Current Assignments
Socratic Core & Leadership combined (last of the semester!)
(Due Thursday, November 28th):
Read Do Hard
Things Chapter 12
Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Chapter entitled Habit 7 Sharpen
The Saw
Teen version pages 206-241
Practice Historical Speeches (for those who did not have a chance to present this past week)
Epiphanies
Epiphanies
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Socratic Core
(Due Thursday, November 21st):
Read Do Hard
Things Chapter 11
Read handout of excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Read handout of excerpt from Letter from a Birmingham City Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
If you have NEVER read it, please also read Martin
Luther King Jr.'s famous speech "I Have a Dream".
Leadership
(Due Friday, November 22nd):
Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Chapter entitled Habit 6
Synergize
Teen version pages 182-202
Read Speak
Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapters
11 & 12
Choose any ONE historical speech (one that is
recognized as having historical significance), print it out, read it MANY times
(bonus points if you can memorize any or all of it!) and be prepared to present
it to the group at our next meeting.
Please review it enough so that you are not just reading it aloud. I am not expecting you to actually memorize
the whole speech but you should know it well enough to not be stumbling over
difficult words and be able to make eye contact frequently.
Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 16-19
Read
til the end of chapter 19 which is the END of the autobiography. It will
say: He however having done it at the Instance of the General and for his
Majesty’s service, and having some powerful Interest at Court, despised the
Threats, and they were never put in Execution. Some version will actually
state: Unfinished. He in fact never finished it.
Epiphanies
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Socratic Core
(Due Thursday, November 14th):
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 10
Read Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Epiphany Quote
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Socratic Core
(Due Thursday, November 7th):
Read Do Hard
Things Chapter 9
Independent assignments handed out this week for Kayla
(due November 14th) and Aymon (due November 21st)
Leadership Quest
(Due Friday, November 8th):
Read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Chapter entitled Habit 5 Seek First to Understand Then be Understood
Teen version pages 164-179
Read Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapters 9 & 10
Read the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 13-15
For those without chapter divisions, read until you get to the description of the 20 parcels: 6lbs Loaf Sugar, 6 lbs good Muscovado Do., 1 lb Green Tea, etc...
Finish reading Three Against Hitler by Rudi Wobbe. We will be discussing this book at our next leadership meeting, Nov. 8th.
Epiphany
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Socratic Core
(Due Thursday, October 31st)
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 8
Complete Animal Farm by George Orwell this week if you have not already done so.
Complete handout about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Begin with finding definitions for each terms on page one. Once this is complete, read each excerpt and very briefly answer each question, These questions are not meant to be difficult - they should just make you think about the text. DO NOT COMPLETE the last page with the Venn Diagram. We will do this together on the 31st.
Epiphany Quote
Socratic Core
(Due Thursday, October 24th)
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 7
Reading of Animal Farm by George Orwell to be completed by October 31st. Remember to highlight (if you own it and your parent says it's ok) OR write down any phrases that strike you as important, inspiring, confusing... anything either worth remembering or discussing.
Read handout entitled A Letter to God
Read handout about Rene Descartes. You may want to read this in two or three sittings. It is not necessarily long but not easy reading and requires some measure of thinking while you read :)
Epiphany Quote
Leadership
(Due Friday, October 25th):
Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Chapter entitled Habit 4 Think Win-Win (Begin at Paradigms of Interdependence pg 185)
(Teen version pages 146-162)
Read Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapters 7 & 8
Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 10-12
For those without chapter divisions, read until Franklin talks about Rum! There are references to the Indians drinking liquor (before the age of political correctness). Read until the statement “The great Spirit who made all things made every thing for some use, and whatever use he designed any thing for, that use it should always be put to. Now, when he made rum, he said LET THIS BE FOR THE INDIANS TO GET DRUNK WITH. And it must be so.” I figured this statement would catch the kids’ attention so it’s a good place to tell them to stop! (We’ll briefly discuss the appropriateness of these ideas...)
Begin reading Three Against Hitler by Rudi Wobbe. This will only need to be completed by November 8th but since you have a week off next week, I thought some of you might want to begin this one as well. It’s the longest novel we will read this semester. A page-turner but lengthy nonetheless so give yourself enough time.
Action Cards and Epiphanies
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Socratic Core
(Due Thursday, October 17th):
Read Do Hard
Things Chapter 6
Begin reading Animal
Farm by George Orwell (reading to be completed by October 31st). Remember to highlight (if you own it and your
parent says its ok) OR write down any phrases that strike you as important,
inspiring, confusing… anything either worth remembering or worth discussing.
Read handout:
An excerpt from Viktor Frankl's Man's
Search for Meaning
Read handout:
An excerpt from St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa
Theologica
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Socratic Core (Due Thursday, October 10th)
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 5Read Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila - Chapters one and two of part one called "First Mansion". Using the link below, read pages 32-48 of the PDF document which refers to pages 1-17 of the actual book that has been scanned.
http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Teresa%20of%20Avila%20-%20The%20Interior%20Castle%20or%20The%20Mansions%20-%20Including%20Some%20of%20Her%20More%20Interesting%20Letters.pdf
Begin reading Animal Farm by George Orwell (readily available at the library or as a download online). This is a fairly short novel that only needs to be read by October 31st. Feel free to hold off on this one if you are a fast reader.
Epiphany Quote
Independent Assignment: instructions handed out to scholar selected in class.
Leadership Quest (Due Friday, October 11th)
Read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Chapter entitled Habit 3: Put First Things First (Teen version pages 105-127)Read Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapters 5 & 6
Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 7-9
(For those without chapter divisions, please read up until three pages into PART THREE, right after the "That" statements of Franklin's observations on reading history dates May 9, 1731)
Begin reading Three Against Hitler by Rudi Wobbe. This will only need to be completed by November 8th but since you have a week off, I thought some of you might want to begin this one as well. It's the longest novel we will read this semester. A page-turner but lengthy nonetheless so give yourself enough time.
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Socratic Core (due Sept. 26th)
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 4Writing assignment: Write one paragraph answering one of the following questions (CHOOSE ONE ONLY)
- Question 1: Do you agree with Socrates that human beings are born with natural knowledge of beauty? Why or why not?
- Question 2: Do you agree with Hume's belief that all knowledge comes from experience? Why or why not?
- Question 3: Socrates is famous for having said "The unexamined life is not worth living. What do you think he meant in this statement? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Leadership Quest (due Sept. 27)
Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Chapter entitled Habit 2 Begin with The End in Mind (Ignore Application Section at the end of the chapter)
Teen version pages 74-103 (SKIP The Great Discovery section)
Habit 2 is one of the longest chapters and heavy material. Try to read this a little every day instead of doing it all at once!
Read Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapters 3 & 4
Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 4-6
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Socratic Core (due Sept. 19)
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 3Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty."
~David Hume
Do you agree or disagree with the above quote?
Read excerpt from Of Standards of Taste by David Hume - hardcopy provided
Read poems by John Keats - hardcopy provided
Epiphany Quote - try to find your inspiring quote from your readings this week!
Socratic Core (due Sept. 12)
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 2Read The Myth of Odysseus and Penelope - hard copy provided
Complete Action Cards
Write Epiphany Quote in Journal
Writing Assignment: Write a minimum of one paragraph (can be up to a full article) about yourself that might appear in Time Magazine's Person of the Year issue. Remember those 5 words that you chose that you wish people think of when they think of you? Use those as a springboard to write about yourself. Write about what makes you great! Include contributions you have made to the world AND any future contributions you wish to make!! The article can be dated today or 50 years from now. How do you want to be remembered??
Independent Assignment: All scholars will have an opportunity to produce independent work that will be presented to the group in the coming weeks. This week, Dawson and Isaac are busy researching and producing. We look forward to seeing what they come up with!
Leadership Quest (due Sept. 13)
Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Chapter entitled Habit 1 Be ProactiveRead Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapter 1 & 2
Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 1-3
Complete current Compass
Please note: Moving forward, Math and Biology study assignments will not be posted here.
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Previous Assignments:
Socratic Core
Read Do Hard Things Chapter 1Math Quest
Read The Art of Problem Solving Pre-Algebra Text pg. 1-3 (Section 1.1)Biology Quest
Read pages 1-9 AND pages 16-23 in the Apologia Biology TextDo the following questions from the Study Guide:
Question 1: Pick 10 of your choice and answer
Questions 2, 3, 11, 12 and 14
Leadership Quest
Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Chapter entitled Habit 1 Be ProactiveRead Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Chapter 1 & 2
Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chapters 1-3
Complete current Compass
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