Homework 4/8 - 4/12

Monday, 4/8 - Lao te Ching

Homework: Read and ANNOTATE, The Five Pillars of Islam, p. 80-82. Due T 4/9
Read and ANNOTATE, Selections from the Koran, p. 246-249. Due T 4/9
Vocabulary List #10B, Due TH, 4/11.
Heterogeneous
Hindrance
Idyllic
Impartial
Arbitrary
Ardent
Assiduous
Assimilate
Auspicious
Belittle
Beset
Machination
Malleable

Tuesday, 4/9 - Islam

Homework: Read and ANNOTATE, Ali Baby and the 40 Thieves, p. 250-255. Due W, 4/10.
Research Question. Due, W 4/10
Write a paragraph about your observation on the Koran. Due, TH 4/11

Wednesday, 4/10 - Koran

Homework: Write a paragraph about your observations on the Koran. Due, TH 4/11
Vocabulary List #10B. Due, TH 4/11.

Thursday, 4/11 - Beowulf

Homework: Read Beowulf, pp. 3-15.
Review study guide on China and Islam. Due, M 4/15.

Friday, 4/12 - Socratic Discussion

Homework 3/25 - 3/29

Monday, 3/25

Homework: Read, Confucius pp. 69-75 in present. Please annotate!
Vocabulary List 9B, Due TH, 3/28.
Patent
Paternal
Pathology
Patriarch
Peripatetic
Placate
Fickle
Figurative
Forsake
Frugal
Gesticulate
Grandiose
Loquacious
Lucid

Tuesday, 3/26

Homework: Read, Annalects, in present. Please annotate!
Work on Chinese Reading Packet and Questions, Due TH, 3/28.

Wednesday, 3/27

Homework: Finish Chinese Reading Packet and Questions, Due TH, 3/28
Write an Annalect of your own, Due TH, 3/28.
Vocabulary List 9B, Due TH, 3/28.

Thursday, 3/28

Homework: Pick your research question for your research paper. Due 4/10 (after Spring Break)
***Please return signed Parent Letter by Friday, 3/29.

Enjoy the Break! See you when you return!

Parent Letter for the Fourth Quarter

March 25, 2013

RE: Fourth Quarter Research Paper

Dear Parents and Students,

This is the Fourth Quarter—WOOHOO!!! You have almost made it through 9^th grade! This quarter in the Socratic class, we will be writing a Research Paper using the MLA format. Your student has already been given many hand-outs on the MLA format. I will have some additional materials on the classroom blogsite. We will be writing this research paper in stages. The following is a list of the pieces of the research project and when each part is due.

Pick a Research Question (50 points)                                       Due: April 10

Research note cards and Works Cited page (50 points)   Due: April 18

Notes and Outline with in-text citations (50 points)          Due: May 1

First Draft (50 points)                                                                     Due: May 15

Final Paper (100 points)                                                                 Due: May 22

I will be trying to review the steps for writing a research paper. Each step is worth 50 points with the final paper worth 100 points. It is important for the students to accomplish each step in order to have a completed research paper which is acceptable and well-done for this class. It will be necessary for your student to spend some time at a local library or to visit the BYU Library in order to do research for this paper. Please let me know if this is a problem for your student.

We will also be reading and studying Beowulf this quarter. We will begin the reading on April 11^th and continue until the final test on Beowulf which will be on May 14^th and the Epic Poem Project which will be due on May 9^th.

The test dates for this quarter will be:

Test on China and Islam                                                T, April 16

Test on Charlemagne                                     Th, May 2

Test on Beowulf                                               T. May 14

Test on Medieval History                              T, May 21

FINALS                                                                  May 24-29

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you for your support!

Marianna Richardson

9^th Grade Socratic Teacher

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Parent Signature                                                              Student Name (Please Print)

Homework 3/11 to 3/22

M, 3/11 - The Eruptian of Mt. Vesuvius

Homework: Read, Pliny, Regarding Christians, pp. 239.
Finish writing Civilization Book Report, DUE T, 3/12
Vocabulary List 7B
Chasm
Chivalrous
Circumspect
Coherent
Complicity
Compose
Conciliatory
Concord
Concurrent
Dearth
Deleterious
Obsequious
Labyrinth

T, 3/12 - Civilization Book Reports DUE

Homework: Read, The Dream of Constantine, p. 241.
Finish Compare/Contrast Paper, DUE T, 3/20

W, 3/13 - The High Empire

Homework: Read, The Nicene Creed, p. 242.
Start working on Study Guide for Rome Test, Due M 3/18
Study for Vocabulary Test 7B.

TH, 3/14 - Constantine and the Fall of the West

Homework: Study Guide, Due M, 3/18
Finish Compare/Contrast Paper, Due W, 3/20

F, 3/15 - Socratic Discussion: Are endings always beginnings? What brings about the end of civilizaitons?

M, 3/18 - Review for Final Roman Test

Homework: Study for Roman Test
Finish Compare/Contrast Paper, Due W, 3/20

Vocabulary List 8B, Due TH, 3/21
Demagogue
Despot
Diligent
Diverse
Docile
Elliptical
Elusive
Endemic
Pacify
Palpable
Parochial
Parody
Lampoon
Lax

T, 3/19 - Final Roman Test

Homework: Finish Compare/Contrast Paper, Due W, 3/20

W, 3/20 - Compare/Contrast Paper DUE

Homework: Vocabulary 8B Test.

TH, 3/21 - End of the Third Quarter

F, 3/22 - Socratic Discussion