Ms. Phillips hw for Gary Levin due 10/10

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Look up the definition of “jeremiad”.  Read Jonathan Edwards’ classic “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d”.  Prepare a 10-minute presentation for the class.  Include the following: What is a jeremiad? Who was Jonathan Edwards? Why was this genre important at certain times in American history? What warning was Edwards giving his listeners?

Ms. Phillips hw for 9/28 and 10/10

HW for 9/28- 12th grade Eng.:  review essay-writing protocols; you will be writing an SAT-type essay in class (timed) on Friday.

9th and 10th grade English Comp.: write an informational essay.

HW for 10/10:-9th and 10th grade Eng. Comp.: write a sentence from the essay given in class for each of these elements of a review essay: summary; analysis; author’s reaction.

11th grade Eng. Lit.: choose a familiar object.  Personify it.  Write a story from its point of view.

AP Psych: review the study guide given 9/27. Read the 9/25  NY Times Science Section article on mouse avatars.  Extra credit due by 10/26: Read Russ Rymer’s book about Genie (see the last page of the Genie article.) Prepare a 10-minute presentation on it for the class.

9th grade Eng. Lit.: see 11th grade Eng. Lit. assignment.  SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR GARY LEVIN: look up the definition of “jeremiad”.  Read Jonathan Edwards’ classic “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d”.  Prepare a 10-minute presentation for the class that includes the following information: Who was Jonathan Edwards? What is a jeremiad? Why was this genre important at certain times in American history? What warning was Edwards giving to his listeners?  Are jeremiads written today?

Mr.Schatzkamer HW 6-13 due first day back after Sukkot

12th  1-who is John Locke and importance  2-Who is Montesquieu and his importance  3-what is the Federal Govt. and it’s branches  4-Why did England have the Glorious revolution.  5-What was the Glorious revolution   6-Why was it called Glorious  7-what was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence  8-list 2 issues Obama believes in and 2 issues Romney believes in

11th  1-How were the 13 colonies divided  2-what is mercantilism  3-what are raw materials  4-who were the New England colonies  5-why did people from England come to the 13 colonies   6-what were mother countries and who were the colonies  7-How did England become a democracy in 1689  8-Write a 150 word essay on differences between Obama and Romney

10th AP  1-what are the achievements of Ancient Egypt.2-Discuss the importance of the Nile river to Egypt  3-Why are calendars so important  to  a society      4-what was Mesopotamia  5-what is the Fertile Crescent   6-what are the important rivers in the Fertile Crescent  7-Discusses the importance of rivers to ancient societies.8-Write a 150 word essay on differences between Obama and romney

10th  1-what was the black death  2-in what ways was it a plague  3-what are the theories for the origin of the black death  4-what was the crusade  4-what were the causes of the crusade 5-how did the crusades start changes in feudalism  6-what were the great changes that took place in Europe because or after the Crusades .7-  Which pope called for the crusades  8-what was the Renaissance in Europe.9-write 150 word essay on differences between Obama and Romney

9th  1-What is Mesopotamia  2-what was the Fertile crescent  3-why was it given this name  4-why were rivers so important in the ancient world.  5-What is the definitions for the following words  ; dictatorship, monarchy,raw materials,economics, capitalism,constitution.  6-why are calendars so important  7-write a 200 word essay on the differences between Obama and Romney.8-If you could vote for president -who would you vote for,Explain why

7th  1-What are lines of Latitude  2-what are lines of Longitude  3-what is o degrees latitude  4-what is o degrees longitude.  4-what is the purpose of lines of latitude and lines of longitude  5-write over all vocabulary words we did in class  6-list the capitols of these  5   these  countries in Europe and write their lines of latitude and lines of longitude.France, England,Germany,Russia, Uzbekistan

7-write a  100 word essay on the differences betweek obama and romney and who you want to win and why,

 

 

 

Mrs.Minkin HW for 10/10/12

10 grade: redo test.   11grade: factoring.,  AP Physics: p.56,58,59.     7grade:p.76(10-42),p.71(50-55)

Ms. Phillips hw 9/21/12

12th grade Eng. Lit.: Start reviewing for test 9/27; one long paragraph on whether your “life facts” paragraph is or isn’t a story-why or why not?

9th and 10th grade Eng. Comp.: only one of you did the hw due Friday 9/21-get to it.  Review notes for test Thursday 9/27.  Write one long paragraph on what kind of essay the Earhart article is; how do you know?

AP Psych.: Review for test 9/27

9th grade and 11th grade Eng. Lit.: see written assignment for 12th grade Eng. Lit.  Review notes for test Thursday 9/27.

ALL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE MONDAY 9/24

On Literature

Recently, I purchased a few volumes from the Funk and Wagnalls Pocket Library of the World’s Essential Knowledge published in 1929. Published prior to the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights movement and other major events of the 20th century, I was curious about the flavor of ideas that were contained therein. To my surprise, on many points it sounded as if it may have published yesterday. But that’s for a different post or posts.

I’d like to quote here just a few sentences from the volume on Literature that summarize its very fundamentals and its value.

Literature is a record of thoughts and feelings of our predecessors and contemporaries in the world. It is the intensification and clarification of the experience of the human race by those possessing unusual insight and power. … Authors have been particularly gifted men, who have seen more clearly and felt more deeply than their fellow men.

Literature touches life at all points, for it presents a cross-section of the society of a period. It brings back the glory of Greece and the grandeur of Rome; it revives the spirit of the Middle Ages; and it reveals the trend of modern thought.

A mirror of human nature – can the value of literature be possibly overestimated? How is it that so many young people under-appreciate it?

An English teacher must not only teach but inspire.

10th Grade English Literature | Mr. Feldstein

Due Monday:

1. Paragraph about Edgar Allan Poe

2. Second draft pf your essay. (If you did not hand in the first draft, you still have to bring it in.)

Remember: you probably will not be able to scribble anything worth reading unless you get your emotions into it. Try to dig up some feelings / emotions about the ideas that you are putting down on paper.

Economics | Mr Feldstein – Due Monday

Redo the previous assignment. Answer the questions fully, use the statistics mentioned in the article. Your answers should be clear even to someone who did not read the article themselves.

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