Holiday Joys and Q2 story list

There is a nice spirit at our school this time of year - with our Christmas program last Friday one good example of song and joy - and also earlier this week we had students and teachers gather to make dumplings after school for the poor in our neighborhood. Making dumplings is fun and easy and we made a goal to double the amount next year, because we finished our work pretty fast!

Many of us are already looking forward to the upcoming break that basically starts next week after the second Quarterly Exams that happen on Monday and Tuesday for the GCA High School. On those days students come for exams in the morning and are excused for the afternoon to study. Wednesday and Thursday next week, December 18 and 19, will be normal class days - while they are technically part of second quarter, we will be starting Quarter 3 material. Our British Literature exam is at 11:00 on Tuesday.

Although we have done more things, like speaking and writing standards (including a recent research paper), and reading side books like the Macbeth and King Lear reader as well as Alice in Wonderland, we will just be testing reading from our textbook we have read - the ones we went over reasonably well. I will provide a list below of the stories and the pages on which you can find those stories. Later, I can update the list to include any homework questions that were asked from those on the list as well - often it is easy to ask me that in class because I can refer to the Gradekeeper. Here is the list, and happy studying:

List of Stories for British Literature from Second Quarter

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love – Christopher Marlowe; p. 295

The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd – Sir Walter Raleigh; p. 297

To the Virgins, Make Much of Time – Robert Herrick; p 301

To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvell; p. 303

Shakespeare: Sonnet 29: When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes – p. 315 

Shakespeare: Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought – p. 316

Shakespeare: Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds – p. 319

Shakespeare: Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun – p. 320

Shakespeare: To be, or not to be – p. 329-330 (Hamlet)

Shakespeare: Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow – p. 331 (Macbeth)

Shakespeare: Saint Crispin’s Day Speech – p. 332-333 (Henry V)

Death Be Not Proud – John Donne; p. 349

Bible reading: Psalms 23 and 137 – p. 375 & p. 376

Bible reading: Parable of the Prodigal Son – p. 380

Paradise Lost – John Milton; p. 403-410

Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan; p. 421-423