Literature 7-8
Please Read "Forest Fire" (pp. 366- 368)and respond to the following in complete sentences. 1. Where is this selection taken from? 2. When and where did it happen? 3. What is the main idea of the second paragraph? 4. Why did animals rush back into the fire? 5. How did the author feel about that? 6. When you wrote about a forest fire, did you say something about your feelings? 7. How did the author help the Campions? 8. How has she been helping others before that? 9. How is the fire like a monster? 10. Write out what she says about the smell? 11. In your paragraph, did you say something about the smell? 12. Ms. Nin lives in a rural area. According to her, why were so many city houses burned? 13. Why was the reporter upset with her? 14. If you were in her place (God forbid) what object would you be sure to save? 15. What did the fire do that contributed to flooding in January? 16. Why does the author admire the ranger she's helping?
Read "About the Author" on p. 369. 17. What was unusual about her background? 18. What was her goal in writing? Due no later than noon tomorrow, Thursday, April 23.
American Literature
"We Wear the Mask" (p. 481). Yes, I appreciate the irony of reading this poem during a pandemic! Please reread the poem and respond in complete sentences. 1. The speaker is not talking about literal masks. What does the figurative mask look like to outsiders? 2. Mr. Dunbar probably means "we" to refer to his fellow African-Americans. 3. What are they trying to hide? 5. Explain why you think they want to hide these things. 4. What indicates that this poem is also a prayer? 6. What two images does the speaker contrast with singing? 7. What do you think these two images mean in less figurative language? 8. The poem ends on an unhappy note. What do you think a Christian could say to a fellow believer who confessed something like this? Due no later than noon tomorrow, Thursday, April 23.
British Literature
Finish The Power and the Glory and respond to each chapter by the end of the day. To those diligent students who have already done so, enjoy a small, well-earned break!
C.S. Lewis
Finish Perelandra and respond to each chapter by the end of the day. To those diligent students who have already done so, enjoy a small, well-earned break!
Luke and Acts
Before we move on to Paul's second missionary journey, let's take a little time to reflect on a motif that has been slowly developing in Acts so far. Please respond in complete sentences. The motif is that the Christians often come together in groups to take actions that affect them all.
1. What are 4 other motifs that you have noticed or that we have worked on together? To be sure, there are many stories in Acts that focus on individuals. 2. Name 5 individuals that have received a lot of attention so far. Nevertheless, these group actions are quite important. The choice of Matthias in ch. 1 was made in the context of a large group. 3. Which Christians were there? 4. Who is the spokesman? 5. What did the Christians agree needed to be done? 6. How did God show his choice of Matthias?
Ch. 6 narrates the choosing of the Seven, which was also done in a gathering of believers. 7. Which groups of believers were there? 8. What was the purpose of the Seven?
When Philip preached the Word in Samaria, (ch. 8) there were many converts. The church in Jerusalem, in support of the new church in Samaria, sent Peter and John as representatives. 9. What gift did they convey to the Samaritan believers that Philip did not?
When Peter returned from his missionary trip (ch. 11), he thought it was important to report to the church in Jerusalem the things that had taken place during this journey. 10. What was the story that he thought was especially important? 11. How did the Jerusalem church respond? In the same chapter, at the end, the prophet Agabus came from Jerusalem to Antioch and made a prediction. 12. What was it? The church at Antioch wanted to express its unity with the church at Jerusalem. 13. How did it do so?
In ch. 13, Paul and Barnabas are sent out as missionaries. 14. What group of Christians sent them? 15. What symbolic action did they perform to show that Barnabas and Paul were their representatives? We just finished ch. 15, another good example of this motif. 16. What is that motif again? A problem arose in Antioch that was settled by a gathering of believers in Jerusalem. 17. What was the question they debated? 18. What answer did they come up with? 19. How did they communicate that decision to Antioch and other churches in the region? Due no later than noon tomorrow, Thursday, April 23.
Poets and Prophets
In a paragraph of about 100 words, write a summary of the important actions and discussions in Is. 38.
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