freshman English-all classes

In a short (8-11 sentences) paragraph, explain why you chose the book you did for summer Reading.

Don't forget to go over the syllabus with your mom and/or dad. Make sure that you and someone at home sign the syllabus so that you can return a signed copy to me tomorrow.

If you have not yet finished your summer Reading selection. please bring the book to class. I will make sure that you have time to read. If you have finished your S. R. book, you can bring a book of your choice to read.

welcome back everyone.

For the English semester final

FOR ALL CLASSES: WHEN YOU WRITE THE ESSAY, MAKE SURE THAT
1) YOU UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT (5 POINTS)

2) YOU DO NOT USE THE PHRASES "I THINK, I BELIEVE, IN MY OPINION,

(MINUS ONE POINT EVERY TIME YOU DO)

3) YOU USE AT LEAST FIVE VOCAB WALL WORDS. (MINUS FIVE POINTS IF YOU DON'T)

HISTORY - Study Guide

U.S. HISTORY 1
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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Chronology
- Be able to place all topics on this Study Guide in correct Chronological order!

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Early Presidencies
[IMPORTANT DATES ~ Washington: 1789–1797. Adams was President: 1797-1801. Jefferson: 1801-1809 etc… (look up others on your own)]
- Know why Americans were afraid of having a President…
AND why they easily elected Washington in spite of that fear.
- Know how Washington felt about being President.
- Know why Washington chose to have a cabinet…
AND what a President’s cabinet is for.
- Be able to name the following 3 members of Washington’s cabinet:
Vice President, Secretary of Treasury, and Secretary of State
- Be able to compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
- Know the origins of America’s first 2 political parties (i.e. why they came to exist and what beliefs they represented)
- Know the names of America’s first 2 political parties
- Know what 2 things Washington warned America against in his famous “farewell address”
- Know America’s first 5 Presidents, its 7th, 16th, and 18th
- Be able to identify these Presidents based on facts about them or about their Presidency.
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War of 1812
[IMPORTANT DATE ~ The War of 1812 lasted from 1812-1814]
- Know what England was doing in the early 19th century to upset Americans.
- Know what Americans wanted in the war’s 1st phase
- Know what the “French Revolution” was and why it led England to fight the Napoleonic Wars.
- Know that the British were fighting the Napoleonic Wars in Europe when the War of 1812 began.
- Know what happened in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD in the war’s 2nd phase.
- Know which battle was fought after the war officially ended AND why a battle was fought after the end of the war.

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Nationalism
- Know the definition of the term “Nationalism”
- Know the definition of the term “Manifest Destiny”
- Be able to explain the “Monroe Doctrine”
- Be able to explain how both Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine reflect Nationalism

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Westward Expansion (Material from the Map Activity!)
[IMPORTANT DATES ~ Louisiana Purchase: 1804 Mexican War: 1846-1848 etc.]
- Be able to identify the original 13 states
- Be able to identify the Northwest Territory, Kentucky Territory, and Mississippi Territory.
- Be able to identify the area purchased as the Louisiana Territory
- Know which President made the Louisiana Purchase and who it was purchased from
- Know what we gained in the Adams-Onís Treaty, who we gained it from, AND why they gave it to us
- Know why America fought the Mexican War.
- Be able to identify the land gained in the Mexican Cession
- Be able to identify the 3 states in the Oregon territory.
- Know what the Oregon Trail was, the dangers of the Oregon trail, and why it fell out of use.

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American Indians
- Know who Tecumseh is and why he went to war with American troops in the early 19th century.
- Know how white Americans generally felt about American Indians.
- Know which President passed the “Indian Removal Act” that led to the Trail of Tears
- Know what happened to the Cherokee Nation based upon the documentary on the Trail of Tears.
- Know what happened to the Indians of the Great Plains (Mid-west) as demonstrated by the movie Dances with Wolves.

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Sectionalism & Civil War
[IMPORTANT DATE ~ Lincoln elected in 1860, Civil War: 1861-1865]
- Understand the major differences between life in the North and South leading up to and at the time of the Civil War!
- Know about slave life and culture in the American South.
- Be able to define the terms “abolitionist” and “fire-eater”
- Know the major conflicts in the US government that led to “Secession” (including the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dread Scott Decision, John Brown’s Raid & The election of 1860)
- Be able to define the terms “Sectionalism”, “Union”, “Confederacy” and “Secession”
- Be able to compare and contrast the advantages and strategies of the North and South during the Civil War!
- Know which side won!
- Be able to define the term “Reconstruction” AND have an idea of what happened to African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

English Homework-week of june 15th

FOR WEDNESDAY: ALL CLASSES-QUIZ "NIGHT" PP. 45-76.

FOR THURSDAY: ALL CLASSES-FINISH READING "NIGHT."

FOR FRIDAY: CLASSES 1, 2, 6; YOU WILL WRITE AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR EACH OF THE THREE QUESTIONS AND UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT. THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT.

FOR MONDAY: CLASS 5; YOU WILL WRITE AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR EACH OF THE THREE QUESTIONS AND UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENTS. THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT.

English homework for Tueday, Day 2, June 16

ALL CLASSES: FINISH READING "NIGHT", PP 45-80 (I KNOW-SOME OF YOU ARE MISSING PAGES 77-80). QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY, DAY 3 ON PAGES 45-80.

ALL CLASSES: BY THURSDAY, FINISH READING "NIGHT" , PAGES 81-109.

English Homework for Monday, June 15, Day 1

ALL CLASSES: READ "NIGHT," PP. 45-80. FOR EACH SECTION/CHAPTER SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE WHAT YOU DID. (THE FIRST SECTION COVERS PAGES 45-62)

CLASSES 5 AND 6: QUIZ ON "NIGHT,' PP. 1-43.

English homework for Friday, june 12, Day 6

CLASSES ONE AND TWO: QUIZ "NIGHT" PAGES 1-43.

CLASSES FIVE AND SIX: QUIZ "NIGHT" PAGES 1-43 ON MONDAY.

REMINDER: ALL JOURNALS DUE FRIDAY JUNE 12.

English homework for Wednesday, Day 4, June 10

for all classes: in "Night," read pages 20-43. Then for each chapter (there are two), underline the MOST important sentence in that chapter. Then, in a short paragraph (5-8 sentences), explain why you chose the sentence that you did. Pass your work into the box in front by the end of the day.

DON'T FORGET; ALL INDIE JOURNALS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY (JUNE 12) BY THE END OF THE DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Tueday, June 9, Day 3

CLASS ONE: READ PAGES 1-20 OF "NIGHT." UNDERLINE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT/SENTENCE. LAST CALL FOR PAST DUE WORK.

CLASS TWO: LAST CALL FOR PAST DUE WORK.

CLASS FIVE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS SIX: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

REMINDER FOR ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 12 AT THE END OF DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English Homework for Monday, June 8, Day 6

CLASS ONE: NO HOMEWORK. BUT IF YOU OWE THE ACT 5 ESSAY, IT MUST BE TURNED IN PERIOD 1.

CLASS TWO: CREATE AN IDENTITY WEB SIMILAR TO THE WEB THAT I CREATED. IT MUST BE DONE IN PENCIL AND YOU MUST KEEP IT IN YOUR BINDER.

CLASS FIVE: NO HOME WORK UNLESS YOU OWE WORK. PASSED DUE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 7:30 AM.

CLASS SIX: SAME AS CLASS TWO.

REMINDER: ALL INDIE JOURNALS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JUNE 12, AT THE END OF THE DAY-NO EXCEPTIONS.