First week of school

Here's what we're studying during week one:

English IV
- "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne
- excerpts from Beowulf
- the history of Anglo-Saxon poetry
- a little bit of the history of the Anglo-Saxons

English III
- "America for Me" by Henry van Dyke
- review of the four steps of the writing process
- focus on the 'Plan' step of the writing process (brainstorming, categorizing ideas, narrowing down topics, etc.)

English II
- "Good Morning, Miss Dove" by Francis Patton
- elements of the short story
- focus on characterization (indirect and direct) and types of characters (dynamic and static)
- composing character sketches

English I
- "God Sees the Truth, but Waits" by Leo Tolstoy
- common themes throughout literature
- focus on the themes of universal truths and wisdom
- basic manuscript form
- principal review of basic grammar

Bible 10
- story of the Fall (Adam and Eve)
- "With great privilege comes great responsibility." (Yes, I quoted Peter Parker's uncle in Bible class.)
- Genesis 3:15: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

P.E.
- how not to be a total spaz