Homework for B-Day - 2 October 2018

Russian I

Today we had some time to play with our new vocabulary and to review some of our basics around reading and writing. All of this is getting us ready for what is to come. Next week on Friday you'll have your overall alphabet examination. It's important to start preparing now. Focus on learning all of your vocabulary. Today in class we made flash cards, if that works for you, then make cards for your other words too.

I've also given you your progress reports and your graded work. You can either redo work in order to correct your points, or you can use rubles to improve your scores. Whatever you do, be sure that your score is reflective of your abilities in Russian.

If you need any additional help, please seek it out. Be sure to check Google Classroom for assignments you may have missed. Next class we'll have more presentations, be ready if you didn't go today!

Advanced Russian

Thanks for being with me for that surprise today! We have been spending a lot of time in class going over our tenses in Russian as well as the use of nominative, accusative, and prepositional case. For tonight, you should focus on finishing your reassessment. Remember that you can either make corrections to your quiz, or you can complete the replacement activity.

For the replacement activity you need to find a text (poem, song, article) in Russian and then do an analysis of that text. Find all of the verbs (at least fifteen) and determine the stem, tense, and infinitive of that verb. Turn in your analysis and your original text.

Lastly, you have determined your research topics as a team now. It's time to start the research. Take a look at what you've created, and start to consolidate your source material. I would suggest sharing a Google Doc amongst your team and dumping helpful articles.

AP Seminar

You all have a lot of videos to watch. As you watch, you may want to consider the idea of a powerful presentation as we are really focused on presentation skills in this part of the unit. Start off by watching the required video and write a brief reflection on the ideas he presents. You can choose to agree or disagree, or you can perhaps further clarify what he means with further information.

Then, move on to the choice videos. You have Option 1, Option 2, and Option 3. As you are viewing this text, perform a RAVEN analysis of the text and determine its credibility. Next class we'll really be delving deep into the TMPOD, so a lot of thinking about presenting is key.