- Bible 9: OVER BREAK - Begin memorizing Genesis passages for midterm; 5 quiet times per week [TEN total when you return].
- English 10: OVER BREAK - pg. 463 ex. 21-22
- Speech: None :)
- English 12: OVER BREAK - Write two paragraphs explaining, with specific examples from the movie, what the modern version of Gulliver's Travels could be satirizing or commenting on in American society today.
- English 9: OVER BREAK - Write a 5-paragraph essay that explains the theme [life lesson] of A Christmas Carol and reflects upon what your life would be like if you applied that lesson to it. Refer to your assignment sheet for specific requirements.
- English 11: OVER BREAK - Read chapters 10-11; what evidence does Douglass give that the holidays are "part and parcel to the gross fraud, wrong and inhumanity of slavery"? Explain and analyze this method of slave control [what the slaves were led to believe, what they did, and what it resulted in]. Write a FULL one-page, double-spaced, typed comparison of how the slaves were taught/encouraged to celebrate and your own celebration of the holidays.
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn[c] of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
May you know the light and peace of Christ this Christmas!
Mrs. Berg
