42
Renaissance/Early Modern History	Welcome back! Introduction to the Scientific Revolution.	Read DTD, pg. 239-259, "The Monarchs' Revolution".	A new view of the Cosmos, the Copunican view.	Read DTD pg. 191-207 (Stop at Christina of Sweden).	Continue discussing the Cosmos, Newton and his laws.
Rhetoric	Invention: Circumstance - Read selection - Activity	Complete GCR Assignment - In class test on Topics of Invention Friday	Invention: Circumstance - Past and Future Fact	Complete GCR Assignment - In class test on Topics of Invention Friday	Topics of Invention Test
Christian Thought	a.) Introduce “Love Your God with All Your Mind” by J.P. Moreland; b.) What is an intellectual? c.) What is an anti-intellectual?	a.) Read Moreland, pp. 13-42; b.) Be prepared to discuss	a.) Discuss “How We Lost the Christian Mind and Why We Must Recover It”; b.) What is thinking?	a.) Read Moreland, pp. 43-73	Continue reading Moreland, pp. 43-73

Week 17 11th Grade 12/9/24-12/13/24

 

11th Week 17	12/9/2024	12/10/2024	12/11/2024	12/12/2024	12/13/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
Renaissance/Early Modern Literature	Hamlet		Hamlet		Hamlet, Quiz
Pre-Calculus	Review	Create Semester Review Sheet	Semester Exam		Semester Exam
Government / Economics	Woke Inc. 8,9,11	Lessons 70-71 GCR	Woke Inc 12,13,14	Complete GCR assignment	Discussion
Software Engineering	Learning Checkpoint Prep	Learning Checkpoint Prep	Learning Checkpoint	FREEEEEEE	Manditory Fun Day
Intro to Physics	test on chapter 7	begin reading chapter 8 pp	introduction to chapter 8	nothing	free day	nothing- enjoy
Renaissance/Early Modern History	Divine Right of Kings & Absolute Monarchy in France and England, Continued...	Read Spielvogel pg. 453 (Russia) to pg. 462 (Stop at England and the Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy).	Hobbes vs. Locke: Roots of the Declaration of Independence	Read Spielvogel pg. 462 (England) to the end of pg. 467.	Jeopardy!	Merry Christmas 11th Grade!!
Rhetoric	Invention: Relationship	Complete GCR assignment	Relationship	Complete GCR assignment	Workshop/Presentation
Christian Thought	Discussion on the Final Exam	Work on final exam	1st Semester Final Exam due; discussion of the exam	Enjoy the break	Enjoy the break