Week of 02/26/24 to 03/01/24

 

11th week 8	2/26/2024	2/27/2024	2/28/2024	2/29/2024	3/1/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
Pre-Calculus	Conic Sections	Chapter 10 Lesson 2: 13-35 odd	Parametric Equations for Conic Sections	Chapter 10 Lesson 3: 1-7 odd *use desmos for part c, 9-19 odd	3-D Surfaces Generated by Rotating Conic Sections Chapter 10 Lesson 4: 1-9 odd; 12 *Use GeoGebra 3D Calculator
Rhetoric	Epideictic Rhetoric	Complete GCR Assignment - Analysis of Reagan's Challenger Speech	Epideictic Rhetoric	Complete GCR Assignment - Write Tribute Speech	Epideictic Tribute Speech Student Presentations
Medieval English Literature	The "Classical Essay" in real life	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholasticism	St. Francis	Medieval Philosophy Who is Thomas Aquinas? https://youtu.be/V_FuJXZOy90 What did Thomas Aquinas write: https://youtu.be/12gkjiLBMdg The Natural Law: https://youtu.be/XjlmnqcJuO8?si=IG3rBfpWJYJ0xE6Q Thomastic Epistemology (What is truth and how do we know it): https://youtu.be/mmWmHB50DG0?si=aPEOHGhu1cxLzG_3 The Science of Theology: https://youtu.be/1OhTlwiHOJI The moral virtues: https://youtu.be/6eLuZRxFUyw Theological virtues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm5joP0zlqc Growing and diminishing in virtue: https://youtu.be/LanSSk82sds Grace: Kinds and Refusal: https://youtu.be/pSSDDtBHuA0 Creation isn’t what you think it is: https://youtu.be/4o8mGHN9t10 Charity: https://youtu.be/R5DA0EjZRSw?si=roaxHMbDKcgHs90R Is God omnipotent? A sample argument from the Summa: http://www.philosopherkings.co.uk/Aquinas_WhetherGodIsOmnipotent.html	Scholastic Philosophy Quiz HW: Read and be ready to be quizzed on and argue against the following: Anselm’s Ontological Argument - https://docs.google.com/document/d/10mTlj4zgShrt8eBz6CMSSh5gNKd6JQXRED8oRNyvtvA/edit?usp=sharing
Composition	Bring Free write/ Brainstorming exercises to class. Sorting your Invention; Thesis workshop	Continue sorting, Begin to fill out Planning chart or Outline	Bring thesis and planning chart/outline to class. Continue working on outline/ planning chart	Complete outline; Begin writing Rough Draft of body paragraphs	Analogy Circle	Continue working on body paragraphs. Plan to bring to class on Monday
Classical Literature
Church History	BRING YOUR BOOK: You will read pages 349-362 AND 385-397 and write down 3 talking points for each chapter (6 total). You will have a sub	Finish assignment from Monday if you haven't already	Class discussion from reading from Monday	No reading
Medieval History	Black Plague	Read Ch. 11 Spiel p.246-251 "Culture and Society in an Age of Adversity" and answer the following Qs: 1) What were the major developments in art and literature in the 14th c.? 2) How did the adversities of the 14th C. affect urban life?	Art & Literature in the 14th c.	Read "Tabletop Tactics" from Archaeology (Jan/Feb 2005) magazine and be ready to discuss
Intro to Physics

Week of 02/19/24 to 02/23/24

 

11th week 7	2/19/2024	2/20/2024	2/21/2024	2/22/2024	2/23/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
Pre-Calculus	Review of Equations of Parent and Transformed Conic Sections	Study for Chapter 9 Test	Chapter 9 Test	Conic Section Exam Questions Worksheet	DESMOS Building Conic Sections Activity
Medieval English Literature	The Admonitions of St. Francis of Assisi "Perfect Joy"	Rule of St Francis: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X_Wst7NOn7IruAgYKPKbDiQvuM009d5f/view?usp=sharing	Quiz - Admonitions of St. Francis Rule of St. Francis	The Classical Essay: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mGMDPpfWQmdO14mAJelAEGTAEnDgN9a-/view?usp=sharing What Each Part of the Classical Essay Asks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HKNxTh4uevO8XTElo9R5WrjHEzJ9xwGPjmbqByhb9vI/edit?usp=sharing	Classical Essay Quiz The "Classical Essay" in real life
Composition	EE Ch 8 and Holt quiz; Planning an essay and Thesis polishing class exercise; turn in ex 13 on GC	Generate a working thesis and begin to edit towards a polished thesis for essay #2. Begin planning your essay using either brainstorming or free-writing strategies	(Bring thesis and planning strategies to class) Sorting and creating an outline/topic tree	Continue sorting and creating your outline/ topic tree.	Oral Presentations of EE #1
Church History	Class Discussion about The Modern Missions Movement	Read pages 349-362 (you will have this week and next to read this section)	Class discussion about Christianity in Modern Europe Part 1	Read pages 349-362 (you will have this week and next to read this section)
Medieval History	cont. Crusades	Study for Test	Test - Emergence & Growth of European Kingdoms and Crusades	Read Ch. 11 Spiel p.230-236 "A Time of Troubles: Black Death" and create a list of impacts the Black Death had on the society and economy of the Late Middle Ages
Intro to Physics	Test on Chapter 9

Week of 02/12/24 to 02/16/24

 

Pre-Calculus	Vector Addition	Vector Addition Section 9.6: 1-7 odd, 8	Vector Addition	Section 9.6: 9-21 odd	Read-World Triangle Problems Section 9.7: 1=23 every other odd
Rhetoric	Deliberative Rhetoric and Delivery Exercises	Complete GCR Assignment	Deliberative Rhetoric and Delivery Exercises	Complete GCR Assignment	Deliberative Rhetoric and Delivery Exercises
Medieval English Literature	Sir Gawain: Seven deadly sins, praying to Mary and the Saints	Why did Medieval folks venerate Mother Mary; is this heretical, did they simply not know or understand the Bible? Close reading - Luke Chapter 1: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1&version=RSVCE Mary, the Arc of the New Covenant: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-biblical-roots-of-the-marian-doctrines Optional, Deep Dive: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/mary-in-scripture-rediscovering-the-bridge-between-the-old-and-the-new-testaments-5655 Why did Medieval folks pray to the saints; is this heretical or did they simply not know or unerstand the Bible? Read: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-bible-supports-praying-to-the-saints Read "Quotes" section: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ffd-KGkj18oZiX556lNiRseZuYL-HzZv69UjhD6P84/edit?usp=sharing	Quiz: Luke Chapter 1 The Blessed Mother, mortification, and asceticism - Understanding the context of Medieval Mendicant spirituality	Medieval mendicant spirituality: The Admonitions of St. Francis of Assissi - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WTB2c7RnNcu84Huf0pEirxDXMA8ojARg/view?usp=sharing	Who was St. Francis and what does he have to do with Medieval Literature? "Perfect Joy" The Admonitions of St. Francis of Assissi
Composition	EE Ch 7, exercise 12 as a class	Work on final draft of EE #1 due on Thu at midnight. Turn in on GC	Finish EE ex. 12, begin EE ex. 13	final draft of EE #1 due at midnight. Turn in on GC	Bring EE #1 rough draft and peer criticism document to class to turn in. Analogy Circle; EE ex 13	Read EE Ch 8, Holt (1B) p.9-20, and Holt (2a) p. 21-22. Take notes, be prepared for a quiz on Monday over all reading. Review Holt (2b) p. 22-28
Church History	Class Discussion about America as a Chrisitan Nation. Participation will be a quiz grade	Read pages 344-347	New Religious groups in America class discussion	Read pages 418-436 for class on Monday
Medieval History	Discussion from reading: What were the major political and religious developments for each kingdom in the High Middle Ages?; Begin Crusades	Read Spiel p.223-228 and answer the following Qs: What were the reasons for the Crusades and who or what benefited the most from the experience of the Crusades? (use facts from the text to support your answers)	cont. Crusades	Read HMV Ch. 84 & 85 p.656-667 and answer the following terms Qs: 1) How were the crusaders inside of Antioch rallied to fight the awaiting Muslim army stationed outside the city's walls? 2) What did the landscape outside of Jerusalem look like when the crusaders arrived in June of 1099? 3) Explain how the crusaders took Jerusalem. 4) How was the founding of military orders, like the Knights Templar, a fitting conclusion for the drama begun by Constantine at the Milvian Bridge?
Intro to Physics	chapter 9 pp 204-209	read chapter 9 pp 210-214	chapter 9 pp 210-214	finish all study questions and any labs still due	catch up date for chapter 9 test on monday	study for test on Monday

Week of 02/05/24 to 02/09/24

 

11th week 5	2/5/2024	2/6/2024	2/7/2024	2/8/2024	2/9/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
Pre-Calculus	Test 8	No Homework	The Law of Sines	Section 9.4: 1-11 odd	The Ambiguous Case Section 9.5: 1-13 odd
Rhetoric	Deliberative Rhetoric	Complete GCR Assignment	Deliberative Rhetoric	Complete GCR Assignment	Deliberative Rhetoric
Church History	Quiz Review in class	Study for quiz on Wednesday	Quiz in class	No reading
Medieval English Literature	Bede Ancrene Wisse (Guide for Anchoresses) - Norton 154 - 157	HW: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: p.218 - 256 Why the Crusades were awesome, actually: https://youtu.be/6aFkoX6g1fE See “The origin of the Ave Maria”: https://www.chantcafe.com/2010/12/the-origin-of-ave-maria/	Sentence revision quiz Ave Maria Crusades	HW: Review Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Be ready to answer in class: How did we get from the Herioc code to the Chivalric Code? (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bHhu_AL0org9GRO9-tE6tko2mIibJwC2c4ek3KqzZ6k/edit?pli=1#heading=h.wrihm0pj322m)	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight HW: Medieval mendicant spirituality: The Admonitions of St. Francis of Assissi - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WTB2c7RnNcu84Huf0pEirxDXMA8ojARg/view?usp=sharing
Composition	Ch 6/ Holt (3) Quiz; Group work writing conclusions	Choose which intro (from the 3 you wrote last week) you want to use for your paper. Compose 3 Conclusions for your paper. Make sure one of them reflects your chosen intro. Submit all on GC	Essay Elements Review: Bring printed out essays to class	Review your Body Paragraphs, Intro, and Conclusion. Revise and Edit your whole paper using checklists in Holt. Make sure all of your Topic Sentences reflect your thesis, and each subsequent sentence supports your topic sentence. Ensure you have clincher sentences for each body paragraph. Intro and Conclusion should be "bookends" to your paper.	Bring printed copies of your paper for peer review. Final Draft Due Tuesday (2/6) on GC
Medieval History	cont. High Middle Ages (Intellectual and Artistic World); Romanesque v. Gothic architecture	Read Spiel p.196-203 and take notes; Be prepared to discuss :What is the relationship between economic and social changes and intellectual and artistic developments in the High Middle Ages?	Reversal of Decentralization in England & France; Magna Carta	Read Spiel p.206-213 and answer the following Q on your handout for each kingdom: What were the major political and religious developments for each kingdom in the High Middle Ages?
Intro to Physics