Starting Points
Mondays, 1:00-3:00
Instructor – Kathy Zimmerman
11/10/2025: Assignment due 11/17/2025:
1. Complete pp. 151-155 of syllabus, reading The Horse and His Boy and answering questions.
2. Study for vocabulary quiz
11/3/2025: Assignment due 11/10/2025:
1. Complete pp. 130-149 of syllabus, reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and answering questions
2. Look up and record definitions for the vocabulary words I email you.
10/27/2025:Assignment due 11/3/2025:
1. Write 9 paragraph essay on the Biblical worldview. Turn in typed with checklist. (See pp. 71-92)
2. Finish The Magicians Nephew, answering questions on pp. 114-130.
3. study for vocabulary test on list 2.
4. Complete syllabus pp. 93-95, reading How to Read Slowly
10/20/2026:: Assignment due 10/27/2025:
1. Complete pp. 101-113 of the syllabus, reading How to Read Slowly and The Magician’s Nephew, and answering questions.
2. Write a paragraph on the meaning of history and turn in with checklist.
3. write definitions for vocabulary words I email you
10/13/2025: Assignment due 10/20/2025:
1. Write two paragraphs on the Cause of Evil and Suffering, and What Happens after Death. Type and turn in with checklist
2. Complete p. 63-70 of syllabus, using Know What You Believe and Answers for Difficult
10/6/2025: Assignment due 10/13:
1. Study for vocabulary test on list 1B
2. Write one paragragh on the Basis of Morality and Ethics. Type and turn in with checklist
3. Complete p. 59-62 of syllabus
9/29/2025: Assignment due 10/6/2025
1. Write two paragraphs about Timbuktu and turn in with checklist and key word outline
2. Complete syllabus pp. 49-58
3. Define 1B vocabulary words I email you
9/22/2025: Assignment due 9/29/2025:
1. Write 1 paragraph on the nature of man and turn in with checklist
2. Complete syllabus pages 37-48
9/15/2025: Assignment due 9/22/2025:
1. Complete syllabus pp. 31-36, reading Know What You Believe and Answers for Difficult Days.
2. Study for vocabulary quiz
3. Write a paragraph on God and another on the universe and turn in typed with checklist.
9/8/2015: Assignment due 9/15/2025:
1. Complete syllabus pages 23-30, using Answers for Difficult Days and Know What You Believe, and the Bible.
2. Write short definitions for vocabulary words, which I will email you.
3. Write and type “Miller” story and turn in with checklist.
8/25/2025: Assignment due 9/8/2025:
1. complete syllabus pages 13-22, using How to Read Slowly, Know What You Believe, and the Bible.
2. Write Jefferson paragraph – type and turn in with checklist.
3. bring binder with loose leaf paper and 5 labeled dividers: Models/Sources, Outlines/Compositions, Structural Models, Style Charts, Banned Words
4/29/24: Assignment due 5/6/24:
1. pp. 469-477
2. bring syllabus for review game and a snack to share
4/22/24: Assignment due 4/29/24:
pp. 437-466, reading Never Before in History
4/15/22: Assignment due 4/22/24:
See pp. 409-420 for help writing the 5 paragraph essay on America’s Christian heritage: Reformation’s Role, 2 Revolutions, and The Flight to America. Turn in with checklist.
complete pp. 421-436, reading Never Before in History
4/8/14: Assignment due 4/15/24:
Ssyllabus pp. 391-408, reading Never Before in History
4/1/24: Assignment due 4/8/24:
1. Complete Syllabus pp. 363-390, reading Assumptions and Never Before in History
2. study for vocabulary quiz 6
3/25/24: Assignment due 4/1/24:
1. Pp. 351-362, reading Assumptions and answering questions.
2. Write a 5 paragraph essay with checklist describing three of CS Lewis’s word pictures in Mere Christianity
3/18/24: Assignment due 3/25/24:
1. Syllabus pp. 329-350, reading Mere Christianity and Assumptions and answering questions
3/4/24: Assignment due 3/18/24:
- complete pp. 313-328, reading Mere Christianity
- Write and type a 3 paragraph story about Lucy and her siblings not believing her. Use checklist.
- define Vocabulary List 6 which I will email you
2/26/2024: Assignment due 3/4/2024:
- complete pp. 293-312 reading Mere Christianity
- DUE 3/18: Write and type a 3 paragraph story about Lucy and her siblings not believing her. Use checklist 12.
2/19/24: Assignment due 2/26/24:
1.complete pp. 277-292, reading Mere Christianity
2. Study vocabulary list 5 for quiz
2/12/24: Assignment due 2/19/24:
1. Write “Spoons” essay with checklist
2. Complete pp. 265-276, using Know Why You Believe
3. define Vocabulary List 5 I email you
2/5/24: Assignment due 2/12/24:
1. syllabus pp. 253-264, using Know Why You Believe
1/29/24: Assignment due 2/5/24:
Complete syllabus pp. 243-252, completing The Deadliest Monster and reading the Bible
1/22/24: Assignment due 1/29/24:
1. Write 5 paragraph essay on the view of man as expressed in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Turn in with checklist on 3 body paragraphs.
2. Complete syllabus pp. 231-242, reading parts of The Deadliest Monster.
3. Study vocabulary list 4 for quiz
1/15/24: Assignment due 1/22/24:
1.Write 5 paragraph essay, using syllabus pp. 221-222 as a guide. Turn in with checklist on the 3 body paragraphs.
2. Read Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, answering questions on pp. 221-227.
1/10/22: Assignment due 1/17/22:
1. syllabus pp. 206-220, answering questions on Frankenstein.
2. Write one paragraph on one aspect of Apes, using several mini books. Turn in with checklist and key word outlines/fused outline.
3. Define Vocabulary Words List 4 which I will email.
Assignment due 1/8/24:
Syllabus pp. 181-205, answering questions on It’s a Wonderful Life and reading ch. 1-10 of Frankenstein
Assignment due 12/4/23:
1. complete pp. 167-180 from Wizard of Oz
2. class on 12/4 will begin at 12:30, but we will have pizza while watching It’s a Wonderful Life. Students should bring $5 toward pizza or another food item to share. I will bring drinks and paper goods.
11/13/23: Assignment due 11/27/23:
1. Write 6 paragragh essay on Narnia (see pages 156-166) and turn in with checklist (dressups and openers only on 4 body paragraphs.
11/6/23: Assignment due 11/13/23:
1. Complete pp. 151-155 of syllabus, reading The Horse and His Boy and answering questions.
2. Study for vocabulary quiz
10/30/23: Assignment due 11/7:
1. Complete pp. 131-150 of syllabus, reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and answering questions
2. Look up and record definitions for the vocabulary words I email you.
